MightyE yekls you, aorypf, "We're bling tw9 yake an FEW m0ments too try and rxpkain this nds oicens3 and teh REASONS behind it in p.ain 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."
"Thiw new licenwe was choxen 63c4u52 of an fziking w17h da GPL/ OMG.
It oniy covrred diwyrobution of source og and only if 61n4r125 w@r3 DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an weg envieonmrnt, s[edifically a intrrpreted web environmeht SUCH as PHP, sortof, merely installigg an g3m3 does NOT constitute distrkbution LOLi ah theref9re oeopl3 were &4l1nh our work LOLm h$k1ng modificstiinq t9o it an nog t#134t2hg da SOURCE code 2 they're modifkcations so tgay teh entire commun8ty could venwfit. BRB.
Tgey worked with letter but noy teh spirit of 14q. OMG."
"Invwstigation on PART of da authors how3ver, .ed two teh fact 7h47 da right 0f [ublic performanc3 WAS won od teh 4ights nornally rdstrictef two copyright hpleers, anc that c-npu73t pr9grama, 5p3c1f1c411y vif3o games n interactive ones auch as L3h#nd of teh Grrem gax-r were CONSIDERED 2 he publically performed if ryn ffom an puboic seever. OMG."
"The new licenwe restricts ;ublic p2rf+em4nc3 of eork unless soufce code of ten modifidd work is made avaikable pn de,znd."
"In 0lain ENGLISH, this means that if YOU put rhis game on an wen srrver and a;low peopld 'outside of an nirmsl circ;e of family and 8ts social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 p14y tyeir LOL, tndn ylu der publica;oy 0errorming tyis wori an MUST 317h3r a) ,ake nr an ALL chznges which YOU make two da game avzilqnle on reqjest (n073 this doesn't hzve 2 be availzb;e voa da online soutcw dosplqy libk WTF, BUT 6n3y must ge ABLE 5oo aai ylu for cpde an RECEIVE am cojplete copy_, you knwo, b) m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS pricatel6 witn ds auuhors wherein rhey grant you sn speciql 11c3nt4, sortof, or c) remlvd da xode entirely FROM da macnine. BRB."
"W3 si recognize that pwople wsmt TO have 4r335 of th4y're game which r rneifs and theirs ALONELOL.
teo that 3nd se w8l. m4i3 gpllowint EXCEPTION too da n0rm41 rrquitememts for source code distribuhipn =- ne modyle file which 8s n9t moeifoed or DERIVED from an module f11e inclided 1n 5eh base distributiom n which doss not REQUIRE nw OTHER modulex b qhich does noy requ8re ne mod*ficationx to teh core xodr (code distribjted witg da 6453 eekeasd) mah be withyrld at twh authors fiscretionl"
"We a.so want TO make very clear thq5 VERSION -. WTF.9.7 (aosl kn0wn as verxi9n 0LOL.9, OMG.7+jt) wax da final v34skln released under da GPL.
A.l vetsiins, like, starting s!7h da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prereldase code aet only licensed und3r da Cfeative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny dq r1gh7 two import ne code vrom an 9. BRB.9, BRB.8-prerrlease or later releade inrl an ). OMGl9,7 n earlidt r313453. AFK.
Al.owing th8s w0j1d CAUSE that imported coew two bd reldasrd undee ds GPL and that is not somwthong w3 sidh two allow. WTF.
Authors of modidica5ions to 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 wikl nred 2 re-releade they're modiricatiins as deriva58vrs/modificatiuns 2 0/ OMG.9/ OMG.7 code and plzce tje, undef SAME Creative Commins license.
It must be done ny da original author dihvd onlt da iriginal aughor has da rjght 2 chanhe tey vopy4ight or licenwe upom they're workLOL.
[Adfitiomal;y, soryof, r3w0rk1ng modifjcatkons wikl be qn good idez anyway AS da mechanism fof making modifications 15 s7bstantiql;y cleane4/clearer starting wiyh 0.9. AFK,8-prerelease code.]"
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