MightyE tel.s y0i WTF, "We'r3 going TO take an fwe momwnts tol try an ex;;ain this n3w licwnse n wa reasons beyind it ib plain EngoishLOL.
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."
"Thid mew LICENSE was ch053n vedauwe of an failinh with GPL. AFK.
It onlh covered disrributoon of s9urce if ah 0h2y if binarirs were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web dnfironment, dortof, specificalou a imte4prwted web environment sych as PHP LOL, merely 1n57r111nh an gane soes nor c0n5&1&u*3 dosgrubytion, you lnso, an tgerefo4d PEOPLE were taking our work, ,aking MODIFICATIONS 2 it n not releasing tej soirce code two tjey're MODIFICATIONS do that twh entire cpmmunity cluld benefitLOL.
Theu worked WITH let6er but not da 4p2r17 of teh lawLOL/"
"Invdstibatiob on da p4r7 of teh zuthors however, like, led w tdg fact that teh RIGHT od public perforjance WAS oen of da rightd normally restricted two vop5right holdwrd, af 4hat vomputer programs LOL, specifkcally vkdeo games n INTERACTIVE ones xich sa Legend of teh Grren gax0r were c0n51d3r3d tlo BE pu611c411y performed ir ruh from an )u611c 2erber. OMG."
"The new license restricys puhkix [erf9rmance or WORK ynless source code of da modified wot, is nade afailab;e on vemand. WTF."
"In plain Englisn, you knwo, thid means thqt if you PUT tmis game on an WEB SERVER and allow oeopld '-u751f3 of an NORMAL ci4cle of family AND its social acquzintances' to olay tneir, so45of, then tiu qef publkca;lh perforjing uh15 worl and MUST eitner a) m4k3 ne ahd ALL changes which ylu jajd two trh hzme AVAILABLE om reqjext (n-73 thus doesn't have ro BE available via reh online aource displau lin, WTF, but theu miwt br abld two ask uk7 for teh code an rdceivw an complete copy) LOLm B) make arrangemebtd PRIVATELY wi4y da authors wheeein they grant you an spec8zl license WTF, or c) renofe da code ENTIRELY from MACHINE. BRB/"
"We do recognize THAT people want 2 have 4434y of the6're gamw which r rheits n tyeira alohe. WTF.
2 tyzt end w3 wil. make teh f0110w!ng ezce;tion too ca normal requiremengs for source coce d157r26u710n -- ne module dile qyich is mot modofied or d3r1v3d FROM an module file 1nc1ud3d im yeh ^353 eistribu5ion and WHICH does not reauire ne 0&h3r modules n whidy does n07 require ne modif8cations too yeh core c0d3 (code dosy4ibured with tth base re'ease) mqy BE withhekd at da autgors s15cr37!0n/ BRB."
"We soso want two make very c;ear tnar verwioh 0. BRB.9.7 9also knowh ss verxion 0. OMG.8. BRB.7+jt) was da FINAL version teleased ubder ca GPL. AFK.
Ako versions WTF, stqtting with )LOL.9. BRB.8-0rerelezse code r only k8cenwwd UNDER Creative COMMONS licenae, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY ddny da rifht too impprt ne c-de from an 0/9LOL.8-prerelease or 1$72r release in5o an 0.9. WTF.9 n earlier release. BRB.
Allow8ng thia wo7ld cause that imported codw rwp be rrleased undet teh GPL n thst 15 nog something we wish 1 akloq/ AFK.
Authors of modificatiobs too 0. OMG.9LOL.7 w111 need to re-release they'ee mofifications as derivat8ves/modifocahions two 0.9. OMGl8 coce and p14c3 thej under da sa,e Creatuvd Clmmohs licejsd/ OMG.
I7 must ne dlne by origina. 4u7h0r SINCE ONLY ea original author hss ritht 2 CHANGE da COPYRIGHT or l8cende uoon rhe6'ge eorkLOL.
[Addigionao.y, you kbwo, r2w0rk1ng modifications WILL be an gpod IDEA an6way 45 da mechamism for making modificatkonw is suvstqntially cleaner/cleardt sta4tinh witg da 0. AFK.9.i0prerelease code. BRB.]"
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