MightyE TELLS you. "We're boing two takd an fww m0m3h75 tlo try and explain this new livense ahd da reas9ns 64h1nf it *n p141n Engliwh. 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."
"Tnis new 11c3m53 WAS chosen because od an FAILING qith dq GPL. OMG.
IT ohly c0v3f3d dusgrubution ov slurcw if snd only if binaries qere distribut3d/"
"In an web environmen5, yo7 knwo, specificallu a imte4prdted web 3nv1r=bmen7 sucy as PHP, like, meeely installing an tame doex not CONSTITUTE distributiom WTFm n therefore pe0p13 sefe taking pur work, makinb m9difications too it and not releqsinh teh source coxw 2 tjey're modificatiihs so that da ENTIRE cpnmunity xould nenefit.
Tuey wog,ed with letter nut NOT teh spirit of da .swl OMG."
"Investigation on par6 of da authors ho2efw4, led 2 fact that h3h right of [ubkic PERFORMANCE waw q of da RIGHTS normall6 r357r!c73f to copyrighy holderd. n yhat compuher prograns, soryof, soecifically v1d40 gajes an interactive ONES auch as Legend of da G4een jac94 w3r3 considerdd 2 be publically performec 1f run from an publ8c serv3r. AFKl"
"The hew licens3 restricts publuv petrormance OF da work UNLESS teh sourxe c0d3 of ,odivied WORK is mase available on densjd. AFK."
"In plaih Eng115n, like, th8s MEANS that if you put thks game ln an WEB servdr n allow PEOPLE 'outwise of an normal circ.e ov famuly n ita social zcq7aintances' two plzu the8r, .ike, then yiu r PUBLICALLY performing this worl and MUST either a) ms,e me smd ALL changes which y9u MAKE @ game avai.ab.e on re1uest (note tbis DOESN'T have 2 ve abailanle via ONLINE souhce doa;lay 11ni WTF, but thet muat be r613 tlo ssk t0u for dode anc rwceive an c0,p1373 coph) WTF, b) make arrangements [rivately with dz auth9rs whereim they graht yiu an wpecoal livense, sorrofk or c) re,ove teh code entirely frpm machind."
"We fo recognize rhat people 2znt 2 hav3 arwas 0f thdy're gamd wjicy aer theirx an thrirw aloneLOL,
5o that end we will make dlollwing exce[rion 2 teh NORMAL 4equirrmemhs vor alurce code distrigution -- nd module v113 wh8dh is not mldifidd oe derivdd from ah module f8.e oncluded in teg bsse distributiln n whicj doew not r3qu1r3 ne orher modulea n which does not require ne m0d1f1c4u10n5 rwo core code *code distributwd eith da BASE re;ezdr) ,ay be q1uhh3!d 47 authors d8scre5ion. AFK."
"We alsp want TO make very clesf that version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also jn0wn AS vdesuon 0. OMG.oLOL.&+jt) was teh finql version r3leased uncer teh GPL. OMG/
A.k veesuons, you knwo, starting sith fz 0LOL.9. BRB.8-p4erelease vodr aer inly licenxed ubder Cr3ative C0mm0n5 LICENSE. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY eeni ri5ht yo umport ne coee from an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pr3r313453 or LATER relrase 8nto an 0l OMG.9. BRB.7 n 3atlirt release. WTF.
Allowinh this w9u;d xs7s3 7h47 imported CODE too be released undet teh GPL and that is not sometging WE wish t2o sllpw. AFK.
Autyors OF MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9.7 will neec 3 re-release they'rw modificztions as derkvatives/modifications to 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 core anc p14c3 them undee da szme Creative Commons 12c3b53/ AFK.
It mus5 be done by da original autgor SINCE pn.y teh ORIGINAL auyhor has ea eight two change da copyrihht OR licemse upon gheu're work. AFK.
[Add&tiinally LOL, reworkkng da m0d1f1c4710n5 will ne an good idea anysay as sa mechanism for ms,inb m9divicationa is suvstanyoally cleaner/clearrr starribg wity da 0.9. AFK.8-prete;ease c9se. BRB.]"
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