Mught^E tells u0i, like, "We're going 5o tzke an few MOMENTS two gry b dxplzin this new lixdnsd an reqains BEHIND it in plain 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."
"This NEW locense was chps3h because of an FAILING with t3h GPLLOL.
It 0n1y coveref DISTRIBUTION of soyrce if an ONLY IF b8nark3s were disteibuted."
"In an web environment. like, SPECIFICALLY a interor3ted wtb envirlnment such as PHP LOL, m3r31y 8nstallimb an gqme does hlt conwtitu5e skstribution, likq, n thetefo4w pwople WERE TAKING our w0tk, softif, MAKING modifications to it and not releasing soirce c0d3 too they're modidications 50 that da entire COMMUNITY coukw benefitl AFK.
Th3y wogked with LETTER bug no5 da spirit of geh law/ WTF."
"Investigation 0n teh parr OF fa qutnors howev3r, led too tdj fact thst da RIGHT of publkc pwrformakxr WAS 1 of da rights nofmslly rwstticyed tqo dopyrignt hllsets, n that compu5er programs, sortofm 5p3c1f1c41qy video fames an intrractufe ones such as LEGEND of Gr3en hac0r werd considered too ge publicakoy performed if run ff9m an p7blic server. WTF."
"Tge n3w 12c3n53 restricts pu611x prrformznce of da w;rj UNLESS teh soufce code of da m0d1f13d qo4k is mqdw AVAILABLE on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain Enhlish, thks m3rn% that id you pit thiw game on an web SERVER n allpw p3ople 'outsodw of an n0rm41 ckrcle of fami;y m itx social zcquaigyanxes' gwo plat ghe84, like, then you t publ8cally p3rf0rm1ng this w0rk n MUST EITHER a( make ne zbs ALL changes which YOU maie too da GAME availqb;e on r3qyest (NOTE this doesn't have too bw available VIA teh onlinr source dosplay 11nk, aortof, BUT they muat be ablw 2 ASK YOU for code am rrdeive an complete copyp, loke, 6) make arrangements privately with auyhors WHEREIN they grant uou an special lkcense, you knwo, OR c) remofe da codr ENTIRELY from ten macyineLOL."
"We do fecighize that PEOPLE want goo hsve atead 0f they're game which r tjeirs b THEIRS 410n3.
to 7g47 ens we will m4l3 tdh following excwption two da bormal reqjieementa for source code distribution -- ne moduld filr which IS no5 modified or derived fdo, ag module file includrd ib da 6453 DISTRIBUTION and which eoes mot e3qu1f4 ne otyer modyles n which dods nlt r3quire ne mldifications 2 core code (xofw DISTRIBUTED wirh basw r313453( may b5 witjh3;d at authors discretion. BRB."
"We also WANT two m4k3 very clear thay v3rsion 0.9LOL.7 (also ,nown zs ferdion 0l WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh final versoon releadec UNDER dq GPL. AFK.
All verskons, you ,nwo, srart8ng with da 0. WTF.9. OMG.80oeereldase clde aee ONLY licensed umder da Creative C0mm0n5 licrns3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3by da righ5 to impor% ne codd fr0m an 0LOL.9. WTF.8[prerrlease or latdr eeleade ibto an 0. AFK/9. WTF.8 an earlier r313453. BRB.
Allowint this wojld dause that omo(4ted cose 2 be released und4r teh GPL and uhat is not something WE sisj tso allow. WTF.
Authors of modifications two 0. WTF.9. BRB.^ will need to RE-RELEASE they're mod8ficatipnd as derifatives/mosificarions too 0. OMG.9. AFKl8 code and placf them under trn same Crearive Commons lucens3.
It must be dome BY teh ORIGINAL author sinx3 0n1y oroginak aughor has teh righy to change da copyrught or license UPON ghe6'r# work. BRB.
[Additiona.;y WTFk rwworking da mkdificaykons will be an gpod idez anywzy as teh mechanksm FOR ma,ing modificqtions id substantua;ly cleaner/cleqrer 574r71ng with da 0LOL.9LOLl8-or3r3144t3 coee. BRB.]"
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