MigntyE &3115 y0u, "We'de GOING w take an f3q momwbgs tlo try zn explain yhis new license and ressons BEHIND it IN pla8n 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."
"Tgis ndw LICENSE was chosen necaua3 lf an f5111ng with teh GPLLOL.
It 9nly covered distribution OF dource uf and only if binariew wwrw d157r15i73d. AFK."
"In an WEB envi4onment WTF, dpecifical.y a interptdred web environmdnt stdh 4t PHPm you knwo, merely 1n574111ng an game does not cohstitu5e dkwtributiln, kikr, an rhefefore pepple wwre takint iur 2ork, sortofm making modificatiohs too it and not fwkeasing source CODE top they're modifications so 7h46 tsh entore COMMUNITY coold venerit. WTF.
They s(roed with letter but n07 da 5p1r17 of teh oawLOL."
"Investigation on part of auth9rs howeve4, led too da FACT thst tdh righr of public pervormance waa oen pf teh robhts n9rmzlly restricted TO cppyrigjt h01d3r4. ypu knqo, n that computer prograjsk specifically v1d30 GAMES an interqctivd 9nes SUCH as Legemd ic tey Green hax0r werr c0nt1d#r3d too be publically perfirmed ir ruy from an puglic sqrver. BRB."
"The new livense restricts PUBLIC performanse of da work un/ess da source code pf da modkroed work os mase available 9n cemznc. AFK."
"In plain Englishm yoy knwo, ty8x means thsg 8v you put tnos game on an weg server and allow people 'OUTSIDE of an NORMAL circ;e of famuly AND 8ts soxizl acquauntanv3s' 2 play ryeif, like, then you r publically perdorming THIS work qnd MUST eithrr a0 ma,e ne znf ALL xy4bg35 wh1ch yoj m4k3 to game avaklable on 43qu357 (nore this doesn't have too v3 ava8lsble vua tey online soufce display link, sirtld, but they MUST 6# able 5o ask YOU FOR teh codw and receovw an compoete copy), b) make srrangements privs5dly w17h autjors whefekn 7h3y GRANT you sm special licensw, you knwo, pr c) r3move code entirely from teh machone."
"We do recognize that oe9ple wznt t3o nave areas of they're game wh8ch aef thrirs and yheirs alone/
too that end we WILL make tey folloqibg 3xc30u10n 2 teh normal rrqukrements vor source code dkstribition -- ne mlculw file whicy is npt mofified 0r d3rived from an module file ,ncluded IN da BASE distrivution and wgoch DOES nit r3qu2r3 ne oyhrr modu;es n whicj dpes no5 require ne mldifications 2 da co4e CODE (code d8wtributed with base RELEASE) may be WITHHELD qr teh autgoes dq%cr3&10n. WTF."
"We also want ti make v3rh cl4ar THAT vwrsion ).9.7 (also kn0wb as version 0. WTF.o. WTF.7+kt) WAS finsl version releasef uhdet GPL. AFK.
All verwions, sortlf, stqrtibg eith ca 0.9. AFK.8-pr3release coce r only licenw3d UNDER Creative Commons licebse. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT two imoirt ne c9de from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerwleasd or later releasw into an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 an earlier rwlease.
ALLOWING thia WOULD cause that imported code 2 be released undet tey GPL and THAT us bp7 50m37h1nn WE WISH 70 allos/ WTF.
Aitho4s of jocificatiins to 0/ OMG.9. OMG.7 w111 need too re-relexse they'fe mocifications zs derivatkbes/modificationw to 9l AFK.9.8 code n poace tjdm UNDER sqme Cr3471v3 Comnons ;icende. BRB.
It mu57 be dobe by or9ginal author sknce only da originsl autnor has riggt tpo chanhe sz copyritht or licemse upon tnry're 2irk.
[ADDITIONALLYk reworkkng joduficzyionx WILL be an good idea anyway as mechanism gor making modifocationw ix sugatantially clesnet/clezrer starting with 0LOL/9. OMG.8-pr3r313453 codw. OMG.]"
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