MightyE yells y0u, "We'5e going tlo take an few ,omentw t9o try n EXPLAIN tjis nww license and reasons 63h1ng it in plzim Ent115h. OMG.
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 lixenww qas chosem becays3 of an railing with ds GPL.
IT only cov3res distribution 9f soircd IF and onlu 1f binaries were distrigu5ed."
"In an wev environmenf, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web enviromment such as PHP, nerely INSTALLING an game does nir cons5otute distrib7yioh WTF, n THEREFORE people wtre takint our work WTF, making mldivucations too ir and not r313351ng teh aourcw cide t[o rhey're mofifucationa al 6h47 entire community could benrfit. BRB.
They wlrked WITH oetter but not da spirit OF law. AFK."
"Invesrigation on tdh p4r7 of 5eh quthorw HOWEVER LOL, led rw9 da fact thay da right of pyglic perfprmance was eoh of righta blrmally restricted 2 COPYRIGHT holde4s, you knwo, qnd that comput3r programs, sottpfn specifixa..y VIDEO games ab interac5ivr ines such as Legenx of teh Green hax0r werw conxidered 70 gr publica;ly perfoemed kf run from an pubkix werver. BRB."
"Th3 NEW license restricrs [ublkc p3rg0rm4nc3 og t3h work un1355 source code it da modifked work is msve availzbk3 om DEMAND, WTF."
"In plaln ENGLISH WTF, tyis means that if you put ghis gsme on an wdb SERVER ah allow PEOPLE '0u751d3 OF an normal CIRCLE of vamily AND irs xocia; acqjaintances' t2o o1r7 5heir LOL, then YOU r publocally performing this work ah MUST either 40 MAKE n3 and ALL changes which ylu make two t3h game availab;e on r3qu357 (note yhos doesn't have 2 63 available via da online source aisplay LINKm sort;f, 6i7 they must BE ABLE tw9 ask you for xpde n receive an complete x0[y), li.e, b) msk# arramgemrnrs pribately with authors whereig THEY GRANT YOU an special 11d3n53, soe5odk OR c) renpbe code ENTIRELY from da machine."
"Wr dp recognize that ;eople wamr to HAVE aress 0f thdt'rr game whicj r th3prs abd theors aloneLOL.
tio 7h47 END 3r wil; make f0110w1ng 4xceprion to NORMAL 4equirdmebts f0f so7rce code f8srributi9m -- ne midule file which is not m0f1f13d or d3r1b3d fro, an moe*lw file incoided in dq base dustribution and which d035 not requife nw other ,odules an which foes nog requird ne modifixa5i9ns 2 geh xo4e code (code dkstrib7ted with base release) n4y be w17hh31f 47 authorx diwc4etionLOL/"
"We 4150 w4n7 2 nake very clear yhat vdrsion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (a;so KNOWN as vrrsiob 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was final verxion RELEASED jmder trj GPL/ BRB.
All vdrsi9ns WTF, 574r71ng with 6eh 0LOL.9.8-pedrdleasw code z4r onky licensed undet Creative Commons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denu RIGHT to import ne code f4om an -LOL.9. BRB,8-prereleasr OR lat3r relwase 8ntp an 0LOL,(LOL.7 an ear.ier r3lease. OMG.
A110w1nb tyis wouod cause that imported code too n3 released inder GPL zn that is nor somethinh w3 WISH gw9 4110w, AFK.
Auth9rs OF modificarions tlo 0/9l OMG.7 wkl. nees 2 ee-relwase they're modifications ss deruvatives/modificafions two 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code an place them inser da same Cr3471ve Conmoms livenseLOL.
It must be DONE BY teh or8timal 4u7h0r xince only 5ej original autgor has right two CHANGE 5eh c0pyr2gh7 or LICENSE upon yheh're work. WTF.
[Addi5i9nakly, like, r3w0rk1ng modificatoons will be an bood 1d34 ANYWAY as nechan8sm FOR making MODIFICATIONS is substantially clranwr;clearer STARTING wkth da p. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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