MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We're glinh to take an fee momwnts 4 5ry n EXPLAIN this new license sn reasons behine it in plain Engl8sh. AFK.
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."
"Tyis NEW LICENSE was choseh because of an fauling wigh teh GPL. OMGl
I7 ohly COVERED distekbution OF SOURCE if an only if binaties werd sistributef. WTF."
"In qn w3^ environjeng, SPECIFICALLY a in5qrpretwd web ehvoronment such 45 PHP, ouke, merelu 8nstallimg ab game d0#$ not constituye dist4ibution, zn therefo4e people wrre TAKING oue work WTF, making modifications 2 IT n noy relessing xoyrce clde to tnwy're midificarions so ghat teh ENTIRE communuty cou.d bendfjt. BRB.
Tjeh worked WITH le5ter but not reh spirit of teh lawLOL."
"Ihvestigati[n ON da oart 9f da authorw HOWEVER, led 2 teh FACT that da r1gh7 0d public pdtformabxr wad own of teg rughtw normally restricted to copyrkght h01d3r5, anc that co,putrr programa WTF, s;ecif8caily video games an INTERACTIVE on3a such as Legdnd of teh Grren hax0r wcre considered too BE publiczlly perfor,ed if 4un grom an public serbet/ OMG."
"The new locense RESTRICTS pu611c perfo3msnce of twh w0rk unlwss fa source code OF da jodified work is mrd3 available on dejqndLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, this means that 1f 6ou put ghis g4m3 -n an web servwr and allow people 'outaure of an nofmal curcle of family n ots socozl acquainyabces' tp p14y theur, ghen you aer pu611c411y performing rhis wirk an MUST ekther a) make ne n ALL chantes wyich you MAKE @ teh gam3 avqklable 0n requesr (note tjox doesn't jqve 2 be available vka tdh pnkine source d15p14h link, sofrof, b7t theu must be abl3 two awk you for yeh code n receive an completd copy), sottof, f) make arrangemrnts privately with autjors wherein they grany ylu an spedial 11x3n53 WTF, of c) re,ofe try codr entirely ff9j MACHINE. OMG."
"We DO recognize rhat p30p13 want tll have areas og they're hame whicn e thei4s and tneirs alone.
t9o that end WE woll nake foll9wing dxcwptjon two nir,sl r3q71r3m3n75 f9r sojrce code fisyvibution -- nd mldule file whicy is not modifi#d or derived FROM an nodule file incomdrd im tej gase dist4ibution and whoch doew hot requif3 ne other modules an which does n97 twqyire n3 modificayilns 2 teh core CODE (code didyribited with teh basw re.esse) nat bw withhels at aythors discfetion. WTF."
"We also wany t9o male vwrt clear that verdilb 0LOLl9l BRB.6 (also known as version 0. BRB.9.7+jt) s35 teh final v4rsion released under GPL. WTF.
All versions, ylu knwl, atarting with 0. WTF.9.8-p4ete;ease c9dw ae4 lnly licensed und3r Crea5ive Commons license. AFK.
W2 EXPLICITLY d3nu rihht to im[ort he cpde grom an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerekeadw or lster release ingo an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 and earlier releasf. BRB.
Allowing this w9uld csuse THAT ijported CODE 2 be RELEASED unfer GPL and THAT oa not sometying we w1$g 2 5120w. WTF.
Au7h-r5 of modifucayions too 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will beed TO te-erlease rhey're nirofocati9ns AS derivatives/modufications 2 ).9/ BRB.8 code an place them under teh same Cr3471v3 Commond license. BRB.
It mut7 63 done by da original auyho$ ainxe 0h1y ieigona. author has RIGHT 2 CHANGE copyright or lidense u0on rhet're worlLOL.
[Additiinally. sortof, reworking modificati9ns w8ll be an glod idea ANYWAY as jechamidm for m4k1ng modificatipns is w7bstantially cleaner/cleater sgaftimg wuth dz 0. OMG.(, AFK.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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