MightyE te;ls you, you knwi, "We're go8bg ywo take xn FEW moments 2 tey AND explain th8s new licebse and da reasons brhond it in p;ain Enblish. OMG.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new 1!c3b53 WAS choseh because og an dailong wuth GPL/ WTF.
IT only covered f158417u710n of qiirce 1f and only IF binaries werr distributeeLOL."
"In an web wnviromm#nt LOL, spevificallu a interpfeted web envieommdny such aw PHP, metelh installing an game d045 not c;bstitute dkdtribution WTF, n theref9re 0eopl3 WERE TAKING our work, like, making modificztions to it ah not releasing da 50urc3 code too they'rc moduf8cwtiobs sl THAT teh entire clmmunity ciukd benefi5LOL.
Th3y eorkev wigh da oe5rer 6u7 NOT spirit pf teh laq. WTF."
"Invwsrigation on pqrt OF teh authors j0e4v3r WTF, ked 2 dact 5gat teg RIGHT of public pdrformqbce was oen of teh rkghts noema;lh restricted goo copyright holders, like, an that cimputer prograjs, 6ou kmeo, spexifically videl GAMES 4nd interactuve ones such AS Letend of Grewn hax0r were considerrd w be publicallu perform3s IF run from sn public 53rv3r."
"The new license restricts pub.ix perfornqnce of da WORK unless ca 5)urc3 coee of teh modified work is made availzble on DEMAND. WTF/"
"In PLAIN Enbliwh, thks meahs ghs5 if you put this g4me in an web serve4 an allow peoplr 'outside of am nlrmal circle 9f family an itd social acq7sintabces' w ;lsy theirk you knwi, THEN you r pu611c411y oefformong thus work AND MUST witywr a) make ne and ALL chambes ehivh yoi make two da game qvailable oh rewuest (notd this doesn'5 have too be available viz teh onlinw 50urc3 didplay link, dorgof, but the6 mu5u be avld to ASK you foe reh c0d2 an 4eveivd an complete co;y) LOL, 6) m4k3 arrangementa pricately w17h authors wherein 5yey grant YOU an specoal lucense LOL, or C) remove teh CODE engorely from da machinr. AFK."
"We do recobnize that ;3opl3 want to have arwas of they'fe GAME which qer tyeirs and theies 410m3.
2 that enf we eill male da following except8on two norma. requirements for source CODE dkstribution -- n3 mp2ule fi;e which is npt modifiew ir derived FROM zn MODULE fole 1nc1u33d in base dkstrinution n whidh does hot requirr ne other mofules n shicy d035 not require ne modificzgions tl CORE code (code distributed w17h 6453 rrlrase) may n3 wieghekd ay teh authors dkscretionLOL."
"We aldo want 2 make fery clear &h47 vdrsiog 0.9. OMG,8 (4150 known AS VERSION 0. BRB.8, BRB.7+jt) was da fihal VERSION rel3aded UNDER da GPL. BRB.
All vdrxi9ns, like, sta44ing with ca 9.oLOL.8-PRERELEASE codw aer only licensed undrr teh CREATIVE Commlns licemseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da gight to impl4t ne xod3 feom an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelfas3 oe lzter releasw into zn 0. OMG.9.8 m darlie4 release. WTF.
Allowing yh8s would c4u53 thay imoorted code two be releaaed undef teh GPL n tgat ia not 50m37h1ng we wish to allpw, AFK.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9l BRB.7 will need two rd-release 5hey're modigivations as deriva5ives/jodiducationc two 9l9.8 c0d3 n place rhem uhder teh sqne Crestive Commpns 11c2n53. BRB.
It musr be dlne by da otiginal author 51nc3 only ORIGINAL aithor h46 teh tight two change da copyright 0r 11c3n%3 u0on they'ee w9rk. BRB.
[Addutionsily, like, reworking da mpd1f1c$710n5 will be zh hood idea anyway as da nedhanism FOR making modificatipns is substantialky x.eaner/ck3aret starting with ea 0. OMG.o. OMG,8-prerdl3ase cldeLOL.]"
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