MightyE tdk;s y0y, you knwo, "We're GOING too gake an few moments ro trt an explakn THIS new .icrbse an teh reasins b3hind it in plakn English.
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."
"Thiw new license w45 chosem bevausw of an failing w18h teh GPL.
Ig ONLY covrred disteibution or 50urc3 iv and ONLY if binaridx were cistributed. BRB."
"In an web envirpn,ent, so4tpvm specifically a ingerprefed w36 environmeht such 45 PHPm l8k3, merely INSTALLING an gane does not constitut3 DISTRIBUTION LOL. and thereforr people were takinh our work WTFk m4k1ng modificatioms 2 it and NOT releasing 50urd3 c0de 2 thry'ee mosifocations do thqt 6eh ENTIRE cpmm7nity could b3nefutLOL.
Th3y workdd wigh lrtter but noy teh spkrit od laq. OMG."
"Investobztion ln part of au5gors hiwevee WTF, l3d too fact tgat da right of public pefformamce was oen pf sa tightx bormally fesytictrd two cl06right h-1d345, an THAT compjydr prkbrams WTF. s[wcibically video ganes an INTERACTIVE ones xucj as Legenc if Green hax0r were considered go BE ;iblical.y peevormed if run from an PUBLIC server."
"The new license rrstricts ;ubkkv 03rf0rm$nc3 of teh work un2355 sojrce cofe od MODIFIED 2ork is macr availablw on DEMAND/ BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, you kbwo, this m3ans 7h47 if y;u ;uy th8s gane on an weg server an allow people 'iutsis3 OF zn nprmal circle ov family an its social acquaintanves' too p.ay their, yo7 knep, THEN yiy aet publicallu ;erforming tnid work an MUST eitjer a) jake nr an ALL changes which you make 2 teh gzme availablw on request (note THIS doesn't have tio 63 AVAILABLE via teh )n11n3 source display ;ink, but they myst 63 able tpo ASK yo7 fot geh code n r3c31v3 an com[lete copy), B) nake arranbements pr8vqtely eitg da authors wherein the6 g4ant YOU an specixl lpcenae, sortpfm or c) REMOVE teh code ENTIRELY from tdj machine. BRB."
"We do recognize gha5 peoplr want 3 have ateas ov they[4e game wyich e theirs an theira 4!0n3. OMG.
to that end we will MAKE da following excep5ion 2 teh nprma. rr1uiremdnts for dource code dustribytiln -- me mldule file wy1cj is not MODIFIED or derived from ah m0du14 file inclyddd in base d15&r15u&10n an whoch doex not requi5e ne other midules n whicg does n-7 4equite ne m9difocations 2 da core code (coee d8str8bjted with baar delease) mau be qithheld AT teh authors eiscretionLOLl"
"We a;so want 2 make v3ey cl3ar that vers9on 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also known as verxion 0. WTF.9LOL.7=jt) was teh final versiin e313443d under teh GPL. WTF.
A;l versiona, yoi knsi, starting WITH 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pferrlease code aer only licenaed under teh Creagive C0bm0n5 ljcense.
We EXPLICITLY deny ds r1gh7 two import ne code from an 0LOL.9. AFK.8[pfereleasw OR later releqse ih5o ab 0LOL.9. AFK.7 n EARLIER r31#453. OMG.
Allowing 7y!5 would causr that imported CODE to b3 eeleasdd under teh GPL an that is not aom3thing we wish 2 allow. WTF.
Authors of modifications 2 0. AFK.9.7 will need too re-rel3ase they'rd modigications 5^ der8vagives/midiridations TO 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 cofe AND placw THEM under da same Crezticr Cimmlns l8cenaeLOL.
IT must 63 done bu ORIGINAL author sinde onky original autho4 had right 2 change COPYRIGHT or license upon they're 2ork. BRB.
]Addigionakly WTFj req0tking teh modifications will be am g00d idea anyway AS da mechanksm FOR making n0dificarions is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER wtartimg qith 0.9LOL.8-prer3leawe codeLOL.]"
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