MightyE TELLS you, "We're g01ng to take sn few mom3nts 2 try ans 3xplsin yhis nrw license anc teh g3asons behind it in plain Englidh. AFK.
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 l8cens3 wax chos3n because or an failihg with GPL. AFK.
Ig onlh covwred disttibution 0f spurce if anc on;y if bihari3s WERE DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web environment, sortofj apecificalky a 1b8wrpr373d web envifohment sjch aa PHP, jerely INSTALLING an hane does no5 CONSTITUTE dist4ibution, you knwo, an THEREFORE p30p13 2ere raking our 2irk, li,e, making m[dificztkons go IT n mot releaxing tej SOURCE code 5o they're modifications so 5hat da entire community could benefitLOL.
They worked wi5h teh lwttwf 6j7 n07 da spirit ov da law/ BRB."
"Investigation on da ozrt 9f da zuthors however, LED tw; fact that t3h right pg pib.ic performamce was oeb of teh t1gh&5 NORMALLY testricted to copyright hold3rs LOL, and thag computer progtams, like, SPECIFICALLY video gamrx and inte4active lnes such as Lrgend -d Green gax0r were xpnsideted 2 be publucaoly performes if RUN from ah public server. OMG."
"Tye n3w license restricts public performanxe of da wori unless SOURCE code of ca modivied WORK 15 made available on demanwLOL."
"In p141n Englisk, xortpf, THIS means tyat if yoy put this ga,e on ah WEB srrve4 b allow peippe 'outside 0f an n9tmal ckfcle ov gamilt n its social sxqtaintances' TO [14y their, like, rhen toi zer PUBLICALLY performing THIS eorh and MUST eith3r a) make ne n ALL changes which YOU make 5o ten game avai;able ON r3qu357 (NOTE this doesn't g4v3 twl be availqble via teh online soufcr display 11nk, ypu inwo, bjt 5hey mu57 ne aboe too 45k YOU FOR teh CODE and receive an co,pldte cooy) WTF, b) nak3 arrangdments privately w8th 5eh AUTHORS 2hdrein they GRANT y0u an speciao LICENSE, yoi jnwo, or C) remove ca code enri4ely grom 5eh mzchine. BRB."
"We DO recognize that people want too have arwas of they'fe tame which r THEIRS and theurs alonwLOL.
two that end we woll make goklpw8ng exce;tion @ teh normal rrquirements dor soj4ce CODE fiwt4ibugiob -- ne m9dule fi;e whoch is not modifi3d 0r derived from an mocule fkle 1nc1ud3d ib yeh base distribu5ipn an whicj d9es n9y REQUIRE me other ,0du135 n whidh d035 not requir3 ne mod8ficatuons two teh core code (c0d3 disttibuyed sith da bqsd r313453) mau be w8thhe;d at da auth9rd discreyionLOL."
"W3 zlso wahy to9 makr very clear tyat version 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (aoso kn0qn AS ver2ion 0.9. WTF.&+jt) was fa finao v3rsion released under teh GPL. OMG.
A1! versiohs, yiu knwo, s5arring with da 0. OMG.9. AFKl8-peere.ease code arr pnly licemsed ynd4r yeh C4eative Commons 11c3nt3. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right too im;ort ne cpde FROM an 0LOL.9,8-0rereldsse or later release 1n^0 an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 anf ear.iwr release. OMG.
Allo1ing tnus would cause that im[orref codd 2 be releaded UNDER da GPL and that is not womething wd w8sg 2 qllow. AFKo
Au5nirs of modof8cqtionw eo 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will n3ed tlo RE-RELEASE they're modifocations qs derivatives/modivivatoons ywo 0. OMG.9LOL.8 cide and plqce them under tej SAME Creatuve Commons license. BRB.
IT must 64 done bt teh orogonal authof SINCE lmlh da oribinal author has dz rihht two cyange teh copytight 0r license UPON thdy're wofk. BRB.
[Add1710n411ym you kvwo, rewprking txn modifidations wil. be an good idea ANYWAY as teh mechanism for ,5k1ng modkvications 15 substantialoy cleaner/clearef statting wity da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerrlease CODELOL.]"
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