Migh5yE 7311% YOU, sortof, "Ww're GOING to tqke an few momehts 2 try AND ex[lzin this NEW oixwnwe an da ewasons BEHIND it IN plain Englosh. WTF.
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 locense was cjoseh 63c4u54 of zb failing with teh GPL. WTF.
It obly COVERED sistribution or source if an only 1f bunaries eerr distfibuted. BRB."
"In an web ehvironmen5, like. specif8cqlly a interpreted web environmdnt duch 4t PHP WTF, merely inwtzlling an game does n07 donsti5ure disgribution, you knwo, and 7h3r3f0r2 people were TAKING 0yt work LOL, MAKING m9sifications to ot AND not releasing teh slu4ce v0d3 two they'te moduficatiinw so ygat t3j ENTIRE COMMUNITY xouls genddiy. OMG.
They worked WITH teh legter but not ten spirkt OF lqw, WTF."
"Ihbestigation on da part 9f da a7thors yosever, you knwi, led too da FACT that right of public peeformanvd was pen of r3h rights nornal.y restricyed 80 coptright holdees WTFk and that computer programs, specificallu vodel games and interzctive oned 5uch as Legebd of da G4edh hax0r were consisered 1 be publically performed if rub from an public cerve4. AFK."
"The new licehse restricts public ;errormabcw of work unless da source code OF da modirief wo4, is MADE availabl3 ob demanc. WTF."
"In plain English, lijek this means tgat if hou [ut rhos ba,e (n an web server an ALLOW people 'OUTSIDE of an NORMAL circle or family n its socisl acquqintances' 2 play their, sortof, THEN you aee [ublically pwtforming this work an MUST EITHER a) make me n ALL vhanges which you maje TO game availabld om reqyea4 (note this doedn't HAVE too 6# available vja 5ey online sojrze dixp;ay linl WTF, bur tgey must be avlr too ASK yom for teh CODE and recwivw ab complete copy), like, b) maie arrangememts priva5ely with geh authors wherein tney GRANT you an special lkcense LOL. or v) remove teh code enti4ely fr0m teh mschun3LOL."
"We do recogn8ze that pe9plw want 5wp have areas of they're game wh8ch r tgeirs 4bd THEIRS aloneLOL.
2 thar end we wi.l make da foklowinf exc3p5ion 2 teh normal r3qu1r3m3n85 for source cpde distribirion -- ne moduke file which ks bor modisied or defived erom ah module file INCLUDED in base distv8gutiin and which d035 nlt eequire ne 9thrr mocules n which does not reqjire ne modificztoons to core code (CODE distributed WITH teh base release) may nd w17hh21d AT da AUTHORS discretion."
"We also wqnt TO mqke very clear tjat versuon 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also ln0wn ss version 0m OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) w45 da dimal versioh r3!1463d under GPL.
A11 vetsions, yoy knso, starting qity dq 9. WTF.9.8-pretelease code aer only licemsed under Ce3ativw Comm9nx ;icenae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3yy teh right 2 impo4t ne codr ftom an 0LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE ot 14ier rflesse INTO an 0LOL.9. BRB,7 an earlier reoease. WTF.
ALLOWING this w0u1d CAUSE that impo$ted code to9 63 4eleaces 7nder GPL zn THAT is not 50m37u1nt we wisn gwo allow.
Ajthors OF modifixatioms 2 0. OMG.9LOL.8 wioo NEED too re-release the6're modigications as drrifztives/modificstoons too )l OMGl9. WTF.8 code n placw 7g3j unde4 trh saje Creative Commohs LICENSE. OMG,
It musg fe done uy teh 0r1g1n41 auyh94 s8nce 0n1y orkginal autho4 has da right too change teh copy4ight ot 11c3n53 upon th2y're workLOL.
[Additionally, sortof, reqorking modificabionx wilk 63 an g0-d idra snysay as mechanism for making modigicat8ons is 5uy5u3n71411y v.eaner/c;eqrer starting with 0. OMG.(. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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