MightyE t3lls y9u, sprtof, "Ww[re going ylo gakr an few mom3nts too try n 3xplaih tjis new license an da eeasons behind IT ih plain EntlishLOL.
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 luvense was ch053n vecause OF zn failing with da GPL. WTFl
It 0nqy c0v3r3d d258r16u810n OF SOURCE if and onl6 if 61n4r135 wer3 dis5ribut2d. AFK."
"In qn wrb envuronment WTF, specifically a ibterpreted web envitonjwnt 5uch as PHP, .ikek jerwl6 imstalling am game d)35 NOT const8tute disyribution, an thrrefor3 people qere taking 9ue WORK WTF, mzking MODIFICATIONS ti ut AND no5 releasing trh source code too tyey're mofificztions so yhat entire c9mmumity c0j1e benefjt. OMG.
Thwy WORKED with l3tter but not teh 5p!r17 of da LAW. AFK."
"Inves5igatkon 0n patt of da 4u7h0r5 how3ver, led to9 fact thzt ten right of publ8c p3rr0rm4nc3 was oen 9f rights NORMALLY rwstricted 70 copyrifjt holderz WTFk an thay xomputer programs, sortpf, spevificakly videl games ah interactive [ndw such as Legend of Grern hax0r wetd CONSIDERED too bw pibkivallt p3rf0rm3d if run from an pub;ic %3rv3e. OMG."
"The new licebse festric5s piblic perflrmabce of worj 7n9ess source dode of ydh modifies wofk is made avai;sble on DEMANDLOL."
"In plain Enf.8sh, soft9f, this ,eans that if yli put yhis g4m3 on an wdb server ab allos people '9u5s8de of an normal circle ov family n ITS social ACQUAINTANCES' two plau their, sortof, thdn you r oublicslly pdrforming 7h15 work an MUST eithwr a) make ne n ALL chamges wjich you m4k3 2 teh gamw acs8labke on teauest (noue tnis doesn't hzve yio be avqilable fia da on;ine 50urc3 s!5p14u link, dor5of, bur they must BE qble yo ask y0u gor code n rrceivr zn conpkete co'y), lokd, b) nake afrangements privately witj rdh authoes wher3in they gt4n7 yo7 ah special locensw, you knwo, or c) remove teh codd engirely from MACHINE. WTF,"
"We do recognize tnat ptople want to have arwas of they're game wjicy r fheird n thdirs alone.
to that end w3 wq11 makr following exception 2 teh n0rm51 r3qiirememts for source code distfobuti9n -- nr module fi.e whicj id nit modufied o4 d3r1v3d from an modul3 FILE inclused in ds bssr disyribu5ion and which foes n08 req7ire ne other modulrs ab wh1ch d03t not require ne nodificatioms gwo da clre CODE (code distrubuted siyh da base RELEASE) mat be qithhe.d at trh autho4s discretion; AFK."
"Ww also sant too mrk3 very cleae that crrsiom 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also known as verwion 0. BRB/9. BRB.7+jt) was tey fibal version r#13453d undwt GPL. WTF.
All vers8ons, atartint witj da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-0r3re;ease code aw4 only licensed under teh Crestive Commons licehse.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny fight @ impirt n2 c9d3 FROM an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-pr3r313443 or ;ayer releade knto ab 0. WTF.9/ BRB.7 an ezrlier RELEASE.
Allowong this wou.d vause tnat 1mp0r73d dpde 2 be released ynder ea GPL an that ks not somethkng we wish twu ALLOW.
Auth9rs of MODIFICATIONS tpo 0.9. WTF.8 will need to re-release they're n9difications as dwrivatkves/modificatkons too pLOL.9.8 code an p14d3 them ubder da same Crdatife Clmmona licwnsr.
It mjst bw done BY oruginal author SINCE only oroginal author haw teh ritht too chahhe copyrihht ow lkcense uoon they're work. WTF.
'Additiona;ly LOL, reworking teh jodifications wi;. be am go9d icea any2ay zd mechanism f9e ,akinf mod7ricarions iw substamr8ally c;eaner/xleater starying WITH teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prdrelease code. WTF.]"
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