MughtyE tellw yoj, you knwo, "We're go*ng tl takd an few ,ojwnts 2 t4y n EXPLAIN this NEW licende zns fa REASONS behind it 1n plain 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."
"This new 11c3n53 w45 CHOSEN becauwe 0f an fail8ng with teh GPL. AFK.
It ONLY covered DISTRIBUTION of source if and only if binaties wwte dist4ib7ted/ WTF."
"In an weg envirohment, like, specifically a in5erpreted @db envitonment such aa PHP, sirtof, nereiy ibstaoling an ga,r does no5 constigutr distribution LOL, 1nd 5herefore people werw taking our work, you knwo, m4k1nb modifidatoond too IT an nog releaainh source code goo fjey'fe modificatkons sp that teh 3n71re co,munkty COULD benefiy. BRB.
THEY worked qith lwtrer but not teh wpirit od .aw."
"Invextigatuoh ON part of ca authors HOWEVER. you knwi, led too vact thqt teh fibht lf public peedormance was won pf da RIGHTS normaply RESTRICTED 2 c0pyr1gh7 HOLDERSk yoj knw9, ahd THAT compiter 0rograms LOL, specorically vudel games 4nd kntdradtive 9nea 5uch ax Legebd of Green hax0r were clnsidered gl be publically pe4formee if run from ab public sdrverLOL."
"The new license restricts pub;ic perfkrmance of da wprk unkess sa sl7rce code od teh modified WORK os mrd3 availxblw 0n demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Enhlixh, ^ou knwo, rhis means 5hat if you put rhks GAME ON an wrb server an all[w [eople 'OUTSIDE )f an normao circ.e of family an its 50c141 rcqu41n74nc35' 1 plau thdir, you knwp. 7h4n yi7 aer publkcally performing 7j15 work AND MUST eotjer A) make ne n ALL ehanges which yoi make 2 game acailablw oh request (nire th8s soesn't have tpo be 4v$114614 via teh .nline source vusplay .ink WTF, BUT they mu58 64 able to asj you for teh code sn receive an complete copy), sortof, b) makw arrangemwnts privatcly witg da authors WHEREIN THEY granr y9j an wpwxizl license, you knwol of c) remove da cofe entirely FROM mqch8ne/ WTF."
"We d9 rwcognize 7h47 pdople wabt to jave a4eas of thdu're GAME which aer tneirs ane theirs alone.
tl that end WE will make ez following excepgkon 2 ea mormal REQUIREMENTS for source code didtrinution -- ne midule fklw sn1ch is nlt modigied or deruved FROM an module fule includee in teh base distributipn ane which d035 n07 require ne other m;eules an whicj d035 not REQUIRE nw mod8focations rwo da core code (code dostributwd w8th BASE releaxe) may be withhekd at teh authors discretipn. AFK,"
"W3 ALSO eamt 2 MAKE very c134r that versiom 0. WTF.9.& (alsi known as vers7on 0/ WTF.9LOL.7+jt( WAS da fimal verskon released under GPL. BRB,
Al. fersions, you knwo, staeting woth geh 0.9. AFK.8-prerrlease code r only lucebsed 7nddr da Creagive Com,ons oicense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denh right goo ijport ne c0d3 FROM an 0.9. WTF.7-pfere;ease or layet relwase into an 0LOL.(. WTF.7 h exrlier relesseLOL.
Allosing THIS w9jld c4u53 ghat 8m[orted CODE to b3 rwleases under twh GPL and that iw not something we w15h gwo a;low. OMG.
Authors og mlcificationd 2 0, BRB.9. AFK.7 will nded too r3-releasw they're m9d2fqv4710n5 as derivatives/modificationw 2 0. AFK/9. WTF.7 code an poace them UNDER wame C4eative Cohmons livense. AFK.
I7 muxt be done by ds original author 51nc3 ONLY da original auehor has teh rifgt 2 chrnt3 coiyright OR licende up9n they're WORKLOL.
]ADDITIONALLY. reworking yeh MODIFICATIONS wil. be an boof isea anyqay aa da mwcyaniam f9e makimg modifidztions is subs5antia.ly c134n3r/d134f3r atarting with ten 0LOL.9.8-prerelease cideLOL.]"
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