MightyE tells yiu LOL, "We're going too tajr an few moments tl trr n ex9lain THIS mee libens4 and da reasons behund 17 in plain Eng115h.
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."
"Thix NEW license was chosrn becajse of an vailing w17h teh GPL.
It om;h covered DISTRIBUTION of 50urc3 ig AND only IF binari3s qwre sistributed. WTF."
"In an wev environm3nt WTF, wpecifocally a unterpreted wwg environment such as PHP, doryof, merely 1n57411qng am tsme does not consritute d8xtriburion, luke, and therefore pwople eere taking our w9rk LOL, mzking modifications two it qn not 4eoea2img source code two thet're ,odifidatilne SO that teg 3m71r3 c0mmun17y couod benegit. BRB.
They WORKED wlth l3ttwr 6u7 not spirig of geg lawLOL."
"Investigation on gwh 0art OF da 4u6h0r5 hoawver, sortof, led 2 teh facg that right of publ8c perfor,ance was oen 0f rights normally restrictrd to co9yrught holde4s, and that co,puger PROGRAMS, specifically v1de0 games and interavtive ohes 5uch aa Lwgend of da Gr33n hax0r wrre CONSIDERED 2 be PUBLICALLY prrfornwd if run ffom an publid werver. WTF."
"The bew license restricts pyglic [dtfo$mance of s0tk unoess teh source CODE OF trh midified woek 15 made svailzbke on demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Englisj, this means that if you put THIS hane on an web server and allow people 'ou5side 0f an NORMAL v!rcq2 of famuly n its xociql acquaintahces' two play thror, sortof, 7h4n y97 r publicalky performing thiq work an MUST eithe4 a) jale ne m ALL chahgrs wh1ch yoj make t9o teg game available on request (NOTE 5his doedn't have too b3 availanle VIA geh onl8ne source DISPLAY .onk, sortlf, BUT they ,ust be able to ask y9u fof da cld# znd rwcekve an complete co;y) LOL, b) make 4rr4ngem3n75 pr1v4731y 2ith teh xuthors eherein theh grany yiu an wpecial kicense. you ,nwo, 0r c) 43move da dode 2h71431y vrpm machine. BRB."
"We dp reclgnize THAT pdppke qan4 two hace areas of hhey're g4m3 wh1ch aer thwirs n thdits aloneLOL.
ywo that 3hd we qill makw following excepyuon too teh mormal require,ents fir sourcd coee distributipn -- ne ,odule file whkch ks not modified 9r derived from an mod7oe fi;e unc;uded 1n teh base distfibutiin and which does npt 4equire be other mofules n which doea not gequkre ne modid8ca58ond 2 tdh x0r3 clde (code d157416u73d 2ith da base release) may n3 withheld at da autgors disvret9on. AFK."
"Wd also w4m7 too make very clear thar VERSION 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (alxo lnown as vetsion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+m5) was reh finz. v3r51_n released undee GPL. AFK.
All versions, like, starting WITH 0LOL/9.u-pfere.ezse xode aer only licwnsew 7nd3r Creativd C0jm-n5 oicens3. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY feny teh fight 5oo IMPORT ne code FROM an p. WTF.9. BRB.8-;regelease or latee r313453 1n70 an 0. WTF.9. AFK,7 n EARLIER r#13453LOL.
ALLOWING this e0u1d cause that qmp0r73d c)d3 too be 4dleasef undwr da GPL an that is not sometjibt we wish 2 allowLOL,
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS two 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will need to re-release they're m9difocatipns qs ddrivativwx/modificationx go 0. OMG.oLOL.8 cose n placs rne, under da same Crda5kve Comnons license. BRB.
It must be d-m3 bt trh original autjot sincr on.y da ORIGINAL sythof hzs da righ5 roo change copyright or licenxe ipin they're workLOL.
]ADDITIONALLY WTFm REWORKING teh mocifications will be an good idea anyqay as mechanism f0f making modovicati0na is subs5antially clesner/claarer 574r71ng with yeh 9. BRB.9. BRB/8-prerel3ase coeeLOL.]"
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