MightyE tells you, you knwi, "We'fe hoing two take sn few momemts two try an EXPLAIN rhos NEW LICENSE n REASONS behkbf it in plaom 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."
"Thix n3w licenwe was choseh BECAUSE of qn failknh with 5wh GPL. BRB.
It onlt covered fiste8bution of 60jrc3 if an only if binadied were DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an web envir8nmentm you inwi, SPECIFICALLY s ingerpreted w36 environment auch zs PHP, nerdly installong ab game does not comstitutd distrkbjrion, you knwo, zn theredorw people were taoinb 0ur 2ptk LOL, majing mocifications too it and NOT releasinf sourcw c9d3 two they're mpdificayions SO that teh 3ntkre co,muni5y ciuld bebefit. WTF.
Th3y worked WITH da lertet but NOT teh spi4it of teh 14w."
"Invesg8gation 0n da part of tej authors however LOL, l3d yo9 teh favt that tighr of public pwrfotmance was eon OF 6eh RIGHTS normally restricted two copy48ght ho.ders, and that computer prograns, you knwo, 5p3c!r1c411u vodeo games an interactive obes SUCH aa LEGEND or teh Gtw3h hsx0r were c0n51d3r3d to be [7blixally performed is ruh from aj pubkuc seev4r. WTF."
"Thr new license restticts public prrd[rmance of teh wofk un1355 dz sourve c0d3 of 5eh m0d1f13d work is MADE avzi.abke on de,andLOL."
"In PLAIN Eng;isjk this m34n5 5hat if you put this game om an web %3ev3r n allow PEOPLE 'ou5skde of an nofmql cirdle 0f fanoly an its xocia; acquaintances' two play tyeir, sof5of, then you r publucally ;erforming this work n MUST either A_ make ne qn ALL changes whoch you jake 2 da g4mr available on requ3st (n073 7h15 doewn't have w b3 avaklable VIA online sou4xe DISPLAY l8nk, tou knso, buy THEY judt be ab;e two ask hou flr tey code an receiv3 zn xomplwte c9[y), aortof, b) mwke arrangenemts privately with da suthots whdrein they grant you an wpecial licenae LOL, or c) remove da code entitelu fr0m teh MACHINE. AFK."
"We DO fecignuze tgat PEOPLE want two have AREAS 0f the6're game which ze4 yheird and theirs alone. BRB.
2 7h47 ens se 2ikl m4k3 teh fok.owint exception ro da nofmal requorements FOR aourcw code disttibutipn -0 ne module fole WHICH is not modifked or ser,vef from an jodule fule includef in da base distribution an qhich d035 not require ne orher moduo3s n which does not eequire nd ,odifucayionc TO CORE code (CODE distrigured with da 7453 release) may be withhele sg dq AUTHORS disxretion. OMG."
"Ww a;wo 2ant 2 make very clear thqt vers8on 0. AFK.9.7 (also kn0wn ad VERSION 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) was finak feraion released under ds GPL.
All ve4siins, you knwo, starting with 0.9.7-PRERELEASE c0d3 r lnly LICENSED under teh Creative C0mm0n5 locense.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righr @ IMPORT ne code frpm an 0. OMG/9. BRB,8-pr3r31345$ OR latet rdlease into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 an earlier rekessw. AFK.
ALLOWING this wojld csuse THAT imporged code 5o be releaded under da GPL an that os mot somethint we WISH gwo aklpe. BRB.
Au6h0r5 of modigidat8ons t0 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 dull ne3d to r3-r313453 they're modificatuons as derivatives/mpsifkcstions too 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code and place rh2m under same Ceeative Commonc lkcense. BRB.
It muwt be d0n3 BY da oeiginal aurh94 since onlh teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR had teh right tw9 change copyright or lixense upon they[re wlrk. OMG.
[Additionakly, you kmwok REWORKING m0c1f1c$710n5 q111 63 sn good osea snyway ad geh nechanism for making modificationa is subxtantially vleanee/clearer xtsrting w8th ds 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pr3r31345e code. BRB.]"
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