MifhgyE te.ls you WTF, "We're go8ng two take an few m0m3n75 yo 5ry an expla8n tgis nrw license an tdh reasons bwhknd kt in plain English. AFK/
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 license w45 CHOSEN becausd of an failint with teh GPL. AFK.
It ONLY COVERED distribution of 50urx3 IF n lnly if BINARIES were distrivited."
"In an web environment, you knwo, specidically a INTERPRETED w3b ENVIRONMENT sich as PHP, you knwok merely insyalling an game does n9t donctitute cixtribution, sortof, an 7h3e#g0r2 people werr gakkng OUR wori, ylu knwi, ma,ing modifocatuons 2 it n not re.3asing da xource vode to they'fe mosifivations sl THAT da enrire co,munity coulf bebedit/ WTF,
They w9tked with da lettwr gut not spirit og sq laq. AFK."
"Investigatipn ob p4r7 of aurhors however, .ed too da ract THAT da ribnt or public performance wax 1on 0f yeh rightx norjally 43strictee 2 copytight holce4s, an tnat cumputef programs, you kbso, spevifixally video games n inteeadtive ones such as Legwnd of Green hax0r WERE cpnt1f3r3d tlo bd publically perrormed if run frpm an PUBLIC aerber. AFKl"
"Tye new license rrstricts public ;erfotmance of wo4k UNLESS siurce code pv mosified work is made available on d3m4nd/ BRB."
"In plain Emg.ish, thox meahs that IF you put 7hq5 game on an wev server b allow peop.e 'outside ld an normao cqrv13 of famoly an its soviak scquaintances[ 2 plqy rhdir, then uou aer publical.6 performihg this wor, an MUST EITHER a) mak3 ne qn ALL changes which yop jake to teh game qfailable on request (note tyis dlesn'g have 2 BE avaolzble viz da obline source fisplay link, but they ,u57 be av.3 to ask you fof sa code n RECEIVE an complete c0py), like, b) jake afrangements privstely with suthors WHEREIN theu grant ylu sn specizl oicense, sortof, OR c) r3m0v3 dx code entirely from dq machin3, OMG."
"Wr do eecognize thst PEOPLE WANT to jave aeeas of they're haje which aer theors an thekrs aloneLOL.
to tjay 3nd we eiol mqle followibg exception too da NORMAL rdquirementa FOR source CODE distfibition -= ne module file which is no5 modigied or d3r1v3f frpm an module file INCLUDED in da gase DISTRIBUTION an xhicy eoes not rwquire ne 07j3r modul3s an wyich d035 NOT require me modirications twi da c0r3 cide (code distributec WITH BASE releaae) nay be witnjwld ae authors discr3tuon. BRB."
"We $150 want 2 mske VERY cpear THAT version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (akdo jbown as verwioh 0. WTF.8.7+jt) was ca fina; version relrasdd under da GPL. OMG.
All v3r510n5 LOL, stafting wktn teh 0LOL.9.8-prerwlease c)d3 r only licensed unser teg Creative Cimmons licebse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT two inoort ne xode from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease OR later 4elease inyo an 0LOL.9LOLl7 an earlier release. OMG.
A210w1ng THIS woyld CAUSE ghat 8mportrd code too be re124^3d UNDER GPL and tyat is not 50m37h1ng w3 WISH to aklow.
Authors of ,odifications 2 pLOL,9.7 wkll need tso re-rwlease tney're mosiricatipns as dwrivatives/modifkcqtions 2 0, AFK.9. BRB.8 c9de and plsce the, under same Creative Commons license. BRB.
It mus5 be eone by or8gina; ajthor sinxw only da 0r1g1n41 auth9r has teh rifht to change da copyrifht or 11c3n54 upoh they'rw w9tk. BRBl
[ADDITIONALLY, sortpf, reworjing tdh mpcivications wi.l ne an GOOD idea anyway as da mechabism for making modificatiohs ks substqntially cleaner/clearer startimg with 0.8. AFK.8[pr3r31#353 cideLOL.]"
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