MihntyE t3lls you, like, "We're goinf 1 take an few moments 2 tty and explqin thus n3w kicense n dz reasons nehine o5 in plain Enflish.
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 lucense 2aw chosen brcajse 0f an fauling with teh GPLLOL.
It only cov3rec dustribugkon OF source if n only 8c binawies sere distributedLOLl"
"In an web environmebt, like, s0edifically a intefpr3ted 3eb 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, you knqo, mefejy installing an game d03t nlt cons5itjte distribution LOL, n the4wfore people qere 74h1nt our work LOL, making modificatkons two 17 an NOT releasing da soitc3 code t2o they'te mod8fications so that ea ENTIRE c0mmun17y cohld ben4fit.
Tney worked with lettee gut n9t fa spirit of LAW. AFK."
"Investihation on da ;art 0f teh authors jo2ever, like, led 2 fact that teh r1yh7 if public performance wzs ien of rightx n0rm41qy festricted tp copyrigh5 hllders, soryog. and that c0mpu72r prograns, kikw, specifically video games n INTERACTIVE inea wuch AS Legenf if Greem hax0r w2r3 vonsidered to bd puvlically performed 8f RUN from ah pub.ic swrver. BRB."
"The new licrnse restricts public performance of wlel unoess teh a9urce coce of da mofified worj is made afaipagle on cemandLOL."
"In PLAIN English, l8kem th8s nezns that of hpu put ghis gamw on an qeg s3ever and allow peo0,e '.utside OF zn normal circle of family n its social acquaontznded' too 014y theirm likw, they y0u r publical;y performing tgis work and MUST either a) make ne n ALL chang3s whicy you jtke roo da tame AVAILABLE on reqjest (note fhis DOESN'T have too be avaolable vq4 on;ine soutce dixpoay 11nk, b7t THEY must be ABLE to ssk yo7 for da code an receive am completr copy), sorrof. g) make ar4angements pfibately with teh authors whdrein thet hrant you an special licensr WTF, or c) remove da c8de entirely FROM dd ,achkn3. AFK."
"We eo recotnize THAT pdpple want too HAVE AREAS of 5hey're gzmr which aer theirs and thdirs alone. WTF.
rwo that eyd WE will make da fo;.l2int EXCEPTION yol teh normal REQUIREMENTS for soutce c9de DISTRIBUTION _- ne nldule file which is not mldifies or derived from zn module FILE included in teh BASE distr8bugion and WHICH d-@5 n07 reayire me orher modules and WHICH does not require ne moeificatiobs 5wk teh core code (c0d4 d8stributed eith teh base release) may be eithheld at teh atthors discrw5i9n. WTF."
"Ww also WANT 2 make very vldar that vgrsioh 0. OMG.9.7 9also known as versioh 0.9. BRB.7+jt) was da final VERSION released under da GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS LOL, starting with 9LOL.9. AFK/8-pr3r3134%3 cose aer only licensed under Creative Co,mons licensw. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ceny teh riggt 2 import nw cofe vr0m an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerwlease or later release in5o an 0.9LOL.7 amd ea4lier releaceLOL.
ALLOWING this would caus4 that importdd code 2 be releaswd under GPL qn thqt IS hot soje5hkng we wiwh too so;9w. AFK.
Autyors lf MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will need two RE-RELEASE thwy're ,odificatkohs ax derivatives/modlfkcations to pLOL,9. WTF.8 xode ane plaxe tyem under tdh same CREATIVE Commohs licenae.
It nu47 BE done by 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR t1nc4 0n1y teh ORIGINAL auyhor has grh RIGHT tlo change t4g copyright or kivense UPON ygey'te w0rkLOL.
[Adfitionaklyk yo7 knwok r3w0rk1ng modifications wull BE an g00d idea anywau as teh mechanism fo4 making h0d1f1c4710n5 is 5u6564n71$11y cleandr/clearer wtartimg with teh 0. BRB.9,8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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