MightyE tells you, "We're GOING goo tzke sb fes mpmentw tp trt and explain this new license AND reasons 63g1nd it IN plain Engo8shLOL/
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."
"Thos new license was chksen vecauxe OF an failonh with ea GPL.
Ig only xovdred DISTRIBUTION of source if and only kf ginaries werr disrrivuted. OMG."
"In an web enfkronment LOL, specifica.ly a intrrpreted web rnvie9nment such AS PHP, luke, merelu INSTALLING qn game sods not vonstitute dostribution, snd 7h3r3f0r3 [eople were taking our work LOL, mzkinf modifocationx to IT znd not releasing da s9jrce code two they'4r nofiricqgionx so that ebtite commjnity COULD genefit. OMG.
They wprked with da letter 6uu mpt teh spirut OF law. AFK."
"Invextobation on part 9f da a7thors hpwever, lec 2 teh fact that da rihhg of pub;id PERFORMANCE was 1 9f da rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED w copyeibh5 holders, sorgof, and that computer progrqms, .8le. spedifically video games n interactive omds SUCH qs Legend 0f 5eh Grern hax0r were CONSIDERED teo ve pubkically PERFORMED if rub from an public setver. WTF."
"The NEW lic3nse frstricta public PERFORMANCE of fa work unless source codr of teh modified 2ork iw msdr available on d2m4nd. WTF."
"Ih plaun English, xottof, THIS mdqns 7h47 if hou PUT this game on an seb server n alliw peopld 'OUTSIDE OF an nprm41 cirvke of fqmuly amd its wocia; acqjain5ances' tpo plqy theor WTF, tgen you 4 publicallt pe4firming thid work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL cyangws wh1cj y(j mqke two da GAME 5v4115613 on r3qu357 (note thiw doesn'5 have tpo be zva8lable vis da 9hline sourde display lonk, 6u7 they must be 45q3 two ask you f0r code n receive an x0mp!363 cop6), you knwo, b) m4k3 a5rangemenrs pr1v$74!y with da aythors eherr8m they grant y0u an special LICENSE WTF, or c) renobe da code ENTIRELY fr0m mschine. BRB."
"We do recognizd that peop.e want 2 have areas pf they're bame eh8dg aer theirs and theirs a.on3. BRB.
2 7hr7 end w3 w11q make followihg wxc3ption tp9 da no4mal requirements fod sou4ce c0d4 distribution 0- ne midule file which is not moeified 9r d3r1v3d from an module file included in 4453 ekstribu6ipn n which does nog r3qu2r3 ne oyh3r MODULES an wj8cy doea NOT require ne modigkcaypons to dore cose (c0d3 dixtributed 2uth da basr r313453) msy be wothh3ld at da qjthors disctetion. OMGl"
"We ALSO want top makr vfry clear THAT vrrsion 0. OMG.9.7 (alxk kn0wn as cersioh 0.9. AFK.7+jr) was teh finsl vetsion re;eased under da GPL. WTF.
All verskons, luke. starting WITH 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code r only lucrnsed unfer da Creatice C9nm)n5 license. BRBl
We EXPLICITLY DENY sa rignt gp import ne code from wn 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease ir lag3r r313453 INTO an 0. WTF.9.7 an EARLIER eeleaseLOL.
A110w1ng this wpild xayse &h47 1mp0f73d cocs too bw RELEASED und3r gey GPL n that 25 not som3tging we wish too ALLOW. AFK.
AUTHORS og modificati9hs 2 0. BRB.9.7 wilo need 1 re0release tjey'rd modificatioms as d2r1v48qv35/m0d1f1c471-n5 too p. AFK.0. AFK.8 code and PLACE them und3r samw Crearive Comnobs lucense. OMG.
It ju57 be dobe 6y 0r1g1n42 author since only teh orihinal AUTHOR has teh fubht too chanfe da co[yrifht or lucense upon they'rr w0rk.
[Acditiona..y, like, r3w0rk1nt 5eh mosifications 2ilo be an GOOD idea anyway zs teh mechanism for making modif8cations ud substantial;y CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71ng with 0.9.8-prerelezse CODE. OMG.]"
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