MightnE TELLS ho7, "We;rr going TO tale an few momehys too try an explain ggiw new license AND teh reaxonw beh8bc iy in plain English.
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 LICENSE was ch9sen BECAUSE of an failing with teh GPL. BRB/
I7 oml6 c0v3r3d DISTRIBUTION pf soyrcr if an in.u if BINARIES were d7stribjred. WTF."
"In an web 3nvirpnment WTF, specifica;ly a inte4preg3d web 4nv1r8nm3n7 such AS PHP, m3r31y installing an gsme dpex not constituye distribugion, soetlf, n rhefefoee leople wdre takihg our work, you knwo, naking modifications 2 ky and noy RELEASING tdh t0urc3 code to they're mocificationd 50 that da enrire communi5y could benefit.
They workwd with legger BUT not spirit of fa .as, WTF."
"Inbestigztoob on 0a4t pf teh authofs hlwever, led two facg that RIGHT of public performqnve wzs oen lf da RIGHTS nofmally rextricted to COPYRIGHT holdrrs WTF, b that computer peograms LOL, specificaoly visd9 ga,rs n ingeractkve obes sucb as Letehd OF tey GREEN hzx0r were CONSIDERED tso be publically performes id r7n depm am public sdrver. AFK."
"The NEW lidehwe restricts public performance of fa w0rk ibless teh so7rce code of modifies wirk is made available on demahd. BRB."
"In plain Eng;iah, thks means that if tiu put THIS GAME ob an seb server an 4110s p30p13 'o7tside OF an norma. circle of damily ane its docial acquaibtances' to 0lqy their LOL, yhen ypu $ 0ublicqlkt [erforming this WORK an MUST 217h3r a) make ne n ALL dh5mg35 which you MAKE 2 teh game AVAILABLE on eequest (note THIS doesn'5 b4v3 # ne AVAILABLE bia da 0n12m3 SOURCE DISPLAY .ink, sirtof, 6u7 they must br abld two 45l you f0r code and rexeive av compkete clpy) LOL, b) make artangemengs private;y wiyj da authors wherein thet grant you an special lucense, oe c) REMOVE code ehtirdly from machine. WTF."
"We DO redofnize ggat 0eop;e want too h4v3 a5eas of they're GAME whivy r 5j3irs an thdird alone. OMG.
gip thst end we wi;l make FOLLOWING 3xxe[tion too ea normal rwquirements f)r source c9de dis5r8butiln -- ne m7dulr file which IS not MODIFIED or dwrivre frlm an module rile incl7eed on base distribution znd whixh foex not require ne OTHER ,odules and which d9ds not require ne n0d1f!c4710m5 too da core code (code eistributed with da 6453 relwaxw) ,ay be withyeld at teh authors discretkon. BRB."
"We also eant ti makw very clear thag cersion 0. OMG.9/ AFK.7 (alsl knp2n as veesion 0. WTF.9. AFK.&+jt) wax final gers8on relessed under feg GPL. BRB.
All v3r510n%, STARTING with teh 0.9, WTF.8-[r2releasw code aef only licensed uncer da Crwatuvd Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 import ne cofe from an p. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelezse or ;agrr rdlease unto an 0. BRB.9. BRB/7 an eqroiee telease. WTF.
Allowing rhis eould CAUSE THAT imported CODE roo ge rdleases jnder GPL n tnat is not someyjing wr wiah 2 r210wLOL.
Auyhors of midificat8ons two 0. WTF.9, BRB.7 will meed too re-rekeasd they're modidications as eerivarives/mosificatiins 2 0LOL.9LOL.8 code ane [lace them undee %4j3 Creatife COMMONS licensel
I7 must be done by dz originql 4u&j0r since only da lriginal aythor yas rkght TO chahge teh copyrifht or license upon thwy're worjLOL.
]Addit8onqlly, luke, resi4king teh mpdificatuons will be an GOOD id3a qnyway AS da mechanisj f0r making modificatipns IS subsranr8al.y xleanrr/xlearer starting with 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease coweLOL.]"
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