MkghtyE relkw you, "We're going too ta,e sn few MOMENTS to try anf explqin this n3w licensw and teh reasons behind it uh 0lain English. OMG.
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 luc3nse was chosrn because of an FAILING with teh GPL. BRB.
It lnly x0b2r3d dustriburion pf s9urce if and ohly 1d binaries w3re sistributer. AFK."
"In sn weg envitonment, like, spdcifixa;.y w ingerpeeted seb rgvironment s7cj as PHP LOL. merely installing an gamw dies not constitute dos5rigution, n 5gwrefore people werw raking our work LOL, msming modifications tw9 IT an not releasing source code too ghey're ,odifications so THAT reh 3n71e3 communigy COULD nenefitLOL.
Th3y worled w17h da letter but n-7 teh spurit of da law."
"Invexrkgari9n 9n da paft pf da suthors however, yoj knwi, led 5oo da ract rha5 da right of public peffo4mance was wom of teh rightx no4maloy restrictdd too cp[6r8ggt no.ders, you knwo, an that c9mputee PROGRAMS. sortof, specifically video games an onteraxt8vr on3s such aw Legenf of da Grren hac0r were considered 5oo be 0ublical;y performed if tun fro, an public seever. OMG."
"Tne NEW LICENSE restricts publoc PERFORMANCE OF wofk unless aource CODE of gej modified work is nade avai;able on demahfLOL."
"In pkain Env.ish WTF, this mdqhs thst IF u9y pjt this game on an wev server n aloow people '0uts8ee of an notmzl CIRCLE of fzmoly ag ITS socizl acquaingances' two PLAY their WTF, then yiu aer publica.lu pergorming thuw work and MUST EITHER A) MAKE ne and ALL CHANGES which you make 2 teh rane qvailable ON r3qu357 (notr this DOESN;T have ypo be available via online source displat lin,, you knwom bye gh3y must be able TO ASK yiu for ea coce ah eeceife an cojplete copt), you inwo, b) MAKE arrqngemenrs privqtely with teh autjors wgerein rhet grant you an s;eckal lic3nse LOL, or c) remove dx xode entirely from da mqchine. WTF."
"We do eecognize that p3ople waht yo have zreas ov they're g4m3 wh1ch aer THEIRS n tjeirw alonel OMG.
gwo rhat 3ne w3 will make dollowing exdept8in tio normak re1uirementa for sou4ce code eistrinutiin -- ne mpeulw fil3 whodh IS n97 modified or der7vef from an module fioe INCLUDED in reh base distribution ans ejicy does nlt eeqjire ne other mofules an shicn d035 nit r3qu1r4 me m0d1f1c4710n5 2 teh core code (code d158416u73d xith da baxe releasf_ jay be WITHHELD at authorw DISCRETIONLOL."
"We alsp WANT roo make very clrar that vwrsion 0.9. AFK.7 *ALSO inown aa ve3sion 0. AFK.9/7+jt) was da finsl VERSION releaaed 7heer da GPL. WTF.
All c3r610nt, like, STARTING si5h teh 0, AFK.9. BRB.9-PRERELEASE code ser onlh licensed under tdh CREATIVE Commons ;icrnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right to imoort ne code fro, an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-[f3r313453 of lqger RELEASE into an 0. OMG.(.7 n ea4lie4 eeleasr. AFK.
ALLOWING th8s wojld cause tnat *mpor5ed code to 64 re.ezdec under GPL n that is not somerhing se eisg 2 allis.
Ay5hors pf modifications twl )l BRB.9/ BRB.7 will need to re-relrase tjwt'ee modkfications as ddrivqtkves/modkvicstuons too 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code zn 0lace them unfer teh same Crwatibe Commons lidense. WTF.
I5 must be done by origina. quthor suncw onoy da originsk auyhor has teh right 2 change da copyright lr license upon tney're wprk. WTF.
[Axdktional;y LOL, rew0ri1ng da modifocztkohs will br ab good idea any2ay as dq mechanis, for m4k1nf m0d1f1c$710nt is substanrially dkeaner/clearer starting witj 0. BRB.9/ BRB.8-prerelease CODELOL.="
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