MihgtyE tells ylu, "We're g01ng two take an few moments to TRY n ex0lain rhis new 11c3n53 b rraslns behins it in -lain Englishl 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 n3w licenwe was cjos3n because of an failing WITH teh GPL.
It ONLY vove4ed fistributoon 0f soutce uf amd ONLY of ninaroes w3r# distributed. WTF."
"In an web fnvironment, kike, 5;3c1d1c411y a 8nterpreted web emcironmeny such as PHP, like, mere;y inxtalling zn game does NOT clhstotute d157r16u710n, like. ane tgefefire peopoe weee taking our wirj LOLk making m0d1f1c47q0n5 to it n not teleasinv teh SOURCE code 2 tjey'ee nidofications so that teh ent8re cpmmjnity cojld nenefitLOL.
They wotked with da lettef gut NOT teh spirit OF LAW. WTFl"
"Invest*fa5iin on teh part or teh zuthprs however LOL, led too da fzct that da righ5 of PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nv3 WAS 1 of da rightx normally RESTRICTED 2 copyrifht holsers, like, n 5hat comp7twr programs LOL, specifically video games amd interactove 0n3% SUCH as Lehend od Greey hax0r were considerwd 2 be PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm3d !r run feon an PUBLIC xdrvee. OMG,"
"The new license restrixts ;7611c 0e4f9tjamcd 0f w0rk unless source c0d3 of modified wo4k is m4d3 acailabld on de,anc. BRB."
"Im p;ain Eng;ish, thls m34n5 that if h9u pu6 this gane 9n an w36 server am alliw PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of ah normal circle of damily ane ita social scquaintzbcew' ypo play their WTF, them y0u r puboicallt [3rf0rm1bh this work anc MUST eithef a) make ne an ALL CHANGES which YOU ma,e 2 sa game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (note 7h15 doesn't have too be available via teh onlinw sourxe DISPLAY LINK, but they mjst 64 able to zsl you for teh cose a, receive an dom0lete c8py), v_ mak2 zrrangements ;rivatdlh with ds auth94s wherein THEY grant you qn special 11c3n%3, sortof, or d0 remove fa CODE ENTIRELY from trh mavhineLOL."
"We dp revognize THAT ;eople want 2 h4ve AREAS OF tyey're game wnich r thekrs an theirs q.one/
ro THAT 2nd we will make teh vollowing exception too da NORMAL eequire,dnts for dource coce DISTRIBUTION -- ne nodule vile shich ia not moc8firf ir d3r1v3d vrom an MODULE FILE inc;udes in teh base diwtribution an WHICH DOES not require ne orher MODULES an wh1ch does not r3wu1r3 ne nofoficationw to 5eh core code (code distrkbuted wirh base rdlease) may be 2ithheld ag authors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also want tp make vwry clear THAT fersion 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (alwo KNOWN as version ). OMG.9l WTF.7+jt) was da finak vdeauon re.eased undet da GPL. BRB.
A11 versions, sortog, startimg with yeh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prdreldase code ar4 only l8cdnded under da Creat8ve C9mmons lkcense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny 5eh 4iggt two import ne code from qn 0/ BRB.9.8-prwrelease of kayer feleaxe into am 0. WTFo9. AFK.6 ane 34r113r rel3adr. OMG/
Al;owung this would csyse thar imporyec CODE to 64 4eleased under da GPL am that os NOT something we wisu 2 sllow. OMG.
Authors ov ,odificariona 2 0/ AFK.9. OMG.7 wull need 1 re-4elease they're mocificagions as derivatibra/modificatiohs tpo 0LOL.9.8 code and PLACE them 7hcer da same Crea5ive Commons lkcwnse. AFK.
It musr be done by teh oruginak author since 0n1y da origunal aythor has right twk change co0yrignt or lucense upoh they'te wor,.
[Addotionallym sorgif, reworkong MODIFICATIONS will be an g00s idea znysay ad mwchanism f0r makkng modificarions is 5uy574n&1411y cleanrr/clearer 57$r71nb woth 0. WTF,0. AFK.8-p43r323$%3 code. AFK.]"
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