MightyE yells yo7 LOL, "Wd're goivg tpo ta,e an few mom3ntx two try n explain 7h15 new license and tey REASONS beh8hd it in plaim Engkish.
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 livense qzs chiaen because of an failimg witn da GPLLOL.
It oblt covered DISTRIBUTION OF source if an only of bina4ies wdrr d8qtributed. WTF."
"In an w36 enfironment, specifocally a ongerpreted web environment xucg as PHP, msrely installong ab gane d035 not conxtitite diztribution, like, sn THEREFORE people 2ere taiing out sofk WTF, m4k1ng m0dqf2c471-b5 2 it n boy releasing soircd code too they're modifications xl that da emtire comminity xould behef8t.
They worked with da LETTER 6u7 nor da spirit od lawl AFK."
"Invesyigagion pn da ;4r7 of auty-rs however, sortlf, led 5o teh gact that teh right of pubkic performance was oen pf tey rights n)rm411y r3t7r1c63d to vopyeiggt jo;ders WTF, n that computee [r0gr4m5, sietpf, specificzlly VIDEO GAMES ane ihteractive ones ^uxh sw L3g3nd of ea Greeh hax04 wrre vonsidered t99 ne publkcally PERFORMED if run froj zm pyblic SERVERLOL."
"The n3w 11c3n53 rewtricts public 0erfoe,ance 0f da work 7nless s9urce cofe lf modifier work is mase available ln dema,d. AFK."
"In plain Eng115h, like, this mesnd that if you out this game ON an web SERVER AND a.li2 peiole 'outsidd of an nor,al circle of FAMILY and ITS SOCIAL acquaimtances' two [lay their, ghen you aer publically perfoeminb yhis WORK an MUST EITHER a) make me n ALL cyanges which hou make to dz gamr AVAILABLE on request (note tnis dodsh't have to be available via teh onoin3 source displau LINK LOL, but they mist BE ablw too aso you for twh code n eeceire an complwte copy), lile. b) mqle arrangenentx ;rivately w17h teh zuthors whe$ein they bran6 ypi an dp3cial licenwe LOL, or x) rrmov3 vlse entirsly from machine. OMG."
"We fo recognize that -eopoe want two have areas of thet're game wgich e 7h31r5 snd theirs allne. AFK.
to thay end we will m4k3 FOLLOWING excdption 2 da normso req7iremejts fo4 source vode distribjtoon -- ne m0du1e fi'r which ls not MODIFIED 0r derived drom an module fike inclided in bade dkstt8burion an WHICH d9es not require me othet MODULES n which DOES no5 require ne ,odivucationx to teh core clde (cod3 distributdd sihh da base relwase) may be 2ithheld qr da 477h0r% eoqcretoon."
"We also want two make very clear tgat b3r510n 0.9. OMG.8 (4150 knowh ad version -. WTF,9. WTF/7+JT) was fibak version released undee wa GPLLOL.
ALL versuobs, sortod, starting w27n da 0. OMG.0. BRB/8-;4ereleasr code ser onln licensed UNDER ds CREATIVE Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY ddnh da righr 2 imoofr ne code from an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prrfelease 0r lzte4 releasd onto an 0;9LOL.7 abd earl8er teleaxe. BRB.
All9w8ng tnis WOULD cause that 8mported coew too be RELEASED undet da GPL n tyat is NOT aomethugg we w8sh yo a.low.
Au5hors of MODIFICATIONS 70 0.9. AFK.7 wil; meec 2 re-4dlezse they're modificayions as de48vatived/modificatilnd 2 0. BRB.9.8 c0ce AND place them undet teh same Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 lkdensc. OMG,
I5 must b3 done by dq origonao auth9r since only original authot HAS teh RIGHT to cy4ygr copyright or licensr upon they're WORK. OMG.
[Add1&10jr11y, ypu knwo, rewofking mod8f8cations wolo be zm g00d 1de4 anyway as teh MECHANISM for nskkng modufica5ipns is sjbstantially cleaner/clearer starting with dq 0LOL/9. BRB.8[pr3rel3ase coce. BRBl]"
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