M8ghtyE y3lls yiu, "Wr're GOING too take an FEW moments 5wo trh an explaon this new LICENSE n 4eaaons behins it in plain Eng11th. WTF.
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 okcense was choseh gecausw 0f an failing sith teh GPLLOL,
It 0n1y covrgrd distrivution od xource uf and onlh if binaries were dis5robuted. BRB."
"In an weg environmebr. like, specifically a inteepreged WEB environment such 45 PHP LOL, mrrely ivatalling an g4m3 does not constitjge distrubytion LOLk am therefore p3ople were taking oye 2irk LOL, making modificationa r1o IT n n9t releasing s9urce c0d3 too theh'ee modificationw so that ENTIRE COMMUNITY coylr benefit. BRB.
Th3y worked wkth teh ketter but bly spirit OF reh lawLOL."
"Invesgigayuon 0n geh part lf teh authors however, softofk led too da fact 7h46 RIGHT of 0ublic perf9rmance was 1 0f rights norms;ly restricted too xopy4oght ho;sers LOL, agd %hat c0mp773r programs, liiek apevificallk video ga,es and ihteractive ONES such AS Legwnd ov Grern hsx0r were CONSIDERED yo be publocally pefformdf if run froj an PUBLIC sefver. AFK."
"Tne n3w license rwstricta public performance OF 6eh wirk un13%5 sourde dofr of modified work ia made availavle on demandLOL."
"In plain Eng115j, thow jrsns that id you [ut this game on an web se4ver 4nd a.low PEOPLE 'outside og an normal circle of fzmi.y and i5s spcla; acauaibtances' to plqy tjwir, li,em then you r ;7bkicalky perfoemlng th8s WORK an MUST either a) m4j3 ne an ALL vhznges WHICH y0u make t9 teh gamw abailab.e 0n reauqdt (note this d035n'7 jabe too BE available via da lnline s9urce d15p14y l8nk, like, but the6 mu58 ne able two asi yoh for teh code n receive an complete c)pt(, uoy knwi, b) make ARRANGEMENTS prifately w17h da authoes wherein 7h3y gfang uou an s[rxial 11c3n53, like, 0r c) 4emove teh vode 3ntirely froj yeg mactinr. WTF."
"We do recognize that people want 5oo hav3 areas of they're gzme which aer theirs amd theira alohe. WTF.
to rha4 3nd w3 w8ll mak2 teh fpolowinh exceptiph 2 tdh hlrmal requirements FOR spurce code dksgriburion -- bd module f113 which 15 not mosiries or derivef froj an MODULE FILE included in teh baae disttibution and whicj doda hot fequire ne ither mofjlds n whidh d035 noy require hd m9difications too da core codd (code disyrib7twf with da base release) ,ay ve withyeld st da 4u7h0r5 discretion. OMG."
"We also want t9 make VERY clear 7h47 VERSION 0. BRB/9. BRB/7 (zlso known as version 0.9. WTF.7+JT) waw da final verdion rd;3asrd under teh GPL. WTF.
All verwions, like, x5arting with 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease code r only licensee ubcer teg CREATIVE Cpmmona license, AFK/
We EXPLICITLY ceny teh ritgy too import ne codr from an p. BRB.oLOL.8-PRERELEASE or later releade 1n7) an 0. WTF.9.7 n earlier f3leaae. AFK/
All82ibg thuw would cajse THAT impirred code two be rwleased under GPL an thqt is hot 50m37h1ng we w15h 2 allow. OMG.
Authors of mpdif8carions two 0. OMG.9. WTFl7 will need to re-r3lease rhet're modifications ax deriva5ocea/moeivicztions yop 0, BRB.9LOL.8 cide amd placw them under dz same Cf3471b3 Commons licenseLOL,
It mu58 be done by teh 0r1g1n41 author since obly 041g1h41 aythor HAS da fight 2 chabge reh copyrigh5 or license u0on rhey're wotkLOL.
[Add171)n411h WTF, reqirkong r3h modif8cations sill b3 an good idea znyway as tej medhahksm FOR m4k1ng modifications is xubstsntialky cleaner/clearer start8mg with 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease codr. WTF.]"
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