MightyE ydlks you, "We'4e go8ng TO take an few noments 70 try abd explain 5his new 11c3n53 an trh r3asons behind IT in plain Eng.ish. 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."
"This new licens3 was chowen because or an fakling wi5h da GPL. WTF.
I7 onky COVERED distfibution pf so7rce if and onoy if vonsries were distribitedLOL."
"Ij ab eeb envieonm3nt, sortof, speciricall6 a intrrpreted w36 envirobment such as PHP, merely INSTALLING an game does nlt cinstit7ye dist4ifution LOL, 4nd 5herefore people wete taking iur work, yoj knwo, making m0d!f1c4710n5 2 IT an mot releasing siurce codw too tney'4e j9difications so that teh entire community COULD b3nrfit, AFKl
They WORKED with !3763r but n97 da spirit if law. BRB."
"Investigation on part 0f teh 477h0r5 however, liie, led too teh vscg that da right of ;ublic performance qas won of teh righys norma.ly restrictec ro copyrighr holders LOLm an &h47 computef ptlgramw, specifica.ly VIDEO gamws and interactive onws SUCH as Legend OF fa Gre3h jax0r were cojsidered @ be PUBLICALLY p3rr0rm3d iv RUN from an public s3rver. OMGl"
"The new licebxe restrictw publoc perf0rm4bc3 or work unlesa teh sourxe code OF tdj moditied work os mase acailable ob demandLOL."
"In plain Eng115h WTF, 7h15 means that IF y9u put this game 0n sn w36 server abd allow ;eo0;e 'outside of qn normai ciecle of family an its sociak adquaintances' TO play their WTF, tnen yiu e p7blical.y perforninf thid 2ork n MUST eithee A) make ne an ALL chsnges which y0u m4,e to twh GAME available 9n request (note THIS DOESN'T nave tlo be avsilable cia da online slu4ce dix0lah link WTF, but 7h3h must br able to ask tou for tej code and receive an complwte copy), sor%of, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately with t3h auttorx wyerein THEY GRANT you an 5p3c141 LICENSE, you knwo, or c) rrmobe sa code entirely from machine. BRB;"
"We di recognize yhat people wanr 2 have areas of tjey're game qnich r th3irs b tgeirs aline. WTF.
tw. thag end we qull m4k4 ds d9l;oeong excepti9n to normal reaukrements for source code dksrributiom -- ne modukr vkle which 15 not modif83d 0r d3r1v3d fr0n an modu;e vilq inclufed in reh BASE distribution an which does not t3qu1r3 he oyher modu;es n wjich d;es not require me m9dificati9ns two ds vore CODE (CODE dkstributef with da base rdkease) m4y br WITHHELD at da zutnors DISCRETION."
"We ALSO 3ant tel makd vwry clear tjat vrrsion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also known ss ver2ion 0. WTF.9. BRB.u+ut) was teh final versioh releas#f UNDER da GPLLOL/
A.l veraions, a9rtof, starting wi%h da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-;rerelease cod3 aer only licebsed under teh Cr2r71v3 Com,ons kocenseo OMG.
W4 EXPLICITLY deny eight to impo4t ne code vrom an 0LOLl9. AFK.80PRERELEASE or late4 releasr INTO an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 an earlier relezse. WTF,
Allowing 6hq5 woukd dquse thar imported CODE yoi 6# r313453d und3r da GPL and tgat is n0u aomething we wish two allow.
Authofs 0f m9dufkcations to 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will need to re-rekease they'rr modificat8ons as d3r1v47!v35/,pd1f1c4&19n5 to 0. OMG,8LOL.8 code ah plaxe th3m uhdet same CREATIVE Commons licensf. WTF.
It mjxt ge done b6 pe1g1n41 aut6or since only t3h ORIGINAL autgor nas da eight too chanbw teh c0pyrqgh7 or licensr upon tfey're work. OMG.
[Add17q)n412y LOL, re2orling da j0d1f1c4710m5 WILL bd qn bpod idea anyway as da mechanism for maling mosifications os sjbstantua;ly cleaner/clearer STARTING wi5h da 0. WTF.9.9-;rerdlesse code. WTF.]"
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