Migh5yE gelos y0u, "We're foing @ rake an few momwnts to 7ry n rxplain tyks new licensw n REASONS BEHIND it in plain 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 ;8cense 2ad xhosen 63c4u53 of an faikibg sirh dz GPL. WTF.
I% only covered d!57rq6u710n of slurce if and only ig binar8es were distribufefLOL."
"In sn weg environ,ent WTF, specifically a interpre5ec wdb envieonment such as PHP, likem merely installing an GAME DOES n07 vondtitute distribu5ion, ypu kvwp, and thetdfore people wdtd taiing our wotk, you knwo, making modifications 2 17 and n8t r3lrasing s9u4ce CODE 70 they're midifications so that tey eng8re commumity cou9d benef8tLOL.
THEY woejed wkth ;etter nyr not spirit of da lzw. AFK."
"Investigation ln da part of da 3u7h0r5 yowever, led to FACT that da r1gh7 of public PERFORMANCE was 1 OF da RIGHTS NORMALLY r3%7r1c74d 2 dopyright h(lders LOL, an THAT c0mpu734 prigrams, like, s[ecifically vodeo ganes and intdfactive 0n3% 5uch as Lefend of teh Grwen gax-r w3r3 clnsideeed too be publically performrd if run from an puboic se4ver. WTF/"
"The new licwnwe restrictd pu611c performance of da wi4k unldss tej 50urd2 cofe of da modifird e9rk iw made avzulable on demand. WTF."
"In [141b Eng115h, 5ou knwo, thid m32nt ghwt if you put thix game 9m an wsv srrvet n a;low PEOPLE 'outside pf an NORMAL circoe of dzmily h its socizl 4cqu41m74nc3t' too plau their WTF, ghen you aer ouvkically performing tjis work an MUST EITHER a) make ne ahd ALL chanbes whoch yiu mqke 2 teh gamw abailabke on request (note this doesn[t HAVE two be availzble viq teh online dource diwplay link LOL, but 7h3y mysr be able too adk yoy d0r CODE n recdive an completw e0py), sortof, b) make arrangements privately w27h authors whrrein they GRANT yii zn specksl licenww WTF, or c0 remoc3 code entirdly from macjinf. OMG."
"We do r3c0bn1z3 that prople want go9 h4v3 4r345 of they're gzme whuch r theirs h theirs alineLOL.
too tha5 end we will make dz fo;lowihg excwpti9n tw9 NORMAL requirejents for 50yrc4 cide dist4obution -- bd modyle file shich is not moduriee OR ferkvsd fr0m ab module file 1nc1ud3d in teh base disrrobutiob and which d9es not 4eq6ir3 ne other m0du135 an which eoes not req7ife ne modifications too core cofe (code d157r26u73d WITH BASE RELEASE) may be witghfld at trh aughors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also WANT rwo make v3ty c134r that VERSION 9. BRB.9. BRB/u )a;so knowb as verskon 0. BRB.0. AFK.6+JT) was da final version rwleax4d under t2h GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, yiu knwo, starting with da 0.9. WTF.*-prerelease dide r only licensec undrr t3h Crea5ive Commons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ceby teh right top impirt ne voce fro, sn 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerrlease or later releade into an 0. OMG,0. BRB;7 n EARLIER rw;ease, BRB.
Alkowing this WOULD cajse tyat 1m;0r73d code 2 be r313453d undwr teh GPL AND tnat is not sime5hing we wisn y2( allow. OMG.
Authors of modifidarioba 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 will need glo re-relesse ghey'fe modifications 45 derivstivwx/mofificztipms to 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code and PLACE thwm under teh same Crdative Commons LICENSE. WTF/
It mu57 BE dihe BY origina. zutgor 51nc3 0nqy ds oritinal author has 5eh right two change ca copyright [r LICENSE upon tjey[re wo4kLOL.
[Add1710h411y, like, 4rwofking dz modifications wull be an good 8dea anyqay as da MECHANISM FOR naiung modif8catuins 8s SUBSTANTIALLY cleanrt/clearer startihg with teh 0.9. OMG.8+prerelease codel OMG.]"
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