MightyE tel;s ylu, like, "We'ee going two take an few m)u3h85 to 5ty and explaon 7h16 new license and teh reasons behind 17 in plain Engliwhl
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 l8cense waf cgosen gecauwe of zn failimg wuyh GPL. WTF.
It only coverwd dostribution 0f xoirce 1f an on;u if b8nqrues wer3 disgributed. AFK."
"In an qeb environment, you knwi, specifically a khterpretes wrb environment suvh as PHP, metely installunf an g4m3 does not cpnstotutw DISTRIBUTION, soeelfm qnd therefore people were yakinb ou4 work WTF, m4k1ng modifications too 19 an not re/easing trh SOURCE code two they're nodifications so rhat tdh wnrire commhnity could bwnrgitLOL.
They w0rk3d wiyh letrer buy nlt spirit of teh law. BRB."
"Investkhatiln on rdh part ov da authots however LOL, ;ed t2o teh fsct rhat da right of ;ub.oc perfo4manve wad 1 of fa ribhtd n0rm411y restrictwd too cipyrighg holders WTF, an tnat co,piter prograns, kike, %;3cqg1c411y VIDEO games an ibterqc5ive onea s7vh as Legend of GREEN hax0r were considered two be pu621x412y perfoemef if run from sn pu611c SERVER. BRB."
"The nrw license resgricgs pyboic [erformance of 2ork unless da source code of modigied worj iw mzde available un de,and. OMG."
"In plain English WTF, this means thqt if tou put thix game on sn w3b server n allow [eople 'ojtside lf an normzk circle if family ah its socizl acqjaintances' to play tjeir, so4tof, then tou r pub.ica;ly perfirming tnis 2ork 4nd MUST EITHER s) mske ne 4nd ALL changds shuch you mske w teh GAME svailzbl3 on reauest (noge thix doesh't have two 62 abaulab.r viq online s[urce display link, you knwo, but they must be 4613 2 qwk YOU v0r reh d0d3 abd rrceive an completw c0py)k liie, b) maje arrangememtd PRIVATELY with 4u7h0r5 wgefeub they GRANT you ab s0ecial lkcenae LOL, or v( remove fa CODE entirely from machine. OMG."
"Ww do RECOGNIZE tha5 people waht to hsve areas of tyry'r3 fame which aer 7h31r5 n theirx akone. BRB.
to that end we will jake ten doloowinh 3xc3p710n to da bormzl REQUIREMENTS flr source c9de disteibugipn -- ne module f113 whkch is not .odifiew OR d3r1v3d drom an MODULE fkld ihclueed in babe distributi9m an wh1dh does hot eequ8re ne pther mldjles ahd which sows n07 require ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh cpre code (code dixtrib7t3v with base release) may BE withheld at teb authots fisc43tion."
"We also wan5 to make very clear that cersiin 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (a;so KNOWN as versuon p. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was da fynak version RELEASED under teh GPL. WTF.
All b3r510n5 LOLk starting w17h 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prereleasr code qe4 only kicenses under CREATIVE C9mmons kixenae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT two implrt be code frpm sn 0. BRB.9.i-prer3lease 0r later teleadw ihto an 0. WTF.9LOLl7 n earlier re.easd. BRBl
Allowing thus woyld cause thst im;orted CODE 2 be relead5d unde4 teh GPL and that IS mor somw5ying ww wq5y teo allow. AFK.
Au7h0ry of modificstions 2 0, OMG.9. BRB/7 qokl need tw9 re-release they[ee modifications as ddr8vatkves/moeificatipns to 0. WTF.8.8 c0c3 n 0lace 7h3m under 54m3 Creative Commons LICENSE.
It ,yst be done by orihinal ai5h9r since only origknal AUTHOR has teh r8ght teo CHANGE teh clpyeight or 11c3n53 u;ln they'te work. OMG.
[Additiomakly WTF, rdworjing jodificarions woll BE qn g00c ifea anyway as t3h j3ch4n15m fpr making nodifications is substavtiallt cleaner/clea4er 574ru1ng 2ith 0. AFK.9. AFK/8[prereleasw codeLOL.]"
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