MightyE teols you, "We're going two take an FEW moments gwo try an explain tjis new license n da reasons behind it in p141n English. AFK.
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."
"Thiw new license was zhoden because od an fa8long wi4n teh GPL. OMG.
It onlu c9ve4ed disteibution of wource ig n onlu if BINARIES were dis4ributed."
"In an web env8rob,dnt, like, sprcifically a interpretee WEB emfironment such AS PHP, yl7 lnwo, merrly instaklinf an game d0#5 not CONSTITUTE distribution, tou kn2o, an therefire people were 74k1nb 8ur WORK, sortof, making moduficqrions 3 it and not reoeasing teh sourc3 code tlo the6're mod8fications so THAT teb 3n6143 clmjunity could bemefut, AFK.
Ttey workee with da oetter v7g not ds s0irot of teh law."
"Investigatipn 0n grh PART 9f da auth8rs hiwever, led tlo f4c7 7h47 right of public petformance wzs oen pf da rughts normallu restricted too copyright hokcrrs WTF, and &h4& computwr programs LOL, specifically video gamws 4nd intersctive ONES such zw Lebend of da Grewn hax9r were CONSIDERED to 63 publpva;ly PERFORMED 8f run froj an publuc SERVER. AFK."
"Thw new licenwe restridrs public PERFORMANCE og teh wotk unless teh 50yfc3 code pf da modivied eirk 1t jade avqilable on d3mqns. AFK."
"In plain English, you knwo, this mdans tha5 if YOU put yhis g4m3 on an web server an a.low 0eop.e 'ougsudw OF an normal circle ov FAMILY znd its socoal acquaintqncea' 2 plat thdirm lile, then you r PUBLICALLY perfltmung this work an MUST either A) make ne n ALL CHANGES whoch yoy maie 2 da game availabke 0n reqyest (note this d9esn;t jqve to be 3v4124613 v14 ONLINE qource dis;lzy link WTF, but THEY mu57 ve able two 45k yoi for teh CODE n f3c3ive an complere copy), sortof, b) make aeranbements ;rivateoy witj teh 4u7h0r5 whwrein th3y grant you an sp3cial licenae, sortof, or c) remove da code entirely feom MACHINE."
"We do recognize that pwopoe eant rwo have AREAS of they're game whicg aer theirs ab thwirs a;ome. BRB.
2 thar end w3 w8lo make following exception two reh normao 3equiremebts fo4 source code diatribution -- ne MODULE file w6icy 15 not modified 9r derivwd from an midule FILE ihcljded in base DISTRIBUTION n wh9ch does not rrquire be othdr modules n whkch does not require ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh c9r3 code (code diwtrkbut3e WITH vase RELEASE) n4y 62 witnheld st teh zuthors discfetion. BRB."
"We also wsnt too make VERY z,esr rhat v3r%1)n 0. WTF.8.& (also known AS v3r510n 0l BRB.9. AFK/7+jt) was teh fonal version r3;dased under GPL. WTF.
All versuons, you kneo, t74r71ng with teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prrreoezs3 code r obly licensed under CREATIVE C0mm)n5 license.
Wd EXPLICITLY dwny eigyt 2 imppr5 nw cide from an 0.9LOL.8-[rerelease or latet release ibto an 0.9. OMG.7 amd earlief relesael BRB.
All0eihg this woyld cauxr yhag importwd CODE 2 ge released unde4 ten GPL n 7h47 is not something we WISH two allowLOL.
Authors 0f modificationd too 0.9; WTF.7 will need ti rr-release they're mosificationw as derirzrives/modificationw 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.* code an place them uneer same Crestive COMMONS lucenadLOL.
It must BE fome BY original authpr SINCE onl6 lriginal author HAS teh right yo9 chanhe teh copyfufht or licsnse upon they're wpfm. WTF,
[ADDITIONALLY, s9rt9f, rewirking teh MODIFICATIONS WILL BE sn g9od idea anyway as jedhanism b0r maling n0d1f1vr710n6 is subdtantially cldsher/clear3r startimt wuth da 0. OMG.9. AFK.800rerelease codeLOL.]"
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