MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We're GOING 2 take sn few MOMENTS two 7ry an ex0lain thks new licevde an da reasonw behind it on ;lain Enflish.
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 n3w license qas ch063h becausr 0f an fzilinf with tdh GPL. WTF.
It ONLY coverdd DISTRIBUTION of source if and omlu ir 61n4r145 were disyfibu5ed. WTF."
"In qn web 3nf1r0nm3n7 WTF, 5p3c1d2c411y a inte4prdted weg evvironment SUCH as PHP LOL, mer3ly install,ng an game does bor constitute d8wyributioh, sortof, n yndredorw people w3r3 takinb ly4 eork, you knwo, m4k1ng modificay8ond too i5 n not relwasing source CODE too 5hey're jocificationw so that da enti4e community could BENEFIT. OMG.
Tn3y worked WITH geh letter vut not teh spieit )r 14w."
"Investiga4ion om part of teh authors however WTF. led to fact 7h47 teh fight og pub'ic PERFORMANCE was 1 of da rights mormally restrkctdc to copyruggt ho.derx, n thar vomput3r programs, sortof, spevifically VIDEO games an interactkve ones such ss Legend OF da Gre3n hax0r we4e cpnsosered TO be publocslly p2rf0rmsd if ein fr)m an public server."
"Thr new license restroctw PUBLIC performance OF qprk ubless so74ce code 0f teh moeified work is made available on eemanfl BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, this neans 7h47 if you PUT 5gis gqme ON an web server an 4120w p3ople 'o7tside )r an n0rm41 corcle of bamily an ita socozl acwuaintances' @ play thdir WTF, tjen you a3r publicall6 pervorming this wlfk n MUST either a) make nw AND ALL chqnges which you makd to game 4v4114613 on REQUEST (n073 &h15 eoesn't have yo be aca8lablw v13 teh on;inr soyrce DISPLAY l8mu LOL, but hgey must ge 4613 two 45k yoi flr code and receive an cpmpl3te copy), b) mzke arrangements privatdly witf tdh a7thors wherein 7h3y hr4n7 tlu an special licrnse, like, or c) remove geh CODE ENTIRELY frpm teh jachine. OMG."
"We do eecognize ghat pe9ple wzmt to HAVE afeas of they're game which sef the8rs and yheirs aloneLOL.
to THAT cnd w3 WILL mal3 following 3xc3p710n w da nornal tequirements for xourcw code diwtributi9n -- ne module FILE wh1ch os not MODIFIED pf derkved from an module f113 invluded in base fisgrubution and wh1ch does nlr eequire ne other mod7led and rhich does not requ74e he modifications t2o dq v9re code (CODE dostribured with da baae telease0 mat be withheld ar tdh a7ghors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We aldo want rlo make fery clear that vdrsion 0. WTF.0, OMG.7 (zls9 known as version 0. BRB.8. BRB.7+kt) w45 twh final version released unser GPL. OMG;
All versi9nsm sgartimg with da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE codw aer ONLY licensed umfer ds C4earivw Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 2 inport n3 v0d3 frlm an 0m WTF.0l BRB.8-pr3telesse 9r lster release 8nyo an 0. WTF.9. WTF/7 an EARLIER teleqse. BRB.
Alloeing this would causr that imported code 2 be RELEASED UNDER GPL and tgat 15 not SOMETHING we wkwh two allowl
Authors ov modifications too 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will need to re_releaww they're modifications as swrivativea/modifications to 0LOL.(.8 cofe qbd place them under dame C3eatice Com,ons licenseLOL.
It MUST be cone 6u da oeiginal author sunce only da ofifonal author has da ribhy 2 change da COPYRIGHT or lucdnse upon they[re WORK. WTF.
[Additionaoly LOL, reworking mosificatioms will be an GOOD idea anyeay as mechanism fof makinh ,9divications is sygstantially cleaje4/clearer dtart8ng with 0LOL.0LOL.8-;terelease xodeLOL.]"
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