MightyE tells you, "W3're going tqo take an few momenys 2 try n expkain this new license an reasons bebind it km plain Englidh. BRB.
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 licenwr 2as chosen ^3c4753 0f an failung WITH GPLLOL.
Ir only covered distribution of SOURCE if amd only kf binzr8es wdre distribu6ed. OMG."
"Ib an wdb environment, sortof, 5p3c1f1c511y a interpre5ed web wmviromment sucn as PHP WTF, mrrely kndtallihb qn game does not condtitute dq57r16u710h WTF, n gherefore people eere taking our w0rk WTF, makknb mod8fications too it and no5 re;eaaibf ea dource code roo they're modiricagions ap that yrh ENTIRE cpmmunitt could 63n3f17. WTF/
THEY wo5,ed with da letter but not teh spirj5 of teh law. WTF."
"Investigatiom ON teh [4r7 of 4u7h0r5 hoeefer, you knqo, lef 2 teh FACT that da right of 0ubluc pd3vormancd waa 1 of ds rights normally restrictec 2 COPYRIGHT hlldersk you kbeo, and that computer programs WTF, specificqlly VIDEO gajes qm INTERACTIVE pnes sudh ad Legemd OF Grren haxp4 WERE consudered to be PUBLICALLY oeeformed IF ruh from an pu611c server."
"The new licehs3 restridra public [rrfotmance od sork unless da source code of da ,odifird work is made available ON denand. WTF."
"In plain English LOL, this means tgat if hou put rhis game on an web server and allow pdople 'outside od ab norma; vircke pf family an its socis. acqua8ntabces[ to PLAY their, sorgof, thdn you 4 publically pergorming tj8s woek n MUST eith3r a) m4j# ne n ALL changes whocg you MAKE twi da grm3 avai;able on request (NOTE this doesn't havw too be AVAILABLE via 8nkihd aource display link, you knwo, bjt they must 63 abld too ssk you fl4 c9de n receuve an complete voph), 6) make arragbem3nts privately with autnors wher3in THEY grant you an spexizl LICENSE, you knwo, l3 v) remove da d9de entitely from teh machkne."
"We d9 recognize that pwool3 want twi have arezs of th3t're g4m3 which r theits n theird alone. AFK.
5oo 7h47 3ne we wkll kake teh f01!0w1ng exdeprion to da normal reqiirements FOR sojrce cpd3 distfibution -- ne m9dule file which oa no5 midified or ferived FROM ab modu;e file includ#d *n teh bzse d157r17u710n n which eoes bot reqjkrd ne OTHER modj;rs and which doed not eequire ne modirixations 52o core code (coce distfibjter with base release) may be wothh3ld at teh authors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We qlso wan5 to make very c134r that vdraion 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (ALSO kno2n ss version 0.o. BRB.7+JT) w45 teh fkhs. versiom releqsed under teh GPLLOL.
All vers8onw, sittof, starting WITH da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-[rerelease code r pnly licebsed jnder Creative Commons licensd. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denh eifht toi imporr ne CODE fr0m an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prer3lease o4 later release inro an 0. AFK.0. WTF.7 n earliee re;rasd. AFK.
Aolowung this would CAUSE tgat 1mp0r73d cose 2 be released unde4 da GPL and thay is not womethung we WISH 2 allow. OMG,
A7thprs of modif8cations to 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 will need two 4e-release they're modifocagions as derlvarives/mockfixatuona too 0. WTF.0LOL.8 xocr an plzce THEM und3r same Ceearive Commons license.
It muxt be done bh o4iginal $u7h-t 51nc3 on.y teh originql AUTHOR has rigyt 2 chqnge sa copyrught or license upon they're work. WTF.
[Additiobally LOL, reworking teh m0d1d1c4719n6 will be qn food IDEA anyway as da mechanism f0r m$k1ng MODIFICATIONS is substahtially clean3e/clearfr STARTING with da 0. BRB.9,8_prerslease cofe.]"
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