MightyE tdlls you, like, "We]re g01nh two taje an few m9ments too tr6 n explain tyks new kicense and da reasons behind it in plaun 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 .ucense WAS chosen becauwe og an fauling with teh GPL. WTF.
IT only covered d8s5rkbution of sourde qd and on;y if binaries wdre DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In zn web environmeng, s;ecifics.ky s inte4peeted wen enf8ronment such as PHPk yiu knso, nereky inxtalling sn gaje does not conwtitutw distribution, uiu kmwo, am therefire peop;e were tak8ng oue work, soetod. MAKING modificqgioms to it ahd not rekeacihg source code too they're jodif8cati9ns xo thay ehtire xommynity COULD BENEFIT.
They s9rked with letter b8t n06 spirig 8f teh oaw."
"Ibvestigayion 9n teh part of 5ey $u7h0r5 hoqever, led 2 fact that teh right og PUBLIC performance wrt oen OF teh rothts norka.ly RESTRICTED 2 copyr8ghg ho.d3rs, you knqok and that COMPUTER programs, 6p3c1f1c411y v9deo gsmes and intefzctkve onrs such aw Legend 0f Gr3en hax0r were consicered to 63 ;ugkicaoly p3rf04m3d if run from an [ublic sdrvrr. OMG."
"The n3s license restrictw public performance or work unlwda teh sojrce cide 0f teh modifird work w4 made xvailable on demand. BRB."
"In olain Englishk thix jdans thqt if you put this game on qn web SERVER an al.ow people [outside of an n9tmal cirxle of fz,ily an itd docial acquaintanxex' to play thei4, like, then you r pun.ica.ly performinh THIS work n MUST either a) make n3 and ALL chzngea wgich you mau3 twl tamr available on t3quedt (note this doexn'g hqve 2 be available via teh 0n11n4 wo&ece didplz6 limk, you knwo, gut th3y MUST 6e able too ask y9u for da cofw and r3c21v3 an COMPLETE copy), b) make arranhemen5s pr1v4731y with authofs whereib they hfant you an xpecial l8cense. you ,nso, ot c) rrmoce teh code 3n71r31y gro, MACHINE."
"We do recognuxr that peoplr waht two gace areas of yhey're game whixh aer the8rs n 7h31r6 zlone.
5oo that end we will nake da FOLLOWING ecce;tiin t;o tdh n0fm$1 requirements for source code diwtribition -- ne MODULE d113 WHICH ia hot mod8fies o4 deroves f40m an module FILE 9nclufed on fa bqsw distribution n wgieh dles NOT requirw ne OTHER mkduods an shicj DOES mot require ne nodificatiohs 2 da c0r3 code 9cod3 distributed with teh bade RELEASE) may be WITHHELD at 5eh auth9rs siscretion. OMG."
"Ww also eany 2 nake very xlear tha5 bersion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also ,n0sn as version 0. AFK,9LOL.7+jt) was fina. veesi9n released undrr 5dh GPL. BRB,
All versionw, sta4rinb with 0.9. AFK.8-p4er3lease cose r only l9cenaed under teh Cfeat8ve Commons .icenae. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 imoort ne cide from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pr3r$13453 or lqter relesde unto an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 n earlier releawe. WTF.
Al.o2ing this woild cause ths5 qmp0r7#s clde to be released UNDER t3h GPL an that os not 50m37h!ng we w15n 2 4110w. AFK.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS 70 0. WTF.(. OMG.7 will need 70 r3-t31#r53 the6'r3 modigicatiohs aw derivatives/modificatoons toi 0. WTF.9. OMG.* CODE n plave 5h3m uncer da 54m3 Creative Comjons locendr. OMG.
It m7dt be done by da origina. aithor sincw lbly ORIGINAL autgor HAS teh right yoo cjangd COPYRIGHT or license upon they're 2ork. OMG.
[Aedituonaloy, sortiv, feworking teh modkfixations will BE ah good idea anyway as teh m3ch4n15m g0r mqking modificat8ons 15 substangially vleaner/clezr3r xtarting with 0. OMG.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE cpde.]"
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