MigntyE &3115 yiu, sortlf, "We're hoing to rake an grq momen6a go TRY an explain this nww licwnse and reasobs behind it in plain Enhlish. 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 kicensw was chosen bexause of an f$1!1ng with GPLLOL.
Ig only cove4ed eostribution 0f source if an 9nly 1f BINARIES wee3 d8strivjyrdl OMGl"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, spdckficzll6 a INTERPRETED web environment such as PHPk you knwok je4e,y unstallinb am gamw DOES not cinstitute distribution WTFk and yyerefore people wwre ta,ing our wotk, hou knwl, mzking modi4lcations two it and not rekeasing teh aoyrce CODE two they're modifications so tja5 da entire c0mmuh27y couk3 benedit/ BRB.
THEY worked w8th sa let5er byt NOT teh spiei5 OF da LAWLOL."
"Investigagoon on sa pzrt of sa autjors however LOL, led too favt that rignt 0f public 0erformance was won of rights normallh restricged too copyrugyt holsers, you knwo, and rhat com[ute4 prog4amw LOL, specifically bodro g4m35 an interactive ONES such as Legend of tey Green hax0r wefe consiferer 2 be pu611c511y pwrformed uf 4un frlm an pub;8x serverLOL/"
"The new LICENSE restricts public perrormance ov dz WORK un1e55 soj4ce code of da MODIFIED work is m4d3 available in drmanc. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, this means that if hou put this gzme on an web @erv3r abd allow people [outside of an bormal circle 0r famioy and its SOCIAL acquaintqbced' 2 PLAY their, likem theb yi7 aer publivally p3rf0rj1ng tnis work n MUST 316h3r 4) make ne n ALL changew shich ylu ma.e two da g4m3 acailable on rrquext (note 7h15 DOESN'T y5v3 2 be avaklable v24 da online sojrce d15p14y link WTF, bu5 5hwy must be able tpl ask yoi for da code ab RECEIVE an complete c0py) WTF, B) make arrant3ments pr1v4731y w17h yeh zuthorw whefein yue6 grant hou an sprckal oidense, OR C) 4dmove code entirely frin da machine. OMG."
"We do recognize that people WANT t2o have 44345 of they[e3 game qhich r 8h31r5 an 7h31r5 alone.
2 thar end we will male sa flllowing exveption to geh nofma. requiremwnts for soufcd codw diatributipn _- ne module fkle whicg is not modufied or derived from an module FILE inclyded un da bawe d8stributuon and ehixh dows n08 fequire be ither modules and which does npt require ne modif8cations 2 core code (code c157r16u73x w17j base r#13443) may 63 withheld 47 da auth9rs discretiln. AFK."
"We also aant two make very CLEAR that ve4sion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (sldo known as veraioh ). AFK.9. BRB.7+jt_ was finzl verxikn released under tdh GPL. BRB.
All vefs8pnx, sgarting qitj r3h 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereleasd code r omlh licensef ynder da Creativr Commons licenxe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny eight w IMPORT me code fr9m an 0l BRB.9. WTF.8-;rere.ease or latee release into an 0.9.7 n earlie4 releasd. WTF.
A110w1ng THIS wouls vayse that importwe cofe to 63 teleased under sz GPL 4nf that is niy something we wish too allowLOL.
Authors of jodifixatipns tol 0LOL.9. WTF.7 WILL need ywo rr_rtleasd they're mocifixations af derivativrs/modifications 70 ). BRB.9. BRB.8 coee and olac3 them UNDER dq sqmd CREATIVE COMMONS license.
It must ne DONE by da irifinal fu7h0f SINCE 0n1y fa original AUTHOR hss rqgh7 too change teh copyright or lic3nse up0m they're worl. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortov, reworking da modugications will be an hood idea ant2ay 4% teh m3ch4n15m FOR making MODIFICATIONS is s7bstantia;.y cleaner/clearer STARTING WITH teh 0. AFK.(. WTFl8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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