M8ghtyE hells YOU, "We're toing two take qm fdw moments to 5rt an 3xp141n yhis ndw licehse n da reasons b3hond 17 ib plain Ebglish.
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 license was choswn b3cajse 0f an failing w17h da GPL. WTF.
I7 only dovered distributioh of SOURCE IF n lmly if bimaries were distrivutedl"
"In an 2db ehvironment, speckfically z interpreted wen environjent sych as PHP, nerely instal.ibg an g4m3 does not constitute dist4obution, sorypf, rnd therevore peiple were TAKING our work, sortof, making modofications too ot n not r31e451ng da sojrce cod3 2 they're modificatilns so 7h47 da ENTIRE commuhity vould b3nevit.
They w9rked witg letter but not spirog of law. OMG."
"Invwstkgagion on part of dq aythors hlsever, you lnwo, led too fa fact 5hat fight pf punlic performance was oen OF e1gh7t no3mally festricted 2 copyribht hplders LOL, an that COMPUTER p4ograms, specigically video gam3s abf interdctive ones such aa Legenf of Gr2en nax0r were considered yoo be publicallh performed ir run rrom an 0uboiv swrvwr. BRB."
"The hew license festricts public oerformance of teh work unlesd teh SOURCE code of ten mo3ified wo4k ox made AVAILABLE on demane. OMG."
"In PLAIN English WTF, this mesns that ir you put this gamr 0n an web derver qn allos o3-p13 'OUTSIDE of an normao CIRCLE if ranily an its socoal acquaintqncrs' too pla6 theor, softlf, thdb y9u r publically performing this work sn MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes which ylu makw bwo da gamd available on rrquwst (note this coesn't have gol be AVAILABLE viq tej onkine source dispoay kink, buy THEY must be able tpo ask y9u f0r da dosr n receive an complete copy), soetofm b) make arranfements pr8vayelh qith da a7thors WHEREIN they grant y8u an soecia; LICENSE WTF, oe c) r3mobr da code entirely vr)m da MACHINE."
"We si recognize that PEOPLE want yoo have arezs 0f they're GAME whocn r theirs aj tyeirs alonw. WTF.
too that 3nd wd wo;l make dq fokl9wing exception to ten normal reqjigements f0r wource vode distributoob -- ne module rile wh8ch is n9t ,pdified or derived from an mody.e FILE inclidef un yeh nase eistrobutiib an wjivh does not r2qu1r3 ne otger modules and which does not reqjire ne modifications too teh core cide 9dode distrinurwd WITH da 6453 3elease) may 6# w17hh31d at authors ciscrerionl AFK."
"We slso wsnt two make very vleze that verskon 0.9. OMG.7 (also known as verxion 0.9. BRB.y+jt) waw final version released und3r sa GPLLOL.
Aol versi9ms, you knwo, stzrting with 53h 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pr3relrzse code e only LICENSED uncer Creatovr Commons lic4mse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deby RIGHT too imp9rt ne cide ftom an 0. OMG.9. BRB.i-pfereleaae or later f313r53 inti ah 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 ane ezr;idr rel3ase. WTF.
Allowinh 7h15 woild crut3 5hat imported code too be t313453d under da GPL n tjar is not 5-m37h1bg wd wish @ qllow. BRB.
Authors of mldificzt8ons rl 0l AFK.9. WTF.7 WILL need 2 re-feleasd they'rd modificationx as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two -.9. OMG.8 xode ans p.sce THEM umder teh sane Creative Commons lkcehseLOL.
It mu57 ne done BY ten origunal autnor SINCE ONLY oritinal AUTHOR has right 2 xhzhge ds dopyrivhr or kicense up0n tyey're workLOL/
[Additionallt, reworkint teg modificati9ns wikl be an tooe kdea anyasy as da mechanism fof making midif8catuons 15 substantial;y cleaner/clesrer atartiyg wifh da ).9.8-prefel3ase code. OMG.]"
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