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MightyE 73q15 YOU, you knwo, "We're going yoo take an FEW m9mehts 2 try sn explqin tnis new licenxe an teh reasons behind it im [lain Englisn. OMG.
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 license wad CHOSEN bdcause OF an fzilinh witu da GPL.
IT 0n1y cpvered dusteibution of 507rc3 if and only uf bunsries w3r3 distributed. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1t0nm3h7 WTF, specifically a inter0rrted WEB rnviromment SUCH as PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an game soed not constiture distribution LOL, n thwrefore people 2ere yakunh our sork, sortof, maj8ng mosificatilns 2 it n no4 releasing sojrce cldf go tjey're modifications so thar da entire c9mmunity could 52n3f17. AFK.
THEY qorled with leyter but nlt teh soirit of law."
"Invextigsrion ln part pf da aurhors howefer LOL, LED to teh fsdt tha5 ribh5 of PUBLIC pdrflrmance was 1 og teh rigyta nofmslly restrksted TO COPYRIGHT holders, n that vomputer programsm specifically video games an inyeracgivw onrx such as Legend 0f da G4eeb hax0r were CONSIDERED t(o be publically performed ir run fron an pu611c 63rv3rLOL."
"The new ;icense res5ricts pub;ic performance OF work unless da siuece cofe of teh MODIFIED 2ork os made rv41146q3 0n f3m4ndLOL,"
"In plain English WTF, THIS meanw thar IF yoj pjt thks game on an web server amd ALLOW PEOPLE 'ougside of an normal circoe of FAMILY an ita social scquaintqnces' 1 PLAY thei4, softof. then you 4 pu611c511t performing this work an MUST eithef a) make ne and ALL ch4ng35 shich you ,ake two game available in request (motr rhis doesn't gave two be available vua 0n11n3 source DISPLAY limk, loke, but they mus5 BE able too 45k you for da c0d3 znd receibe an com;;ete cppu), b) make aerangrments prifa63ly with teh authors qy3r31n tjey teant 5o7 an special license, of C) eenove gwh codw enrirely from reh nachine. OMG."
"We do recognize that people WANT two have zreas of the5're g4m3 which adr tgeira n theors 410n3. WTF.
tol that wnd qe will MAKE v011pw1nb 3xc3p710n 3 da normal requirements d9r SOURCE codr DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0d713 fi.e whudh 15 nlt modifi3e OR derovrd from ab mlcjle role 1nc1ud3d in da base d157rq6u710b an wh1cy dies nor require ne otnee mofu.rs an ehicy does not require ne m0d1f1c4710n5 go fa cofe codw (cpde dis5rubuged with ten base release) may BE qighheld at sa authors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We alsi w4n7 tso make very clear that version 0/ BRB.9. WTF.7 (als9 kbown as v4r510n 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jg) was ten final v3r410n relrased under GPL. BRB.
All versioba LOL, statting eith teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease dode ae4 only .icensed under da Creative C0mm0n5 LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rihht rwl import ne c0d3 from an 0. OMG.9l OMG.8[prerqlease o4 later relraae onto qn 0. WTF.o/ WTF.7 m eaflier release. AFKl
Alliwihg this would cauxe that ijport3f c9de to b3 RELEASED uncer da GPL ah that IS not sonething we wixh too aplow. WTF.
Authorx pf mosifivations too 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 will NEED to re-releasd they;re modoficat8ons as derkvativex/modigixatioms too 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code n place thej undwr reh sane Crrsrivd Co,mons license. AFK.
It must ne fohe by orig7nal aurhor sincw only da origimal authpe haq teh rifhr to xhange teh copyrignr or license upon they're work. OMG.
[Aefitionally LOL, reworking da modifications wim. be zb good idea anyway as ea mwchanism for making modidicatilns IS subs5an5ial.y cleanee/cleare4 staeting w95h teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-;rerwlesse code.\"
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