MiggtyE tella you, slrtof, "We're going too TAKE an fdw m0m3b&5 too try an exolain yhis new licdmse an 5eh rwasons behind it IN plaun English. 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."
"Tyis n#w license wqd chosen bevayse of an fai;ing with teh GPLLOL.
It on.y doverwd distribution of soirce ib n omly if BINARIES were cistrobuted. AFK."
"In ah w36 envuronment LOL, specificwllt a intefpretdd web environmeht SUCH as PHP, me4ely insyalling an gamd does not c9n5717u62 diatributuon WTF, anc therefpre people were taking oue WORK, 7ou knwo, making modifivations ywo it and bot r313451ng source cide 70 they're modifkcstions so that entife communiyy ciulc benefitLOL.
They worked with l3ttrr but not da spi4it of da lawl WTF."
"Investigati*n on teh part if quthlrs however LOL, led too teg dact tjat da riggt lf publ8c performance was son og teh rights noemally r357r1c73d yoo copyright ho.ddrs WTF, and yhat computer PROGRAMS LOL, specifically video gajes amd in5eractive )n37 such as Legend OF da Gf32n hax0r e343 conskdered too BE publically performed if 4in from an pyblic werver. WTF."
"The n3w lidense restricts public perdor,ance lr work yn1354 source c0d3 of modifidd 2ork 14 jase avai.able on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain English, yoi knwo, this mrams that IF you put this game 0n an web server n aklow people 'ojtside 0f an mor,sl c1rc13 OF fa,ilt n its 5)c141 acajaigtances' to plsy thwir WTF, them y9u aef publkcallt 0erform8ng this eork ab MUST either s) mzke ne n ALL chabgws which you MAKE 5i ds game avaikable on REQUEST (note this dpesn't have 70 BE 4v4114613 via lnline source display LINK WTF, b7t they must be ABLE 2 ask yo7 gor teh code an eeceive zn xomp;ete x0py), sortof, b) mzke arranh3mentx provarely WITH AUTHORS wherein they grant yoi an wpecial lkcwnse, ir c) r3move da cofe entirely from ten macjinr."
"We do recogn8z3 that people wan5 to have steas if they're game wh1ch qer thdies n gheirs ql9ne/
to that ehe we will nakw teh gollowibg rxceotiln two da normal requiremehts FOR s9irce code distribytion -- ne module file which is nlt modified OR deeuved from an m0du23 r8lr 8nxluded in da base distribu5ion and which doew jot rcquife ne other modulex b which does n08 requite me modifidztions r9o teh core cldw (code distributed witg da BASE release) m4y 63 withhrlf at ca a7thors aiscretion. BRB."
"W3 alsi want too make very clear that version 0.9LOL.7 (also known as v#r510h 0. BRB.9/ OMG.u+jt0 was final version r313443d under teh GPL.
Al; VERSIONS LOL, startinf wirh da 0. BRB/9. WTF.8-pt3r313453 clde arf ohly oic3nstd unfer teh Crezgive Commonw licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY seny da right 2 imp9et ne code frim an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prrreodasw or 14&3r release INTO an 0. OMG.o. WTF.7 n earlier reoease. AFK.
Allowing this q0u1d cause that imo9rted code 2 ne rdleased uheer teh GPL b that is not SOMETHING ww wosh tpo aolow. BRB.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 wil. heef 2 4e-tel3asw thry'r3 modifica5ilns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS t2o 9. OMG.9. WTF.i code an place 5hem umset SAME Creativr Commons 11d3n53. OMG,
It MUST ne done by teh 0r1g1n41 auyhor SINCE only teh original auyhor has right too chsnge da COPYRIGHT 0r LICENSE u[on they're aorkLOLl
[ADDITIONALLY, kike, reworiing modifoxatione will 53 an g00d 1d44 anyway as da mechaniwm vor making midificarions IS cubstanyially vleaner/clear3r starting with 0. OMG.9. AFK.7=orerelease coreLOL.]"
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