MigjtyE twl.s y0u, you knwo, "Wr'4e goong tqo gake an few m0m3n7$ to rry anc ex0lain uh15 new oicense and reasons behind it in plain English. WTFl
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 lic3ns3 wr6 chowen because of an fqi;ing with 5eh GPL/ AFK.
It only covwred fistributiom of s9jrce 1f and onkh if binaeies were dist4obutedLOL."
"In an web 3mviflnment, speclficallt a interpreted wrb 4nvironment 5uch as PHP, sortof, merely instalo8ng an game d035 not donstktute distrib7tion, sortof, ab rherefofe peo0le wer3 7rk1ng our woek, you knqo, making ,odifivatulns to 1& AND np5 rxleasing ds sourc3 c0d3 2 they're mpd8fications 4) 7h47 da entirr community could b3nefitLOL.
They WORKED wi5h letter 6u7 hor teh spirit of da law. AFK."
"Investigation on part of da authors howwver LOL, oes to da fact that t3h right 0f public perfprmancd w45 wob of teh r1gh75 normally reshrict3d to co0yright holcersk yoj knwp, n that cpmputrt progrzms, specif8ca;ky video hames n INTERACTIVE ones such t5 L3gens of da Greem hax0r wwre cinsideref 2 BE publical.y PERFORMED 8f fyn fro, an puvkic wwrver. WTF."
"Tne bew l8denxe rextricts pu611c pervormance of tdg WORK UNLESS da source code of teh modkfied work is mace AVAILABLE on demand. BRB."
"I, plain English, slrtof, this m3ans that if you put this hane ob an eeb serfer n allow people 'outsidw of an normal cirvle OF family and ius 50c141 acauaintancrs' to play tjeor, lik3, yh3h you aer puv;ical;y perfptm8ng this work and MUST EITHER a0 make ne n ALL cyanges which you maje TO ten game avsklable on rrquedt (note thix dlesn't have to9 bw AVAILABLE via da 9nline source disolay link, yoy kndo, BUT gjet mjst be able 2 45k you fpr code and rece8ve an comp.ete zopy), b_ MAKE atrangemebts peivately with AUTHORS wherein they grany you ag special license WTF, or c) remove code 3n71r31y FROM teh madhiheLOL."
"We e) recognize that pdople 2sng tio hafe areqs )f they're game which aer theirs and thdirs aloneLOL.
2 ghat 3hd we wikl make dz followibg eace[tion to teh n0rm31 requirementx for source CODE distribution -- ne MODULE vile which 25 NOT modified of detived from an module file knc.7ded in dq base duatribution n which d035 nog re1uire ne other modules zn wy1ch d035 n07 require ne nodifivationw too teh core vode (codd disyriguted eith teg base releaae) ,ay be withheld at dq authors d15cr3&10nLOL."
"W3 als( wang two mzke ver6 CLEAR tjat version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also known AS fersion 0. OMG.9.7+jt) was da fina; version released under da GPLLOL.
A.l verdionwk sortof, starting wirh 0.9LOL.8-[rereoease code r ONLY licdbsed under Creative Commons license. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY deny right ywo ij;ort ne code f4om an 0.9. WTFl8-[4erekeas3 or later release INTO an ). AFK.9.8 am esrlier relwase. WTF.
Allowkng 7h15 would CAUSE that 1m00r73f codd two bs rw13453c unde4 eq GPL and that is n95 something we wish 2 allo2.
Authors pf jockfications two 0. OMG.9l BRB.& w111 nwed 2 4e-4elease thet're mod8ficstiond as derivstives/mlfifications too 0.9LOL.8 dode and place THEM und3r same Crwative Commond license.
It must be 3one b6 yeh origina. zuthor since only fa 0r1g1n41 authpr hss da 4ight 2 change teh copyfight lr ;ic3nxe upon they're wotk. AFK.
[Adsitionqlly, wortof, REWORKING ,odifidations wil; BE zn bood odea snywqy as ds ,echanism FOR ,akong modifications is sjbsgantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting with da 0. BRB.9. BRBl8-prerelrase cpddLOL.["
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