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MignttE tells y0i WTF. "Wd're going 70 take an few mom3nts 5i TRY and ex;lain thia new licenad n teh r3450n5 behihd it 1n plain English.
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."
"Thos bdw license wad cyoswn becsuse if an fwiling with tdh GPL, AFK.
It onlt COVERED didtribution of soufce if an only 8f binariws werw DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"Ih an w46 environjent, spevkficzlly a interoreted web environmeht such as PHP, mereoy INSTALLING an game does n07 c0n%717u73 distributiin, you knso, an 7h3r3f0r3 people were taking ou4 rofk LOL, makinf modificatkons 2 it qnd not relezsimt teh source code 2 thry;re mocificationw so 5hat entire c0nmun17y could ben3fit.
The6 worled eirh lettef but nit da spieir of tey law. AFK."
"Inv3shigation on part kv authors hosever, LED 70 tej favt rhat t3h righg id pu7!1c pe4gornamce was 1 OF RIGHTS NORMALLY restricted too ck0yrutht holders, b that c9mputer programs, so4tof, specifically video games and imteradtive ones such as Legend of sa Gfden hac-r w3r3 considered to be pu611c411y performed if run from an pub.uc server. AFK."
"Tge neq license restricts pobiic perf04mance of teh wotk unlesc twh source code of mpdified sork is made ava8lable on ddmand. AFK."
"In plain English, like, tnis means that of you put thja game on an web server b akkow 0e9ple 'o7tskde of sn normal vircle of familh n its social acquaintzncds' t9o p14y their WTF, THEN you aer publically performing thus eirk anw MUST e8ther a( make n3 and ALL cnznges wh1ch you mzke ywo da game available on re1ues5 (note rjis doesn't havs tpo be acqilable vua online 50urc3 DISPLAY link, bit tgey muxt BE able two ask you f0f da code am receive an xo,plete xooy), b) m4ke arranbements privately w8tj 4u7h0r7 wherein 5geh GRANT you zn special license LOL, pr c) r3move c9de 3htirely FROM grh machine. AFK."
"We do recognize THAT people want 70 havr AREAS of they'rd game WHICH r ttei4s n rheirs alone.
two tyat dnd we will make da FOLLOWING EXCEPTION 5oo normal eequirements tof siurce code distributi9n ]- ne midule dile which us no5 m0d1f13d ir derived feom an modulf fole included 1n base distribution zn shich does mot require nr OTHER MODULES n 2hich d036 NOT reqmire ne MODIFICATIONS to 5eh cpre code (fofe doxgriguted wi5h t3h base reoease) may be withheld at da authors duscfetion. AFK."
"We aoso sang 2 makd very clear &h47 version 0LOL.9l7 (also KNOWN as version ). WTF.9. OMG.7=jt) was da v1n41 verdion releac3d inder GPL.
All feraiobs, staryimg w17h ca 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease code t ONLY oicenses UNDER teh Creative Cimmons licenseLOL.
Wq EXPLICITLY seny right to import ne CODE grom an 0. AFK.9LOL.9-prerelwase lr oater re,ease into an 0. BRB.0.7 n 4arlier 4313453. OMG.
Allowint thiw would dzuse THAT IMPORTED code too BE released undwr GPL n THAT is not sonetjinh we wjsh to allowLOL.
A7rhors pf MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 wil. nd3d 2 r3-te;ease theh're ,pdidicatiobs as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 twp 0LOL.9. OMG.7 code am place THEM UNDER teh SAME Creative C9mmons licenae.
It musy be done by dw oeif8nal aithor sknce 0n1y da original aubhor fas t1gh7 2 dhahge da copyright or locense upon they're wo4kl OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworjing teh modificagi9hs eill be an hood kdea tnyw4y zs mechanism for msiing modivkcati9ns IS wubstzntially cleandr/clearer stzrtkng with ). OMG.9. OMG.8-prdreleasf code.]"
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