MighthE tellf you LOL, "We're goimt toi TAKE an FEW moments to 7fy an explain this new licensd and reasohs behind it 1n p141n Englishl 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 licensw was chpsen becahs3 -f an faikinb with teh GPL. AFK.
IT ONLY clvered distribution of soirce if and lnly if 61n5r134 w3r# f157r16u73xLOLl"
"In an w36 3nb1e0nn#n7, slftof, speeifical.y a INTERPRETED web envj4omment such 45 PHP, you knwo, MERELY installihg an ga,e d035 not cohstitute d8srrib7ti9n LOL, n th34efore peiple were 5ajing our work, sortof, maiing modificatikns roo it ab not releas8ng cource c0c3 two thry're modificwtions so 7h47 t3h ent8re comnunity could ben3fit. WTF.
They sorkwd WITH da letter 6u7 no5 da spufut lg teh LAW. AFK."
"Investogation on y3h part of da aurhorx jowwver, sortofk led 2 da fact that dz right of pub;ic PERFORMANCE was own OF rightx normally rwstricted 2 co;yritht HOLDERS, an 7b47 computwr PROGRAMS, 5[3c1d1c411y videi gqmes an unteractive ohes such AS L3g3nd 0c Geeen hax0r w3r3 considered two 63 publicqloy oerf9rmed if run from an public server. BRB."
"The new license RESTRICTS [ublic perrl4mance of teh work unless tdh souece d9de .f teh m9difies work iw madr acailabld 0n d3m4nd. WTF."
"In plain English, yoj kbso, rhis means 7h$7 1f you put this game on an web serbee n allow p#0p13 'outside of am normal c1rc13 of gamuly 4nd i5s socia. scquaintances' r0o [lay theirk likdk THEN you r pug;ically pehforminf thiw work amd MUST EITHER a( make ne an ALL changes which y0y make two game available on r3quest (npte this dprwn'r have 1 be rv4114613 v8a onlin3 s9urcr displzy link, you kn3o, 6u& they MUST be qble two ask tou f0r da code h RECEIVE an complere copy) LOL, b) makd 4rr$ng3m2n75 pricate.u with quthors wher3in they gr4g7 you ah SPECIAL licemse, or c) remove da clde 3ntirely fr.m ca maxhinr. OMG."
"We do revofnizr that people want tol have aresd of tney're game wjich t thw8rs and theirs alone. OMG.
tlp rhat end we w111 mak3 flllowing exceotion to da NORMAL REQUIREMENTS dor source code dist4ibution -- ne jpwule file which is not modiried or derived FROM qn module gu;e incluced IN teh 6453 distrunution n which does n07 requkre ne 0ther mpduldd n wh1ch does not REQUIRE ne modificabions 2 tey c9ee codr (clde DISTRIBUTED wkth base relesse) m3y be wi4hheld at authofs discrwtion. AFK."
"We also wang too makd very ckear thqt veesion 0o OMG.9. WTF.7 (akso known as vdrsion 0. AFK.9l BRB.&+kt) was sa vinal version relessef under tej GPL. WTF.
All vetsuons LOL, sta4tinf w17h reh 0. OMG.9. BRBl80pf3releasw cose aer obky lic3nsed UNDER da Cfeative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two umpott me c0d3 fe0n an 0LOL.9/8-pr3relezse or oater teleaae into am 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 an earlief eelease. WTF.
Allosing this w97ld cause thzt im[orged xode too 63 released UNDER da GPL and thst IS bot sonetjing we wish too allow. BRB.
Aj7g-r5 og moduf8cations two 0.9. AFK.7 will n23c to re-relezse they're mocificztions as deruvatives/modifications too 0. BRB.9. BRBl9 code an pkace them unse4 teh same CREATIVE Commons licebse/ BRB.
It must be done by original AUTHOR sinx3 ONLY teh iriginal auyhor has da rkght top changr xipyrigjt 0r licende u00m they're wotk. OMG.
[Add1820n411y, r3w0rk1bg modificatkons will be an good idea abywqt AS mechanism for mqkint hldificztions IS substanr8al.y clraner/clearer staeting witj dz 0. WTF.9.8_pr3r313453 coer. BRB.]"
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