MufgtyE tek.x you, "We're going two take an fee moments t2o 7ry and explain this n3w LICENSE n teh reasons behinc it in PLAIN Eng;ish.
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 n3w lixense was choswb cecause lf an FAILING eitg da GPL,
It on;y covwrdd dixtribuyion OF so7rce if am on.y if 61n4r135 were distrib&trdLOL."
"In ab web envir9nment, you knwo, specofically a unyerpreted wev environ,enr sucj zs PHP, liir, MERELY insta.oimg an g$m3 doex not xonstitu5e doxytobution WTF, n 5herefprr peiple WERE taking ou4 eork LOL, malimg moditucatkons 2 it an NOT r312451ng da s9yrc3 code two thwy're m0d1f1c4710n6 so thqt trh 3b71r3 commjbigy could BENEFITLOL.
They w9rkec w17j .etter but n07 tdh spirit of 5eh la2/ AFK/"
"Invdstitation on trh p4r7 of da quthirs however, loke, led 5o sa FACT that tch r1ghu of puboic p3ffo4mance w4t 1 of tdh r1gh7% normally restricted 2 c0pyr1gh7 holders, n that vompurer prigrqms, sortof, sp3cifically video gamfs and INTERACTIVE ob3w such as L3tend of da Gr3en hax0r rer4 d0n51d3r3d to be pjblically performed if run from an public SERVER. AFK."
"The NEW licenwr restricts public peeformance or da worl UNLESS rrn souece codr of teh m0d1f13f work is made qvaklable on demand/"
"In plaib English, l8ke, rhis means thar IF YOU put this game on an web serv3r an allow [eo0;e 'ouywidd 0f an mormal circle of family ahd 8ts 50c141 zcwuain5ances' to PLAY their WTF, 7y3n you aer pu611c411y PERFORMING this 2ork and MUST either a) make ne AND ALL xhanges ehivh y9u mqke @ GAME available on REQUEST 9note 5nis soesn't yave t9o be qcaulab.e via online 69u4d3 dosplay link, yl7 knwo, BUT tgey MUST 63 sble g9 ask y0u FOR teh code an rdcwive an complete copy), sortof, b) mzke arrangements privstely with 5dh a7tj9rs wh3r21n 7h3y geant you an special licensek or c) remove code 3h71r31y drom tdh machineLOLl"
"We do recoghizd tgat pr9plw 2ant two have ateas of tg3y'rw game which r theirs g 7h31r5 qlohe. OMG.
2 that end we wi;l make teh glllowinf exddption two n)rm41 requirements for sojrxe code cistfibutipn -- nr module file which ia not modifies or derived from ab mldule vile included IN da basw fistfibution n wjich does not REQUIRE ne OTHER mldulex an whidj DOES NOT require ne modifications 2 da core code (c0d3 distrobuted qith geh BASE 4elease) msy be withheld at ds 4u7g0r5 diacfetion. BRB."
"We also wanr too mqje very xlear 5hat veesiom 0. WTF.8. BRB.7 (also kn9wn as versoon 0.9. OMG/6+jt_ wqs da final v3r510m rr;easec unde4 teh GPL. AFK.
All vr4sions WTF, s5arting with da 0.9.8-prerelease code ar4 0n1y licenswd indrr twh CREATIVE Comjons liv3ns3/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny ea right to import ne code FROM an 0.9/ OMG.8_0rereleas3 0r LATER release into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 n ear;ier eelewse. BRB.
Akl*wint 7g16 wpuld ca7sr that imported code too be r#1e453d under teh GPL sn that is not something we wisg two allow. BRB.
Ay7h)35 of modufivations tl9 0, BRB.9LOL.7 wikl meed rwo re-rdlease tgey[fe mld8ficaripns as d4rivatives;modificayioms two 0. AFK.9.8 code an place THEM under teg same C4eative Commons licenseLOL.
It must be epn3 by da ORIGINAL AUTHOR since only ea ORIGINAL author has da RIGHT 2 cnange cophrigyt 0r license upoh they're wofk. BRB.
[Addutionaolym like, rwworking teh modifixatiogs will be an good idea anhwxu as teh m3ch4n15m for m4k2ng MODIFICATIONS is subsyantislly c;eaner/clearer starting with 0.9LOL.8-04erelease cpde. BRB.]"
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