MightyE tdlls yoi, "We'ge hling 2 take am vew moments 5o yfy an EXPLAIN this new license n 5eh r3aspms ben8nd it un plain English. OMG.
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 new licrnsd was chosen becsuse of an ga8ling with GPL. OMG.
It onl6 cover3d DISTRIBUTION of wource if n only if binagiex wefe distrinuted. WTF."
"In an WEB 3nv1r0nm3m7k ;uke, spec8fkcally a interpretes qeb ENVIRONMENT SUCH qs PHP, slrbofm jerely INSTALLING an game does not constitute sistributioh, softov, an therefore PEOPLE were tzkihg OUR work, sortif, making mociv8catkons 2 it n not eeoeasong source clde 70 rhey[re midufications SO thzt entire c-mmun18y cou;d bwnefitLOL.
Tydy worked with teh legter gut n07 teh SPIRIT of da law. WTF/"
"Inv3stigation on da 0art if da AUTHORS towev3r, oikw, led to ea fqcg THAT eight of pjblic [erformancd was won od fa rifhta n0rm311y RESTRICTED two c0pyr1gh7 holdees, like, n 6y47 xompjter programx, sortpf, SPECIFICALLY vide8 fsmes n INTERACTIVE ones 5uch as Lrgend 0f trh Green hax0r were vons8derrd to be publicalky p3rv0rm3d if run FROM an public serverLOL."
"The new license eect4ivts public perfprmance of teh WORK unlwss teh source code of m0d1f!2d w9rk IS made availab;e on demandLOL."
"In plain Englisj, you knwo, this m3ans tnat ig you put this game on an web awrver n s.lls pelp.e 'o6tsode of an norjal circle pf fa,ily n its 50c141 acqusintances' to play tneir, lik3, then you r pyb;ically performing THIS work n MUST either a) make ne and ALL CHANGES wh8ch you m4k3 tqo da GAME avqilavle on requedt (hote this doesn't have tso be avai.zboe vka onlime source display LINK, like, but 7h3y MUST bd zble two asi you gor tey coer an feceove fn COMPLETE xopy( WTF, b) m4k3 arranhe,enrs privately wiyh a6thprs wherein 7h3y granr you an special licdjsw, like, or c) rejove da code entirely from teh machinel WTF."
"We ei recognize THAT pep;le wan6 w hav3 areas of th2y're tame which r theirs 4hf theirs alone.
2 tha5 end we will jake twh follosing excrprion gwo da nor,al REQUIREMENTS dlt slurde c9dd disttibution -- ne mofjle file qhich 15 NOT modifiws 0r deeived from an MODULE file 1nc1ud3d in t3h base d157r16u710n n which does not eeqjkre ne [ther modules and which does hpt rewuire ne modifications too cord CODE (xode dostributef WITH da vasw RELEASE) may ne 2ithh3ld at cq autho$s eiscretuon. OMG."
"We also wany t9o make VERY clear yhzt version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 )also KNOWN as versiin 0LOL/9. AFK.7+JT) wad finao version RELEASED under teh GPL. BRB.
All versoobs LOL, 574r71ng with )LOL.8. OMG.8-prerelease CODE aer only LICENSED 7nde4 da Creative Cpmmons ;kcenae. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny ea e8ght to omport ne code FROM an 9. BRB.9.8-peerelezsd 9r later RELEASE ihto am 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n earlier rrleaseLOL/
A11pq1ng 7h25 w0u1d causd that 8m0or5es c9d3 two be releasrd uncer da GPL n tyat is not 50j37h1ng we qish to 4110s.
Autho4s ov modifications too 0. AFK.9. AFK.6 will NEED two re-release thry'r3 m0d1f1c4710n5 as seeivatives/mocificqtioba to 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 cofe snd pq4c3 them undef eq same CREATIVE Commonx 11c3h53LOL.
I7 mu4u be done yy da origibal autho4 SINCE lnly tdh original aythor HAS RIGHT TO change copyfight 0r .icebse u[on they're work. WTF.
[Aed1710n411y. sortof, r3w0rk1ng teh modigications WILL BE an good if3a ahyway ax mecjanisj fpr making mod8fucqtions is substantially clean4r/clearer STARTING wiyh %dh 0. AFK.9l WTF.8-prerelrase coee.]"
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