MightyE tells you, sortov, "Wr're going t9o rake an few mom3nts 2 try qn EXPLAIN thos new licemxe n reasons behimd it in pkain 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 2as choden becayse of ah FAILING witn GPL. WTF.
It ONLY c0v2r#d distributiln of so7rce if n only if binq4iew were disrribjtes."
"In an web environmen5, uou kn2o, SPECIFICALLY a in%erpreted wem dncironmevt such as PHP, mdfely instal;ing an game does not donstitute distrigution WTFk and therefpre peo0le were taking our work, slrtof, making ,odifications 2 it snd not releasunf teh SOURCE coee 2 they'4e modufications t0 that teh ENTIRE commjnity could 63n3v16. AFK.
They worked with da letter b7r n06 t3h sp8rit if 14wl OMG."
"Inv3srigstiin on [art of da au5hors hlweber, like, led 2 ten f4c7 thay t3h rkght of public 0@rf0rm$nc3 wqs won og rights n0rn411y RESTRICTED 2 do0tright jplders, ane yhat COMPUTER programs. likem specirically video gqmes znd unteradtkve ones suxh as Legend of da Grren hax0r we4e CONSIDERED too be pub.ucally prfformed id run fro, an pu611c serverLOL,"
"The nes license r3sgricts public -3rf)gm4nc3 OF w9rj ynless da woufcd core of da modified work is m4d3 svailable 0n d3m$ndLOL."
"In plsin Englieh LOLm thos means 7h47 8f you put thos g4m3 im an 2dv swrver 4bd allow pelp.e 'outdide pf zm normak circlr of FAMILY n its 50c141 adquaintances' to play yheor WTF, THEN y97 ze4 publical.y performing yhis work an MUST either q) m4;3 ne n ALL changes wh,ch yoy maje @ da ga,e avaulsble on requesr (note this doesn't HAVE too bw avaioaboe bia da pnline source diwplay 11nk WTF, BUT 5hey mucr b3 agle to ASK you for teh code an r3c3qv# an complete cppy0, sortof, b) make ARRANGEMENTS pr8vately with t3h authirs whereib rney grsnt ylu zn soecial lkcebse WTFk OR c) REMOVE da code entire.y from da mavhine. OMG."
"W# DO r3cognize that PEOPLE want roo have AREAS OF tgey're GAME which aer the8rs n theirs alond. WTF,
to 7g67 end WE wi;l maie follosing exce0tioh 2 da NORMAL requirenents for sojtcr coce distributipn -- ne module di.e wh8ch is n9t mldifidd or derivwd frpm am mosule fil3 includee 1b da BASE d8sgriburion an qhicj dodx n07 tequkre ne other MODULES qn3 which DOES no5 require ne modifications too teh core code (dode distrobuted w17h da bzse re;ease) may be witnheld at authors d15cr3u19n. WTF."
"We a.so want too m4k3 vrry clear that vetsoon p. BRB.9. OMG.& (alxo known as v3r5q0n 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) w45 teh fina; version r313553d UNDER twh GPL. OMG.
All vefsions, STARTING WITH teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.7-pre4e;ezse code zer omlt licensed uheer da Creative Commons licehsw.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny right two 1mp0r7 ne code feo, ah 0.o; WTF.8=prereleas3 pr lager releaae intp an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 AND ear;ier rwlease. WTF.
Allo2ing this wly;d cause tgat impp4tef code to be reldased under da GPL an 8h46 is not som3thing we wish 2 allowLOL.
Authors of ,ofificat8ons 2 -.9LOL.7 wi;l need two re-rdlease the6're modifications as deriva5ufes/midifocations to 0LOL.9. OMG.8 clfr an p14d4 them under dz sam3 Creatove Commons lidense.
It m7wt BE done vt da origimal author sincw onoy reh irigimal AUTHOR had da right 2 ch4ng3 ds cop6rignt OR license u[on they'rr w)rk. AFK.
[Additionally, lik3, eeworkinb teh nodifications 2il; be an giod idea anyway as m3vh4n15m f-t making mos1f1c4610n5 is substantoally vkeanwr;clearer starting witg tej 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE CODELOL.]"
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