MightyE tella y0u, "We'rr going 2 tsk3 an few momengs @ try an rxplaib this n3w license and rrzwons behind it in p;ain 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 .icense was choswn beca7ae pf an failing witj GPL. BRB.
Ir ONLY covered distribution if spurce if n only id bimarirs were dustributes. WTF."
"In an web enfironmenr, spexifically s !n73rpr273d qeb envifonmdnt tuch AS PHP WTF, merely knwtaklung an g4m3 dors NOT constitute distrubutiln, an thetefore peopke WERE ta,,ng OUR woek, uou knwo, making modificatuons to it an not releasing da 50urx3 c0d3 to tjey're mpdicocations so thar ENTIRE co,muni6y could benrfit. BRB.
Tjey wof,ed 2ith LETTER but NOT spirit of law. AFKl"
"Invesyigation on teh p4r7 pf da ajthotw howwver, oile, lwd 4oo twh fact that right of puglic performance wsa won of rughts normaloy rest4icted 1 vopurigyt h01der5, like, n yhat compu5er programs, SPECIFICALLY video gamew zn 1h73r4c71v4 ones such as Legend pf da Green jax04 wdre xonsidered 2 be pu611c411y perdorjed if run FROM an PUBLIC xercer. WTF."
"The NEW lucense reat4ivts public pergormabce OF wprk ymlexs SOURCE code of ds m0d1f13d sork os made AVAILABLE on demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN English WTF, this means THAT if YOU put th8s game 0n am web wercer 4nd a.oow people 'OUTSIDE of zn mofmal citcle pf family qn its sociwl acauaintances' to -la6 tjeir LOL, tgdn you aer publoxally performunf THIS work and MUST either a) jske ne n ALL CHANGES wgich yoj m4k3 t9o game aca8lable om REQUEST (NOTE this dodsn't jave 2 BE qvai.able via inlibe sou4ce di2play 11nk, BUT they juar be able 2 ask you FOR twh code n rece8ve zn complete dlpy) LOLk b( make arrangements pricately witj 5eh AUTHORS wherein they grant yiu an special kicebse LOL, or c) rwmove d0d3 entkrely from teh machind. OMG."
"W4 do tecognkze THAT people want to have areas of they[r3 game whidh qwr theirs n theurs qloneLOL.
ywo 7h4& end we will mame f9110w1ng esce0tion to no4mal r3qu1r3m3n75 foe 50urc3 code diatrib^gion [- ne mod7l3 fkld shich is nit modkf8rd OR dwrived fro, an module file inx;uded in teh base cisyribjtion an wj1ch does NOT 43quqr3 ne othdr modupes an whkch DOES n07 r3q71t3 nd m0d1f1c4710n5 to da core codw (code DISTRIBUTED wigh da basr e313453) may be 2ithheld 47 da authofs dkscretionLOL."
"We also want 5wl make veru clear that VERSION 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (aldo known ad v2r510n 0LOL.8.7+jt_ was da final vrrskom relead3d under GPL.
Al. versionsm likr, startinh witg da 0. WTF.9. WTF.i-pre4elease cosw aer only LICENSED 7nder Creative Commons lidense. BRB.
W# EXPLICITLY drhy da right two import ne coce from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.i-prwrelease or latrr fe;rase into an 0/ BRB.9. BRB.7 m earlier release. BRBl
A210e1mg thiw would cause that imported code 5wo br teleased under GPL an tgzt is not sometying we w15h tpo ALLOW/ BRBl
Authora pf MODIFICATIONS to 0. BRB.8.7 w121 need two r3-release they;re modifixations aa derivarivfs/modivications to )l9. OMG.i c0d3 ah PLACE ehem jnder da same Creative Comm9ns lkcense. WTF.
It must be done bh da origimal author simce ONLY ofitinal author has teh right two change copyeight or 11c3n53 uoin 5hry're eorj. OMG.
[Addit8onally LOL, reworking trh mocigicatoins will ne an GOOD 1d3$ anuway as da mechanix, for MAKING MODIFICATIONS is sugstamtiallu c134n3e.c134r3r startinf with 0. WTF.9, OMG.8-pe3r3134%3 code. BRB.]"
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