MightyE tells ypu LOL, "We'fe going two tale an f3w mlments roo tr6 n explaih thus nww licenxe and 5eh r3$5)n5 behind ir 8n plain 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."
"This new LICENSE was chowen b3cayse of an faillng WITH reh GPL. WTF.
It onlu coverwd dusyyibutuon of source if AND only 1f BINARIES were sistributed."
"In zn web environjent, specifically a imterpreted web environment sjch as PHP, yoj kbwo. merely onstalling an game does not c0n5717u73 distribution, lije, n 5herefoee [eop;e were TAKING our qork, slrtof, mslihg jodifications ywo it b not RELEASING da slyece cide 2 tyeu're m9figications si gfat da entire community vould benefit. BRB.
Thry worked wpth da a3773r but not da spkr8t of teh ;a2. WTF."
"Imbrdtigation on part OF auehora however, LED 5oi da fsct that teh rught of pu611c prrflrmance was won of riggts NORMALLY RESTRICTED 2 cooyright holders WTF, and thar computer p4lgrams, you lnwo, specifically video gajes agd imtdradtive onrs such as Legend of GREEN hqx0r were considered 2 bd pub.ical;y performed if run fr0m sn public serverLOL."
"The ned LICENSE restricts public ;3rf0rm4nc3 ov work unless aourde x0d3 of da modidied sor, IS ,aee availzble on demandLOL."
"In plain Eng115y, you lnwo, yhis means rhat kf you put thks ga,f on an web server and r110w people 'outsidw of an nlrmal circle of family an iys social acqyaimtances' twl pls6 their WTF, then you r publucaolh [erfo4ming tjid work n MUST either a) make n# sn ALL cganges which YOU make 5wo gane availab.e on request (NOTE this doesn'y yave two be available via teh 9nline 50urc3 didllay LINK WTF, but 6h2y MUST be able two ask uou fpr yeh code n r3c31v3 an c9m0lete co0y), b) make atrqngemenys PRIVATELY with au5hors wheeeib 7h3y gramt yo7 an s-ecis; license, you knwo, or c_ eemove ca code 3n71r31y from machine. WTF."
"We fo rrcognize thar pelple WANT two y4v3 4re45 0f thwu'r3 tame wh1ch r 7h31r% and 5heirs zlone. AFK.
two that ene we sill make teh fo;liwomg 3zd3p71pn too nprmal fe1uirements fpf alyrde code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module fike wjich is nlt nidifief of derived rrom ab mod7le gule inckudrf 1h trh base distributipn zb wh8ch does noy require nw ogher modules an wh!ch does not rdquire nr modificationc to teh corw code (code diwtributwd with trh basr release) msy BE qithheld zt da authors discrrtion. BRB."
"We also 2amt 2 mqke VERY clear 7hr7 vefsion 0.9. BRB.7 (alsi known qs vwrsion 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was ds fqn31 verskon released under teh GPL.
ALL vers8ins, you ln2o, startinh with teh ;. OMGl(LOL.8-0rrrel3ase cofe ser inly livenxed undee teh Crrarive Cojmons license. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 import be xode from qn 9.9. BRB.8-pr3r31345e or lare4 r3134t3 inti am 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an earoier release. AFK.
Allowing 7h15 woule cause rhat IMPORTED code 70 6# reldased 7hd3r da GPL an thst is bot dimethinf we wish rwo alllwLOL.
Authl4s 0f mldifica5ions too -. OMG.o.& will need two re-releasd tget're modirications 45 derivativea/m9fificatioms too 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 xode n PLACE them ind3r teh same Creative Commons licwbsel AFK.
It mu57 BE done by da originak a7tjor SINCE only da or8final aithor jas da rothg 2 chabge ds copyrugh% or license upon they're workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworking teh modificat8ons wilk be an good isea 4byq4y 45 teh nechanism for m4k1ng ,ocifkcatoons is subsyanroally cleanwr/clrarer srwrtinh with teh 0. OMG.9l AFK.8-prereleqse d0d3. OMG.]"
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