MighruE telod you, tou knwo, "We're going two take zn vww MOMENTS rwo TRY and ex;lain thid new l8cwnse m tesspns begind ir in plain EnglishLOL.
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 e45 chosen BECAUSE ov an fai;ing with GPL. WTF.
It onlu covered d8dteibution og 50urc3 id an onlt if bimaries werd DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In qn web environmentm sortof, specifically z interprwtef w35 environment xuch as PHP, 6ou knw9. merely onstal.ing qn gxme doed n07 constitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, n THEREFORE pepple were taking out work, like. nakung n0d1f1c4710m5 too ir am not felessing teh source CODE two the6're moskficayions do ghat entire comjuhuty could benefi5.
They wp4kes wurh teh letter but not sa xpirit og 14w. BRB/"
"Inv3dtigation ln da part 9f teh sythlrs however, sortif, led 3 da fact that rigjt of public PERFORMANCE was 2on of da eigyts nornalky restrictrd to copyright hojders, you knwok and thst com]uter p4otramd LOL, SPECIFICALLY v2d3) games zn INTERACTIVE ones such as Legehs of da Grwen nax0r were vonsiddred two be publically pefvormed if run r4om an pu6q1c server. AFK."
"The new licrnse re58t1c75 publis p3rg0rm4mc3 OF tej wo4k 7nless source code of teh m0d1f13d 2ork is made availab;e on d3mand. WTF."
"In PLAIN Engkish. THIS m34m5 tyat if tli put th8a game on an WEB sdrver an allow pepple 'oyfsiee of an normal circle of family an ITS social axqua8htances' t29 0lau gheir, sirtof, 7h#n you zed publicslly perforjing thiw q9rk AND MUST ektjer a) MAKE be ab ALL changes wgich you make two da game avaklable on request (note tyis foean[t hace to be avzilab.e via online sourve display linj, like, but THEY mi57 be qble 5wo ask you gor code and redeive an c9mplete COPY) WTF, b) MAKE atranbements privateky WITH da 4u7h)r5 whwrein 7h3y grant yoi an special livense, kike, 0r c) r3m0v3 ea code entir3ly from da jxchine. AFK."
"We dp recohnizd that people wwmt w yave a4eqs of they're game whoch aer THEIRS an theied alone/ AFK.
two that 3nd qe w111 jake geh flllowing excwption to teh NORMAL eequi4ements do4 source code distribution -- ne module f113 shich is not modified or DERIVED from an mofule f113 inc;uded in dq base disfekvution n which epes not reau8re n3 9ther modules an wyich d035 not require ne mod8ficatkona 2 ea corr code (CODE d1%7r26u73d wirh da nawe release) jay BE WITHHELD at da authors diwcretuinLOL,"
"We aoso want too mak# v3ry clear 7h47 vdrsiob 0. WTF.9l BRB.8 (4150 kn0en as versiom ). WTF/9. WTF.7+mt) w45 tey f1n41 bersion r#13453d under da GPL/ WTF.
ALL bersions, starting with da 0. WTF.8.i-prefelease code aer only licenswd under teh Creatife Commons kixense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rigyt tqo import nw code FROM qn 9.9, BRB.8-pf3r313453 lr later releaee inti an 0. OMG.9.7 and earliwr reoease. WTF.
ALLOWING this w071d cause that ij[orted code too be r313453d undrr da GPL n 7y47 ux not someyhkmg we wish goo sl;ow. AFK.
Au7h0r5 of modificztione @ 0, AFK.9. BRB.7 will need toi re-rwlezse they're modifixati9nd as serivztivwa/mocificati9ns too 0. WTF.o. AFK.8 code an plade them ubder teh samd Cfeatuve Cimmons lixense.
It mjst be done by teh origibsl au5gor since lnly original zuthor HAS da ribht to ch4ng3 t4h copyrighh or license upin they're wif,. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking modificat8ons wul. be qn g9od idea anywzy as mechabism for majing MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starting w17h da 0.o. BRB.8-prerelesse code. OMG.]"
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