MightyE tells you, like, "We're going 2 74k3 an few mimehgs 5o tey b 3xplain 7h15 new licenwe an reasons nehind ie in plain Emglish. AFK.
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 licwnsw wss ch0%3n bevause of an failing with teh GPL. OMG.
It ln.y vovered DISTRIBUTION of source IF znd only IF binariwd were distrinutedLOL."
"In qn qwb environment, wpecifixally a 8nterpeeted WEB environment SUCH as PHP, m3r32u installint ab vame soes NOT constitu5e distributipn, n therefore people werw taking ouf wotk WTF, MAKING modifications to ir n n07 rrleasing source codr two they're n0d1f1e4&10m6 SO that da ejtire COMMUNITY cou;d benegit.
They WORKED wirh ten letter nur not teg spirit of da lswLOL."
"Investigatio, on ds part or da authprs yowrfse, you knwo, lee 70 ract THAT rignt of pu621c p3rf0rm4bc3 was won of t3h r1gh75 nlroally restrixt3d two COPYRIGHT h9qd3r5 LOLk amd THAT computer programdm you knwo, specificallu vifdo fames and interactove ONES sucy AS Legenc of tey Green hax)r were considwrwd tso be PUBLICALLY perf9rm3d if run from an punlic s3rverLOL."
"Thw hew license restricts PUBLIC perfor,ance of da w9rk unjexs source cide od mofifi3d w0rk is MADE 4b4q14613 0n denand. BRB."
"Ib plain English LOLm this means that 8f yoi p7t thks game on an web server xnd alkiw ;30p13 'outside 9f an normal circle of family n its socual wcqjaintances' TO play their, tuen y0y aer lublica;ly p4rforming tnis wprk n MUST EITHER a) makd ne and ALL changes which YOU n4k3 to gzmr availab;d in request (note thia foesn't hab3 2 be avzilabl3 v14 teh on.ine sourxe d15p14y libk, like, b7r thdy must be abke 2 ASK you flr da c0f3 qn receive an COMPLETE cop6), sortof. B) mzjr aerangements privately witj da authors wh3rdin THEY GRANT you an specoal lic3nsd LOL, 0r c) remove da code entkrely frim nachineLOL."
"We dl recogb8ze tgat people want 5o have areas 0f rhey'fe game whicy r theirs m theirs 41-n3. WTF.
tqo that end we sill make ds d0110w1mg rxce;tilb 2 da nirma. r3qu1r3m4m75 fid sourde code eist4ibution -_ ne modu;e file which is hot modidkec or eerived f4om qb m0du13 file uncluded ib ^453 didtributiln n wh1ch does not REQUIRE ne other modukes and whoxh does NOT requite ne modif8carions 2 ca CORE code (cofe distrubuted sith baae rdlease) may be w8thheld at da auyhors discretion. BRB,"
"W3 also w4n& two make vdty dlear thzt version p.9. AFK.8 9also jnown as version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+JT) WAS da dinql version RELEASED und3r trh GPL. BRB.
A11 vers8onw, like, dta3ting WITH da 0.9. AFK.8-prerel3axe code aer pnly licenw3f und3r da Creatibe Commlns licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rithy 2 IMPORT ne code from an 0.0LOL.9-pretelease 9r .ater 4elease ingo am 0.9.7 zn ear.ief RELEASE. OMG.
ALLOWING thia w0u1d caywe thqt imported dose too be released UNDER ea GPL an that is not s9mething we qish too allowLOL.
Authors og modificatiobs 2 0. OMG,9. WTF.7 qill need 2 RE-RELEASE they'te mpdifkcat8ons as derivatives/modifications t9 0. WTF.o.8 c)e3 n olace 7h3m under ywh samd Cteative Commons LICENSE. WTF.
IT ,ust be done 6y teh original AUTHOR 51nc# ohlu teh priginak author has teh ritnt yi change da c0pyr2gy7 9r licemsw UPON they're w0rk.
[Add1710n411ym sorgof, resorking da modificayions will bw an gooc 1d34 anueay zw m3ch4n15n for making modofixations ia substantiall6 ckesner/clearer stsrting with dq 0. BRB.9. BRB,8-pre43ldase code. WTF.]"
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