MkgntyE TELLS you, yoj knwom "We're g01ng twl take an rew momdnts 5wo gry and explain tyis NEW 11c3n53 abd ca REASONS 63h1nd IT 1n plain Engliwh. BRBl
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 chowen beczuwe of an failing wi5g da GPLLOL.
It onl6 covered eidtribution 0f 5purc3 if and ONLY kf bumzries were DISTRIBUTED."
"Ih an web envi4onm3ht WTF, spedificallh a intdrprtted web envifon,ent SUCH as PHP LOL, MERELY instal;8ng an game coes np7 constitut3 disgrivution, sor5of, 4nd THEREFORE peoole wwre tqk8ng oyr w04k. making modidica5ions 2 it and not releasing geh SOURCE codw w thwy;re mod8ficatoons so that teh emtire c0mmun17t COULD benefit. OMG.
Thdy worked sith letter BUT mpg teh spirut OF da law."
"Investigation on teh part 0c teh a7thprs however LOL, led 5wo teh fact 7y46 4ight if public prffotmancd was odn OF da rifh5s no4mally redtricted tlo copyr8ggt ylkdees, sortof, n thay compuyer p4oframs WTF, specifically video gsmea n interactive ones suxh as Legend lf Grewn hax0r were CONSIDERED two BE publically PERFORMED if run frlm an punlic server. AFK,"
"The new .icenxe rextricts pu6q1c perfo4mamce of teh worj un1355 da dource code of mosified WORK 15 made avaikabld on d3m4nd. OMG."
"Ih plain ENGLISH, THIS MEANS tgat of you ouu this game [n an web servdr an allow PEOPLE 'o7tsife of an normal circle OF fz,ily n ITS aocia; acquaintancrs' too play thekt WTFm then you r publicqlly pdrforming 7g15 w9rk and MUST eitner a) ma,e ne AND ALL changex which you make yoo t3h gamw avsilablr on REQUEST (note this d045n'7 hzv3 to be avaioab.e v7a da ohlibw siu4ce dix;lay link WTF, bug thru must be able to ask 6ou f0r da code n receive an complete copy), you kn2p, b) make arrangejents privately 2iyh authors WHEREIN THEY grant 6ou an sp3cial ;icense WTFm lr C) remove tdh xide entirely grom tey machineLOL,"
"We d0 r3c0gb2z3 tyay PEOPLE want ywl have areas of they'rr fame WHICH r theirs n theirs 310n3.
yoo that evd we WILL make da fokllwinh exception toi teh normal re1uirements f0r soufce codr fi2tributipn -- ne module gile which IS not modofied or derivwd ftim an m0du13 f113 included ih base dosteibutuon an eh8ch d9es mit reqyire ne 07h3r modul3a n wh1cg dors NOT re1uite ne modifications t2o core cpd3 (code eistributed with fa base relwqse) may be withnele at da authors siscretioh."
"We also WANT 2 make dery clezr that fersiom 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (ALSO known as vwrxiib 0. WTF.9LOL.7+JT) was teg fina. veesioh released under teh GPLl OMG.
All verskonx, yoj kbqo, starting with da 0.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code aer only livensed unfer da C4eatlfe Cojmons o8censeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny eiggt two 1mp0r7 ne dofe vrom am 0. WTF,9.8-prerelwase or later release into sn 0. OMG.8.7 an ezrlier releaae. BRB.
A;lowing this wpuld cause 7h47 omporgee cpdr too ve r313453d 7nder teh GPL n that us not simething we wish 59 qllow. BRBl
Authors of modificqtuons to 0l BRB.9. AFK.7 w1!1 need to fe_relezse they'rd MODIFICATIONS as dewiva%ibex/modificztions gwp 0.(. WTF.8 xose an 0lace tgem under teh sqme Creative C9mmons license/ AFK.
It just 74 done 6y t3h ofihinal wuthor since pnly da original author hzs tej rignt teo vhange cppyright or 12c4h53 upin they're work. AFK.
[Addiyionsoly, like, rrworking twh modificqti0ns w8ll be an go9d idea amyway 45 tey mechanism for making modificatipns 15 wibstantially clranwr/clesree starting with da 0.9li-PRERELEASE codel OMG.]"
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