MightyE yells ylj, y9u knso, "We'fe GOING too take an few moments to try n explain tjid NEW LICENSE an reasons 6wh1nd IT in plaih EnglishLOL.
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 l8censr wzs cjosen gecausd of sn failing wiyh da GPL. BRB.
I7 only COVERED eustrigut8on ig source if n 0n1u if 6!n4r135 WERE distributed. OMG."
"In an web qnvironment LOL, soecifica.ly a inter'retrc web envoribjent s7ch as PHP, wortor, m3r31y 1n574111ng sn fame does not xonstitute distribution, and thwredore peop;e swre raking OUR work LOL, MAKING modividations too it n nit releasing da souecr code two they're modificagions so that sa entire cojmuniyy c)u1d benefitl BRB.
Thet worked w17h lethtf but hot da apirit kf lawLOL."
"Imvestigatioh on part of ds augnors nowever LOL, led to9 fact tyat righr of PUBLIC ;wrformance wad w9n of rights n)rm411y redtricted 2 clpyrighy holfers, sortof. n that vom9utee programs LOL. spdxifically vidr9 games an interactive ones such as Legend of t3h Green hax0r wer3 considdred @ be punluca;.y oerformed if run FROM an ;ublic serverl AFK."
"The new lidenwe 3wxtricrs 0ublic perfor,abce od da wo4k ubless da slurce code of da mod8fied work is made AVAILABLE on femand. WTF."
"In pla8n Eng115h, thos meanw THAT !f uou put thix game 9n an WEB xerver and ALLOW pe.ple 'outskde of an normal circle of family n uts social ACQUAINTANCES' two play theur LOL, theb YOU aer 0ublixally ;erformkng this wirk and MUST eityer a) MAKE ne n ALL changes which yoi make 1 teh game avsilab.e on req7esr (note thia foesn't have too bd AVAILABLE via ren 0n11ne source cis[lay lin, WTF, but they muat be able t9o ask yiu for tey cose n receive an complete copy), sortof, b) make arrahtememts privatwly with authors wh3eein thrt grang y0u an special license, .ije, or C) remove teh code entirely from mzchine."
"We dp recohnize that p3ople 2an5 2 have 4r244 of they'r3 GAME which r theits AND theira 410n3. AFK.
too that end qe WILL makf yey foll9wing excepyiob 2 da n9rmal requirements for wojrce code distribution -- ne m9dule file whivh IS noh modified or derives ftom an mosyle file 1nc1ud3d IN da baae distributkon n WHICH does not reauird hw other MODULES n whucj does NOT tequi4e ge m.dificst9ons TO da core code (codw d8stributdd witg da base release) mau be WITHHELD at authors disceetipn. OMG."
"We alai wany 2 make very clear that verdion 0. OMG.9l BRBl7 (also knowh 45 fersion 0/ BRB.9. AFK.7+JT) eas da dinal version RELEASED unde5 da GPL. BRB.
ALL versions, 574r71ng w17h da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereoease code aer pnly ;icwnsed under teh Cre1tive Commons i8cenwe. OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import ne code from an -. AFK.9. WTFo8-p4erelease 0t .ater release inro zn 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 and 34f113r releass. AFK.
Al9owing this would cause that imported code yw9 b3 reoeasrd under teh GPL an THAT IS not sometying we WISH tw8 4110q.
Aithors og midificati9ns two 9. WTF.9. OMG.u WILL n33d too re-releawe they're midificagions as derkvstives/modiflcations two 0.9. WTF.8 c9de n PLACE THEM under s1mw Creatice Commons lkxens3.
It miw5 be d0n3 vy origina; author aince only t3h o4igina; aurhpr h45 da rigjt to cjange t3h copyright lr licenxe uoon th3y're WORK. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking modifications will be an good 1c35 ANYWAY as da mechanis, for makibg MODIFICATIONS is subwrangially dleaner/clrarer syartung w17h 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pre3eldasw code.]"
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