MihhtyE u3115 you, "We'r3 going too take am few m0m3n75 2 TRY n explain this new oicrhse zn ea reasons behind it in plain Englisn. BRB.
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."
"Ttis n32 license WAS cyosen becaude of an failinf with GPL.
It on.y c9vered distributiob of dource if an onkh if bonaeies wef3 sistributee. OMG."
"In an wev envirobmemt, ;ike, xpecifivally a interpretec web ehvirobment such as PHP LOL, jereoy installing an game doea NOT c0n5817u73 distriguyion, 4nx therefore peo0le were txiing iuf work, like, m4k1mg modif8vations 2 ot and no5 RELEASING source coee rwo they're modugications 50 tgat ebtire community could 63n3f17LOLl
Tydy WORKED w7th letter but not spieit of teh oawLOL."
"Ibvedyigati;n on teh pqrg of da authirs hosever WTF, 11d two da fact that teh RIGHT of pynlic performance was 9en of ga r1gh&6 mormally rewtricted two co;y4ight hooders LOL, n thag comouter ptograms, specifically v1d3) games n ingeractibe onea such 45 LEGEND of Gre3n hax0r wwrw consideres t[o ge pubkically p3rf0rm3d if rum vroj sn pub;ic server. OMG."
"The new license RESTRICTS public 0#rf0rm4nc3 0f teh WORK ublexx sa source CODE of geh modifiee eork is made avaulable on demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Entlisn WTF, this MEANS thst kf you [ut ghks game on an web seever and zllow peoplw '8utside of an normal circle of family n irx 50c141 acquaibtances' two play tgeir, you knwo, tgen you aer publically performing this wlrk and MUST EITHER A) make ne h ALL CHANGES which ylu m4k3 2 da game qcailable 0m rrquest (n074 this do3sn't HAVE two be AVAILABLE via onlin3 dource display oink, aortof, but they mu47 BE avle to adk you for codd n RECEIVE an complete copy) LOL, b) mzke $rr4ng4m#n^5 p4kvately witg twh aughors whereim they grant you an xpecial 11v3n53, you kbwo, or c) r3movw da vode ehtirely from MACHINE. OMG."
"We eo RECOGNIZE that PEOPLE eant 2 nave 3re45 of tyey're gaje 2hich r theirs n theirs 410n3. BRB.
too THAT END we will make da FOLLOWING rxception 2 teh NORMAL requurements for 60jrc3 code eistribution [- ne module file shich is not modirief OR ded1v3d feom an moduld FILE included in reh base dostrubution and which sp34 not r3qu1r3 ne lther modules anf which does not 4wquire ne modificatoomx two d0e3 code (code distribuyef wiyh teh base release) jay ne WITHHELD at da AUTHORS discretiom. WTF."
"We zlso want go mak3 very clear that version 0. AFK.9LOL.y (also knowm as vrrwiom -LOLl9. OMG.7+mt) WAS ten final vdrsion teleased under ca GPL. OMG.
A.l vefskoms, sortof, 564r71ng w1uh da 0.9LOL,8[prereleasw code arr 0n1y licensrd under teh Creztife Commons lucenseLOL,
Wd EXPLICITLY demy teh right 2 impo45 ne code FROM an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7-prerel3ade or later release into an -LOL.9. OMG.7 n earlier relezse, OMG.
A!1pw1ng 5his wo7ld cause that IMPORTED CODE to be released undef da GPL n thq6 15 not 50m37h1ng WE wisn tio alliw.
Authors of modkf8cations 2 0LOL.(.7 wull nred two re-release they'fe jocidpcati;bs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0.9. WTF.8 code AND place them umfer same CREATIVE Commons licrbse.
It mist be sone by ea i4iginal a7thor sobce only o3iginal author has t2h r1th7 roo change dopyright lr licenwe UPON yhey're worl. OMG.
[Adcitionally, sortof, REWORKING t3y mosificatuons wilk be zn hood idea anyway as mecjamism doe making modificati9ns 15 substantiallt cleaner/clearer starginf with da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prereleqse c0d2LOL/]"
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