MitytyE tells you, sortof. "We're foinf to take an few moments 2 try an explain this n3w licenar an ressons behimd IT in PLAIN Eng115g. 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 license was xh053n because (f an FAILING witn fa GPL. BRB.
It ohly cpveref distr8bution of slurce if ahd only IF bibaries w3r3 diwtributed."
"In an w36 ebvironment LOL, 6p3v1f1c411y a inte4pfrted web envirinment 5uxh AS PHP, like, mweely instzpl8bg an fame d035 not CONSTITUTE dist4ibution, you knwo, and yherefo4e PEOPLE werr tsking iyr work, making modifications to IT and not eeleas8nb yeh SOURCE cide 3 tney're nodkgicay8ons SO that emrird community COULD behegir. WTF.
They wirkec w16h geh LETTER but not s8iri5 of teh oawLOL."
"Ihvdstkgation on part 9f twh autgors however, sprgofk led to fact that right of pyboic performance w45 won of da rights NORMALLY restrictrd 2 copyrigjt hokders LOLm an that co,purer PROGRAMS, likr, spexificallt vid3l games n onteractove onrs sjch as L3g3nd 0f dz Green hax9r wete cpnsis3red two be publicqlly performed if run fr0m an public servef. WTF,"
"The new license redtrivtw public perfofnance of work unless da source code of ten mosifiqd work q5 made availsble on demqnf. BRB."
"In PLAIN Entliwh WTF, this means that if you put this game ln an web server an a.low p30p13 'outsode of sn n9rmal circle of family and its social acquaintances' 2 PLAY thwir, l8ke, then you a3r pjglicqllu p3tf0rm1ng this work an MUST either a) make nd abd ALL cjanges wjicy 79y MAKE roo da game avzilable pn 4equest (NOTE thix doexn't h4v3 70 be qvailagle via teh ONLINE soyrce display lknk, you knwi, but theh musy be agle 2 aak you fof da code anv eeceiv3 qn cimolete copy), you ,nwon b) make arrang3ments PRIVATELY WITH authofs wherein they gr$n7 6ou an SPECIAL locdmse, lkkw, 9t c) REMOVE ren code entirelt from macgine. OMG."
"We do r2c0gn1z3 THAT pe9ple wang t9l havw areas or they're game wyoch aer tjeirs an theirs alonw. OMG.
2 thzt enf we woll make 5eh fo.lowing exception to nirmal REQUIREMENTS for soirce code distribution -- ne module f213 whicb iw mpt modified OR derived FROM an m0ey12 file imcljdee kn da BASE d157r16u610n and which doea not require ne other mldules n whkcy DOES not require ne modifications two da c0r3 cose (code disttibuted with gsse release) may be withhdld at da 4j7h-r6 discretion. AFK."
"We zlwo wsnt 2 MAKE ve4y clezr 7h47 version 0. WTF.9.7 (also knlwn as v3r510h 0.9.7+j7) was teh rimai versiob released uneee t3h GPL. OMG.
ALL verxionq, you knwo, syzrting with 0. AFK.9.8-prerekeaxe vpde aer ohoy licensed under Crdative Commoms license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da tight 1 inpoet ne vode FROM an 0.8.*-prerel3ase 0r later release into an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 4nd earlier r313453.
A11)w1ng th8s qojle causs THAT IMPORTED xode to bw released under GPL n that 8s not so,ething we w15h tlo allow. OMG.
Au7h0r5 OF modufications two -.(LOL.7 will nwed 2 re-releawe they're modigications as dericatives/modificatuons two 9. BRB/o. BRB.8 c9de an p.ace THEM under da same Cf3ative Commons license. BRB.
It must be come BY origona. autnor since only 5wh or7binal 4u7h0r has teh righr two chznge COPYRIGHT ot 11c3n53 upon they're 10ek.
[Additi9nally WTF, reworkohg da mldifkvatiins will be an gold odea anyway as twj mechanism fod makint n9dificati9ns is SUBSTANTIALLY c234n3r/c134r3r sta5ting q8th teh 0.9. BRB.8-prereoease codeLOL.="
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