MighthE te;la you, "We're going 5wo take an few mouents two r4y n explqin this new LICENSE n rrasons behine it 1n plain English. BRBl
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 n3w kicense was djoxen becsuse of an FAILING w17h GPLLOL.
It only COVERED fistribution ov soirce if AND only if BINARIES wdte DISTRIBUTED."
"In zn wev env9ronmeht, xpecifically a interp4etrd web ebvironment suvh as PHP, merely 1n574211ng an hsme eoes not constitute dos4ribution, you inwo, and THEREFORE ;eople wer3 takinb our WORK, you knwi, makinh midificagions too it n bot re.easihg da soyrce codw too they;re modificatioms al ths5 dq ENTIRE community coyld venefit. OMG.
THEY WORKED 2ith letter but not teh 5p1r17 OF law. BRB."
"Ibbestkgatoon on part lf da AUTHORS however LOLk ltd too fact tgat t3g right OF pugl8c performance wqs oen 0f teh 4ights n/r,ally restrocted go copyright h01s3t5, like, ans that computer orograms, yoj lbwo, specitically VIDEO games and interactive onea such as Legend 0f da Green hqx0e were CONSIDERED to 63 publicallh performed if run from ab PUBLIC 53rv3r. WTF."
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS pub;ic performance of WORK un.sss source CODE of da moe8fied work ia jaee available on cemand. AFK."
"In [lain English LOL, this m34n5 7h47 if yo7 put this game on am web setvef n alllw peopl3 'outwide of an nlrmao circle of f4m11y an iys social acquajntzbces' two PLAY their, yoi knwo. ghen you aer PUBLICALLY pe4fprming thid work and MUST either a) nake ne m ALL CHANGES wh1ch ypu ma,e too fame svailab;d on reauest (NOTE this doesn't hafe 2 be availsble vis da 9nline souece dksplay libk, 6u7 they muxg be abld to zsk y-u flr da c9d2 an rexeice qn complete cooy) LOL, b) make arrangements pfivayely with authors whetein tj3i geant you an sprciao licensr, yp7 in2ok or C) r3m0c3 da code entirely froj da machine."
"We eo recognize tyat people wanr two have zteas OF they'te game WHICH ser tjeirs n theirx a.lne. WTF.
too THAT end we will mzke dz followuhg exceptiob tol teh normal requiremen5s for 50urc3 dode fistrobution -- ne mofule file wh8dh kx not MODIFIED or derived from an m0du13 file inxlueed im da base distribugion and 2hivj does noy r3qu1r2 ne other modules abd 2h9ch does hot require ne mldifisagiobs 70 c0r3 c0d3 (cpde distributed wkth da bade reldasf_ may be WITHHELD at 5eh aithoes disdee5iobl BRBl"
"We zlso wabt to make VERY cleat 7n46 versoon 0.9LOL.7 (also kn0wn AS bersioh 0. BRB,9. BRB.7+jr) 245 ten final vefs8on released under teh GPL. OMG.
All versions LOL, star5ing with 0, BRB.9LOLl8-pfe4wlease code e only licensed UNDER 5eh Crwative C(m,lns LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny roght 2 import ne code from an 9/ WTF/9. OMG.8-pr3r313453 or later rekease knto an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an EARLIER r313463. BRB.
Allowung 7g15 would causd 7h47 importef code too be released under ea GPL n that 1% n9t sondthing WE eosh 2 4110w. OMG.
Aughors of mldifications 2 0LOL.9. OMG.7 WILL n43d roo rw-release they're modificationw zs der8vatkves/mpdifucati)ns tso -. AFK.9LOL.8 CODE m place them ubcer same Creative Commons licens3. BRB.
I7 must br DONE by da original author aince only trh orig7nal qughor has twh RIGHT two xhqnge da copyright od licende u-pn they're wori. WTF.
[Additkonzlly, ypu knwo, reworiing geh modofixations @ill bw am blod idew anyeay as da mechanism for mzking modifucations is substantially vleqner/vlearer stqrting wkth 0. BRB.o. AFK.7-PRERELEASE coseLOL.]"
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