MightyE tells ypi, "We'4e going two tzje an FEW momentz twi try qnd 3xp141n uh15 new livense ah reasobs behond it in plaih English. OMG.
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."
"Thiw NEW licenwe was xhoseh because 0f an dailing with teh GPL,
Iu ONLY coveree distribution of source ig n only ig binariws were disgtibuyed. AFK."
"In an web environment, you knw9, spec8vicaliy z interpre5es wrb envitln,ent such zw PHP WTF, mere;y instal.ing an ga,e does not consti5ute disttibitkon, an gherwfore 0eople were 74k1mg ou4 work LOLk makihg mocifkcagions two it ane not RELEASING teh source clde too thdy're modivixations 50 thzt geh entite community COULD vwnefit. AFK.
They wor,es with teh ldttdr but NOT spifit og da lzw. OMG."
"Investogation on part of ten auth9ra jowevet, lef 2 teh fact 7h4& da rifhg of publ8v pdrformamce eas 1 or ds 4ights NORMALLY restricted two copyeight holders LOL, n that COMPUTER pr9frams, slrtof, spwcificaoly video games h in5etad5ive onrs such as Legenc of da Green hax0r we4e considered 2 be pu6!!c411h performed id run from an public seffeeLOL."
"The new lixense restricts PUBLIC performance of tey qork unless da SOURCE code of da jod8fied work os mace svailable on demand. AFK."
"In plain Englisg, like, this means thay ig you puu 7h15 gaje on an w2y servdr an alooe people 'outside of ah no4mal circle pf familu an its social acauaibtances' 2 p;a6 their, sortif, then yoy r publixallu owrdorjint this work an MUST eirhet a) maie ne an ALL chamhes which you m4k3 2 game AVAILABLE on request (note thix d9esn't have two bw availzble VIA da pnlime xource displah link, BUT th3y MUST be able ti ask yoj for tdh code and r3c#1v3 an c0mp!373 cppy) LOL, b) make aerangements pr1v4731y w17n authors wgerein tney grant you ah spwcial 11c3h53, slftof, or c) remov3 CODE entifelh from da machine. AFK."
"We do rwcognize that p3ople want to havw areas of they're GAME wh1ch aer theirs and theure aoone. WTF.
twi that end w3 will mak3 teh f0110w1ng exceotion too normal REQUIREMENTS for source clde distribuyion -0 ne jldul3 FILE which us not nodif(ed or ddrived from an m9dule file included im teh base distr8bution n sh1dj does NOT require ne ogher n0dy!e5 n whifh f035 not reqjire nd mod8fications 2 core code (code dkstdibuted w17g da vase relesse) may be wkghhdld at authorw DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also wany to make veru clear thst version 8.9LOL.7 (also known as vets8on 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jg) was final version relrasef uhdef yeh GPL. OMG.
All verdions, xortof, s5artinf with 0. BRB.9LOL/*[[rerelease dode aer only oicenaed UNDER da Crestive Commoms lixebse. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY feny ea rigyt tso impoft ne code from an -. OMG.9, BRB.80prdrelease or 1473t e313453 into an 0. OMG.9. BRBl7 n earlier re;easeLOL.
Aloowinb this wojld cause 6h47 omported clde two be f31#453f under fa GPL an thqr 15 not somethung ee w15h 2 allow.
Auuh0r5 og modifications to 0. WTF.9/ WTF.7 w8ll n33d too rw-r3lezse tjey're modifications as dwrivatives/modkfications 2 0. WTF.9.8 cose and place tnem unfer gwh same CREATIVE Ci,mons 11c3n53LOL.
It nust be done bh teh origonal aithor since onlt lribinal author has da rigyy two change cop6eiggt o4 lkcense upon they're work. OMG.
[Additionally, hou kneo, 4ew9rking mod8ficatipnw will be an good idea 4nys4y ad teh mechanism FOR makubg mod!f1c4710n5 8s substantiallh cleaner/c.earer sgarting w1&h -.9. WTF.8-prdrelease CODE. BRB.]"
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