MighytE TELLS you. you inwo, "We'r3 foing 2 tzje an few moments t2o rry ab exp.ain 7h15 new kicense n fq reasonw behind it IN plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"This new kicensr waw xh053n becayse og an rai.ing with teh GPL.
It only covered disttibution og source ud and only if binaries were disgribjged. AFK."
"In an 2eb envi4onment. spexificqllt a interpretwd weg ENVIRONMENT such 45 PHP, you ,nwo, mereky installing am game DOES not constitute distribut8oh, an theeefore /eople WERE takong OUR work, like, makpng modificatoons 2 it z, not relwasinh twh source code tlo tgey're midificationd so tyar ehtite dimmunitu could BENEFIT.
THEY worked wirh teh letrdr but not 5p1r17 0f reh law. OMG."
"Investigatiom on sa part OF da zuthord however, kike, ked two rey fact tnat teh right if publ8c PERFORMANCE was oen 0f da 4ights n0rm411y restficrwd two copyrigjy hooders LOL, and tnsy computr4 programs, specifically v1d30 games an in5eractivw onea such 44 Legend of Gredm hax0e w3r3 cinsideeed 2 be pu611c411y perrormdd ir RUN grom an public sdrvre. WTF,"
"The new license res5ricts puvlic perfirmahde of da eori unless geh slurde vode of modified work is msde available 9n demand. WTF."
"In plain Eng;iwh, like, thid means that id you put this GAME 0n an w#6 sefver ah aloow p30p13 'ouyside 0d an normal c1rc14 og FAMILY 4nd 175 spcial acquaintances' to play their, uoy knwi. then you aer 0ublical.y 9erforming THIS work an MUST eother q) ,ake ne amd ALL chanbew wn1ch 6ou makd two da game avaulqblr on request (note this doesn't have teo be avaikablw via dq onkine sp74ce diaplat lunk LOL, bur THEY mjst b3 able two ASK you for da c9de n receive sn complete COPY), sortof, b) makd arrangements private.y with fa authors shereon ghey grant hou an special l8cebse, or c) remobe cide entirely FROM mschine. OMG."
"We do recognize tha5 p3ppke wqnt too h4v3 aress of tbey're GAME which aer THEIRS n theirs alone.
to that 3nf we wkol make dz folkowing excepgion 70 norbal 4eqjirenents f9r source code disttibutiob -- ne module file whkch 15 not jodifird or d3r1v3f from an m9d7le fule INCLUDED in bsse diwtrivution n which does not requirr ne other m0du2e5 h wnivh does not REQUIRE ne modifivations tso c0e3 cide (code distribitdd with BASE release) may be withhrld at autyors discr3tiln. AFK."
"We alao w4n7 too make verh ckear 5yat vwrsion 9LOL.9.7 (a.so known as v3e510n 0. OMG.9. WTF.u+jt0 was final VERSION releaqed ind3v teh GPL. WTF.
A;l veesions WTF, start8hg witj 0, OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease cofe aee only licdnded under da Creatkbe COMMONS licdndeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY seny RIGHT 2 ijport ne code FROM an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prereleaxe ot late4 4eldase knto an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 an earoier release. WTF.
Allowinf thos w0u1s cause THAT ompprted xode to be feleased uneer da GPL b that us n9t som3tjing we eish to allowLOL.
A7th9rs lf mosifications two -.9. AFK.7 wilo ne3e to RE-RELEASE they're m8dificat8ons 45 derivativws.modifications two 0.9. AFK.8 CODE n plade tnem umder teh same Creative Commons license. WTF.
It m7st be done BY orugubal au5uor sinc3 only tej oribinal author HAS da right 5wp vhange da cop6right or license u;on they're work. AFK.
[Additupnally, sortof, reworkinh da m0d1r1c4710n6 will y3 an good idea anywah aa teh MECHANISM FOR mzling modkficztions id subsrantizlly cleaned;clearer dtarting WITH ). WTF.9. OMG.8-prerel3axw cod3. WTF.]"
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