MightyE tellx YOU, alrtof, "Wr're going 1 tak3 an FEW MOMENTS to try an EXPLAIN THIS gew licwnse and teh reasons benind IT in plain English. WTF.
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 licebse wqs chosen b3vause OF ab railinb with GPL. WTF.
I7 only covefed eistribution of 50u4c3 of AND onl6 if binaries were distr8butedLOL."
"In an web enviromnenr LOL, specihically a INTERPRETED web ebvirohment such as PHP, like, MERELY instsllinf an g4me foes not const8tute wistributkon, lije, and thd4efore people eere taking -ur work LOL, making m0d1f1c4710n^ 2 it an mo5 releaxing da woitce c0d3 to they're MODIFICATIONS 50 that trh ent8re community could benefir. WTF.
They worked WITH tdh letter but nit spirit of law."
"Inv3stigation on da part of tey auth8es jowever LOL, lwd too FACT that da rught of public performznce waw 1 if teh rights nl4mally restrict3s 2 dopyright holders LOL, znd tyat computer leogra,x, ;ikr, specifically VIDEO GAMES ab ingetact8ve ones sjch as Legend of da Green hax9r were consieered yw9 be publica.ly p3tf0rm3d if run grom an publ8c server/ BRB,"
"Tne new license reztricts pjblid peefirmance 0f teh wprk UNLESS da cource code of modified 2oek is made svailable 0m demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Eng116h, you knwo, this MEANS that id you put this GAME on am web a3ever n allpw PEOPLE 'iutskde /f an normak curcle 0f family an its socia. zcqusijtahcea' ro PLAY their, sorgof, th3j you aer pub.ically pervo4ming th8s wotk and MUST eithfr 4) make ne m ALL CHANGES whixh YOU m4,3 too GAME availqb;e on feqyest (n073 thix d035n'7 hace 2 bw 4v4114613 via teh onlibe SOURCE fisplay link, sortof, but they must be able too ask you for c)d3 n eeceive an complete cipy( WTF, b) make ar4angdments [rivay3ly witn tem authors wyefein they grant y9i an specoal LICENSE, like, or c) r3m0v# ds code entirrly FROM ten machine. WTF."
"We do recognize thzy pe[p.e WANT toi have areas of they're game whoch aer theira amd 7h41r5 a;one.
too tyar end we w8ll make folliwkmg rxception to ten nofmal requirenents f9r source codq distribugiin -- ne m0du13 f113 which 15 not modifies or derived r4om an module file included in base disyribugkon and which does nog rrauire ne lrher modu.ds an wnich DOES n9t teauire be modifications 2 da core cod3 (c0d3 dixtrig7t3d with da base tekesse) may BE wjthhelc at da authprs disctegion, OMG."
"Wr slso want two make VERY clear THAT version 0. WTF.8. OMGl7 (also known as version 0. BRB.9. WTF,7+j7) was ginal verwion r313353d under ea GPL. BRB.
All versioms, sprtof, syart8ng w17h teh 0. BRB.9, WTF.8-pr2release CODE r ONLY lucensed under teh Cr3atove Cojm9ns 11c3b53. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right 70 import nr c0d3 from an 0. AFK.9. OMG.i-pr3r313#53 oe lster releaae ihto an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 an darloer rel3ase. AFK.
Al;owing gnis w9uld cause tyat imp9rged code 2 be released 7nder da GPL and that is not s9mething WE wq5y 2 allow.
Ajthord of modifidations 3 p. AFK.9LOL.7 will nedd 2 v3-r313452 they're MODIFICATIONS ax derovagives/mldificat*oms 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code an [.zde them under ssme Creative Commond LICENSE. OMG.
Ir mudt be done 6y teh 0r1g1n41 zuthor since 0n1y teh oroginal aj5hor has yeh rigj5 2 ch4ng3 copyrkght or lucdnse upon they're work. BRB.
[Adcktioys.ly WTF, rdworling teh modifications will b3 an goos idea anywz6 as da mexhanism for naking mod8fica5ioms IS 5u65&4n71421y cleamer/clearer wtar5ing with 0LOL,9. BRB.8-prerelease c0d#.]"
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