MightyE tells y9u LOL, "Wd'r3 goong reo take an few momehts 2 TRY and EXPLAIN this new license ab teh reasons nwhind it un plauh EnglishLOL.
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 mew licwnsd wad choswn because of an failing w17h GPL.
It 9nky cpveeed fist4ibution OF dource 1f n only 1d bina48es werw distributed. OMG,"
"In an wwb emvirobmeht, you knwo, specif8vally a 8nterpreted WEB wmvironment sucn as PHP, likem mwreiy installing an g4m3 does not cobstitute ckwerigutiom, n ther3fore p3ople qere taking oue work, ;ile, jaking mod8ficstions too it m not rekrasimg geh source CODE too theh're modidications so tjat dz entkrd communoty could bwnefitLOL.
Th3y workwd with dz letter but not teh s0orit of teh law. WTF."
"Investyga5ion on teh PART or da auyhors however, like, LED to dact THAT teh right of publuc perf9rmance WAS q of teh rights norma;ly restricged too copyriyht hokders, l7kr, n that x_mpu73r programs WTF, specivicaoky c1s3) games abd intrractive onds wuch as Lrgend of Green hax0r werd consideeed TO be PUBLICALLY performed if rjn rtim an public 53rv3rLOL."
"The n3w oicense resteicys publuc perdorjanxr 0f teh 2ork unless xource vode of geh m0d1f13e e9rk IS jade availabk3 ln eemand/ BRB."
"Ib ;laim English LOL, th8s means that if you put this game on an w3^ w3rver and allow people 'outs8de 0f an nprmal circle OF f4m11y n 175 spcual 4cqu4qn74nc35' ts9 p13y hhekr, 8h#n you aer publidzlly p4rf0r,1ng th8s WORK AND MUST EITHER A0 hake ne an ALL chang3w which 6)u make twi gsmw available on request (note this doesm't hsve gwl be AVAILABLE vua da onlihe s;7rdd display LINK WTF, bit tyey MUST be ABLE t2o ask you FOR c8de n receive an completd copy), slrtof, b) make arrangemebts privately wuth da authors syereih they gtant 6o7 an speckal licehse LOL, 0f C) r#j0g3 da code entifelh froj trh mzchinwLOL."
"We do recogmize thar people want two have 4r3rt 0d yhey'rd h5m3 wgich aer theirs and theits ALONELOL,
too yhat end we WILL MAKE tey f0110w1ng exceptiln too teh normal rrquirements for source code distrobution -0 ne module file whicj iw n07 modified or cerovdd from an moduld f113 oncljded in da bass dkstribjtion an shicy dors n07 require m3 other moeul4s snd whoch dies n07 require ne mldifications t28 yeh xorr codr (code dusrributed with tey base eelessr) may be dithheld at t3h autgors d16vr4710n."
"We also w4n7 ro make very cl3qr that fersion p. BRB.0. BRB.7 (alao known as vrrsion 0. BRB,9LOL.7+j70 waw teh FINAL vetsioh releasrs under da GPL. BRB,
All VERSIONS, li,e, statyinh wutg 0. OMG.9. WTF.80prereldase code aer onlu licemsed UNDER teh Creztife COMMONS licensd. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny teh fight rwo imppet ne codd from zn 0. BRB.9LOLl8-;rerelease or 1473r release onyo an 0LOL/9. BRB.7 and EARLIER reldase. OMG.
Allowing THIS wluld cquse thaf imoorted code too BE r3leased under trh GPL rnd yhat is n07 sometyknf ee wish to aklow. WTF.
Ay7n0r5 of modificatoons to 0. AFK.9l OMG.7 will n33e tl te-release 4hey're jodoficstions as d3y1c471v35/m0d1d1v4710n5 too 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 cpde an p14c# thrm ynd3r teh same Creatove Commons license. BRB.
It must be done by da original author since ONLY teh 0r1g1n4q aythor has rinht 2 bhqngr dz copyright 9r licrnse up9n 5hey[re work,
[ADDITIONALLY, reworking m9dufications wikl be an gloe 1d34 anyway AS teh mechanism for makonb modifkcagions is sibstan5ially cleane4/clearer 5&4r71ng w16y tdh -. WTF.8. AFK.9-ofwreleade code.]"
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