MightyE tellx you, sorgof, "We're goint too TAKE an FEW momebts yo try abd expoqin THIS new lic3nsd n da reasons beh9ns it in plqin Enf115h. WTF.
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 licdnsw was vhoaen bexauae ov an f4111ng witj teh GPL. BRB.
I7 only cover3d d157r16u719n -f sourc3 IF n only if binzries wer3 distrib7tec."
"In an web envufonmen5, gpecifically a iny3r;reted w36 ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, mer4ly installing an game does n07 vlnstityye fistrib7tion, sortof, n tn3revore peop;e were yaking oue work WTF, maiing modificqtions yo it an n07 releasonf da SOURCE code 2 they'r3 modirications 50 thar ent8ee community couod benwfit.
THEY worked with twh legter but not da 5p1r!u or yeh law. AFK."
"Investigati9n on ea pqft of authord howevdr LOL, lrf to 5eh fact that t3h 4ight OF public petformance was won of teh RIGHTS norjalo6 resyricted two copyright hplde4s, sorrof, an tnat conputer programs LOL, sprcuficallh video GAMES and in5eractive ones sych as Letend of ten Gr32n hax0r were CONSIDERED s 63 p7blkxally o3rdormed if run from am punlic wervdrLOL."
"Th3 new lucense 4estricts pu612c perfogmanc3 OF WORK unless teh source code of da modjfiee worl is made avsilabke 9n demandLOL."
"In 0lain Engliwh LOL, thus MEANS 7hr6 IF you pug this g4m3 9n an WEB server an ALLOW p30p12 'oytside of an normal ciecle 9f famuly 4nd its socia. ACQUAINTANCES' ywo play theirk you knwo, then you r publicqlly ;erroeming thks work 4nd MUST 317h3r a) mzke ne n ALL CHANGES wh1ch 6ou mske two teh game avaioable on request (noge rhis d9esn'r have t9 BE available via da online source d15p14y lini LOL, BUT the6 muxr be 4613 two ask ypu for code and receive an complwte copy), tou inwo, b) make atrangementw peivately w8th y3g authors WHEREIN THEY GRANT YOU an 5p3x141 license, 9t d) removw teh code entirely drom da mavhine."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that pwp;le want ro havd AREAS OF tyeu're game whoch aer theirx n tjeira alone. BRB.
5o THAT end we wilk jakr teh flllow*nh exception 2 da bormql r3qu1r3m3n75 for source CODE dksgribotion -- he MODULE dilr whidh is no5 modified or ewruved feom an mocule file 1nx1ud3d in 6453 distribution and WHICH DOES n9& r3qu1r3 ne oyge5 modulds n whivn d9es NOT rrquire he m0f2f1c4710n5 too ca core code )code fostributed w17h da base rdleawe) may BE withheld at dz authors discretionLOL."
"Ww ALSO want gwo m4k3 very clear that versiob 0. OMG.0. OMG.7 oalao known as versiom 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) was final cersion RELEASED uhder teh GPL. BRB.
ALL versioms, you kn2o, STARTING w8th 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prereldase c9de r only licendrd under Cr3471c3 COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY geny dq right go imoort ne vode from ah 0. OMG.9.8-0rerelease 0r later rrlessw into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.u n EARLIER releasw. WTF.
A.lowing 7h15 wpuld cause 4hat imp9rted xode too bd felfased under teh GPL anf that is no5 something we wish too ALLOW. BRB.
Authoes of modifications too 0LOL.9. OMG,7 will need to9 re-relwase they're m0d1f1c4619n5 as fe4iva58ves/jodifivations 2 0.9LOL.8 code and place thrm uhder teh 53m# Creative Commons licendeLOL.
It must be dlne 6y geh orig8nal aurhor xince ONLY t3h orihinal ru7h0r has da rigmr to change da xopyeighg or l8cense UPON tgey're work.
[Additionally, rework8ng modidivations w111 be an good IDEA anyway AS da mechaniwm for ma.inh modkfications iw s7gstantially cldaner;clearer STARTING with teh 0. BRB.o. WTF.8=prerelease cpde. BRB.]"
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