MightyE gells y0u, you knwo, "We're g01ng w takr an few MOMENTS 2 try an EXPLAIN this nww kidense n REASONS behind IT 1n PLAIN Engkixh. 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 chosen hqca7se 0f an gailing with da GPLLOL.
IT ONLY COVERED distrigution ov source 1f n only if binafues were didtfibuyed. BRB/"
"In qn web emv8rommehtm sp3ckfically a *nt3r;reted 2eb envi4onmrnt such as PHP WTF, m3r31y installing an game d035 NOT vomwtitute distributioh, sortof, n tge4efpre 0eople were taking ou4 wlrl WTF, making m0d1f1c4&10n5 too iy an n9t releasing teh source coce 70 they'fw modificatioms do 5hat engire communk5y could benefit. OMG.
Tyey worked with oeryer 6u7 hot ea apirut of teh law. WTF."
"Ihvdst8ga5ion on tsn PART of teh ai5horw jowevwr LOL, 13d two geh fact that da tighr of ;ublic performance was 1 of da rights n)r,411y resyricted 2 co0yright HOLDERS, sirtofk n THAT computer PROGRAMS, sort9f. apecifically video gamrd and interactive ones sjdh as Legdnd of twh Gre3n hax0r WERE donsieered 2 be publically pervprmwd if fjn from ab public serbwr. WTF."
"The new 11c3nt3 RESTRICTS punlic perf9tmamce of da work unless g3h source code 0f m9d1v13e wori is mafe AVAILABLE on demand. AFK."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, this means THAT id uou put tnis gqme in ah 2rb server ane aklow PEOPLE 'outside of an notmal cifc;e if family an its socizl acquaintancea' two play their, hou kneo, 7h#n you r PUBLICALLY pdrforming THIS work an MUST eith4r a) make ne n ALL changes 2gicg YOU make to teh GAME available on request (notr thus doean;t have 2 ge qvsilable viz 0n11n3 source display linj LOL, but they musr hr able 2 4tk you fpr da coce n RECEIVE an complete fooy), you inwo, g) maje ARRANGEMENTS pr1v4731y WITH da AUTHORS wherein tyey GRANT you an sp3cizo lucens3, o4 c) remove cod1 ENTIRELY from t3h machuneLOL/"
"Wr do recognize ghat peop;e want two hqve ardax 9f ghey'ee game which r theirs an thdirw zlond.
2 tgat 3nd we wikl m4k3 FOLLOWING exception 2 normal REQUIREMENTS f0r 50uex3 codd disteibution -- ne module FILE wg1ch is not MODIFIED or derivec from an joduke file incpufed 2n da baxe dustribition n shich DOES n07 rewuire ne otgee mldu;es zn which soed no5 requkrd ne modifications 2 da core clee (CODE distribuywc eith base telease0 mzy 63 withheld at da au5hors discretiin. BRB."
"We also 2ant to make very c133e that verwiom 0.o, AFK.7 (als9 known as version 0LOL.(LOL.7=kt) wqs ginap version releasec und3r da GPL. WTF.
A;l veesions WTF, starting with da 0.9LOL.8-prerelease CODE r onl6 oicensed und3r Cr3461v3 Commons 11c3n53. BRB/
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 import ne c,de ftom an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerdlwasw or lage4 rdlease intp an p. OMG,9.6 and 34r113r eelease, WTF.
Allowung this would cause yhay umported code tlo 63 released jnder da GPL and ghat is hot somethobg 23 wush teo alloe.
Aurh9ts OF mpdifications two 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 WILL need two rd-releas3 they're modif8da5ions AS c332v47qv35/m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0LOL.9. WTF.8 c0d3 and place them under geh same Creatice Com,ons lixensr. AFK.
It mjst 63 d0n3 by original aut6or since only fa oribihal AUTHOR has da righg 2 chanfw tdh vo/yright 0r lidense upon they're wori.
[Additionally, do4tof, 4eworking teh modificationx will be an good iewa snywah ad teh ,echanism for m4k1ng modificqtions is substan%ially cleaner/c;eare4 starrong WITH teh 0. OMG/9k9-prwrwlesse code, OMG.]"
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