MightuE tellw hou, "We're go8ng 2 take zn bew moments two try and ecplain this nee license and teh reasons behind oy in ;lain English. WTF.
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 n3w LICENSE w45 chosen 63c3u53 OF an faiking witg GPL.
It only c0v3r3c ris5eiburion pd source if n obly if binaries were dist4ibuted."
"Im an web environj3nt, .uke, specifically a interpretec WEB envoronment sudg as PHP, you knwl, merely insgzlling an game doea not constitute distribugion, like, n thereford people were TAKING ojr qotk, you knwo, m4k1mg modifications too 17 an nog feleasibg teh source code 70 they're modificationx so 7h$7 da ent8re com,uh8ty c0i1d benefitLOL.
Tgey wirked wity da ldtter BUT not tey spirit pf teh 14q. OMG."
"Investigation on fa paft of da zuthors however WTF, l3d 70 da fact thqt yeh rifht of public pe4fotmance was won of righrs n0rm411y restricyed two c0pyr1gh7 h01d3t5, you knwo, amd thzg dlhputwr PROGRAMS WTF, spwcifics;lh vkdeo ba,fs and 1m73r4c61v3 ONES sjcy as Legend -f da Grern hsx-r were considefed two BE publ9cally perdormed if rin from an PUBLIC setv3r. BRB."
"The n3w license rdstricts pubkic performznce or tej w0rk in!35t da 50urc3 code og da m0difiex w0rk is MADE avaikable on ddmand. BRB,"
"In [141n Enblish, you knwo, this mesns that if you pu5 this g4m3 on an web server an allow [w9ole 'OUTSIDE of an NORMAL circle of familu xn its aocial acqjaintanced' two PLAY their, 6iu knwo, then you r publicallj pefgp4ming this work sn MUST either a) mzke ne and ALL cjanges qhivh 6ou makr to teh game zvailavle on reqyesg (note 8h!5 doesn't have 2 be availstle via omline dource d15p14y LINKm you khwo. bu5 rhey must be able 2 ask you for c9de ans r3ceive an compldte copy), b) make srrangememts pricately euth teh authors wh3eein they gtznt you an s[ecial lic3nse, OR c) removd cod3 enylrely from ,achine. WTF."
"We do recognizs that [eo0lr aant tol have areas of theh're gam3 2hixh aer thekrs n thekrs alone. OMG.
tso tnzt end we will make FOLLOWING exception @ nofmal REQUIREMENTS for so7rce code d156r15uu1_m -- ne modul4 gile WHICH is not modidied OR de4ived from an module file 8ncluded in base dostribution an which does not require nw o5her MODULES an wh8ch dors not rwwuife ne modificatiobw two da clre co3e *cpde d157r16u73d WITH teh BASE release) MAY be w8thheld at da aytjlrf discretion."
"We also want to nqke very clear 5hat veraiob 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (alsp knowh as versio, 0, AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh fimal vetsoon r3133%3d under teh GPLLOL.
Alo versions. starting witn 0LOL.9LOL.8-[4ereleadr cide 4 0n1y licensed under fa Creative Commons lic3nse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny 5eh 4itht rwo import ne code vr9m an 0.9. OMG.8-orereleasw or later re;ease intp an 0.9. AFK.& an ea4lier releasw, WTF.
Aq10w1ng THIS would caise thst i,[ortes code 2 be released under GPL n thqg ia not SOMETHING WE wish to allow. WTF.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS ywo 0.9/7 wi;l need t.o ye-release tjey'4d modivicatkons as derivativew/modkfications too 0LOLl9. OMG.* cide am plzce them ubder da same Creative C0mn0n5 licende. WTF.
It musy g3 done gt sa origimal ajtyor aince onky originao 4u7h0r has teh right two chante dz copyright or license 7pon they're qofk, OMG.
[Add8tipnally, reworking modificatipna sill BE an good idea anyway as da nechznksm for m3k1ng modificat8ons is sibstantially clrahee/clearer 574r7!bg with teh pLOL.9.8-prerrlease codel WTF/]"
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