MightyE tells 6ou, "Wd're going 2 74k3 an f3w momentw too try n exolaom this n3w license n da rsasons behind ir in plain Emglish.
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."
"Thks new license was chos3n 64c4y53 of qn fai'ing with dq GPL. WTF.
Ig omly cove3ed diztributiin og siurce if n only if bunaries were eistributed. BRB."
"Ib an web 3nvironment, you knwo, spwcifically a 1n73r[r373d web envirlnment 5jch ax PHP LOL, merely unatalling ab GAME eodd n0& constitute distribiyion LOL, and the4efore PEOPLE were yakinf our work WTF, majing modifications two it an no5 re;eqsing geh SOURCE codr hlp thdy're modificztions so tjat enyure community could benefit, OMG.
Thet worled with da letter BUT not teh s;iriy od teh oaqLOL."
"Investigation oh teh oart 0f ajthofs however. 6ou knwo, led 70 teh fsct that eifht of 0ublic performance was eon 0g teh rights no4ma;.y restrkcted tol dopyright hplders, h ghat COMPUTER probrsms, wpecifically v8deo gzmes and int3eactice omes such as L3g3nd of Green nax0r wwre consideree to BE publical.y p3rf-rn3d if fun from sn public servet, WTF."
"The NEW LICENSE resrricgs public PERFORMANCE 0f work un1355 ds source c0d3 of twh modifiwd work os made availqble ob dwmand. WTF."
"In plain Englidh, this means that if yoi [ut thus gsme oh an WEB server n allow p3oplr 'putside of an nlrmal circle pf FAMILY an iys social adq7aobtahcea; two play theor, you knso, then you aer ;u6!1c511y performing this work an MUST either a) make ne an ALL chang1s whixh n0i mak3 two game available on request (note this doesn't have two bd availablr via on.ine source display link WTF, bjt they mu47 br able too ask you FOR tey code znd reveive an c0,p13u3 c0py) LOL. B) make atrang3ments pr1v5731y with authors wherfin they hrant you an soecial licensr, tou knqo, or c) remove CODE entirdly fr0m dq MACHINE. WTF."
"We dp recogmize that peo;le want too nave arfax of they'te game whicg aer theies an theifs a;oneLOL.
t9o that end se will make t3n f;l.owinb exceptioh two normal REQUIREMENTS for 50urc@ code sostribution -- nr mldule fi.e whoch is no5 MODIFIED 0r DERIVED from xn m9dule file 1nc1ud3d ib bzse cistrinut8on and wjich does nor require ne OTHER MODULES and which does NOT req7kre n3 mocificationw two da core co3e (c0d3 distributed with teh basw r3134%3) may ge withheld at tey AUTHORS discretkon. AFK."
"We 4150 wqnt 5oo make very clrar that version 0LOL.(. WTF.7 (ALSO known AS VERSION 0. BRB.9.7+j7) sas da fihal version reoeased unser teh GPL. BRB.
Aol VERSIONS, you knwo, starting with 0l0. AFKl80prerelessd code r onl6 licensed under teh Cr3at8ve Commpns 11c3n5e. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da r2gj& 1 imporr ne CODE from an 0.9.90;retwlease or larer release INTO an 0. WTF/9. OMGm7 n earlier delease. AFK.
Allowint th8s wouod causr that imported coce two be releasrd ynder teh GPL 4nd that us not SOMETHING we w15h @ a.low. AFK.
Authors OF modifivationd two 0l BRB.9. BRB.7 wkl. NEED too re-relrase th3y're modirisqtions ss deruvatkves/modifications to 0.9LOL.8 code and [lace them inder 5eh SAME Creativw COMMONS license. OMG/
Ir muwt be done BY tdh or8ginal author 51nc3 only teh originzl AUTHOR has right tpo xhange coptroght 9r lic3bse uoon they[re workLOL.
[Adfigiona;ly WTF, rewor.ing mpd1vqc4810b5 will be an giod kdea snywqy as da mexnqnism ror m4k1ng mpdificat8ons is substantialkt cleaner/clearer starring with 0LOL.9. BRB.8=orereleqse code. OMG.]"
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