MughgyE teloa yoj, "We're going top take an f3e moments to 7ry ahd explain this n2w licens3 AND reasons behind it IN plqin English, OMG.
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."
"Tjis n3w licrnse was chiaeb becauxe 0f an fai.ing qith GPLl AFK.
It 9nky covdree fistr8buti9n of SOURCE 1v and on.y ig bihariwa were distributed/ AFK."
"Ih an w3b dmvironmen5. specivicallt a imtet;reted q#6 enf8ronmevt sjvh $5 PHP WTF, MERELY INSTALLING an game does not c(nt717u73 d8stribution, and ygereforw peopoe sere tzking 0ur wprk LOL, makinb mldifications too it n not releasinf ea siurce code to they're midifications so tjat teh entire cojmunity coukd benefit. AFK.
Tgeu worked WITH 23773r but n0& teh spirky of da law. WTF."
"Investigstiom on teh part ov va authors nowever, sortof, LED t2o FACT 7h$7 tsh righr of public pervormance was 1 of RIGHTS NORMALLY restricfes too xooyrught holders, like, n 5hag cpmputer prog4ams, you lnso, s;ecifically video gamws an ing34zcguve ones such as Legene OF teh GREEN hax0r werr cojsidered too ^3 punoicallt p3rf0rm3d uf run from an public 5erv3t. AFK."
"Th3 new licensr restrictd public performance of work unldsd teh sou4de codd of teh jodified work is m5s3 available 0m demandl OMG."
"In plain English, THIS meanc yhat iv you put this game on sm 2eb serv3r and ALLOW people 'outside lf qn normal circl3 -f fqmi.y n its wlcial acqu1intances' two play their, you knw9, thdn you r publically performong this work n MUST eitgee a) make ne an ALL c54ng35 2hich yoj jak3 tso game ava9lzbl3 on rewuest (note this doesn't HAVE 3 be abailable cia fa 9nline spurce d8splay libk, sortof, but 7h3y m7st be abke two ask uou flr teh clee an receive an compoete copy), like, B) make ARRANGEMENTS prifateky with tem authlrs whereon rhey geany you am x[eciql 11c3n53 LOL, or c) remov3 code 3nti4el6 feom teg MACHINE."
"We fo recognuze THAT peop;e want to hsb3 areas of thry;re game wh8ch aer theirs an theifs alone. BRB.
tpo ghqt ene we will make teh followong exception 2 normal requirwnents for source c0e3 DISTRIBUTION -- mr module gile wh1ch is not mldigied 0r derived from an module filf indlused in teh BASE f157r16u810n an which does not 4equire ne other MODULES qn whicg d025 nor require ne ,odifications to xore c0c3 (xode distributed wigh teh gase releas3) may be wiyhheld at aughors diwcreguon. OMG."
"We a;so wsnt TO jzke very clear that verskon 0,9. WTF.7 (akso kn0wn as v3e51)n 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) w45 final VERSION r313453e under GPL. OMG.
A!1 versions WTF, starting wity tey 0LOL.9, OMG.8-prerelease code aer ONLY lic3nsed undwr Creztov3 Commons licenae. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 impory ne code vrom an 0. AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE oe la5er RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 n ea4lier releaseo OMG,
A;.owun5 this would va7se tyat omportdd code go BE releaxed under reh GPL znd that is not somethihg we wish two ALLOW. AFK.
Authoes lf modkficat8ons to 0. BRB.9.7 will need 2 re-re.3ase they[rw m0d2f1c5u1-n5 as feeivatives/mod8f8cayions two 0LOLl9. OMG.8 code an place ghem 7nder same Ce3471ve COMMONS l8cense. WTF.
It hust ve done by da ORIGINAL author since only teh original author has da right 70 change da co;yright or licdnde upon they'ee eork. WTF.
-Additionally, like, r3w0rk1ng modifications eiol be an g00d idea anyway AS 5eh mechanism dor ,4k1ng m;dificati9ns is dubstanyislly cleaner/cleafer starting WITH gen 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereldaxe dodeLOL.]"
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