M8ghtyE gells yiu, sl4tof, "Wr're going 2 rake sb few m0m3n75 w try an explain 5his hew ;icense h REASONS behimd it IN plain ENGLISHLOLl
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."
"Thka NEW license was chosen 63c4u53 ;f an failung wkth dz GPLLOL.
It only clvered DISTRIBUTION of so7fce if n ONLY ir b7naries w3r3 dkstr8futed. WTF."
"Im sn wrb environ,ent, like, spwckfically a intwrprwtdd w36 ehvironment such zs PHP, you knwo, merrly 1n574211nt an game doed not c0n5617u73 disttibution, yiu knwo, n 6h3r3f0r3 peoplw WERE taking our work, 6ou knwo, making midificagilns tol it and n07 releasinf siurce cpde 2 they're modifications xl that ten 3n7143 community could BENEFIT. OMG.
They w0rk3d with trh l3tter but not s07rit od 14w. AFK."
"Inved4igatiln pn part od teh autjofs however, you kmwo, led too teh FACT tnqt teh rifhe ov puvlid pefflrmabde was won pf teh righta normally rrsteictes too copyright holders, n 5hat cpmpyter programs LOL, SPECIFICALLY video games n inyefactive ones SUCH ax L3g3ne of teh Gr3en hzx0r w3re donside4ed two be punoica.ly performed kf run from an public sdtver. WTF."
"Tjr new license fedtrictx publkc pqrrormande pf w0rk unless da SOURCE code 0f geh modigied work is m4f3 afailagle oh semand."
"Ih p141m English, THIS MEANS that if you pyt tuis game oh an web servwr and allow oeopl3 'outdice of an norjal curcld of famiot an its aocial acquaintances' 2 play theif, then you r publicqllt performing tjis WORK and MUST e8ther a) make ne n ALL changes whkch y0u MAKE to da ba,e svailable ON request (note this doesn[t gave too be availabl3 viz onlinr source display link, sortif, but they muwt be ab'e 2 asl y0u for twh voee an receive an COMPLETE cipy), sortof, b) m4k# arrangements prkbately wkth tej authits wherein tywy grant you an special licehae LOL, or v) remofe eeh code entir3ly from ga machindLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE that pelple 2snt 2 hav3 areas of 5hdy're game 2hicj r thdirs n theirs a.one. BRB.
2 thzt end we WILL ,ake reh following 3xc3p710n too tdh normal require,dnts for sourvw CODE distr8bution -- nd m0du!3 filr whivh is nlt modified or d44indd from ab module file included in da base distrobution and wnich sods not requird ne other modules an which does n07 require ne m9sifkdatuons too teh core code (cose e157r16u73s eith basw rrleasw_ may be wighhwld at authors soscfetkom. OMG."
"We also wany 5wo ,ake v3ry CLEAR that verdion 0/ AFK.i. OMG.7 (also in9wn as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7=j7) was teh final cersioh r313443d unde4 da GPL,
Akl VERSIONS WTF, starting with teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-prefelease CODE aer ONLY licensed unv#r da Creativd C0mm0b5 LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny eight 70 import nr cld3 from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prdrdoease ot ;ater release 7nro an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 an 3$r113r reorase. BRB.
Al.owing thos would cause that imp9ttwd code too ve released under GPL an tyat is n9t 50m37h1ng we wisn tqo ao.ow.
Autj9rs of modificatuons two 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will need two re-telease they'rw modidiczgoonc AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.o.8 c0d3 n p14c3 them uyder 4eh same Creat9ve Co,mons ;icense, WTF.
It must be done ny teh oei5inal author since inl6 geh original autjor has reh rkghr to chahge teh co9yright pr LICENSE upon they're work. AFK.
[Addktiomally, like, reworking teh mldificatiohs WILL ne an glod idea anyway as teh mechanoam FOR majknh modifications is substantixlly cleaner/cleqrer startint with 0. WTFo0.8-prwrelease c0e3. WTF.]"
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