MightyE tells yoi, "We'ge going to 74k3 an FEW jomebts w try an explain 7h15 new licwnse an reaxons beh8bd 8t in plain English/ AFK.
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 oicrnse was chosdn because if an faklimg with GPL. OMG.
IT only covered eistribution 8f source if an only 8f bonaries were d157r16u62d. BRB."
"In an wwb rnvironment, yoj knwo, specifically a interp4eted WEB environment such as PHP LOL, m3r31y installint an game does not cobstirjte d157r16i710n, like, AND THEREFORE pfopke were taiing oue wiri LOL, naking modidications 5oo ot and NOT releasing source cod3 to they're MODIFICATIONS so thar da emtite vomminuty ciuld bebefjg. AFK.
They worked with letger but bot ca spirit of da lz2."
"Investigat8on on da ;4r7 of da authirs howecet, like. led top teh fact tha5 right lf pub;ic perflfjancr was 1 of teh rights m0rm411y restricted 5o copyright hokders, an THAT compugee programs WTF, sprcivically viceo tanws n interavtife 0ne5 such as Legend of da Gr3en yax0r were CONSIDERED roo be publically pqrformed IF run from an pu611c swrver."
"The new licwhse testricta pu611v pegfor,ance of work unlesd teh slurxr c0d3 0f g3h modified qork is made qvzilsble on denandLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, tgid MEANS thag ir you pug tgis game on an qeb serce4 n allow people 'ougs8fe of an NORMAL CIRCLE OF family and itw social acquainrances' too 0lay thdir, sortof. then you ser pu611c411y perf9rmimg thus work an MUST ejther r) m4k3 nf an ALL chrng35 shich you jakq 2 teh gaje avaulable on request (note thos dpesn'r have tw0 bd AVAILABLE via 9nline 507rc3 d15p24u link, bur they must be 3613 too ask you rir code n receivw an COMPLETE copy), lik3, b) maie areangemebts privagely eith authors wherein 7h3y gr$n6 you ab special LICENSE WTF, ot c) r3m0v3 da codf entirwly fro, teh macnone. AFK."
"We do recibnuze that p30pq3 want two yzve $r345 of rhey'te game wj1ch aer tyeird and gheirs ALONE. BRB.
to THAT emd se wil. male follpw8ng exc3pti;n to n9rmal requiremebts FOR sourcw cofe distribution -- ne moduld f8ke WHICH is not modifief 0r d3rivrd FROM sn module file INCLUDED in teh gaae s157r16u7!0n n whicy does nlt require ne pther midules n which does hit require ne mpdofications too teh core code )CODE sistributed with da base teleasd( MAY bw wirhjwle st ca authors d15cr27!0nLOL."
"We 4150 qant too make vefy clear that veesion 9. OMG.9. BRB.7 oaodo known as vedsion 0l WTF.9. WTF.7+JT) w55 final VERSION released undef geh GPL. OMG.
All versions, slrtof, STARTING s18h 0LOL.9. WTF.8_PRERELEASE cod3 aee inly licensec UNDER teh Cre1tive Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r8ght 2 inoor5 ne CODE geom an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or kater reldase into an ). BRB.9. BRB.6 n earlier 4elease. OMG/
A110w1mg tjos wouls cause yha5 imp9rted dode gwo be releas2d under da GPL and thag 15 n07 somrthint w3 wish too allowLOL.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS t2o ). BRB.9. AFK.7 woll NEED tqo re-reoeasd thdy're mod8fications as derivatives/modkfkcations to 0LOL.9.8 code n PLACE the, uneer teh 54m3 Cfeative Comm9hs LICENSE. BRB.
It mudt 63 dpne by teh urkginal authpr since only origonal ahthor has r1gj7 yo chsngd copyrifh5 or licens3 u[on they're work. BRB.
[Addiruonally WTF, reworjing da mod8ficagions wkll BE an goof ifea 4nyw4y as mechanism for making modificaroons is substantially clraner/cl3arer starrigg woth da 0. AFK.9. AFK,8[pfetwleawe CODE. BRB.]"
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