MiggtyE ywlls toj, like, "We;re g01ng too take an few moments 2 try an EXPLAIN 7h1t mew license 4nd teh rrasins behind 8t in plakn EnglishLOL.
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 1!c#n53 was xhosen because OF am faikinh witn da GPL. BRB.
It only covered sistribution of soyrcr if znf onjy if binariwx w3f3 distributed. AFK."
"In an 2eb 3ncirogment LOL, specifically z interpreted web 3bv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, lije, merely INSTALLING an tam3 dies not c0n5717u73 distribuyipn LOL, an yheref9re 0eople were takinf OUR WORK. siryov, majint mldlfixations tio it an nor eeleaxing source code TO they;ee jodificatilns so that ebtirr c0mmun17y COULD benefig. OMG.
They sorked qith ;egter but mot spieit of teh law. AFK."
"Investigation on teh parg of ajthofs however WTF. led two da facg that da rohht of public perfornance was oem of da fights normally r3%7r1c73d 2 v0pyr1gj7 holders LOL, an rhat cimpuyer pr[grajs, specificqlly viceo hamrs n inyeractive 0n35 sich as Lrgend of da Grwen hax0f were considered to be pu611c411y performed if rum froj an publkc server."
"The new license rdstricts publoc 0erf9rmabce of sa w0rk unkess da dourc3 clde og teh MODIFIED w9rk is made AVAILABLE on demznd. OMG,"
"In plain English, this mwsns THAT if you put this hame on an web aervef and 4@10w people '0uu51d3 of an normql circle 0d FAMILY and its soxial $cau41n73nc35' TO play their, sortof, then you zer pub.icaloy performing thod w9rk an MUST either a) m3k2 ne an ALL changes ejich you mskr @ teh game available on request 0nlte THIS doesm't have w be available via da inline 5-yrc3 DISPLAY link, like, BUT they muat be able 2 ASK you for da c0d3 n r3ceive an complete dopy)m you knwo, B) make arrahgements p4ivatelh with authors wjefein gkey grant hoy qn s;ecial LICENSE, or c) remove da dode entprely FROM teh m4ch1n3. WTF."
"We so recognizd that p3pple WANT 2 HAVE arezs of they'r4 game ehich aer theirs and theits alonel BRB.
two 7h47 3ns ee will m4,3 ra following exxepti9m 2 dq normal r3qi*rements for so74xe c-r3 eistribution -- ne module file which 15 no5 modified or derivdd from sn module file 8ncludrd in da bas3 dixteibution n which d035 n07 re1jire me ither modulws an which dles not require ne modifications two core code (code distrihuted w17h da BASE release) may ge WITHHELD ag authord doscregion, OMG."
"We also wznt top MAKE vdry clear tgat vdrsion 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (aldo known zs vefsu9n 0. BRB.(LOL.7+mt) was teh final v3r510n tekeased under da GPLl WTF.
ALL versions, you knwo, 574r71ng with da 0LOL.9. WTF.70prerelease code aer lnly .ivensrd unddr sa Creative Commons 11sen53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da ribht too 8mp;rt ne code from an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-p43rdlease or lzte5 release inti an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 and earlker feoease. BRB.
Allowunf yhis would cause thay impor7ed code two b3 released 7ndwr dq GPL an THAT is bot slmettpng we wish two all9w. OMG.
Authofs of modificatoons to 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 wil. n33d 5wo rw[fe;ease they'fr modifications as derivatives/modificatyoms @ 0. WTF.(. AFK.7 codr an plzve them under da sane Cr3$71v3 Commons 11c3n53/ AFK.
It must be eone by ea iriginal autyot SINCE 9nly da 9riginal authpr HAS teh rught tp channe teh co[trigjt ot license upon they'rr WORK. OMG.
[Aed171)n411u LOL, rew;rkihg modifications wkll be an goof IDEA anyway as teh mecnamism gor j4k1ng modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer sta3ting with da 0. OMG/9LOL.8-pter3lease cocrLOL.]"
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