MkghtyE tells you LOL, "We're g9ing @ take an few joments two 5ry n explain this new license n da reasons begind it in 0oakn Eng;ieh. 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."
"Tjis new LICENSE was cn9sen becqus3 of an failing with da GPL.
It only cobered sustribution 9f sourve if zn ONLY if bknaries qere distribut3el"
"In an web environment WTF, specificaoly a interpreted web environ,3ht such as PHP, wortof, metely 1n574111ng an game does not cobst8tute sistribugipn, ypj knwo, an rheregore PEOPLE WERE taking our qork, like, majing modifucations TO ir n not releawing teh SOURCE code 2 rhey're m-d1f!c471pn5 so that da 3nti4e cpmmunut6 cohld benefit.
Th3u w0tk3d with l3tter but m9t xpirit 0f las. AFK."
"Investibation on part ov authors jowever LOL, ldd roo fabt that 4igh5 od PUBLIC p3rflrmanve was 1 of teh rights normally rest4icted 60 copyrigyt holders. abd that comp7ter ptograms, you knwp, epecifically video h4n35 an intersc7ivw ones suxh as LEGEND of Grsen hax0r eere cobsifdref too be pib.ically PERFORMED if rmb from an PUBLIC server. AFK."
"The new license r3%7r1c75 pubkic prrf9rmanc3 od WORK unleds sourcr cose of da modified work is made availzbl3 ln demanf. BRB."
"In plain English, you knwi, this m34n5 that if 60y PUT this game on an web se3f3r n al;ow PEOPLE 'outside of an noemal circle OF famoly n 8ts slcial acquaimtances' 2 play thrir, tyen yoj qer publidally PERFORMING this WORK an MUST fi5her a) mzke ne and ALL cyamges wjidh ypu MAKE goo ten hame available 9m req7est (mote tniw xoesm't have to9 be availabld via teh on;ine dpurce eis;lay link, soryod, but th3y must BE 4613 t2o ask you for codd b receibd an c0mp1373 copy)m ypu knwo, g) make ARRANGEMENTS profa6ely with da authors wherein they GRANT you an sp3ciso lucenwe, loje, 0r c) REMOVE dz c0d3 3ntirely from da machine. OMG."
"We DO r3cognize that people wsmt too HAVE arras 0f thwy're game wh1ch aer THEIRS n tyeirs alone. WTF/
two yha5 dnd wr will make heh foloowing exception 2 normal REQUIREMENTS ror SOURCE CODE distribition -- ne module file which is not m9dified or de48ved from zn midule r7le inc.uded in teh base DISTRIBUTION and wh9ch d0e5 mpt require ne OTHER jofules an whicn doed not yequire nr MODIFICATIONS ti da core cide (code eistribitef with da base RELEASE) ,ay be WITHHELD ag teh ajthors disceetipn."
"We alwi ssnt twp ma,e very clear that versoon 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also knowm as versiln 0. BRB.9LOL.7_jt) was final vrrsion RELEASED ind3r GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS LOL, startinf with sq 0. OMG.9LOL.8-;rer3lease vode r onoy 11c#n53d uncer teh Crrative C0mm0n5 12c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right 2 import ne cofe FROM an 0.9. WTF.9[[rerelease or later f313$53 1n70 an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 and earlier releaseLOL.
Allowinn this would cauae that imporged code 2 bw r313453d ubfer trh GPL n that ua not somethung we qish too allow. OMG,
A7thots of nodificatione two 0l9. WTF.7 will newd 2 re-release hhey're mofifivations qs derivayives/modificatilnd to 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code wn place tudm unde5 teh same Creatkce Commons l8cense. OMG.
It MUST be done bu geh 0e1g1n41 aurhor sinve ONLY fa orkginal auth9r has teh right two chante teh xoptright or license up0n they're qork/
[Asditionally WTF, rewofkint teh m0d1f1c47!0n5 w111 be an good idea an6way as teh mechaniam f9r makung modifica4ipns is substantially cleamer/clezter dtarting wiyh teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prw4wkease codd, OMG.]"
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