MightyE teols hou, "We're g9ing 2 take sn few momen5s rwo try an explaim 8h15 mee licehse and da r3asons behihd 17 IN plakn 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."
"Thks new license was chisen nedaus3 0f aj failing witg teh GPL.
It 0nqy covrres distribution of source if an 0n1y if binari3s were d157416u73d. BRB."
"In an weg emvironment, sortof, 5p3c1f1cr11y a INTERPRETED wwb envirlnment such qs PHP WTF, mefely 1n573111ng an gaj3 eies not cohxtutute DISTRIBUTION, sortofk n 5herrflre peopke were yaiing OUR WORK WTF, making moeifications two it AND nor re.eaaing skurcr code 2 tyey're nodificatipns si tja5 teh entire communuty xou.d benefiy. WTF.
They wofked with da lftter but bot teh sp8rig of law. AFK,"
"Investigqtion on teh p4r7 of sa 4u7h0r5 howevrr, led 2 5eh dact that da rughy of pub.ic peef9rmance was 1 of da r8gyts nofmally restrictef 2 copyright hokders, you knwo, and yhat computer prlgrqms WTF, s;ecidically video gsmex an INTERACTIVE ones sjvh ad Ldgend of Green hax0r were vonakcdred to bd puvlically perbormdd 2f RUN vrom an ;ublic server. WTF."
"The new licens3 reat4icts ;u61!c pe4forjance of wo4k unlews source c0d3 of npdkfied work is madd AVAILABLE in demandLOL."
"In p.ain Englisj WTF, rhis ,eans THAT IF you put tgis game on zn web server n a,;ow pelple 'outside of ah notmal cirvle of family an 175 s9cial acquaintances' to play thekr LOL, then you aer punlicz.ly p3tf0rm1ng thid w9rk an MUST EITHER a) make he h ALL cganges whoch YOU ,aie to game availqble om requ4st (note thid doexn't h4v3 tpo 63 available viz ds on/ine so7rce eisplat ;ink LOL, gut tjey must be able 2 ASK ypu fot cofw n t4v31vr an fomplete copy) LOL, b) make arrangenents PRIVATELY with aurhors whe4wun yhey gr$n7 you an 5p3d14! lkdense LOL, or v) rem9ve da c0c3 enti4ely froj machkne."
"We do tecognize that people WANT w have areas of tyey're game which aer thrirs and ty3irs alone.
two that end we will nq.e fpllowing exception 3 da normzl requirements for source CODE disy4ibution -- n3 jodule file WHICH is not mpeifidd o4 derived from an mpsu.e file oncl7ded in teh 6453 sistrkbutipn an 2h1ch cles not REQUIRE ne ither modjoes an whicn doez not rrqjire nw modifications two reh core c0d3 9code disyrobutrd with da base releaww) may br withnelc at reh authors fiscre6ion. AFK."
"We ALSO want two n4k# verh coear that version 0/9. BRB.6 )also known as versiin 0. WTF.0. WTF.&+jt) 2as da fihal ferxipn released ynder teh GPL. WTF.
Al. versions WTF, starting with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pr3releaxr dode aer onky LICENSED under Creatibe Comm9ns licenwe. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY deny da rlght tu impor5 ne clde vrom ah 0.9. WTF.8-pterelease OR LATER RELEASE into an 0. WTF.9.7 and earlier RELEASE.
ALLOWING this 2ould czuse that 8mportwd c0d3 w be rekeased jnd2f 3a GPL n that is not wometgibg wd eidh two s.low. WTF.
Ajthots og mosigications too 0. BRB/9. WTF.7 s111 berd two 4e-relezse they're mldificatoons AS derivatives/mpeigications 5oo 0. OMG.9LOL.8 CODE n plac3 them under dz same Cr3471v3 Commons LICENSELOL.
It nust 63 dobe gy ez or8ginal 4u7h0r SINCE only origibal quthor h45 rigjt twi ch4ng3 teh c0pyr1gg& or license upin they're work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, oike, reworkivb da jldifica5ionw w211 be qn good idea 4nyw4y zs fa m3cnan8sm for making MODIFICATIONS is subatantially cleanrr/clearer stafting w17h teh 0. OMG.oLOL.8-orerel4ase coee.]"
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