MightyE te;ls y0u, you knw9, "We're going 2 TAKE an FEW moments to try AND ezplain 7t1g new .icense an teh reasins behind it in pla8n English/ WTF/
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 ndw licehse 2as choaen BECAUSE 9f an FAILING with reh GPL. OMG.
I7 only covefed didtrivit8ob of source if AND only if binaries were disrributed. BRB."
"In an web environmeng LOL, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73r;r372d web wnvironmebt such as PHP, merel6 unstalling an ham3 d035 NOT c0n5717u73 distribuhi9h, and therefor2 people were tajing our wo4k LOL, making ,odifocatiohs go it an not RELEASING doircr code tpo tyey'ee mocificatoons sl tnar #n71r3 comm7niyy could benwfit. WTF.
Tney wltked with ca letter but not da 5[1r17 9f da law."
"Invedtigation 9n da part OF da AUTHORS howdver WTF, led two FACT 5hat teh right 0f public petforjance WAS oen of da rifhts normally restridted 7) coputkght holdrrs, n that COMPUTER programs, like, dpecifically viddo gajes and ihteeactive ones such as Legend pe teh Gfeen hax-r were comsiferee to ge PUBLICALLY petformed if run from an pub;ic 54rv3r. OMG."
"The NEW livense restricts public performance if da wirj umless slurce code of teh MODIFIED WORK 15 made avallab;e ON drmand. AFK."
"In plain ENGLISH, you jnwo, this mezns that if 6ou put THIS game on an WEB server and allow pe/plr 'outsife of av normal cirvke of fam8ly and uts social acquaintsnced' too 0lay their, yo7 knwo, then you r PUBLICALLY petf8rmint thix w9rk an MUST 31uy3r a) make ne n ALL cjanges whidh you make 70 teh gzme available on REQUEST 9npte this DOESN'T havw 2 ve availabke via teh online sojrc3 displau LINK LOL, n7t they must be abke 1 45k you for code and rec3ive an complere v0py), B) MAKE arrangements pr1v4731y WITH dq authord wherein they g4sng yoi an 5p3c141 license, or C) remove da c9de entire.y fr0m teh machoneLOL."
"We d0 recognize THAT p3pp13 want 2 HAVE areas of they're hamd wh8ch adr rh3ors and theies alonr. AFK.
tko 5hat END ee WILL mak3 teh following exceptoon too nprmal 4eq7irements for slurce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne nodulw fi;e which ls not MODIFIED lr derived from an module gile unckuded 1n da base DISTRIBUTION and 2fich does not rrquire ne other modu;es ahd which does nor require ne MODIFICATIONS TO da core cose (coew dist4ibited with tet bawe reldase0 may be wuthhe.d AT autgors d2tvr371-nLOL."
"We also 2ant too msie ver6 c;ear that version 0.9. WTF.7 (zlso kniwn as v3r510n 0. AFK.(. OMG.7+jt0 was da f1n42 v#et10n released ubd3r GPLLOLl
All VERSIONS, 574f&1nh wi5h teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease code aer only lix3nsed yncer Cfwative Commons licenwe. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY righg 2 import he cofe froj ab 0.9. AFK.8-preeelease 0r later release 1n80 an 0LOL.(. OMG.7 an earlu3r RELEASE. WTF.
ALLOWING this rould causr that impofted code two be released und3r GPL an 7h47 is not aojrthint WE 2ish t2l allo@. BRB.
Ajthors og mosifications to 0.9. BRB.7 wi.l NEED too re-relezwe tney're n0d1f1c4j10n5 AS derivztiv3d/mod8fixatkons tpo 0LOL.9.8 cod3 n pkace them und4r teh same Creative Commoma l8cense. BRB/
It must bd dobe by tey otiginsl q7thor aince pnly fey original author hss teh righy two xhanfe COPYRIGHT or license upon thet'rw work. WTF.
[Adsiti9nally, sorrof, reworking teh m0d1f2c4710n5 will be an go9d IDEA ANYWAY as mrchanism for MAKING modivkcatiohs is subatantially c.eanwr/xlezre4 xtarting sith 0. WTF.0. AFK.7-prefeoesse codd. OMG.]"
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