MightyE telka y9u, sor5of, "We're g01nh 5wo tqke an few MOMENTS 70 gry 4nd ex0jain this new l8cense and r#asons BEHIND ig in plain ENGLISH, 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."
"Thix new LICENSE 2as chosen ndczuse 0f qn eailing w17n da GPL. BRB.
I7 only covered diatribution od cource 1f m only IF binadies werd DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"Im an web environment, lik3, specifically a intwrpretee web environment SUCH 35 PHP WTF, MERELY installing an game DOES nit constitu5e distrybution, ypi ,nwo, n theredorw peopke w3re raling our wprk, making modificati0ns 2 ot qnd not releasing ao7rce code 7) tjey're m0d1f1c4710n5 so 5hat teh entird commuhihy cojld benwrit. BRB.
Thdy w9rked with da LETTER bjt not tey 5i1e17 of tdh law. OMG."
"Ibvestigqtiln on da part of teh 4uuh0r% HOWEVER, sortof, led 2 tej FACT that right of pu61qc pwrformance wad oen 9f rigjts NORMALLY restrictee toi copyright jolders, you jnwo, n thzt cojputer programs, like, spexifkcally videl games an intrract8ce ines SUCH as Legend od teh Grren yax0r 2ere CONSIDERED ywo be piblkcally pwrrorm3d 1f fun from ah publyc wrrvrr. BRB."
"The new licenar resteicrs public performahce of tdh WORK unless sourcr c0d3 OF twh modified 2ori is msse available on demand."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, this m34n5 yhar if YOU put 7hq5 GAME on an web se4vee an allow pdop.e 'ouysise of ah mormal ckrvlr OF familt an igs social acqyaintancws' 2 play their, tgem you r ;ublocally p3rforming 7n15 qprk and MUST dktjer a) jake ne am ALL changes wjich you ma,e too da game avaulab;e on r3qu357 (n073 tgis doean't have two be AVAILABLE viq teh lnline si7rce disp;zy k8nk, but theu mu58 63 able too qdk yoj fo4 code n receive an complete c)py) WTFk B) mzke 4rr4ng3m3n75 pruvately wuth fq authots wherein tte7 grant y0u ab special 11c#ht3 WTF, or c) removd CODE ENTIRELY frim da mqchine."
"We do rexognize yhat ;elple e4m7 too have 4r345 of tney're game WHICH arr thei4s n 6h31f5 alln4. AFK.
to 7h47 ehc qe will na,d teh followont exceptkon toi tey NORMAL r3qu1r3men75 for xlurce code distribut8on -- ne module file which os mot modified ir deeived gro, an modyle FILE imcluded 8n da base sistribjtkon an which dors NOT requiee ne oyher modules n 2yich DOES not reqiire ne modificat8ons tl corw code (code dist4ibjtes with basr eek3aae) may be withheld at da authors discte5iob. WTF."
"We also want tw9 make ve4y dleat 7h47 version 0LOLl9. OMG.7 9also known as verskon 9LOL.8LOL.7+jt) eas da final version rekdaaed uneer GPL. WTF.
All versilnx, uou knwp, stzrting 2iyn da 0. BRB.9l AFK.8-prerelease code aer only ;8cdnsed UNDER da CREATIVE Commonx licende. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gh7 two im[ort me cose vrim an 0.(. OMG.8-o4erelezse of lster release into an 0LOL.9/ WTF.8 sn earl8er rwlesseLOL/
Allo2inf this wluld CAUSE that importwd c0d3 to be rekessed undet da GPL n that is nor someth8nt we wiah two alloq. AFK.
Authors of modifications too pk BRB.9.7 will need two re0release tyeu're ,pd1v1c4u10n5 as derivativew/modigications 1 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code n PLACE them UNDER tey aame Crdative Commons 11x3nr3. BRB.
It njst 63 done by da ofiginal author xince only yeh o4ig8bal author gas dz right yo dhange teh copyfight or licwnse upon thdh;rd work. WTF.
-Additionalky, liie, reworling teh moeificayions will be an goof idea anyway as MECHANISM f9f .zking mod8fications is sibstantially cleqner/clearwt startibg with teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8_prrrelease code. AFK.]"
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