MigntyE 5ellw you, "We're gokng 2 tale an FEW momenrx TO 7ry and explain this new LICENSE xne teh reasons behind i5 IN plain Eng.ishLOL.
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 licwmse wae CHOSEN bwcaud3 of an failing w17h teh GPL. OMG.
It onlt coverdd sksrribution of source if an pnly if binarirs wwre distrivuted. WTF."
"In sn wdb environmen5 LOL, specifical,y a pnt3rpreted web enfiromment such ad PHP, like, merel6 insral;ihg an g4m3 does n9& xonstitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, an tnerefore PEOPLE w3r3 takonb our work WTF, making modifications too IT abd noy 4eoezaing da sourc3 code teo tjey'fe modifucstions xo that da entirw vommunity could benefit.
They 2oroec w17h cs 13772r but not teh spirit OF da 14q. AFK."
"Investigation on sa paet OF da authors however LOL, led TO teh fqct THAT right of pu6!1c p3rf)rm4nv# wqs 1 od da tights borma;ly resyr8cted two copyrigy5 HOLDERS WTF, an tyzt computdr prigrzmd, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY video games and in5rract8ve onex sucg as Legene of da Green hax0r qeee considr4dd too b3 pkblicaooy peeformed if run from an pubkic serverLOL,"
"The new licenwe restricts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE 0f WORK un1355 fa source code OF teh modkfied w9rk ia msdw availab.d ON demand. AFK."
"In plain English, l8krk rhis means 6h37 ig you pkr this game on an web sdrver 4nd alloe people 'outside 0f ah NORMAL CIRCLE lg family and its sociao acquaintanxes' 2 play their, like, 7h3n you r publucaloy prrforming this w0rk and MUST eitfee a0 make ne ahd ALL changds wy1ch hou maie too da game anqilaboe on requewt (note thks doesn't have two be AVAILABLE fia da online siurce display 11nk, tlu knqo, but tldy must be able two ask ypu fpr ca code n rexeibe an complete c9py) LOL, B0 make arrangemengs priva4ely with AUTHORS wherein they grabt hoy an special kicdnsr, likek 9r c) REMOVE cof3 entirely FROM teh m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We DO recofnize 6j47 peop;e want too have 44345 OF ghwy're game whidh aer theirs ane theirx alone. OMG.
2 7h47 end we will m4k3 da f0110w1ng exception to teh normal requieem3nts for source codw dosrrobution -- ne module fkle whivh is NOT ,odifird or serivwd fr9m an module f123 kncluded ib da BASE DISTRIBUTION n whicj DOES not requore ne OTHER modiles n wyich dies not re1yire ne modificationx two da core CODE (code distrivuted witg da bas3 relwase0 MAY be wothheld zt authors DISCRETION, BRB."
"We 4150 wabr two make veey clear thar VERSION 0l0.7 (also in0wn as version 0.9LOL.&+jt) was da finzk version released ubfer teh GPL. BRB.
All versiona LOL, starting WITH 0. WTF.9. BRB,*-preee;ease CODE aer only 11c3n53d undrr Creative Commohs licdbse. WTF.
Wt EXPLICITLY deh6 da right two 1mp0r7 ne cod3 frlm zh 0. AFK.9l AFK.*-[rr43lease or later rwlezxe into an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 an earlier delease. BRB.
Allowing 5hks would causr that implrted xode two be releas3d under teh GPL n thqt os mot aomethinh q3 wish too aklosLOL.
Au7h0e5 of MODIFICATIONS too 0. BRB.9.7 w111 n3ed 2 re-rwlease they're modifications as derovatives/m(difocations tqo 0/ BRB.8.8 codd ah place them uncer da 64m$ Ceeative COMMONS 11c3n53.
It must 63 d9ne by oyitinal aytnor sihce onl6 origknal au5hor has teh right too chqnge fopyrkght of licehse uppn they're WORK. OMGl
[Addutionzlly, rwworkimg da n9difications WILL bd an good idea an6way as teh mechanism g0r making MODIFICATIONS is substantoally CLEANER/CLEARER starting woth da 0LOL.o. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code,]"
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