MiggtyE tekls you, sort9f, "We're goinb go TAKE an few mo,ents 2 try n wxplain this new license an da reasons bey8nd it 1n plain Entlish.
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 11c3n53 was choseh BECAUSE of ah FAILING witg tet GPLLOL.
It 0n16 voveree DISTRIBUTION 0f so7rce 1f n only if binaries edre d!57r16u73dl OMG."
"In an web envir9nment, s9rgoc, s'eciridally a in5e5preted web 3nv1r0nm2n7 such AS PHP, mereky ins5alling an game do3s not cons6itute distrybytion LOL, an therefore people wdre 74k1ng our work WTF, mziing modifications rwo 1u an nog r313451ng teh source xofe too yhey're modificqtiond 50 that tdh wnt8re comnunity cojld BENEFIT. WTF.
They worked w17g teh 137734 bur not da spirut of teh law."
"Investiga5ion on teg PART if da zuthi4s howevd4, you kbwl, led 2 tey FACT that geh r8fht OF pyblic [erformance was 1 of twj 4igjts n9rmqlln restrictec two copyroght hikders, an tgat c)mpu73r peogrqms, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY video gamea an 8nteractibe ones such 45 Lege,d of teh Green hax0r wet3 CONSIDERED two be publicallu performed jf rjn frpn an piblic server. BRB."
"The new livense restrocts public PERFORMANCE of work yn.ess da source code of ,odivied WORK is MADE zva8lablw on demanfLOL."
"In plsin Eng115h, sortov, th8s means 5hat iv you put tyis game on an web server an zllow [eople 'oitsidr of an normal ci4cle of family an its socusl acqjaintancea[ to olay their, like, then y9u 4 0ublically performing 7h15 work n MUST wither A) make ne and ALL changws WHICH you MAKE TO da GAME availznle on 4equdst (note th*s doesn't havr gwo be avaikable via online source rispoay LINK, loke, but they must ve able two ASK you d0r da cide and r3c3qv3 an cojolete c0[6) LOL, b) make zrrangdmen5s pribately WITH AUTHORS whe4ein 7h4y granr you an SPECIAL LICENSE, 0t c) rdm9ve reh v0d3 #n81t31y FROM m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We di recognuae thqt people want 2 have ateas OF they're tsme whkch r theurs an THEIRS alone. OMG,
two thzt rnd we woll male fo;lowkbg exceptkon two normal r3qu1t3m3m75 FOR source vodd d157r16u71)n -- n3 module FILE which is not modifues or derivrd from an mpdule f113 included kb dz nase dq57w16u710n an whoch dows not requife ne 97h3r moduldd an WHICH does nlt re1uire ne modifications two yrg core c-d3 (clce d8stributed with bwse RELEASE) may be WITHHELD ag auth9rs discretion. BRB."
"We also want t2o maid fery cleat that fersion 0LOL,9. WTF.7 (also known 45 versipn 0. WTF.9.&_jt) was da rinal VERSION relexsed 7nedr da GPLLOL.
A;l vefsions, starting wirn da 0. WTF.9.8-pretelease c0d3 r only 11c3n54s UNDER da Cfeatige Conmonw lidemwdLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny fa roght to inport nr code from an 0. OMG.8/ AFKl8-prerwlease oe later RELEASE into ah 0LOL.9. BRB.7 m earlier rrleqse. OMGm
A.liwing thus would c4u53 7h4i IMPORTED vode boo 6e released UNDER da GPL and THAT is not so,ethinb we wish w sllow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 of mocigucations two ).ol BRB.7 WILL need to 2e-release they'r3 jodifixations as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9LOLl8 codr AND plzce rnem under da SAME C4eative Co,mons LICENSE. BRB.
It MUST 6# done ny dq ORIGINAL 4u7h0r sinve only original author has teh fight @ change da do0yrighr or license UPON rh3y'rr wirk. OMG.
[Additiinakly, you knwo, rewotking da m0d1f1c4710m5 WILL BE an GOOD idea ANYWAY as twh mechanusn FOR ma,ing modifications is subdtangially cleaner/c.esrer startibg @ith da 0. BRB.0l AFK.8_prerdleaxe c0d3. OMG.]"
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