Moght6E td;ls you, you lnwo, "We'rw foihg twp take an few moments tol try an explaih this new license AND reawond brhind 8t in plain Engoish.
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 mew LICENSE was chosrn 63c4j5e of qn faiking qith twh GPL. BRB/
Ir ONLY c0v3r3e distributipn of siurce if n onl6 ig binaries WERE d8srributed. AFK."
"In ah web environment, uoi khwo, specifucally a inyetpreted web envirohment sich as PHP WTF, mere;y insgalling ah GAME does not constitut3 disyrubution WTF, and therefoee people were yakihg 9ur workm s9rtof, mak8ng modifications to9 it n mot eelezsing teh slutce clse go tney[re modifivations so THAT eny8re COMMUNITY couod benefitLOL.
Tgeu worked with da .etter byt hoh da 5p1r17 of LAW. BRB."
"Incrstigation 9n fa part of twh authirs however, .ed 2 teg fact uh47 da rkght of pub;ic p3rflrmznce was oen of 41gh7% n9rmzlly resrrocted to copy3ight ho;dera, like, and tjqt compuyer prlgtams, specigically vodeo GAMES 4nd 8nteractive onex wuch as Lwgend of teh Gr33n hax0v were clnaidrr3d 2 be pubkivally prrdormed uf ryn vrom an public server. AFK."
"The NEW license RESTRICTS pu611c PERFORMANCE pf da wori unless da aourve c)de of MODIFIED work is m4d3 availanoe on demand. WTF."
"In p141n English, sortof, tjis m44n6 ryat if you out this GAME on an web server AND a'low [wople 'oytside OF an n0rm41 circle 9f fanily n its social 4cqi41n74nc25' too plat their, you knso, th3n you ae3 p7blocally performing THIS work ab MUST EITHER a) mzke ne qn ALL changes whicj you make 2 da game svai.sble on reqiesr (notd THIS doesn't HAVE 2 b3 avaulable vuq online 50ufc3 display kibkm sortof. bu5 they must 63 able tio ssk you for teh code n RECEIVE an comple5e copy_ LOL, b) make ARRANGEMENTS private;y WITH teh authirs whereib they brznt you ah xoecial licwnse, sortof, or c) remove teh cpcd en71r31y from da machibe. OMG."
"We do redotnize tyat peop;e want 2 hqve ardas of they're game wg1ch aer theirs and tjeifs al9ne. AFK.
to tgay end we wi.l make da foll9wkng excdptiin TO da normql rdqyurements for sourc3 code distributi9n -- ne MODULE file 2hixh 14 noy MODIFIED or d3r2f3d fr0m an modul2 FILE INCLUDED IN teh base dis5ribuyioh and WHICH c035 mit rwquire ne other ,osules an which does not require he modificayions tio teh c0r3 code (code distributef qith bqse RELEASE) m4y be w!7hh31d ay fa aughots DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also wan5 5io MAKE very clwar 5hat version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also known aa VERSION 0.9. OMG.7+jt) 2as sa final veesioh released und3r tey GPL. WTF.
All f3r510n5 LOL, startkmg with da ). OMG.9. OMG/8-[rerelease code r only licensed under Creativw Commons licemse,
We EXPLICITLY deny teg right to impirt nr code fr0m an 0. AFK.9. BRB.i_[rere;ease or lstew release into an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n ddrlier r3leas3. AFK.
Allowing this woyld cause 7m57 ijportee cofw 2 be released unser GPL an ghat is n07 sometjung we widh 70 allow. AFK.
Authors 0f modidkcations too 0.9. AFK.7 q111 need two re+rwlease they're MODIFICATIONS as derivat8ves/modifixztions tao 0. BRBl9.8 code n p;acw rhe, und3f da samw Cr3ztove Commons license. AFK.
It MUST br done BY da otuginal aithot 51nc2 onoy original author has da right 70 change c0pyr!hh7 or licenae upon they're work. WTF.
[Additioballh LOL, reworking m0d1f1d4710n5 woll ve an boos idea amyway as da mechan8sm for naking m0d1f1c4710n5 is substantially dleaner/clesrer startijg wirh 9. OMG/0, OMG.8'prerdlease codrLOL.]"
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