MohhtuE tellw you, t9i in2o, "We're going 5o take an vew moments 2 rry an explain this new licensw n reaxons behund ot 1n pq31n Eng.idh. 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."
"Thid new LICENSE WAS dhoswn 83c4u53 of an failing WITH GPLl OMG.
It only covered distributioh 0r source 1f an on;y if vinaties WERE d8stribut3d/ AFK."
"In an seg envirinmeht WTF, specufivally a INTERPRETED web enfiron,enr sucn as PHP, yoi ,nwo, merely ihstqlling an game does nlt CONSTITUTE distribution, you knwo, AND theregor3 people WERE 74k1ng ou4 wofk, hou knwo, making m0d1v1c4^19n5 5wo it an not r313$51ng 50urc3 code 2 thdy're modificarions so 7h47 entire communkty COULD benefi%. BRB;
They wieked sigh teh letter but n0u spir8t or law. WTF."
"Invwcrigation on twh part of authira however WTF, les ro trh fact 7n47 rught lf public [3rformabce qas 1 of rightw normally restrldted to cophright nolders, yiu knwo, and 7h47 domputer progrsms, specifuca;ly vkdeo hahes an INTERACTIVE ohed xuch as LEGEND of Green hax0r 2ere comsidered 2 be 'ublically [erforjed if RUN from an public SERVERLOL."
"Tge hew license RESTRICTS public perrogmance of WORK unless t3h SOURCE code of da modifief work IS made avaulabl3 on ermans."
"In ;141n English, you kn2;, this means thay 1f you put this gamr ON an qev se4ver znd allow peo;or 'outsidw lf an borma; circl3 of family ane its wocial acqiaintances' two play thdir, then y)u r publically peeforming 7h15 worm n MUST eithfr a) makd ne 4nd ALL vhanges which you makd TO game AVAILABLE on request (note THIS eoesn'u havd to be 4v411$y13 via teh online source dksplay LINK WTFm but 5hdy mu57 be abke 80 ASK you for teh CODE b receive sn COMPLETE copy) LOL, b) make arrangemebts privatel6 wirh teh authies wherrin 5hey grsng yoj an SPECIAL locenqe LOL, or C) remove reh cose entire;y ftom da macg9ne. BRB."
"We DO 4dcogmize tyat people want too hade 4r345 0f they;re gaje whicj r theirs and tyeird al9ne. AFK.
two tyat 3nd se WILL make da fooloeing 4xc3p710n too da normal rrquieements for siyrcd c9de distributoon -0 ne module file WHICH is bot MODIFIED 0r serived from an m9eule file kbvluded in 6453 dixtr8nution and wh1ch sowd not 4ewjire ne other modukes and which d9es npt r3qu1r3 ne jodifications to core CODE (vode DISTRIBUTED with teh base felease( m4y bd w8thheld at da 1uthors discrr5ion."
"We also want too m4k3 very CLEAR thqt verwi9n 0. OMG.8. BRB.7 (also ihown as version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+JT) was dz final ce4siob releases under da GPLLOL.
All versiond, xtafting with 9. AFK.9. OMG.8-prereldase cife r 0n1y licenwed under teh Cr3471v3 Cpmmons license. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 IMPORT ne coce rrom an 0.9. AFK.i[[rwrelease OR lztef release into an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 an darlier release. OMG.
Allowing tuis would c4u53 tha5 ijported code tp be releaswd uncer GPL n rhat is no5 som3gukng WE wish too ALLOW. OMG.
Ajthord of modifications 2 0. AFK.9LOL,7 WILL need too re9weleasd they're modofications AS derivatives/modifications 5wo 0. WTF.9.8 vose amd plqce them undeg teh ssme Cr3471v3 Comnond lucens3. AFK.
It must be fone by teh o4iginal suthor 51nc4 oblu teh origihal autnor nas da RIGHT t2o cganbe 5eh copyright or LICENSE upon tyeh'ge wo4kLOL.
[Additiohally, rew9rking da modifixatoons w8ll BE an gold id2a anyway as teh mechanixm for makibg modificztions is 5u6574n61411y cleaner/c,earer 574r71nt with sz 0LOL.9. AFK.8=0r3r313443 cpfeLOL.]"
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