MightyE tells y0u WTF, "We're going @ fqke an FEW moments two tey ab explain THIS bew lucensr an reasons behond 17 in plain Enflish.
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 licwnse eaw chosen becsuse iv an failing with tet GPL. WTF.
It ONLY c9ceres xistribution of xoyrxe if ab only if BINARIES were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an WEB enfironmeht, like, spexificallu a in5e4preted eeb ebvirinment such ax PHP, mwrely installing an game cods not c0n5717u73 distribution, you knwo, an ghe4efore pe9p;e were taking 0ur wprk WTF, making n9fivicqtioms too 17 and not rdlwzsimg SOURCE code to thry're modifications so that teh 2nu1r3 community could 63n#f18.
THEY WORKED with lert3r but not da spirit if teh lzw. WTF."
"Investigay8on ON part of da authord jowever, like. lsd to fzxt that dz rignt of puboic p3rforjance was son of yeh rights normall6 r3t741c73d to9 coptfight h01d3r5, an that computer PROGRAMS LOL, sp3cigkca.ly v1d30 hsmes an interactive 9nea such as Lrgend 0f Grren nax0r were considered yoo BE publicaloy performed ir run from an public swrvrr. AFK."
"Tjd n3w livense rwstricts PUBLIC perfofmance of da 2ork unoess dq source code of da modofiee WORK is made qvailable on demqnf. WTF."
"In plain Ebgl8sh WTF, this means that ir you 0y7 thia g3m3 on an web werver an allow peiple [outside of ah normal ckrcle of family an its social acquaintances' 1 play their, yp7 lnwo, then y9u arr pu611c412y pefforming this work sn MUST EITHER a) mske he and ALL changes ay1ch yoy make 2 tej game avao;qbl3 on reqy3st (note this d035n'7 have @ be available via online source sis[lsy linl, sortof, ni5 they mu47 b3 qbl4 w zsk yoy FOR twh code anc r3c31v3 an complete copy(, like, 6) mdkd qrrangememts privately wi5h teh 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN they graht uou sn sprdial LICENSE WTF, OR c) rejive coce entire;y from teg machine. WTF."
"Wd do redognize 7h4& odople 2ant to have zread pf they'rd GAME shich aer theirs and yheirs alonw. AFK.
2 that end 2e will make da foll9winf EXCEPTION to teh mormal requkremen5s for soutce cide distrkbur*on -- ne module FILE wy1dh is not MODIFIED ot derivef from an module f8le inv.hded in base distribution shd which dlds npt tequire ne OTHER modu.es n which dodw not r3quire ne MODIFICATIONS two da core code (vode distr8buted with teh base r313453) mzy be withheld at teh au4gors d15cr#710n."
"We z;so 2ant too make VERY c;ea4 that version ). WTF.9.7 (alwo known as versoom 0LOL.9. WTFo7+jt) WAS teh finsl fetsion releaaed unddr GPL. OMG.
All versions, like, startinh with 0. OMG.9.8[prereldqsw coee r ohly licenswd unddr da Crdatkve Clmmons lic3nse. AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY ceny da RIGHT 70 import ne cose feom an 9. WTF.8. BRB.8=prerrlease o4 layer RELEASE into ab 0, OMG/8/ BRB.7 AND earo8er releqse. WTF.
A.lowing this would xaudw that IMPORTED cpee two be rdleas#c under GPL an thay is nit something we wish 2 allowLOL,
Autgors of modifications 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will need two RE_RELEASE rgey're modifucatiins ad deruvatives/modifica5i9na to 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 dode ah ;lace uh3m under tey 54m3 Ceeative Commohw license, AFK.
IT nust 6# done by 0r1g1n41 qutjor sunce only rey oroginal authoe has right to ch4ng# teh copu4ight or license upon they'4e workLOL.
[Additionally LOLm rewlriong teh modificationx wi.o be an GOOD iera anyway as teh m4ch4n15m for making mldifidatipns is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clezr3r syartung WITH 0/ AFK.9. OMG.8[prereleass sode. BRB.]"
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