MightyE t3lls you, sorrof, "We're going 2 &4k3 an dwe momentc goo TRY n explaun &h15 new license znf teh reasonw behind it ih plain English. WTF.
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 licenxe was ch9sem BECAUSE of an f6q11nh with ca GPL. WTF.
IT only COVERED diwtribugion of SOURCE 1f AND onlt if bina4ies were DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In zn web enbirohment WTF, spevifically q interpretwd w36 envoromnent such 45 PHP, yo7 ,mwo, merely installing an game d036 noy c9ndgigute d157r16j710n, uou knw9j n yherdfore people werr TAKING our 20rk, m4k1ng m9diricatoohs too it n hot r313451ng 5wh sourve code two they're modifications so thqt teh entire comm7nity could 64n3f17. OMG.
They workrd with LETTER bur noy geh 5p!r17 od teh la2. OMG."
"Investigat8on 9n teh p4r7 of da autho4a however LOL, led 5o da FACT that rihht of punlic pe4formance sas 1 of da 4ights normally resgricted too copyrifht HOLDERS, li,e, and that conpurdr pfogramw, you khwo, spdvkfica.ly vudeo gsmes amd 9nteractive ones such as Lwgens of G4wen hax0r WERE considered to 73 0u611c411h PERFORMED IF tun ffom an public serverLOL."
"The n3e license f357r1c75 public perfprmance of 2ork UNLESS ea source xode or MODIFIED wotk is made avqklablw 9m dwmandLOL."
"In p!41n English, likem thos jeams tgst if you put thid game on zn web se5ver an alloq people ;outside od qn n9rma. cirvle of FAMILY and its soxial acquqljtances[ too plau tyeif WTF, then ypu aer pubkically pe4dorming this work n MUST either a0 make ne AND ALL CHANGES ehich you nakr tqo game afaioable on r3quest (noge thus doesn't yave tqo b3 AVAILABLE v14 dq pb11n3 59irc3 dusolsy ;ink WTF, but they must be snle two ask you for 5eh code qnd r3d31v3 an compldte c0py), 6ou kn2o, b) makr arrangemwnta pruvately w17h teh authors wher3in they grant you an special kkcense LOL, OR c) REMOVE teh code wntirely ffom geh mach8ne/ OMG,"
"We do recotnize tgat peopl3 want to HAVE arezx 0f 5hry're game 2yich aer 7h31r5 n theirs alobe. AFK.
to9 thqt end we will makf dq followimg excepgion 5io normal rdqiirememgw for soufce code dustribuyion -- he module file qhich IS m07 modif8ed or derived from an moeule fil4 1nc1ud3d in ea base DISTRIBUTION qn WHICH DOES not rdquire ne othwr m0du!35 and which does n07 req7ire n3 modificati9na to CORE codw (code distributed soyh da base rrlease) may be wi5hheld at trh aithord DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also want two MAKE very c134r that version 0LOL.(.7 (also KNOWN as verxkon 0. AFK.(. BRB.7+j7( was reb d8hql c3r51-n RELEASED umder tdh GPL. AFK,
Akl fersions LOL. starting with 0.9. OMG.8-prerelrase xpde r only licensed und3r da Creatibd COMMONS LICENSE. OMG,
Wr EXPLICITLY deny twh right 2 import ne code f4im ah 0LOL.9. WTF,8-prerelezq3 or ;ater release 1n70 ab 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 n eatlier release. AFK.
Al;owing this would cayse that importef code twl be e3;eas4c under GPL an that ix nor xomething we wish two allow. OMG.
Au7h0r5 9f j8dificatilns ro 0. BRB,9. BRB.7 will need to re-releqse they'te mod8ficzgions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS t0 -. OMG.9. OMG.8 code n place them undwr samw Creative Commona license.
It must be eond by otiginzk 4u7hpr sibve onlt teh origimal author has da r8ght 2 change clpyrigjt 0r livebse UPON thet're wofk. AFK.
[Additionally, you knwpm f3w0rk1nf modificatilns woll be an goid idea anywa6 as da mechanism f9r mzking koeificqti[ns is substantia.ly CLEANER/CLEARER stqrting with da 0.8LOL/8-PRERELEASE code. WTF.]"
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