MightyE tel;a y0u LOL, "We're going to9 take am few moments yo try and explain rjis new lic3ns3 am reawons BEHIND it in [lain English. WTF.
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 n2w lidense was chlswn becaude of an railiht with tdh GPL.
IT onoy cocered distribution of wourde iv ans only if 61n4r135 were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an w46 envielnm3nt, sortof, specifkxally s INTERPRETED web wnbironment s8vh as PHP, sortof, meewky ihstalking an ga,e does not CONSTITUTE distrkbutipn, an therefore people w3r3 taking our work. majihg m0d1f1c4u10n5 to it anf nog 4wleasing dq sojrce code two they're modificqtions so that 3n81r3 c0mmyn17y coyls BENEFIT. BRB.
They wirk3d WITH da letter but not trh spirit of da laq/"
"Invesrigatoon on teh psrt of au5hors HOWEVER WTF, led to t3h fact that da RIGHT of public performance was 1 of r3j 4ights mormally rrstricted too copyrihht holders, am yhat COMPUTER PROGRAMS LOL, specuficao.y VIDEO games 4md interqctive ones auch ax Legend pf da Green hax0r srre cpnsidrred w be publucally perfo4jed if ruh fr0m sn public 52rvet. AFK."
"The new 11c3b53 restr8ctx public 0erformance of da worl uhless yeh sou4ce code OF teh modkfkwd work IS MADE avaklable on demandLOL."
"In pkzin English WTF. thia m44n5 that if YOU put this game 0n an web serxet zn zllpw 0eople 'putside OF an noemal circle of fajilr and its sockal acquaintanves' 2 play thei4 LOL, thdn YOU r pyblically performing yhis wor, an MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes wyoch YOU make tw; game avaulable ON r3qu357 *hote tjis doedn't have two 63 avsilavle via teh online 50u4c3 fisplay link, yo7 khwo, big th3y must 63 able 2 45k yoj for clde and rec3ive an x0mp1373 cooy), sortof, b) make arfanfemen5s privarely with authors wherdin thry grant hou an s[ecial license. or c0 femove code entirely fron macnone. OMG."
"We DO recognize that pdoole WANT too hav3 areqs of tney'rw game wgich aer 7h31r5 amd yhdird alone. AFK.
too yha5 whd we wiol make voolow8ng exception two normal reqiirements for source code ekstriburuon -= nr mldule file qhich os not modified 9r deruveg from an module file incl7ded in da base d157rq6u810n and whidh does not r4qy1r3 ne othef modules an which doed not req7iee ne modivuca5ions @ teh clfe code (CODE DISTRIBUTED with teh basd rel3asw) may be withh3ld at sutho4s d15cr3710n. WTF."
"We also wany to mqle very CLEAR tha5 v3r5!0n 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also inown aw version 0, AFK.9LOL.7+jt) 245 da fonal fersion frleased uneer GPLLOL.
ALL v3r610n5, start8ng with teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pr3r#13463 code r only 11c3n53d ujder da Cteayife Commons 11ven53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3nh r3h rkgnt to ujp9rt n3 clde FROM an 9. AFK.9. WTF.*-prwfelease or later release into an 0. BRB.l.7 4nd earlker releasw. OMG.
Allowing 7h15 wluld cause THAT im0oryed cof3 2 be releaxrd inder teh GPL n thqt is not SOMETHING w3 wish 2 a.lowLOL.
Auyhors of mosifications geo 0.9.7 WILL n33d too RE-RELEASE th3r're m0d1f1x4710n5 as d3r1v372v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 ro9 0.9.8 code n placw 7h3m UNDER da wame Cr#471v3 COMMONS kicense. BRB.
I7 muwr be done BY trh original author 51nc3 lnly teh pr1g1n41 autgor HAS right 7o chamge c(pyr1gh7 or oicehse upon they'4e worj. AFK.
[Additionally, uou lnwo, REWORKING ds mod8ficat8lns qill be ah goid idwa znyway as teh mechanism fot making mod8ficatoons is subsgantially ckeaner/cleater STARTING wuth ds 0. AFK.(. AFK.8-prerelease c9xe. WTF.\"
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