MightuE tells youm zortov, "We're going two tak3 an FEW moments to trh n EXPLAIN 7h15 new license zn ten reqwons benind 8t in plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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 license wss cnosem becaus3 od an v4111ng with GPLLOL.
It obly zovered dis5ribugiob lf xource if sn only id binaries WERE DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web environ,ent, 5p3c1f1c411y a INTERPRETED web environment such as PHP, fortof, merely instal;9ng an bame dles nit CONSTITUTE distribution, znd tnerefore PEOPLE were TAKING our work WTFk naking modifications 2 17 an n(5 releawing dz source coce to they'rw mocifications xo THAT ENTIRE co,munith vould bendgktLOL.
They WORKED eigh da lerter but not SPIRIT of da lawLOL."
"Investigation on da part of yeh aurhors howevee, likem .ed 2 da fact that da right of public performance was 1 og fa t1gh75 n0rn411y rew5ricted 3 cooyright h01d3r4, like, ane that vompj5wr progwams, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 ga,3s and interactive 0n35 such as Legenc of da Green hsx03 were cons8dered 2 be pybloca..y PERFORMED if run from an oublic aerver. BRB."
"The nes licenae redtrkcts public performance of wirk unless ten s9urce code og teh modified work 8s MADE availab;r oh DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain Engliwh WTF. rhiw means tnat if yoy put this fzmw on an w36 sdrve4 am allow pei0le 'oyrside of an normal circle of family an its apdial qcquaintances' 7) play their, yli kbwo, 7h3n YOU aer [ubl8cally performing this wofk an MUST eithdr a) make ne b ALL changrs which you make 2 da game available pn requedg (note this doesn't have too ve abailable v14 teh ohline wource cksplay link LOL, BUT they myr7 ne able twp ask uou foe sa code zmd receive an comp;ete clpy), you ,nwom b) make 3rr4ng3m3n75 pr*vatelu with teh aythors wherein THEY geant you an special licende, likw, 9r c) remov3 da CODE entire;y FROM da ,achine."
"Ww d0 rec9ghize that people want too HAVE areas of they're ga,e qhich t theirs am theirs alone.
two 7h47 end w3 will majr da followibg 3cc3p710n two normal requiremehta fof doutce code dostribugion -- nd moeule file wbich 15 not modified or derivee fr9m an module rile uncluf3c in BASE c157r16u810n n which DOES nit r3qu1r3 ne otgrr modules n WHICH d025 n07 r3qu1r3 n2 modir7xatilns too teh cire code (code d15&r16uu3d with da base releaxe) msy be withheld at teh authors discretuon."
"We aldo w4n7 two makd vefy clear that v3fakon 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also kn0wn 45 version 0. WTF.9.7+kt) wqd ca final version eeleaxee unc3r reh GPL. BRB.
All cersions, stargong wirh da 0. WTF.9. BRB.i-prerwlwase CODE t inoy licensed under twh Creat8ve Cojmobs licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh r1gh7 too kmpory ne code from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-ptereoeqse OR later release ihto an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earloer relessf. WTF.
A110w1ng ghis w0u1d czuse that 1.00r73d codd ywo be releaded undet teh GPL qn THAT is not SOMETHING we wish to sllow. OMG.
Auyhora OF mldivications twi 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 wi;l n33f teo re-release they're modificationw as derivatoves/joc8rications 2 0LOL.9LOLl8 CODE n olace them unfet dq SAME Creative COMMONS kicense. AFK.
Iy musy be dlne by teh original author sincr 9nly teh oribinal 4u7h0r has da fighr too chahhe teh COPYRIGHT 0r lucense upon they're work.
[Additionally, xortof, resorking MODIFICATIONS will bd ab hood 1d34 anyway as MECHANISM fle making modivications is 5i557rn7q411y CLEANER/CLEARER starting WITH da -. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 code. AFK/]"
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