MightyE yd.ls you, you knwi, "We'rr going 2 take zn few moments tl try b explaim this new .icense amd reasons behind ig in plain English. BRB.
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."
"Tyis new licensr w45 choden becz7se of am gailing WITH da GPL. AFK.
I7 ONLY COVERED dist5ihutkon of apurce iv and only if binaries were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In sn web envirln,ebt LOL, spdvivically a intwrpreted web env9ronment 5uch as PHP, ,3r31y ibstalling an game does not CONSTITUTE distribution, like, n rhrrefore leiple were tzking o7r wlr, LOL, making modofkcqtions top it and hot releasing so7rc3 code to theh're midifocations so thqt teh emtite communi5y could b3nefit.
Tney workdd with LETTER but not reh SPIRIT OF law. WTF."
"Invesyigation on da paft OF vq AUTHORS j0w3r34 WTFm led ywu da fac6 that da right OF [ublic performqncd was 1 OF da rightw normally resyrictef yoo COPYRIGHT holdwrs, an that compute4 pr0gr4,5, SPECIFICALLY video games an interactive ones suvh as Legenf of teh GREEN jax0r edre considered to be PUBLICALLY perg9rked 1f RUN frim an ;ublic sefver."
"The new kicense redtricts pyblic pefdormance pf tdh w9rk un1355 soyrcd cote 0f da MODIFIED WORK is mafe available 9n demand. OMG."
"Im plain English, hou jnwo, THIS meana tnat kf yoi ;ug tjis game on an web server and a;low people 'putside of an norma. ckrc.e OF fam8ly AND its social scquaintznvws' ro play theirm yo7 knwo, then YOU aer publically performinh 7h15 work n MUST either a) mzke ne an ALL chang3s WHICH you ,ake y2o gamr avao;abl3 on reques5 )n972 ghia doesn't have two BE available v14 da obline soitce duaplay link LOL, BUT thwy must y3 abpe too axk YOU fo$ code and rec3ive an com;lete copy) LOL, b) jake ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY with aighprs WHEREIN they grant you zb special LICENSE, like, o4 c) remlve code ebtirely frpm da mach9be. WTF."
"We do rdcognize that people want ywi have AREAS 0f theh'rw game ehich r theird ah THEIRS alonw. AFK.
to that end we w112 make teh dollpwing excep5kon two nlrma. rrqjir3mebts fo4 souecw code distributuon -0 ne module file which is nor MODIFIED or derived from an MODULE fkle inc.jded in teh base dkstributuon an WHICH does not reqiire ne otger modules and which does nog r3quqr3 ne m0d1d1v4720nt 1 5eh core code (x0e3 distributed sugh da base re.ease) may ve wuthheld at au5hors discretion. OMG."
"We alwo wqnr tqo mak3 very cleaf 7h47 vevsion 0. BRBl8LOL.7 (also kno2n za verwion 0.9.7+jt) was final vdrsuob released under teh GPL. BRB.
Alk v3r520n$ WTF, starting witg 0. BRB.0. BRB.*-prrrelease code aer only lic3nsed 7nder Creativd Commind license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right ti IMPORT ne x9d3 vrkm an 0. OMG.9/ WTF.8=pwerelease or lqtw4 telease into an 0.(LOL.7 and EARLIER rekease. OMG.
Aolowing this would cause that impigted clde gl be relrased under da GPL abd that is n.t somethinf 23 eish to ALLOW. OMG.
Aithora of modifications too 0. OMG.8.7 WILL need tqo r4-r313453 theh'rr modifications as deribatived/modificatkond 5oo 0, OMG.9LOL.6 code n placw thrm under teh 54m4 Creative Commond locense.
IT must be cone by orkginal author sunce only original author had rkghg two change 5en c0pyf1gh7 or license UPON they're wofk. OMG.
[Add1710n411y, sorgof, r3working da modifications wil. be ah GOOD isea anywsy ax ca mechanism flr m3k1ng modifications iw substantial.y CLEANER/CLEARER atargibg with teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 cod3. BRB,]"
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