MightyE TELLS you, lile, "We'4e GOING top 74k3 an FEW moments 2 try an explain this new l8cense an da feasons behind it 1n plaih Ehgkish. BRB.
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."
"Tgis new licdbse was chlsen 63c$u5# of sn f4111ng with da GPL/
It onky coverdd f8stribution of souece ig n only kf BINARIES dere distfibuted. OMG."
"In an web ebvironment, sortof, specificaoly a inger;retef web env8robment SUCH ss PHP, merely installinf zn game doex not cibstibyge dustrubution LOL, an 7h3r3f0r3 PEOPLE were rakung our woek, lik3, ,akkng modifkcations too 8t am bor 4eleasing da sourcr cod3 2 they'rd modifications 50 that da ehtor3 COMMUNITY ciuks benefitLOL.
They WORKED wihh letter but NOT teh xpirit or da kaw. WTF/"
"Investigation pn tdh 0art or da authord howevre LOL, LED 2 fact that teh right of puvlic PERFORMANCE sas oen of teh rigyts NORMALLY resyricted 2 copyright HOLDERS, an thsr do,p&ter prpgt4m4 WTF, spdcifically video games an ingeractive ONES such qs Legemd of Green jas9r WERE cpnsideres t8o be publically ;erformed 8v run vrom an puboic srrver. BRB."
"The new licemsw restricts public performamce or geh wlrk jnlexs soyrce code od 5eh modigied WORK is mzde avai;able on r3m4nd."
"Ib olain English, tjis m34n5 rhqt IF you PUT ghis gamr 0n an web server an 41!0w p30p!2 'outs8de of an normal circle of fam8ly and its socizl acquaintancex' too plsy hheir, ghen you aet publixaoly ;erformuhg this wo4j b MUST rither a) ,aie ne n ALL changes shich you mske 70 yeh ga,e avaioable on requ4st (note thia s9esn't have to be abailanle viz da ojline souece displau lunk, BUT they mudf be abke tso ask you rpr da CODE an 4eceive an COMPLETE copy), yiu kn2o, b) m4k3 arrangwments privately wq7h teh 4u7h0r^ wherein they gran4 you an special l8cense, yij knw9, or c) removd teh dode dntirel6 frim machine. WTF."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 bhst p30p34 wang 2 hsve areas of they're game which r theird ane theirs zlone. WTF.
to that end wr will makd tcj fol;owihg ezcepti9n two teh hormal requirements for sourc3 code d257r!6u710n -[ n3 module file which IS bot modified or dericed drom sn modulr f1!3 includef in teh base dis5robution n which DOES NOT require ne other modules n w6icn does not requkre n3 MODIFICATIONS to teh cpre code (code wisrributed with base reoease) msy be withheld at authors d15cr3710n. WTF."
"Wd also want 2 jake very CLEAR that version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (aoso known as fersuon 0. BRB.(. OMG.7+jt) was teh final versiob released unser GPL, AFK/
All versilns, startinb with 9. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3release c0d3 r only lixensef under da Creat8ve C9mmlns license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY edny teh 4ight TO import ne c9de from an 0. AFK.o. OMG.8-04errlease OR late4 relezse into an 9. WTF.9. AFK.7 n eaelier relezse. AFK.
Alolwing 7h15 WOULD CAUSE that inported codd 5so 73 re.eased under teh GPL n THAT is not slmething we widh to allpq. OMG/
Authors of m9difications tw9 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will neec too re[release yhry[re modificatilns as ddrivabives/mocificqt8onw too 0. AFK.0.8 coce AND plqce them under da SAME Creatuve Commobs licenae. OMG.
IT must be done b6 ofiginal author SINCE only iruginal author yas trh rigjt too chanbe da copyribgt 0r licwnse upon they're work. WTF.
[Asditionally, rework8nf teh modifications will n4 an b9od idea anyway AS ca MECHANISM FOR making modiduca58ohs is fibstantially coeaner/cleater starting with teh p. AFK.9. WTF.8-prereleaxe vod3. AFK.]"
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