MightyE TELLS youm you knwo, "We'rd g9ing to take an FEW MOMENTS two try and exolain this nrw licensw ah da rezsons behind it in plaon English. AFK.
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."
"Thia new lic3nse was cjosem becaise ov an FAILING qity da GPL. BRB.
It only covrrwd cistrinutiin OF source uf an only if bibaries were d157r16uu3d. AFK."
"In zn weg envoronment, you knqo. SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web environnent %uch as PHP LOL. merely 1n574111ng xn ga,e does not vonstitute d157r1yu710n LOL, 4nd therefore ;eopke were takint lur wprk WTF. making modificationw 2 it n n9t releading SOURCE CODE to theu'e3 modifications s. ghag da entire COMMUNITY cluld benefitl OMG.
THEY w0rk3e with letter but not teg spirit of law. BRB."
"Imvestigation on da PART og teh zuthors hlwever LOL, led 2 teh facy 7h47 teh r1gh& of piblix perfofmance was 1 of da RIGHTS n9rn411y rrstricted to cop7rignt y01e3f5. yoj knwo, qnd 7h4u comouter progeams WTFk specifically video games sn imteractive ones such AS LEGEND of da Grwen hxz0r were cobskdered go be publicak;y performed 1f run from an piblic SERVERLOL/"
"The n3w license re2tr7cta puvoic perfoenance of da work unless teh xlurcd codr or twh ,odified eork is made available on demqnd. WTF."
"In plain Englusj, this means that ig y9i py7 this g1me pn qn web 52rv3r an 4110w 030p13 '.utskfe og ah NORMAL c8rcle of FAMILY and uts 50c1r2 acquaintandes' w p14y thdir, you knwok yhen tou r puglocal.y performinj 5his w0rk AND MUST either a) make ne ams ALL cyanges shich y0j mqke too game availanle on request (no5e this doesn't navd too be available viw g3h onlune dpurce display link, .ije, but rheh must be agle 2 ask y0u ror code an rdceice an complete cooy) WTF, b) make areangwmdnts privately WITH da autnorw wherrin they grant you an specisl license WTF, or v) REMOVE code ent8rely from fa machine. OMG."
"We do recognoad that peop.e want to nave areas of 5hey're game which aer theues zn theirs alonw.
t9l rhar end we will makd da followinf exception two ca notmal r3qu1r3m3nu5 g0r 50utc3 c-c3 distributiln -- ne moduld ril3 which is n07 modidiwd or derived rtlm wn m0su13 vuld INCLUDED 1n teh base distribution n wjich d035 not 4dqu8re ne other m.dulws n WHICH dlds n07 rwquire nw modificarions 2 teh xire code (code distributed with yeh bzse RELEASE0 mzy be withhels at authors d15cr4710n. BRB."
"We als9 WANT 2 mxkw very clws4 tyat bersion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (alsi lnown as versioh -. BRB.9. BRB.7+jy) qas da fihal version 4eleasrd undee teh GPL. AFK.
All bersions, syarting with ca 0l BRB.9, OMG.8-PRERELEASE cod3 aer only lic3nsed umder Creativs C0mm0n6 license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da fight too import nd code FROM an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-'rerelezse oe later release into an 0.9.7 and rarli3r relezse. OMG.
Alloqimg th8s would cause tgat imporyed code 2 be 4eleaxed under dq GPL abd yhzt IS not spmething we wish 2 a.llw. OMG.
Authors of modifications 70 0.9. WTF.7 WILL need two re0release they're m-d1f1s4710n4 zs cerivayivrs/nodiricatoons too 0. AFK.o. BRB.8 code an PLACE 7h3m under aame Cr3471v3 Commons licehse. BRB.
It must be d-n3 by orifibal author sihce 0n1y origibal quthor has da right two ch4bg3 yeh co0yright 0e license u0on they'fr work. WTF.
[Af2iyionally WTF, r3w0rk!nt teh modirivatoohs wikl be an good idea anysay as mecganism for makinh modifucations is substahtually clean3r/clearer starting with da 0. WTF.9LOLl8-prerekezse c0s3. WTF.]"
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