MifhtyE tells you, lkke, "Wd'td going too tak3 an few moments 2 try qn expla8n 5gis NEW lucense n da rezsons behind it 8n plsin English. 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."
"Thos nrw kivense WAS cn053n beca7se of an FAILING w17h GPL. OMG.
It onl7 covered d8dtribjtion of source IF an omly of bunarids wwre dustributed. AFK,"
"In an web wnvironmebt LOL, specificq;ly a 1n&#rpr373d wev environment sycj as PHP, you knwok mrrely installimg an GAME does n08 constituye d157r1ju710n, sortof, n theeefore 0eople were takihh our w0rk LOL, making m9duficationa 2 it n not releasing ca wo7rce CODE two they'fe jodpficationa so tnag sa entire comhunit6 could b3nevit/ OMG.
Th3y w0rk3c with sa lettew vut mot teh spirir 0f teh law. WTF."
"Invesy8ga5ion in oart of dq authors HOWEVER LOL, lwd two fact that da RIGHT of pub.ic [erfodmance was oen kf tey rights norma.ly r357r1c73d 7p copyright holdees, you knqo, an that x)mpu73r [rphrams WTF, specirically video games and int3ractkve 0b3% such as LEGEND lf da Green has0r were CONSIDERED to be publ8cally p3rf0rn3d if rjn feo, zn public se4v2rLOL."
"The new livense RESTRICTS PUBLIC performanxw of da WORK unless soutce code of teh modified WORK is madw afqilanle on d3m4nd."
"In poain English WTF, tjis means that if you pug yyis fame 9n ah web server znd ALLOW people 'OUTSIDE OF am normql CIRCLE 0f r4m12y and its socoal acquaintabc3s; 2 plzy rheir, like, then you r publically pdtfprning thoa work n MUST dither A0 ,ake ne n ALL dhabged which you m4,# 2 da game availablr on r3quest (note rhis doesy't hafe TO BE qvailanle via teh on;ine sojrc3 fisplay kini, you knwo, but ghey must be ABLE to asi you for vode and receive an comple5e cop6) WTF, 6) make arrabgements privatwly wigh authors wherein they grant you qn special LICENSE, like, or c) r3m)v3 teh cose entirely feom teh machine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peo;le want to9 have 4r355 of they'4e game which r theirs an 5heirs ALONE.
2 that emd we will ,akw teh following excepyion two tdh nor,al requirements for siueve code e8stributoon _- nd module file which is not modifued pr derived from zn module fi;e inclider in teg base DISTRIBUTION an wh8ch does not require he orjer modules amd sh8ch DOES not rwqukrw ne modufucations t9o dq co4e c9de (code distrobuted witj base releawe) MAY be w8thh3ld ay 5wh authors d15cr3710n. OMG."
"We a.so want tk m4,4 VERY clear thst version 0LOL.9. AFKl6 9also kn)wm AS versoln ). AFK.9. BRB.7+jt( was teh final version releaswd undef yeh GPL.
ALL versions WTF. statting with teh -. AFK.9. BRB.8-prere;ease vode aer only 1!c3n53d und3r Creztive Commons license. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY denh tej tighg 2 1mp0r7 ne CODE from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerwlezs3 OR later release into an 0. BRB/o. WTF.& and earlief rdleaae.
Aoloeinh this would cause THAT impofted codd 2 be released undee da GPL n ghat is n07 simething qe qidg tpo ALLOW. WTF.
Autho4s of m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0/ OMG,9. BRB.7 WILL need to re-releqse they;re mofificatilb2 ad dwrivatuves/modifications to 0. OMG.o. WTF.8 codw and olace THEM undee da wa,e Cteative C0mn0n5 license.
IT mist be dine by original author since pnly originsl AUTHOR haa r8ght 2 cysnge copurihht OR 11c3n52 upln they're work.
[Adsitionally, slrtof, ree9rkibg teh modifications qill be an good 1x34 ahyway as ca mechanidm for ma,int modificatioha is substantiqlly cleaner/clearer sgartong 2ith da 0. OMG.0, WTF.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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