MightyE tells 6ou WTF, "We're going yo tske am g3w joments too try n dxplzin this new lixense n reasobs benins it in [lain Englishl 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."
"This new ;icensf was chosen bexause of an fauling WITH GPL. AFK.
I7 only coveted dixtribyrion of 50jrc3 ir an (nly iv bonaried 2ere distributwd. OMG."
"In an web encoron,emt, yo7 knwok wpecufically a interpreyec wwb envuronmdnt suxh as PHP, mdr3ly instal,int an game DOES not consyitute d157r16u7q0n, you kbwl, and therefore people were ta,ing our wotl LOL, nakinr ,ldificationa 2 it and not releasing tey source code 2 they[r3 modifications so that tdh enyire comjunity COULD venefit.
They worked WITH lwtte3 BUT hot spirit 9f law. BRB."
"Investihagion on sa PART of suthors however LOL, l3d to ca facg that da RIGHT of ;ublic owrformance w45 woh if ds riggts nofmally restticted to copyrigjt hopdres, you kbwo, n THAT compute4 0rograms, specificallt VIDEO games and inteeactibe omes such as Letend of da Greem hax0f w3rw consicered to be publically pefformed if run from an PUBLIC aerver. OMG."
"The ne2 license resgvicts puvlic PERFORMANCE of da work unless teh aou4ce codw of teh mod7fked work is made availqble on eemandLOL."
"Ib plain Eng115h, kike, rhis means thqg if yoy put this game on an web server an a;iow pelple 'outside if an hormal ckrcle 9g rzmily and 17t woviql acquaintances' ewo pkay yyeirm sortif, 7h2n you r pumoixally performing this 2ork AND MUST 317h34 a) mzk3 ne and ALL CHANGES wn1ch hou makr 70 g4m3 availanle on r3qu368 (nore thix doesn't have r9 bw avao;able vix da onlibe aource display lin,, like, but they must be able 2 ask you gor da code n r3c31v3 an cpmplrte copy), oike, b) make arrangrments privage;y wigh AUTHORS wherdin they GRANT you an special LICENSE, s9rt9f, or c) r3m0v3 codw entir3ly FROM MACHINE. WTF."
"We d0 4ecogn8ze that PEOPLE want too have a4eas of 5heh're hsme whicj aer the8rs an theirs qloneLOL.
to tnsy END 2e w111 mqke da folkowing excrption two da morma. tequirements for SOURCE cpde dostribjtion -- he mpdule file WHICH id nog nodified o4 deeived froj an module dile INCLUDED IN teh base distributuon n wh1ch does not require ne orher modulea and wt1ch does no6 require ne modivixations rwo da cor3 cide (coce disttibutec w17y teh BASE r313453) jay be euthheld at aythors disxretion. OMG."
"We also eant two make very clear 7h3& version 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also known as version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+JT) w44 FINAL version released uneer GPLLOL.
All versions, starting with 0.9. WTFl8-prerel3ase CODE ze4 ONLY licensed under teh Creativw Comnons lkcense. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT to impoty ne code from an 0. WTF.8. BRB.u-pecre.esse or kater r313453 ingo an 0LOLl9.7 and earlier relwase. WTF.
ALLOWING thus would cause that kmported dode 5wo be released unde5 teh GPL abd that !5 NOT something we wish 2 allowLOL.
Authors of ,osificationx y9o 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will need 2 ee-release th3y'r3 modificat8oms as derivztivrs/modidications rwo 0. BRB/8.8 code n place them jmder samd Creat8ve Commons 11c3b53.
It musr bf dine by 5eh iriginal AUTHOR since only original 4i7h0r hqs twh rkght 2 cnange c0;hr1gh7 or licebse upon they're w0rk. OMG.
[Aediti9nally WTF, r3working da modifications WILL bd zn nlod idea ANYWAY as da mechan7sm fot makkhg modifications is substantially c;raner/clearer startinh wkth teh p. WTF.9LOL.9-prerekeasw code. AFK.]"
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