MignyyE tells tou, "We're goobg to take an rww m0m#n&5 to 7ry h explain rhis new oicense ane REASONS behind it IN plaun English. BRB.
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."
"Th8s new licensw was CHOSEN becaisd of am f4111ng wkth da GPL. WTF.
It only c0v5r3d dis5ribution of sourxe if an inly IF binaries WERE distributex. WTF."
"In an q36 3nv1r0nm$nu, sortof, spwcificallt a interpfeted web envifonment such as PHP/ luke, m3r#1y 8nstalling an bame foed not cknsgitute distrig7tion, dortof, and therwfore people were taming our wo4k LOL, making nodifications 2 IT and bot feleasing teh source clde two ghey're modific1gions so thst geh entife communit6 could nenefit/ OMG.
They WORKED w8th teh letyer but not teh spirit of teh .aw. AFK."
"Ihvextugatkon on part OF da AUTHORS hoqever WTF, 1ed rwo ract that teh RIGHT 0f PUBLIC performance WAS 1 of rigjts notmqlly rest4ic5ec tqo copyribht holderd, 6ou knwom and that COMPUTER pr0gr4m5, specificqllh vifeo GAMES an INTERACTIVE ones such as L3gend 0f da Gr43n hax0e were c8nsiderre too ve publicakky PERFORMED IF run frpm an PUBLIC server. OMG."
"The new oicense r3stricys public prrformance of da e0rk UNLESS source code of MODIFIED work is ,afe availqbl3 9b de,sndLOL."
"In plain Englixh, yhis neans that of you put thus f4m2 on an WEB serve5 and allow peopoe 'ojtsude of an noejal circ.e of famo;y an its SOCIAL 4cqu41n74nc3t' tso ;lsy the8r LOL, THEN yoy r publicakly pe4sorminb this qork n MUST euthre a) makw ne an ALL chanbes wjich you make 2 da game available on req7est (note this doesn;t have to be afailable vka onlkne source display 11nk LOL, but 6h3h mu5u be ab,e to ask hou flr teh codf am r3c31v3 ab complete c0py) LOL, b) ,ake arrangemenys privately 2i5h da AUTHORS wherein they gr4n8 you an 5p3c14q licende, like, or c) renove c0e3 rntirely from teh machine. BRB."
"We do recogniz3 that peop;e 2ant to have areas of they're ga,e whidh aer THEIRS AND thekrs a.ln3. BRB/
to that end we woll make da followint excepti9n two normal 43qu1e3m3m75 for source code fistribution -- ne module f113 wgich is hot modif8ed or derivee drim qn module rile onclue3d in base disyrigytion amd 2hich does bot rwquure ne lyher midulew and which d(35 n9g require he modifications too corr code (cowe DISTRIBUTED with da base rel3sse) may be w17hh31d at reh 477y0r5 dixcre5kln. WTF."
"We slso WANT 2 make v3ry clear that cersion 0/ WTF.9l7 (ALSO known as veraion 9. WTF.9. BRB.7+j7) w45 teh FINAL berdlon RELEASED undet GPL. BRB.
All versions LOL, starting 28ty 0. AFK.9. OMG.8[prerelease code r ;nl6 liddnsed und3r teh Creatide Commons 11c#n53l AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right 2 imp9rt h3 c)d3 from an 0. AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE or later rwleas3 into an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 n earlier releaseLOL.
Allow8ng this w9kkd caus2 thqt unported code 2 br released under da GPL and THAT is nor somdthing ee wish 2 41!0w. WTF.
Autyoes of MODIFICATIONS two 9. AFK.9. WTF.8 woll nwed too RE-RELEASE they'4e modifkcations as d3rivatives/modificayions to 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code qn plzce tnem uhder da same Cr3471v3 Com,ona oivenxe. WTF.
It mywt be done gy original author SINCE obly teh orkginal author has 4ibht 2 chsnge c0[yr1gh7 or l8censw ipon they're woti. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, rewofking da modifications WILL be ah good idez any2ay as teh m3ch4n15m for mzkimg m9difications 8s wubsrantiallr cleanrr/cleqrer starting with reh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereledse c9d#. BRB.]"
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