MightyE ge.ls y9j, li,e, "Wd're gokng tql take an rew m0m3n75 to try and explain this new licdmse an da r3asons ^3j1nd ig in plain Enblish.
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."
"Tnis neq 11c3n53 was chisen beczusw of sn failing with da GPL.
IT only covefed diatribution of sourxe ir an 0n1t ir binaries WERE disrriboted. BRB."
"Ih an 2eb environment LOL, wpecifivall7 a interpfetef wrb dnvironment such 35 PHP. merdly installing an game doex not condtitute distributuon, you knwp, n therefore people sete taking our WORK LOL, making MODIFICATIONS too it abd not releasinh source code go they'rd modificationd s9 that wnti4d c9mmimity could 63n3fw7LOL.
They workrd WITH teh LETTER but NOT spirit if lae. OMG."
"Invedtigati9n on teh prr& of teh au5hors however, like, led tio ywh fact that da r1gh7 0f pygl8c performance was oen of 4igh6s normslly restricted too c0pyr1gn8 HOLDERS, an that vom[uter programs, liid, spedufical.y vidro g4m35 ah interactive on3s duch as Legrnd of teh Gr33n hax0e were considerwd 2 be publucally pervormed if ryn fe0m an 0u611c derver. AFK."
"The new license restr8cts punlic PERFORMANCE pf teh WORK unlews teh 5-7rc3 cose 0f nicified work is made availanle 0n demand. WTF."
"Im [lain ENGLISH, 7h15 j25n^ thqt if you put this gamr on an wdb serve4 amd allow pwopke 'ourside of an n0rm41 circle of family an its s(cial acquainyances' to PLAY thdir, sortof, thdn YOU r publically p2rf0rm1hg THIS dork h MUST EITHER a) make me AND ALL dgabgex WHICH you make to game availablr on reqiest (no5d this doesn't hav3 2 bd available VIA teh onoine source d15p14y linj LOL. bit 5hey muzt be abld ywo ask yl& f0r code n RECEIVE an complete co0y), soryof, v) MAKE 4rr4ng3m4b75 ptivately wirh da authotd wherdin thdy grqnt you am special licensd WTF, or c) removd da clde entirely vr0m machine. WTF."
"We do recognize thar p3ople want to havd areas of they[re ga,d which aer THEIRS and theirx alonel AFK.
two tya5 end we wu;l m4k3 da followimt exceptoon to normsl tequirements for sourde c0d3 distribur8on -- ne module f113 wh1ch 15 nor modified or ddrkved from an jpdule file INCLUDED in fa base DISTRIBUTION and wh1ch dods no5 re1uire ne other MODULES and which does nor re1uird nq modificatiins to da core code (code distributed wiyh da bqse release) may BE withhe.d st authors discreti9n. OMG."
"We zlso wany too make vef6 clear that bersiom 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also jnown as version 0LOL.9. BRB.7+ut) was final version rrleased hnder teh GPL. WTF.
All versions WTF, ayartibg with da 0.9. AFK.8-prer3leawe code r only l9cemsed under Creativr Commons licrnse. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY e3ny tey right 2 impprt ne code from an 0.9, WTF.8-peereleasd or larer releqsr 1n70 an )/ OMG.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER relezseLOL.
Allowing this would cause that impo4ted code 2 be r313453d uhder dz GPL an ghat 8s NOT 50m37h1ng WE wish 2 alllq. OMG,
Authors of modufixagi9ns two p. OMG.9LOL.7 wil; nrrd tql RE-RELEASE yhey're modiricatuons qs d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0. AFK.oLOL.8 vlde AND place them undrr da szme Creative C9mmons license. OMG.
It must be done by tet origunal author sincd ONLY da ORIGINAL author has rihnt too chanfe geh dopyright or lic3nse upon uhey'rd sork. AFK.
[Additionallu, s9rtof, reworking modifications woll ge an good idea anyway as hechanis, fot making modir8cations is SUBSTANTIALLY cldaher/clearer start8nt with ten 0.9.8-PRERELEASE c9fe. BRB.]"
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