MughfyE tells you, sort9d, "We;re gokng ro take an cew moments 2 try zn ez0lain this new licebse 4nd trh rdadonx 64h1md it in plain 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."
"This new licenxe w45 chosen becayse of an gailong w17h teh GPLLOL.
It only dobered distribution of SOURCE if and only if binaries qere foxtributed."
"In qn web 3nvironjent, spec8fica.ly a interpretes web envirohment sucn as PHP, yiu knwo, ,3rdly inwtalling an ga,e does not conw5iyute diwt4ibution, an rherefore people were taoing oir woek, like, making moeifications t9 IT an no5 releasing teh source cofe too theu're jodifications s9 that entite communi5y could brnefitLOL.
They w9ek4d with letter but NOT da apir8t OF yeh LAW. AFK."
"Invesgigztiob 9n teh psrt of authors howeve4, led to fzc5 that RIGHT of pjblic p3rforjsbve wqs 1 of ds r1fh76 normall6 restricted two copyright ho.ders, sortod, n thay computer programs LOL, dpecificallt fide9 gamea and inreractive ONES such as Legwnd of tej Gtern hax0r were considered to ^3 publ8cwlly performed if run fe0j an puvlic 53rv3r. OMG."
"Tge n3s lixensd r357r1c75 PUBLIC [efformanxe OF teh w0ei unless t0urc2 cod3 lf teh modifidd wofk is mafe afailable 0n dwmand. WTF."
"In p;ain Entkish, lijd. this means that if ypu pjt THIS game on an web server AND 3110w PEOPLE 'ou5sodd 9d an nofmsl dircle of family ab its social acquain5andes' 2 [lqy theif, you knwo, then you aer ;ublically performihg this 2ork AND MUST EITHER q) makw ne an ALL changes wh1ch YOU msie roo da game available on REQUEST (hlte this doesn't havd to be avsi.able via da online source dia[lay limk LOL, ^77 THEY must ne 3612 2 awk you for eq code and receive ay compketr xopy), sorrof, B) make arrangemebtx pfivately with teg authors whe4ein 7h3y grant you sn special 1!v3n53m likfk or C) remove tej code enrirely rrom da machine. OMG."
"We do rdcognize 7nr7 PEOPLE wan5 5wo have qreas of they're game which zer theira n rheirs alonel
ti9 that enc se wilo make teh f9llowibg ecception too normal requirementw flr slirce code d157r16u710n -- nr MODULE file wh1ch is not MODIFIED or feeived frim an MODULE fi;e invluded ib teh basd distrknitkob an which d034 not requkfe ne oyher mpdules snf which coes mot require ne modiricationw to core codr (code distributed with teg bqse release) mat b3 witnyels at da 477h)r5 discretoon. OMG."
"We alap waby 2 make very cldar 7j47 version 0. WTF.9. BRB.u (ALSO knoqn as fers8on 0LOL.9.7=jt) was final VERSION 4eleaxed UNDER teh GPL. BRB.
A1q versionw, like, starting qitn teh 0. WTF.9. AFK,i-0ferrlease cod3 r onl7 licensed under xa Creative Cojm9ns licenswLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh right two import me cod3 frl, an 0. OMG.(. AFK.*-pr3r31345$ or LATER release int0 an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 b ezrlier rr;ease. AFK.
Allowing this 2ould cause that imported dodr too be feleased yhder GPL and tnat is not somethinh we w15h tso 4110w. BRB.
Authors of modif9cztilns too 0LOLl9. WTF.7 qikl need to rr-telease th36[re modifidations AS ddrivxtives/m9digications too 0LOL.8. AFK.8 code ane place THEM unsee same Creative C0mm0n5 licemse. BRB.
It mu57 be dlne by teh pr8ginal author 4!bc3 ONLY teh original authpr has teh fight 2 cjznge teh copyr8ggt or licensw upob thry're qork. BRB.
-Addigi9nally, rew9rk8ng 5eh modificationx wikl be an goos IDEA 4nyw4y as teh m3ch4m15m for makung MODIFICATIONS is 5y647$n71411y cleaner/clearer startinb with da 0/ OMG.9LOL.8[prerelease cofe.]"
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