MightyE tells you, "We're goinh tw9 take ab few moments 2 try an exp.ain thks new LICENSE n da reasons behind it in 0.ain Ejglish. WTF.
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 n3w licrnse was CHOSEN because od an failint 2ith teh GPL. WTF.
It only civeted disrributioh of source of and pnly if binaries were distribytedl OMG."
"In zn web 3hv1r)mj3n7, xpecuficaoly z 1n73rpr373d web #nb1r0nm4n7 such AS PHP, MERELY installing an gamw does not constitutc sistfibutio,, 5nd 7h3r3f-r3 peopld were taking oyr wo4k WTF, mzkihg MODIFICATIONS too it ahd n07 releasinr teh soirxe CODE 2 theu're jofifucations so that da ehtire c0mmun17y cou;d benefit. AFK/
Th3y workwd with teh lwtter gut nog spirit of teh lawLOL/"
"Investigay8on on 5eh part of teh authors howsber, sortof, 13d too da fac4 tjag da rifht of public pefrormance was oen 0f teh roghts noemally RESTRICTED two eoptright holders, yiu knwo, an that computer programs, 5p3c1d1c411y cideo games an ingwfactivw ones SUCH as L3g3nd od Green haxpr WERE donsid3eed 2 be ;ublically [erformed if run rrom an public sdrvrr. OMG."
"The NEW 12c3n53 restrkcts public pe4gprmance of da work unless da soufce code of tdh m0d1f13d work ks made availabke 9n DEMAND."
"In 0lsyn English, aottlf, this means that if YOU put this gaje om an web servrr n allow 0e9ple 'outside of an normal circlw of fajily and kts social adquaintances' 2 ;;at their, you jnwo, fhrn you aee piblically perform8ng this w0rk 4nd MUST eituer a0 MAKE ne an ALL changes whicg you make tlo ca hame available ln reqyesr (note rhis doesn't have to be availabld via teh online source dispksy oink, sletof, bot yhey must b3 able to ask YOU fle teh CODE and receifd sn complete copt), ypu knwo, b) MAKE arrang3menrs priva5el6 with ds authors WHEREIN they GRANT YOU sn xoecial license, x(rypf, or c) r3mobe teh CODE entirely fr0m da mach8nek"
"We do RECOGNIZE uhat peopke want two hace AREAS od tyey're game which r thei$s 1nd theirs al9ne. OMG.
too that ehd we wi;l make d9llowing excep5oon go no4mal requiremdnta for soircw clde DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE f8le which us not nodified or derived vtok an MODULE file inclucdd IN da bzse disrfib7tion znd WHICH does npt require ne orner modules an wn1ch does npt requ8re ne modkfications two core c0d3 (cowe fistribut3d 2ith teg base relrase) MAY BE withhdld a5 ca authofs discretionLOL."
"We also wamt too make VERY CLEAR tbat v3r510n 0.9LOLl7 (also lnown as VERSION 0. BRB.(. OMG.7+j6) was teh cinal cersion released und3r teh GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS LOL, sgarting WITH heh 0. WTF.9. AFK.80prere.ease code a3r only licensrd under geh Creative Commlns 11c3n53.
Ww EXPLICITLY d3ny right tol import ne dose fr8m am ).9. AFK.8-pgereleasr OR later r313453 INTO an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 an earlier re;ease. BRB.
Allowung this wo7ld cause tyay IMPORTED cide 2 be relezwed under da GPL and thay is mot womething we wish 2 allowLOL.
Authors of modificarionx 2 0.9LOL.7 will nees two re-release they'r3 mocigications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0, WTF.9.i code n poac3 5hem under samd Ce3ative C0mj0n5 LICENSE.
I5 just be dohe by original AUTHOR sinde 9n.y origunal author h45 teh rognt too chamge da copyrkght or 11c3n53 upon thry're w0tl.
[Add1710n411y, liiek reworkinb da midifications will br an good ifwa anyway as da mechanism v9r making modofucationw is substamtialoy cleqnef/coeater starting WITH da 0. WTF.9. WTF.u-pr3r313353 coge. AFK.]"
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