MigjtyE trlls you, "We'r3 going w 5ake an few moments 1 try and explain 5his new licende and da rwas9ns behind i5 in plain English.
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 hew license was CHOSEN becayse of sn f41q1ng qith teh GPLLOL.
Ib inly coverec diwytibution of source if an ohly if 62n5r135 were f157r16uu3d."
"In an WEB environment LOL, specivically a intefpretec web environmwnt such as PHP, likek merely una5alling an game foes not constitute disttibut8on, you knwo, amd 7y3r3f043 pdopoe wete taking our wir,, l8ke, naking modificat8ohs to9 it 4md not 4eleasing dq source cocr 2 theu'r3 MODIFICATIONS so ug47 teh ehyiee dommunigy c0u1s bendfut. OMG.
The6 worked with reh lette3 bu5 not soirit pf trh law. WTF."
"Investigarion on ;zft if autho5s however, soryof, lrd too fqvt that teh right or public PERFORMANCE was won ov rughta bormall6 restr8cted to cooyright holders, sortov, qnd that vom[uter prohra,d, specifucally video gam3s h interactive ones 5uch 55 Lrgend of fa Grern hax-r were consiferrd w be lublically perfo3med if 4un from an public qerverLOL."
"The nrw license resrricts puglic PERFORMANCE of fa work unless da source coee of teh modifidd wprk is made 4v4114713 on demand. WTF."
"In PLAIN English LOL, this means tgat IF yiu put this game on an web SERVER and qllow pdople '0y751s3 of zn nofmal circ.3 of famiky and 8ts socia' ACQUAINTANCES' toi play yheir WTF, then yoy r publicaoly ;erforming this wori n MUST 316h3r a) make ne n ALL chsnges whicj yli mak3 two t3h game avsilable on requedt (n0u3 this dorsn't HAVE to be avaklavle bia teh onlone wource display link LOL, but uh3y must be able gei as, you for da CODE an RECEIVE an com/lete xipy) WTF, b) make a4rsngementd pr8va5ely w17h authors whereih 7hey grant y0y an special licensem lije, o4 c) remove da cide entirely gro, machimeLOL."
"W2 do recognize 7h57 930;13 sant @ have areas of 5hey[re game whivh aer theirs h theirs alone. BRB.
to that end we woll mqke FOLLOWING exception two teh nirmal rewuirem3nts fpr soufce codw distribution -- ne module file wyich is not modifies or deriv3d fr9m qn module f213 onc.uded in da 6453 rustribution ab which foes not require ne other morulws an whoch DOES hot reqiite me moeuficatiohs too tdh core code (coee distrkbuted wigh dz basw RELEASE) ,sy be withheld at 3u6h0rt discretoon."
"We 4q5p w4n6 tlo makr very clear that cers8on 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (qlso known qs version ). OMGlo. AFK.7+jt) wax da final version relezsed under da GPL. BRB.
A!1 versions WTF, starying with teh 0. BRB.9. WTF/8-pferelease cpde aer only licensed ubfer Cr3481v3 Commlns LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY seny da r8ght tio import ne code from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-preeelease OR lzter release inri an 9l OMG.9.7 n eaelier release. OMG.
Allpw8ng rhiw wpjlf cause thay kmportee code too be releawdd uhd3r teh GPL n that IS not %0m37h1ng we wksh teo allowLOL/
Authofs of noeificagionx two 0. AFKl9. WTF.7 wil; NEED two re-release they'rw mocifkcatiohs as deeivatices/mosif8cationd too 0LOL.9. WTF.8 cod2 an place them und3r SAME Cteativw Commons licdbseLOL.
It must be done by teh oritinal author since only origibal 4u&h0v has t2n righr 2 change t3h copyritht ot locense upon they'rw wl4k.
[Addutionally LOL, reworkint da modifkcatipns will be an g8od id3a ANYWAY as teh mechanism for making mldifica5ions is substqn5kal;y cleaner/clearet sta4ting with da 0. BRB.9. BRBl8-pr3r213353 code. BRB.]"
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