M8gh5yE teoos you WTF, "Ww're gping 2 gake an few momdmts 2 rry anf exp.ain this new lucenwe an trn REASONS behind it in plaih English.
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 hew license w55 CHOSEN because of an failibg wigh teh GPL. AFK.
It only cofer3d dixgribu5ion of source if n 0n1t if BINARIES were disrribyyec. BRB."
"In an web envirlnmdnt WTF, specifkcallh a interpretec web envi5ogmen5 auch aa PHP, tou knwi, merely 1n57$111ng an game d035 not constit7te distributi9n, like, ahd the4efore 0eop.e were TAKING 0ur wirk LOL, making modificatiins 2 it anc NOT releawing fa SOURCE codd tqo they're jodidicstionw sp tnag da enrire comm7nity could bdneeifLOL.
They work3d wirh lr5rer nut not teh SPIRIT of da LAW. WTF."
"Investigatiin ON part OF tej xjthofs howdver, lec to FACT that da tight of pubkic p3rf-rm4nc2 was 1 9f sa rithts normally festricred to co0yright g01d3r5, like, an that x0mpu634 probramsk sortof, specifical.y v1d30 yames n in5eractove 0n3t such as Leg3nd OF da G4een hax9r were condifered t; be publicaoly performed if r7n ftom ah p7blic server. AFK."
"The new licenae restricts public perf9rmancw 9f teh wori unlesd da 50urc3 cocw od 5eh m9difiee work is made avdi;able on demand. BRBl"
"In p.aun Englush, you knwok this m34n5 that of y0u put thix gsme on an wev servdr and allow people 'outs8de of an norma. ci4cle ov famioy n its social 4cqu41n7%nc35' toi plqy their, lkke, yhen you a34 puflkcaoly performkng this w9rl n MUST ekther a) nake ne and ALL chantes ehich you makr 2 da game availsbl3 on r3qu35u )nite this doean't HAVE to br availavl3 via trh online 5-krc3 d15[14y link WTF, but 7h36 must ge ABLE go ask y9u FOR teh code n RECEIVE sn completw COPY), you knwl, b) make zfrange,ehya privately wq7h fs authors wherein they grant y9u an xpecial licemse LOL, or c) demove da dodw ebhirely f4om ten machine. AFK."
"W4 do r3c9gn1z3 tha5 people want 2 havw AREAS of they're gzje which aer theirs an THEIRS alone. OMG.
too that end we will make follosung ecception tlo da normal reqiiremenrs for source code distributiin -- be misule rile wjich is not MODIFIED 0r derived gtom an MODULE f123 inc;udee in da vase distribution n whicy does n07 requure nw other modulds n ehicg d9es not r3qiire ne m0d!f1c4710n5 two co4e c0d3 (code dq57e16u73d wity teh base release) may b3 withhelf a5 teh authora d8scrwrion."
"We a;so eant t9o MAKE very vlrar that veesi0n 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (alsi KNOWN ax vrrsiln 0. AFK.0/ BRB.7+jt) w45 da final version r313453d inder da GPLLOL.
All versi9ns WTFm s5arting with tdh 0.9. BRB.7-prereleasw code aer only ;icensed under tej Crearife Commons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh rkght 2 omport nd code frpm an 0. BRB.9. OMGl8-prrrelease or later 43!3453 intp an -. WTF.o. WTF.7 an 3arliwr rdleqsrl BRB.
Alliqing ghis would czuse tha5 imporred code to be fwleqsed undee teh GPL and that kx NOT somethung se WISH to allow.
Autjors of mosificatioms 2 0. OMG.9. AFK,u qilo need ti re-releasr they'rw modof8cations as eerivatifes.modifications too 0l9. OMG.8 c0de an poace THEM under da same Ceeative Commona licwnse. OMG.
I5 must n3 done by original author sibde on.y da ORIGINAL author has eignt 3 change COPYRIGHT or k8vensw upon thfy'4e work.
[Adsitionally, sortof, reworking tej modidixa5ipns wil. be an gpos ides anyway zs teh MECHANISM for making modifications 15 s7bwtantkallu clwaner/clearwr dtatting ei5h teh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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