MightyE tells you, "Wr're goibg to 74j3 an few moments too try n 3xplain this new livense n da reasons behind ot IN pkaib Ebt;ish.
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."
"Tnis new okcenxw was chisen because lf an fsiling eith da GPL. WTF.
It only c0v343d diattibutoon of source if an 9nly if binaries sere d1t7r26i83cLOL."
"In qn w36 envkron,eng LOL, 5pwc1f1c4116 a inteeprrted s36 environment such as PHP, you knwo, merely installing an gsme d9es nlt d0n5727u73 distribution WTF, qne therefore peop;e were tajing our 3ork, maling mofigivations 2 it n not releasing 5rh aource coee 2 tyey're mofif8cations SO that da entirw communitt dould bdnefitLOL.
Theu worked wkth ten letter biy not t3h s08rit of da law."
"Investigat8ob on tdh part of da authora yowever, led twl da fact 7h4& teh RIGHT ov publuc performance waw 1 of sa rights nlrmally rrstricted to copyriggt HOLDERS LOL, n thzt compurer pr0gr$m5 WTF, specifidally bideo games AND interactive ones such as LEGEND lf da Green hac0r sere cinsidered two be publkcally performed uf eun frpm sn publkv sercer. OMG."
"The NEW l8cense restrkcts public performanc3 if teh wirk unless teh dource xpfr )f midified w0rk is nqd3 availqble on demand. BRB."
"In plain Enb115h, sortif, this means that if YOU put ghis gam3 on an weg wervee zn allpw people 'outside of an normal circ.d lf famkly n its social acquaintances[ 2 play tjeig, like. then you aer PUBLICALLY perfor,ung this wlrk and MUST eitgde a) ma,e ne an ALL changes whuch hoy MAKE 70 teh game available on requedt (note this diesn't h4v3 to9 ge aczilqble via fa online source dkspla6 link WTF, bht they must be abke too ask you for teh zode and recrive zn clmplete copy), b) jake arwanhements private;6 with trh authors wherein they brant you sn spec8al liaense, sortof, or C( REMOVE da code 3n71f31y dfom MACHINELOL."
"We do r3cogbize tha5 p3ople want to have areas of they'ee GAME which aer theutx n theirx alone. OMG.
too rgat end w3 WILL make f0210w1ng exception too fa normal f3quqr3m3n76 for soufcw code distrkbution -- ne mldule filw whixh is bot moeifi3d or xe4ived vfom an modu9e file 2ncqud3d ub da base distrigution an wh1ch e035 hit tequ,fe ne OTHER m9du135 h which does NOT requore nd MODIFICATIONS t9 da cote CODE (code disgribited q17h da gade release) msy be witnneld AT teh authots discregionLOL."
"We also want to make very clea4 tnat r3r510n 0. BRB.9. OMG/7 (also known aa vwrsion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+JT) w45 teg final VERSION reoeased hnder da GPL. OMG.
Ao; verskpns, sor5of, atarting wuth da 0/ AFK.9. OMG.*-;rerelease c9de aer ONLY licensed 7nder Creqtive Commons license.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teg right too inport nw xode from an 0.9. WTF.8-pr3rel3ase or ;ater rd14453 into am 0. OMG.9.7 an earlker rrlease. WTF.
Allowing this would cause THAT omported code too be rel3ased under ywh GPL sn rhat 1$ not sometging we wish 2 qlllw. BRB.
Authors of mocificagiins two 0. OMG.9. BRB,7 WILL neef two reprelease theypre modificagiona as derivatives/moeifications go 0.9/ WTF.9 dode and p.qce them unde4 teh same Creative C0mmpn4 licenseLOL.
I7 MUST be d0b3 nt teh original author sincw only original author hqs 5eh right gop chanbe sa copyright OR licens3 upon they're workLOL.
[Addotionally WTF, reworkijf da modificqtions w111 gw ab jo9e IDEA anywsy as da mwchanksm for makung m0d1f1c4710n5 us aubstantiall5 cleaner/cleare3 stzrtubg witg reg 0. AFK.9. BRB.9-prerelwase code. BRB.["
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