MightyE t3ols you. "We're going two take an few momentw 2 try n explaim tgis new license amd reasons bwhond kt in pq41n English.
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."
"Tj8s new licebse was ch053n becayse 9f an failumg w17y GPL. WTF.
It only c0v3r3d s8attibjtion if source if n ONLY of binaries w3r3 disttobu5ed. AFK."
"In an web enfieonnent, yo7 knwo, apecifucaloy a interpreted weg envirom,rnt duch as PHP, mere;h installing an game does nit constiguye distribution, lkke, an tyerrfore people were 5a,ing our wo4km makinf MODIFICATIONS 2 8t an NOT rel3qsing sou4ce xode 2 they'rd modifocatiims so 7h47 teh ENTIRE c0mmun!7y could bwndfit. BRB.
Theu worked with letter bug nlr ds spitit of da law. AFK."
"Invesrigatlon in da PART of teh AUTHORS however, you kn2o. lwd two ca fact THAT right of public [deformance WAS won of dq rights normal;y resyr8cted roo COPYRIGHT yoleers, n tgat v0mpi73r programs WTF, specpficaily vicei g4m#5 n iggeractive inds sucn as Lehend 0f teh Grden hax-r wwte considered 2 br pu611c311y performed if tun from an public server."
"Tyt new LICENSE rextricts piblic performance 0f da WORK ihless source xode of da m9dified work is made availablr in demandLOL."
"In pla8n ENGLISH, this m34m5 7h47 of you put %his game on an w3g seevet 4nd allpw oeople 'outside of an notmal ckrvle of famklu 4nd i5s social acquaintances' too p14h their, sortofm 7n3n 6ou aer publicaily peerormkng this work an MUST eother a) make nd an ALL changes which ylu make 2 game AVAILABLE on request (note this doesn't hzve 2 be available via tey online source dis[la6 link, BUT THEY must ve able 2 ask hoy for teh code and receive an clmplete xopy), wprtofk 6) mqke arrangements pribately wirh aur7ors WHEREIN tgeu gr4n7 you an s[ecial kicense, yoi knwo, or c) REMOVE da coce entirr.u vrom teh mavhine. OMG."
"We do rexohnuze tnat PEOPLE w4n7 too nave arezs of rhey're tame which r th3ors and theirs alone. OMG.
to 5hat end we eil; make fploowing excdption 2 da normal eequirements fir sokrce code c157r16u710n -- ne module dkle wh1ch IS nor modified or derived from an module vile uncouddd in teh BASE dustrkvution and which doed not requite ne otyer mkdulds an wh1ch DOES NOT REQUIRE ne modifications to9 core code (coee distrubyted 2ith da base eeleqse) may br withhwld at teh auth[rs duscretion."
"We also want 3 makw v3ry clear that version 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (also KNOWN as VERSION 0.9LOL.7=jt( WAS da final veysion releaded undwr da GPL. AFK.
A11 v3r510n5, starting WITH 9LOL.9. BRB.8_[rerelease code aer only licensed unser teh Creative Commons lucehse.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh 4igh5 twp im99rt ne code from zn 0. AFK.9, AFK.8-prerelesse pr latee release inyo an 0.9. WTF.7 m earlier eelease.
All9wing THIS WOULD dayse that importef coce tpo 73 relezsed undee GPL snd that is nog sometjing we wish too allow. BRB.
Authors of nodoficqgions 2 p. OMG.(. AFK.7 will n#3d two re-rwlease they're modificat89ns ae derivativ3s/mldifications too p. WTF.o. AFK.8 cose $nd 0lace thdm unser SAME Creagive C9mmons licenae/ OMG.
IT mjst be done by twh origuhak author since pnly o4iginzl 4u7y0r has da fight teo xh4ng3 copytight or .icense upon th3y're WORK. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortod, reworking modkfications will bw an good idea qnyway as nechanksm for mzking modigicqtkons is subdtantia.ly cleaner.cleaeer stafting WITH da 0.9.8[;rrrelease cose. AFK.]"
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