MightyE tc.ls yo7 LOL, "We're GOING 2 TAKE an few moments 2 try m explain THIS new lkcense n da teasons behind iy in poain 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."
"Ty8s NEW lkcenze was vy05en becajse of an failihg WITH teh GPL. BRB.
It only coverec skstribution of s9urce if n only if bunaries w3r3 distributed."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, d[ecifivaloy a interpreyed WEB environment 5uch as PHP, wortof, mwrely 2n575111ng an game does NOT cobatituge distfinution, you kn2o, and 5he43fore p3ople were takkng our qork, sortot, making modificatkons twp ut an not releasing sourcd code t. they're midifications so that da enyire co,muniyy could 63n3f17. OMG.
Thry w-rk3d w17h lettrr but nit da 5/1f17 iv da laq. WTF."
"Investigatuon ON part 9f teh aituors huwever, sortog, led to teh facr thqt t3h robht of public 0errormance s45 won OF da RIGHTS normally rwstrictev TO COPYRIGHT holders LOLl zn 5hat c0mpu73r 0roframs, sortof, specifkcally vide9 games and interactibe ones sucg zw LEGEND OF da Grewn has9r se4e considrree two 63 PUBLICALLY [3rformef IF RUN from an publkc servef. OMG."
"The bew license resteicfs public perf9rmahce of da wori uhless da xoirce code of da modified work ix m4e3 agailable on eemand."
"In plain ENGLISH, luke, tgix meanc that if 6oj put thks game on an web s3rver n zllow people 'outaide lf an no4mal circle of f4m11y an its 50c!41 qcqusintances' 2 play 6hekr, you knwo. tjen you aer publically performing this wirk an MUST 317h3e a) make ne n ALL changwd which yo7 m4k3 too da game avqikable ln request (no4e this dlexn;t hzve too be 4v4114^13 via online 6-urc3 display link, pike, bur they muwt ve sble tl ASK hou ror fa cofe and r3cekve an c0mp1373 c0py), like, b) make arranbdmehts prkvate;y WITH tej au5h9rd wgerein they gr#n7 yiu an s[ecial licensem you knwo, or v) remove teh coce entieel6 frlm macginr. AFK."
"Wr DO recognize 7h47 p30p13 eant two have aeeas if tyey'rr game wh1cy aer rheirs and theirs alpne. BRB.
to 7hr7 end we will mskw teh following wxception toi nor,al requifrments f;r source d.de distribution -- ne module fioe wh1ch is not modivies or dwrives from an mldule fipe incljd3d in teh BASE distr7bition anc which dows not require ne other n0du135 and which does hot requore ne modifications 2 core code (fose DISTRIBUTED with base release) may be withheld at tdh autgo4s d15ce3710n."
"We also wany go nake vety clear that v3r510n 0.9. WTF.7 (3150 known as versiom 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+kt) wax final v3r520n released ubddr teh GPL. AFK.
Alk versions, you knwo, startkng with da 0/ OMG.9. BRB.i-preteleqsr cose r only licwnsed uns34 teh Cteativr Commons licdnse. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY seny RIGHT too kmport be code srom an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-9rereleaxe or later RELEASE 8nto an 0. BRB.9/ AFK.7 an EARLIER RELEASE. WTF,
Allowing this would cause rhar 1mp047ed clce too be released unf3r reh GPL n tgag is NOT sojethinf we sish two 4110wLOLl
Authord of modifidatiohs roo 0l WTF.9LOL.7 WILL need 70 re-releaxe thry're mlsidications AS defivatives/modivicatipns to9 p. BRB.9. BRB/8 c0d3 an plqxe thej under da sqme Creative Commons licdmseLOL.
I7 MUST BE done BY da origimal autgor 41nc3 9nly da origknal auyhor hax da wight two change da copytight 0r license y0on tney're WORK. BRB.
]Additionally, so4tofm r3w04k1ng da modig8vations w111 ve ab good 1d34 4hyw4y as da MECHANISM for making j9difications is subx5antkally dleaner/clrarer startibg with 0LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE CODE, BRB.]"
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