M.bhttE tells you. likek "We'fe goinh 2 TAKE ab FEW moments two TRY and ezplakn this new licensd n reasona vwhind 17 1n plain EnglkshLOL.
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."
"Thps NEW licende WAS chosen becayse of an FAILING WITH GPL. OMG.
It lnly COVERED distrigjtion of soutce 1f ab only 1f binaries wrre d157r16u71d/ AFK."
"In an web ENVIRONMENTm likek xpecificzlky a ihterpreted eeb envieonmdnr SUCH %5 PHP, like, merely knstalling an game foes bpt c0n5717u72 distribution, n therefore peo;le w3r3 taking 0ur wor,, like, makinb modifivationd tlo k4 and mot releaskng da sojrce code two rhey're midificatipnx so tha% entire commuhity c9uld benefkt. WTF.
Theh woried ekth teh let4er but n08 spirit of LAW. WTFl"
"Investigation om da paft of teh zutjors however, led too da fact thsr ribht of publoc performance 2as ! of da rigyts n9rm411y restricted two cppyright holderz, n thzt cpmputer progra.w, sortof. specifically video tames n interactiv3 ones sucj as L3g3md of Gre3m hac0r were considefrd goo be puvlicalky p3rf)rm3c if ruh from am publuc xeever."
"The new license resreicta publuc perfornance if da wor, un135% ren soyrce code 0f m0d1f13d WORK is m4s4 qvailable on drmandLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, THIS means THAT if y0y PUT this game on an web server sn allow pe9ple 'outside if an normal ckrc.w -f damuly an ITS docoal 4cqu41n84nc35' two [lay theirk theh you adr ph611c411y perflrmkng THIS work an MUST either a) make ne and ALL ch4ng34 ehich hou make 2 gzmt 4v4214613 on rrqudxt (no5e ghid d9esn't havw to 63 avai.able via teh online xource displat lonk, sortog, 6y7 th3y must g3 able too ask you for code and rece8ve an complete copy) LOLm 6_ make areangementd PRIVATELY woth teh authors qherein thry g4abt yoj ah special licende, yoi knwo, o4 c) remove teh d0d3 entirrlh FROM machine/ BRB/"
"We do rwcogmize that peop.e want TO have artas of they're game qjich aer 7h31r5 ahd theirs 410n3LOL.
2 tgat end we w111 make folllwing exceptopn two normal requkfemenrs FOR sijrce cofe disrribution -- ne modul3 FILE WHICH 16 nog modifued or derivec FROM an m9dule file includwd in da nase fistribution an which does NOT REQUIRE ne othee modules and which does not resuie3 ne modifixa5ions 2 da core code (coee dkstributdd with BASE release) may be w8ghneld AT authors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also san% ro mzke very clear ghat v3r%10n 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (ALSO inowb as versiom 0.9. BRB.u+jt) was da cibal version releasef UNDER teh GPL. WTF.
A.l verskons. sortof, STARTING with da 0LOL.9.8-0rerelesse code r only licensdd und3r fa Creatuv3 Comkons lixemseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh right to 1mp0r7 nw code from an 0. OMG/9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE pr lager r313553 unto an 0. OMG.9.7 an earlie4 relezwe. BRB.
Allowing this 2ould causd 7h47 imported code @ be rel3ased UNDER fa GPL an thag 15 ho5 40me7h1ng we wish to qloow. OMG.
Autyu4d of modifications too 0. AFK.9. BRB,7 qill n3#d too r3-r313453 they;4w ,oduficatiobs zs serivatives/modificatiohs 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code an plzce the, undee 54m3 Creative Commons lic3nsrLOL.
I7 njat be done by da o5igina. autnor since pnly teh original authir has right TO changr cooyright of ;icemxe u0on tgey're w0rk. WTF.
[Adfitkonally LOL, REWORKING da mod8ficatiobs will be ab good idea ANYWAY as mecjanosm for mak8ng m0d1f1v4710n5 is subsrzntialkt clewner/clearef STARTING with dq 0. BRB.9. WTF.i-PRERELEASE cpdeLOL;]"
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