MightyE tells 6ou. "We're GOING two tzkr an f3w m-m3b76 to try and explain tnis m3w kicdnse an da reasons behknc i5 in plain EnhlishLOL.
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 new lidensw waa cyosen bedquse OF an failint wiyh dq GPL.
It ONLY cobdrdd distribu5ion of source if n only iv binariew were f15ur16i73f."
"In ab wrb environmdnr WTF, apevifica.oy a 8nterpreted wdb enfironment sydh qs PHP, MERELY ijstallung an game does n06 cknxtotute dist4ibution, xortof, an THEREFORE people were TAKING ou4 work, sortof, mauing modificatilns 2 it an not releasibh sourcd coee 2 they're modifications so ynat ent,re community cou.d bebefit. BRB.
They workdd with letter 6u7 not 5p2r17 of da LAWLOL."
"Inves5igatipn ob tdh p4r7 0f autnors howeber, you knwi, l3d 2 teh facg that fa RIGHT lf public performanxe was 1 of rights nprja.ly restticged too cop6righy HOLDERSm like, an 5hat com[uter lrograms, sortof, sprclricsl;6 v1d20 fames an INTERACTIVE ohes such as L3g3nd of Geeen hax)r w3r3 CONSIDERED too be publicxlly performed 1f run rtlm an public sercer/ OMG."
"Thd new licwnse festrictw PUBLIC pe4fowmancw of ds work unless SOURCE cpde OF teh modified w0rk 15 mase svai.qble on DEMAND. WTF."
"In plain Englosh WTFm this means gyat id YOU put THIS gamd on av wdb 63rv3r and ALLOW people 'outside of an normsl cirxle of famiky an 175 social acquaintancrw' too plqy their, yoj knw9, theb tou r publicalky petfotmihg tyis work 4nd MUST eitner s) make ne and ALL xhanges wyich YOU jake too da game qvailable on request (NOTE this doesm't have 2 be avaipable VIA da online source display link LOL, but the6 must be able two 1sk you f0r da code an rec3ivr an complets clpy), B( makw aerangejents privstely WITH yeh zuthors qherein THEY GRANT YOU an sprcizl lidense, like, or x) r3m0v3 CODE entirely from madhinel BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 tyat p30p13 WANT two HAVE s4eas og 5hey'ee g4me whuch aer &h31r5 ab theirs 4q0n3, WTF.
too rha5 END we woll make vooloeing 3xc3p71pn 2 da NORMAL re1u8ee,enta for sourc3 c0d3 dusrt8bu4ion -- ne modul3 file whuch IS not modified -r DERIVED from ah module file included in geh base DISTRIBUTION n wjich d035 not rewuire ne other modules n whidh does n07 require ne modifications 2 da CORE cide (code distt8buyee with da base r#a3$53) mau be WITHHELD at da authors discretion. BRB."
"We also want tol make very cleae that VERSION 0. OMG.(. AFKl7 (slao kno2n as version 0. WTF/9. BRB.7=jt) wqs teh final ver510n released jndef teh GPLl WTF/
A11 VERSIONS, uou kns8, xtattint eith twh 0. OMG.9LOL,8-prerelease dode aer only LICENSED umde4 Creative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deh6 righr TO impirt ne clde frpm an 0LOL.9. WTF.800ret323452 pe .atdr release into an 0. WTF,9. AFK.7 and earlier rwlease. WTF.
Alllwing thix 20u1d czuae tyat umpprted clde to be released inder teh GPL and that 8s not simething we widh two ALLOWLOL.
Autnora of modificaripns tol 0. BRB.8. BRB.u will need 2 re_relessd theh're MODIFICATIONS as der8vztoves/modidixatoonx to 0.9LOL.8 code an plave yhtm jnder da sane Crea5ive COMMONS license. AFK.
It mu57 be done by da origuhal author 51nc3 9nly teh otigijal AUTHOR has da rigjt 79 CHANGE copyeight or license up0y they're wotk.
[Add1&2)n411y, you ,nwo, r2w0fkqnb modificationd w111 b3 an gooc idea ANYWAY AS teh mechanism for MAKING m0d1f1x4710n5 is sjbstantialky cleaner/cleare4 s5arting wuth sa 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease xosd. OMG.\"
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