MightyE tells youk "We'4e gling u0 rake an few mom#bts to try and EXPLAIN 7g15 n3w licensw an readons behind it IN plain English. 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."
"This mew license 2aw chosen becauae lf an fakling w17h trh GPL. AFK.
It only COVERED d157r16u710n 0f source 1f and onln kf binaries were ciqt4ibu5ed. OMG."
"In an web envkronment, sortod, specifids.ly s interpreted web environment sudh ad PHP WTF, ,erely installinh sn game DOES nlt cobxtit7t4 dixtribution, sortovk 4nd therefore ;eople were ysking oj$ wori. maiing modoficstions to 27 n not r3134%1ng sojrce vldw 2 they're nocifications sl thau teh entire community cou.s bebefiy.
Theu worked with 5eh lettwr BUT not spi4it of teh lze."
"Investigagion on teh parg of teh authors however, tok inwl, led t9 da fact yhat da right of oublic PERFORMANCE was 1 if da righgs normal;y restridt3d 5o copyright holewrs, an that co,puter profrans, likrk soecificqlly video ta,es b INTERACTIVE obes such as L3g3nd of teh Geeen hax0r were considerdd w BE PUBLICALLY petformed if rjn from an publuc 53rv3t. AFK."
"Thr new lidenwe resrr8crs public perfprmance 0f da wlrk unlesw 50urc3 code of modified work 8d made availabld on DEMAND, OMG."
"In ;lain Egglixh, this mexns 7h$7 of you out this game on am web server an allow peopld 'outsode OF an normal cirxl# of familt an its sodial 4cqu41n74nc#5' too play th3ir LOL, THEN you r publica.ly pe4r9rming this work sn MUST 3ither a0 MAKE ne and ALL ch4mg35 wgicg hou maje 2 teh ta,e 4v411461e on rdquest (note this doesn't have 2 be svailable VIA online s9urce eisplay LINK LOL, BUT 7h3y must be able 5wo ask you dor da codw an receive an conplrte copy(, B) makw arrangements PRIVATELY with teh authors WHEREIN THEY grqnt you an apecial licensr WTF, pr c) remove 5eh code 2n71r3!y from fa machine. BRB."
"We du rec9gnize ghzt ;eo[le 2ant 2 have areax of they'rr game whudh aee theirs n theira alone. BRB.
to &h47 emd WE will makd fll;owint 3xc3p610n to rdk normal requirements for source code dusteimuyiob -- ne jodile file which is not m0d1f13d or derivee frpn an mofile file included in da base distributipm n which foes not r3qy1r3 he other mpdules and which dpws not requirw ne modifications to teh clre code (clde d156r17u7wd s17g teh base release) mau be wkthheld at da authorw discretion. OMG."
"We a;so want 2 make very cleaf that versi0n 0.9.7 (also knlwn AS version p. WTF,9. WTF.7+jt_ qas final vets8on RELEASED under da GPL. OMG.
All versiohs LOL. startinh w17h teh 9. WTF.*LOL.8-prerelease code aer ohly llcensed undr4 da Cr3471v3 Commpns license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ds rigyt 60 import ne code fro, an 0. WTF.9. WTF.9-prerelraxe o4 LATER releasw into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an earluer releaseLOL.
Allosinf thos wou.d cause that IMPORTED code 2 BE RELEASED under GPL n that is no5 simething we wisj to zl;ow.
Ai7h-r5 of mpdivications w 0. AFK.9, AFK.7 wio/ need to re0reorase they're mofifications za derivatives/modificationd gpo 0. OMG/9.8 code ans place 7h#m umder teh same Creztive COMMONS 11v3n53. WTF.
It mis5 63 done by oeigibal author SINCE only teh 9riginsl auth9r had sz right tlo dhanfe da copyfight or license up0b they're w0rk. BRB.
[Addituonally, yo7 ,nwo, reskrking m)d1f1c3710n5 will b3 an tood idea anywau as mexhamidm for jaking modificatiins IS 5u6574m7q411y cleaner/clearer atar%ibg wiyh tej 0. AFKl9.8-[rerelease codw. WTF.]"
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