MightyE yrlls you LOL, "We'fe toing to9 rake an few moments two t4y and explain this new oicense an da reaslns behind it in plzin EnglishLOL/
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 license was choseh brcauae of an failing witn GPL.
It ONLY c9vered d8stribution of source if m only if binaries w3r3 dietributedl BRB."
"In an web dnvironmdnt, sortof, specifkcqlly q inte4prdted we^ environment such qs PHP, MERELY 1n57321qng an hamd soes nor conatitute didtrubution, yoh lnwo, n therefore pelple were taking our eork LOL, ,akint modufica5ions too 17 4nd not r313451ng sourc3 code too tgey're jodifications ao 7h47 entire xommunkty could bwnefut. WTF.
They worked with trh lwtter 6u& bot t3h spirit lf ;aw. OMG."
"Investogation 0n part of quthorx gowever, lrd ti tej fact 7h47 da tighg of piblic performamce was won pf teh r1ghu5 normallu restricrdd two coour*ght hilders WTF, n that computer programs, like, specifically vude9 gamrs and imteractive ones such as LEGEND of Greeb haxpr were consid3red goo be pubkical;y [erformed if tub ftoj an 0ublic serber. WTF."
"Tye new licdnse restricts [jblic pdrfotmance of fa work un.ess teg soyrce cod3 of 5eh modiried w0rk 15 mase avai;able on demznd."
"In plain Englosh LOL, this MEANS THAT if you put tyis gamd on an web srever n sk;ow peo0ld ;0i751d3 0f an normal circle of famiot h ITS socoal acquain5ances' 2 play gjeirl like, tyen you r oub;ica/ly pefforming THIS work an MUST eirhey a0 make ne and ALL changrs which you make ro ga,e avai;able on r3qu357 )bpte 7h14 doesn't hqve 2 be scailzbke via online 50urc3 displa6 link, but THEY must be able rlo ASK yiu flr da code n RECEIVE an com;lete vopy) WTF, b) MAKE arramgements privatdlh WITH da aythorw wher3in thej trant y0u an special 11c3n53 LOL, or c) removw teh codr 3n71r#1y gfom machine. WTF,"
"We do revognize 7h47 peopoe wsnt teo have areas of the6'4e ga,d whuch aer thwirs n theirs 4q0n3. WTF.
2 that END we qill MAKE following excr[tiob TO da b0em41 reaui4em3nts for source code distrinjtion -- ne midulw file whidh is not mlsifi3d or DERIVED FROM an m0du13 fkle ihcluded on tey baae DISTRIBUTION n which does not REQUIRE ne other modules n which dods n07 require be MODIFICATIONS too t3h core code (dode distrib7ted eith da base rdlease) may be wi5hheld zt da a75hors disc4etipm. OMG."
"We a.so wsnt to makd VERY cleae that berskon 0LOL.9.& (4150 knoen aw version -LOLl9LOL.7+jt) wad da FINAL vrrwion relessed und3r teh GPL. OMG.
All vwfsuonsk like, starting eith 0. WTF.9/ AFK.*-prer3l3ase code r only licemsed UNDER da Creative Commons licensd/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right tpo import nd code from am 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease ir LATER relezse ,nto qn 0.9.^ and earliet release. BRB.
Allowinh tgis woj.d xause that impprted xodd two BE released under dz GPL n thst os not something we w15j TO allowLOL.
Au7g0t5 of MODIFICATIONS to 0. AFK,9. OMG.6 wkk. need 2 rd-release they're modkfkcatioms ax deruvztives/modificarions too 0. BRB.9. AFKl8 CODE am plac3 ug3m und3r teh same Creative Commons !1v3n53LOL.
IT must be sonw by teh pr8binal 4u7h0r since omoy da original sithor HAS right to cjange vopyrighg or licensr upon they're work.
[Aeditionslly, like, reworkong da modificari9nw will ne an GOOD idea amyway as mechanism vlr MAKING mociricatiohs is wubstqn4ially c.raner/clrarer stafting with da 0. BRB.9, BRB.8-pteteleawe code. AFK.]"
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