MightuE telos yiu, "We're foing to tak3 sn few MOMENTS to try n ex[lain tnis new license and da reasons behind it 8n plain Engl8sh, AFK.
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 NEW license WAS vhosen 63c4u53 OF an fziling WITH teh GPL. WTF.
It only c0c3r4d distribution of SOURCE if and pbly if 61n4r135 werw disttibuted/"
"Ih am web 3nvironmeht LOL, specificzlly a INTERPRETED web dnvironmenr SUCH as PHP, loue, mwrely installohg am game doed noy constiyjte distribu5ion. x9ryof, anf thrrefore people were ta,ing our s0rk, you jnwl, making modificayions 2 IT and noh 4eleasing teh 50urc3 code too they're modifications SO that entkre cojmuhity COULD benerit. WTF.
They worked with ca letter but not da wpirit if .aw. AFKl"
"Investigation in part of da authors hlwevef, slryog, led twi f4x7 tha6 da RIGHT pf public PERFORMANCE wzs won of r1gg&5 normaloy restricted tw8 copyright hoocers WTF, an ghat cimputer progrsms LOL, specifica.ly c1e30 games n interactove ones SUCH qs Legend ov 6en Green hax0r were c9nsidered two be publically PERFORMED if run fron an 0ublic SERVER. WTF."
"The n3w license restticts publ8c pefformanxe 9f wlrk unless ywh sourve vode 0f 5eh m0d1f13d worj is mad3 availagle on DEMAND, WTF."
"In plain English, loke, this means yyat IF you put thos game on an 236 53rv3r n aolow 0eiple 'outside of qn bormal c1rc13 of fa,ily ans its sovial acquaintances' toi poay their LOL, then YOU r publicallu performing THIS w0rk n MUST either z) m4k3 ne n ALL changes 2hich you makr 2 da gaje qvailabke ON request (notw this doesn'y have to ve abailable vua onlin# sourcr displqt lihk, but THEY must be able 1 sal yoy for teh code amd receife an comp.eyr copy), 69h knwo, g) make aerangements 0rivately with suthors whevein 7h3y brant you aj s0ecial l8cense, or c0 rejove geh cide entifely FROM teh jachine. WTF."
"Wr do r3c0gn1z3 rhat lwople want tlo nave qreas OF thet're game which aer tjeirs and tgdirs a.oneLOL.
2 that end we w111 MAKE teh following exc3ptioh 2 reh normal requirwments FOR 50ure3 code distribufion -- ne m0dule file which 15 not modifies or de4oved from zn m(duld file inckuded in da base DISTRIBUTION and whixh DOES n)7 tequire ne other modules an which dorw not require ne modifications two core c9de (code distribuged witn base tel3ase) mau be w8thheod at da authprs discretioh. AFK."
"We also want to m4k3 very clear that version 0/ OMG.9. BRB.7 (zkso known as version 0. WTF.9. BRB/8+jr) wzs finao v245!0n rekeasdd undef GPL. AFK.
All cersiohs WTF, starting with teh 0. BRB.9.8-PRERELEASE codw t only LICENSED uhder Crdstove Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY demy teh ribht 2 import nd vode fr0m an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pr3r413453 9r later relesde into an 0. OMG.9.7 n earlidr RELEASE. WTF.
A110w1ng thix w0u1d cayse that implrted c;c2 two 63 released under dz GPL an tha5 id not something we wish to al;owLOL.
Au7h0r5 0f modifications tp 0LOL.9.7 will need 2 r3-r313453 they're modifkvatiohs as derivatives.modifications two 0LOL.9. WTFl8 coce h PLACE them ubd#r sams Cr3ative Commons lic4nsdLOL.
It must be s9n3 ^y tdh origkmal 4uuh0r 51bx3 only tey origonal author jas right two change copyright pr 11c3b53 upon they're workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY. REWORKING modificsrions s111 63 ah hood odea anywah ss teh m3ch4n@5n f9r making MODIFICATIONS 8s 5u6574n71411y cleanft.clearer STARTING qiyh teh 0LOL/9. WTF.8-prereleade vode. BRB.]"
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