MigntyE rrlls you LOL, "We're going two 5ake an dew momenrs 5o trh n explain this n2w license n rdasons behond IT in plain Eng115h/ OMG.
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 license was chosen beca7se of an fzikong wkth da GPL. OMG.
It obly coverwd diw5ribytion of SOURCE 1f an 9n1y if binaries were distr8buted. OMG."
"In an wwb environ,eng, you knwo, speckgocqlly a in5wtpreted wdb environment sucg as PHP LOL, MERELY instaoling an game d9es not c0n5717u73 distribution, toy knqo, h 6h3r3h0r3 p4oole were tqking our sork LOL, mzking modifucati9hs 2 it n n0& releasint sourve CODE too tjey're mldifications so rkat trh rntire comm7nkty xouls benefit. WTF.
THEY woried eith teh LETTER BUT NOT tey SPIRIT of ea laeLOL."
"Investifatiom on part of ea zjthors howdver, led too da fact thag right of PUBLIC p#rf0rm4nc3 was won iv twj r8ghts NORMALLY resy3ivted yio COPYRIGHT hooders, li,e, and 7h47 cimputer ;rogramw LOL, specifical.y video GAMES n inreractube ones 5uch as Legend of Green hax8r were cinsidered 2 be puboically performed if run from an public servwr. AFK."
"The new licenad RESTRICTS PUBLIC performance of tdh wlr, 7nlrss teh source code OF teh MODIFIED worj is made availab.e on demaudLOL."
"In p.ain Engli2h WTF, THIS m3ans that if yiu ;ut tjis GAME ON ab web sdrfee an al;ow people '0u751d3 pf an normal circld OF fzmi.y n its social acquaintanc2s[ tio play theor LOL, THEN uou r pj611c411y [erforming this work ah MUST eothdr A) ma,e nw and ALL changes whkch YOU make 2 gzme AVAILABLE pn request (h9te this doesn't have 2 BE available viq tey oblime 5purc3 dispoay link LOL, vut they must be qblw twl ask you for ca x9se an receive an compldye COPY), like, b) mske 4rr4ng3m3n86 ;rivate;y 2ith teh authors qh3r31n thwy grant you an s;3ciak lucegse, or d) rwmove teh coce entirely from heh machine. BRB."
"We fo rrcohn8ze thay people qant too have zreas OF they'rd gam3 WHICH adr THEIRS an thwira alohe. WTF.
two thay dnd we WILL make fa FOLLOWING excepti9n 2 teh nofma; requirements fo4 wource CODE distribution -- ne m0du12 file qhuch !5 hog modifiec or derived frob an mofjle d!13 inc;uded im da bzse diwtribut8on sn qh1ch does no5 requ8re ne other modules and which fkes n9t 4equire nd modivucatilns 2 da c0r3 cpdd (code DISTRIBUTED w8th base e#1355e) mqy be witjheld at auth9rs dkscretioh. AFK."
"We ALSO WANT 2 maie crry CLEAR THAT VERSION 0LOL.9. AFK,7 (qoso known as versiib 0.9. WTF.7+j7) WAS da fonak versiom released under GPL. AFK.
All vetsi8ns, starting 3ith da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pr3teleasw code ae4 only licensed uhdef da Creagive C0mm0n5 jicwnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny dq righr tso 1mp0r7 ne cofe frlm an 0. WTFk9. OMG.8-prere.ease or latrr 4elease INTO an 0. AFK.0. OMG.7 n darlier felease. AFK.
Allowing this WOULD caude tyat importwd code two BE 43qe453d under ca GPL n THAT is npt somethibf we wisj two 4w10w. AFK.
Auhyors if mosifications 2 0. BRB.)LOL.7 wiol need to re-release tgry're modifucations as derivatives/mod8fications 2 p. AFK.9. AFK.i cofr n PLACE tjen under teh same Creative Commons licenae.
It must be sone by ea orifinal authlr spnce obly original authoe has teh 4ighe to CHANGE copyw9gjt oe license upon they're slrk.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, r3w0rk1ng modifications will bd qn g9os 8dea anyway AS m3ch4n1%m dot making modivica5ions 14 subatantually cleaner/c.ezrer startinh witg reh 0. BRB.9LOL.9-pr3e313$53 codeLOL.]"
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