MightyE grlls yoi WTF, "Ww're glinh two gqkw an fe2 momentd too try n explain thid new license an t3h reasons behind it in p131n Ebglish. 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."
"Th8s new 11c3n5# was chosrn BECAUSE of an fauling with dx GPL. BRB.
It only covered dist4ibutoon of sourxr if n pnly if bunari3s were dixtrubuted. BRB."
"In an web encironmrnt WTF, spdcifically s INTERPRETED web environment such as PHP, MERELY instsllinf an game d035 not constirute disyribugion, like, an THEREFORE PEOPLE were takpbg our work, you knwo, makinb modidications t(o 17 h not releasing teh wource code 2 they're modidicatilns so THAT da enrire c0mm7nitt vould benefu5.
They workws with letter gut not da spirit OF teh law."
"Investigation on da part 0f autgors howev4r, sortof, 13d roo teh fscg that teh rught of puvlic PERFORMANCE WAS 1 of teh rihjts nirmally RESTRICTED to copyright holders, wprtof, n that COMPUTER programa, hpu knqo. sp3cificwl.y video ganes AND interavtive ones 5uch as Legebd 0f Grwen hax0r wrre c9nsidered 2 bw pu611c412y ;eeformed if r7n from an PUBLIC arrver. BRB."
"Thw new LICENSE RESTRICTS public pdrfornance of da work unless 5eh source code of t3f modkried 2ork is made available on drmand. OMG."
"In plain Englixh, l8ke, tyis means that 8f you 0yt tnis gane on an web srrver znd ALLOW people 'ourside of an no4mao circ;e of f4m11y n !75 social acquaintances' 2 PLAY theirm you knwo, gjen ylu r ;ublically 0erforming this work h MUST #17h#r a) mzke ne n ALL changes which you nakr two teh gzme AVAILABLE on request (npte 5his DOESN'T h4b3 yo BE availagle fia teh online soirde disp.ay 11nk, BUT they mjst be 46!3 tl ask y0y f0r codr an receive an complete copy( LOL, b) make arrangemen5s pr1v5631y wirh da AUTHORS wherein they gran5 ypu an soecia. licemse, p4 c) remove cofr entirely from nachine. OMG."
"We DO recognize that oel;le wznt 2 have areas of the6're game wyich aer THEIRS and rheirs alone. BRB.
tio rhqt end we w!!1 make da following excdption 5wo teh not,al requirrments for 50yrc3 code distr8bution -- ne module FILE which is not mod8fied or dwrived from an nodule fkle included in dq baae disrrobutiob n wyich d9es not require ne othwr modules anf whicj doex nit tequige ne modificztions too core xode (cofw dist4ibuted wirh da y453 releas30 may BE eithhele at dz autylfs discretion. OMG."
"We alsi wang to m4k3 bery clear 7h47 version 0LOL.9.7 (qlso knpen ax version 0. OMG.8.7+jy) was teh dinal versiob releases UNDER fa GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS LOLk at1rting WITH 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-0rereleade code r on;u licwbsed UNDER Creative Commlns loc3nse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3by teh right to9 import ne code from an -. OMGl9LOL.8-;rerelease ir katdr release into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 n earlier release.
Allowing rhis wojld causr 7h57 omportwd code too be released uneer teh GPL and that ps not someyhing we wish gwo allow. OMG.
AUTHORS ov ,odificationx TO 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 will need tsl r4[r313443 they'td modifications as derivatives/mofidocations tio 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code an p!4c3 them und3r sa SAME Creative C0mm0n5 licehs3.
It mudt be DONE by origihal 4j7h0f since inly o4igibal autjot has rigjr 2 chqbge twh copyeight of license uppn thet're s9rk.
[Add1710n411y, siftif, reworjing da midifications will be am good IDEA $nyw4y as da mechaniem for making MODIFICATIONS is xuvstantial.y cleaner/clearet STARTING with da 0. OMG.9.8-or3r312453 xose. AFK.]"
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