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MightyE tel.s you, you unwl, "We'rd g9ong t2o taje an f3e moments 2 TRY an ezplain this new licwnse an da reasons behind it in PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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 licenwd was ch05#n because if an FAILING w18h GPL. OMGl
It ONLY COVERED d8stribution if source if amd onot of vinaries weee disrributed. BRB."
"In an web environment, sprtofk s-wc8f8cqllu a inter;retsd WEB environment soch as PHP, merwly installing an g4m3 does blt c0n5717u7e dist3kbution, sorgof, n 7h3r3f0r4 people were rakonb our work, soryog, makung mocificayionx two 17 n not releasing teh source code two they'rw MODIFICATIONS sk that rey entife community couls ben3fitLOL.
They worjec wuty da legter 6u7 n9t tdh spirit of da law. WTF."
"Investigation om fa part of aurhorx however, led to da fact that tdy right of public p3rformance das oen of eights normally r457r1c73d to c0p6r1bh7 holders, x9ryof, an tya5 compurer prohrama WTF, spevifica'ly v1d30 ga,es and interact8fr ONES sich as Legend of da Green hax9r were CONSIDERED t2o BE publica.ly 0ergormrd if run from sn public SERVER. AFK."
"The new 11v3n53 restricts ouboic performamce of teh WORK unlexs source code of dz mocifued work id MADE avaioabke on demqndLOLl"
"In plain English, sortof, this MEANS that if you put yhis game oh an seb seever an allo2 pelple 'oytsice OF an bormal circle of ganily and its socizl ACQUAINTANCES' top poay rheir LOL, then you aer PUBLICALLY perfoeming this wlfk 4nd MUST e8thwr a) make ne and ALL dhanges wh8dh yii ma,e ti b4m3 avaioable on eeq7edt )note this doesh't hav3 tl9 ve afaklable via da ONLINE source displah link, sorrof, but tney must be able rwo aal you FOR reh code and recdive an comple5e copy) LOL, v) MAKE 1rrangemwnts PRIVATELY q17h aithors sherein rhey grant you dn special license LOL, pr c) r2m0v3 vode 3n71r31y grom reh maxhine. OMG."
"We do r3c0hn1z3 that [eiple dant two nave AREAS od they're game which aer THEIRS n tgeirs 42-n3. WTF.
2 that END se will make teh FOLLOWING excrp5ion too teh notmal requitejengs for source cpd3 distrkb7tion -- ne modj/e fi.r whicj is no5 MODIFIED OR derived f40m an modu.e file unc.uded 8n bzsw distribution and which DOES n08 require ne ogher mpdyles n which does n07 r3quird ne modofications to da xore coce (code distribi5ed with base RELEASE) may ve w17yh31d at teh a7tgorw doscretion/ WTF."
"We alxo wan5 5wo m4k3 veey CLEAR ghat veesion 0. OMG.9.7 (also knowh 45 versoon 0.9. BRB.7+jt) was da FINAL versiin released under GPLLOL,
All v3r510n5, luke, sya4ting w17h 0/ WTF.9.8-;rerel3asr CODE r only l8censed under Cr2471v3 Conmons ;icenwe. OMG.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh6 two import ne code FROM an 0l OMGl0. OMG.8-04ereleas3 or LATER rel3axr INTO sn 0.9. BRB.7 n earlier releaseLOL.
Allowinb this woukd cause that imp[rted code rwo BE RELEASED under da GPL n that is noy slmrthing we eish two allow. BRB.
Authors od mocificatkons to 0.9/& will need 2 re-release thwy'rw nodifications ss d3rivatkves/modifidayions go 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code am place yhem UNDER same Cr34u1ve Commons lixenseLOL.
It must be done by teh orkginal author since only original aiyyor has t3g right to change trh c0iyr1gj7 pr l8cense 7p9n tn3y'te work. AFK.
[Add171pn411t LOLk rwwlrking teg MODIFICATIONS will be sn good idea anhwsy ss yeh mechanisj for naking modifications iw subshanrial.y xleaner/clearer star58ng wiyh tej 0.9.8-pr3r313r52 code.]"
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