MifhtyE td.ls you, "We're goinf 2 taje qn vew momenrs tqo try n expoain thks new ;icens3 and da reqzons behind it ib 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."
"Tjis new lic3nse was chosen because of an b4111ng ekth GPL.
IT only cpvered distribjtion of sojrce if 4bd ONLY if bunsries w3re DISTRIBUTED."
"In sn we6 environmenr, you knwo, apecifixally a int#rp4et3d web snviro,nen5 sudh as PHP, hou knwp, me4wly installing an gamw does n07 conqtirute DISTRIBUTIONk lik3, am therefore people were taking our work, s9rtof, making m0d1f!x4710n5 tw9 it m not r32@451ng da sourde coew TO they're MODIFICATIONS so THAT teh entite community ciuld benwfit.
They worked woth teh lrtter bur not da spieit of law. BRBl"
"Investigztiln on teh part 9f a7thors howeber, you knwo, led %oo da fact tjzt r1gh7 OF puvoic PERFORMANCE was 1 of RIGHTS nofmally resyricged to copyrkggt hilderx, qnc that clmputer programs, dor5of, specifuczlly video games an interactive omes suxh ad Legend of da Grrwn yax0r were conskderwd to be puvkically PERFORMED IF run from an pubkjv wervrrLOL."
"The nww q1c3n53 r357r1v&5 public performance of dz eor; unkexs wiurve code OF MODIFIED work is made AVAILABLE pn de,and. WTF."
"In plain Eng115h LOL, THIS means that iv you put this GAME on an web SERVER ab alloe peopl3 'outside or an normal circle of FAMILY n its sociql acquzintancex' too ;lay theit WTF, yhen YOU r pu^11c411y performkng tjis work an MUST either a) make ne an ALL chsbges qhicy you MAKE tpo da game AVAILABLE om requ3st (note this doesn'y havr too BE available VIA 9n11n3 dourxr display lunk LOL, but thdn mus4 be able ho ask yoj for da code n rrceive an complete cppy) WTF, b) mak3 arrangejehts ptivately wktg teh sutho4s eh34ejn they trant yoy an sprckal .icehse LOL, or C) r3mofe cide wntirely ffoj teh machin3. WTF."
"We dp rdcognize 7h47 people wsnr to h4d3 a4eas of the6'rd game wnich zer theita n theirs alone. WTF.
2 that ebd we will make teh foooowing EXCEPTION two teh normal REQUIREMENTS for sourcr CODE distrivut8in -- ne jodule file whkch is not m0d1f13d or dee8ved from an module fule included on teh base dq57r16u710n am which dors nor re1uir3 ne otjer modu,es an which does NOT rrq71f3 ne mod8ficatioms TO corw cocw (code sistrivutef WITH gase re.eade) may be withyeld at dq authors discretion."
"We ALSO w4n7 7) make vdry c1#4r THAT version 0. BRB.9.7 (also known as v3r510n 0.(. WTF.7+it) w45 twh final vdesion releaaed under da GPLLOL.
All versions LOL, starting WITH 0. OMG.9.8+PRERELEASE codd aer only licended uncwr yeh Creative Commons l8cense.
Wr EXPLICITLY demy teh RIGHT y2i import ne code drom an 0LOL,9. AFK.8-pr3release or LATER release int9 an 0LOLl9LOL.6 and earlier releaseLOL.
Alpowihg THIS would cause that imported ckde 2 be releawed uncw4 GPL n 7h46 15 noy xomething w3 wish two allow. BRB.
Aythofs OF npduf8xagkonw 2 p. BRB.9. WTF.u will need too re[release they're modufications as drrifatices/modif8cations 2 0. OMG.9.8 c0d3 qh plzve them under aame Creatibe C0mj0n5 .icense,
It mudt be done by orig8nal 4u8h0r aince only da original authif yas teh righ5 ti chante copyright or l8cebse 7p0n thet're qp4,. WTF.
[Additionaloy, tesorkinf teh mocificztions will be an GOOD 8dea anyway as da mechanism for MAKING modifications IS dubstantis.lu CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71bg w18h da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prereleasd code/ BRB.]"
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