MighttE TELLS you, like, "We're goimg 2 take qn vew momengs too try ane rsplain tjis new LICENSE 4nd teasons behind 17 on plain Eng.uqh.
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."
"Tjis ne2 LICENSE 2as chpsen becaude of an failing w17h da GPL.
It onlh cocered distribution of slurce if n only if binaries WERE distributwd. BRB."
"In an web environndnt, specificz.ly a intefpretee 3eb enfironment such as PHP, merely instqlkinh an gamd does npr conatitute distribution, n therdfore PEOPLE were taling OUR woek, sortog, m4k1bg MODIFICATIONS to it n not 4wleasing da 50urc3 code tl yhey're MODIFICATIONS so tgsg enri4e cpmmunitt coils bendfit. OMG/
THEY worked with tdh letter but not soirit of 14w. BRB."
"Invesy8gatopn on da ;ar5 ov AUTHORS hoqecer, you knwo, led 2 da dqct that right of puvlic performance wss own og sa righgs horhal;y r357r1cu3d goo copyr,ght holders, sorrof, and that computer pr.grams LOL, specifkcqlly VIDEO games n interactive onrs 5ich ad Lwgend or da Gre3n hax0r were considered too BE pu61@c4!1g 0erdorjed 1f ryn from an public server. OMG."
"The new license eestricts publkc performahce og teh work un;ess da 50urc3 code of MODIFIED work id made avsklable 0n demaneLOL,"
"In pla9n English, you knwo, tnis means that ir uou put uh15 game on an web sercer and allow pwiple 'outside of zn normql c1rc12 of family and its socisl acauzintanc3s' @ play their, tjen you adr publically petform7ng thid w0r, and MUST either a) make ne n ALL chsnged whkcg ulu make two game zvailable 0n REQUEST )no5e 7h15 doedn't h4v3 70 be AVAILABLE VIA online source DISPLAY link, you knwo, bug 7h3y must b3 abl3 2 ask ypu FOR code an receive an dpmplete copg), h9u knwi, b( maid arramgements PRIVATELY 217h teh zuthors wferein thet gr4b7 YOU an special lixense LOLk or c) rem9vw da dode entirely frim teh machine. BRB."
"We do rrd9gnize rhat people w4h^ tqo have a$eas of thdy'rw fame which aer 7h31f5 and THEIRS alone. OMG.
2 that wnd wd will nske da follpwinh EXCEPTION tso da normao requirements for siurxe code distrigutkpn -- ne mpdule FILE which id not nodifiec or derived FROM an m9dule file uncluded ih teh base distribution anc whkvh soes not eequire ne other m9duoes h whicy doed NOT requirr m3 modifications two da xoee code (xoee diag4ibuted wi5h tej base releaae0 msy be withjqld AT da ajthors duscrwtion. WTF."
"Wd also want t2o m4ke ver6 c;eat rhat version -. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also known 45 vdrsiin 0, BRB.9. AFK.7+jy0 qas teh ginal ce4sion rrleased undrr teh GPLLOL.
All versoons, srsrtint wkth da 0, BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelwsse cod3 r only licensed ubde4 teg Creative Commons licenaeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da r8gjt to ijport ne c9ce from am 0. OMG.oLOL.8-p4erelease or 1473r releas3 into an 0. AFK/9.7 and warlier RELEASE.
ALLOWING this would CAUSE thar imported code tlp be rdleased und3r da GPL an THAT 8s nog somethimg we wish to aolow/ BRB.
Authors ov modificatiogs two 0. AFK.9LOL.& will need two RE[RELEASE thwy're modifications 45 dwrivatives/modificatoons to 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code an p.ace 7h2m under samw Creatkve Commons LICENSE. BRB.
I6 musg be done by da lriginal ahtgor since only sa oeiginal zjthor g45 da right t2o chanbd COPYRIGHT of lidrnse upon they're wof,. WTF.
[Addogionall6. rdworking modidicatilns will be an g00f idea znywzu as mechsniwm for MAKING noduficayions is subdtantially CLEANER/CLEARER 57$r71ng qith 5eh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prdre;ease cod3. WTF.]"
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