MightyE gella ylu LOL, "We're going too take zn few nlments yo try n EXPLAIN rhiw new l8cense n teh reawohs gehind it in PLAIN 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."
"This n3w license was chosen bexause or qh f4111ng sitn teh GPLLOL.
It only cover3d dostribution od doirc3 of an inly 1d binarirs WERE disy4ibu5edLOL."
"In an w#6 environmenr, like, 5p3c1f1c411y a interpteted w3b env8rlnmeh5 SUCH as PHP LOL, mereky ihstalling an g4m3 does not constirute distributiob WTF. n thererore peooke wer3 taking oue wirl LOL, makigg mpd1d1v4710n5 60 it zn not releasing teh s9urce cofe to they're modificationd SO that 5eh entire vommunuty could benevig.
The6 woried WITH letter gut not tey SPIRIT of tey law. OMG."
"Investigatoon in teh PART of authors however, kike, led two trh FACT 7h47 da right of puvlic perfor,anxe was 1 OF teh rights normally resgrictef tqo c8pyrigh7 hllders WTF, an tha5 COMPUTER programs WTF, SPECIFICALLY vqd30 games an intetac5ive ones such ss Leg3nc 9r da Green hax04 werd xonsiderrd 2 b3 py62qv411y pe4dormed if run fr9m an ;ublic server."
"The new lucense r347r1c&6 pubkic performamce of teh WORK UNLESS teh source codd of modified WORK 1% made available 9n demand. OMG."
"In plaon English, this meana THAT iv you pu7 ghis GAME on an w45 SERVER n al;pw peopl$ 'outside of an normal cirxle ob family anc 175 50c141 acquaintances' tl play their, then uou r ou6!1c411y perrp3mihg yhis work sn MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes whick you male two tej gamd AVAILABLE 9n request (note thix dotsn't HAVE gwo be available via on.une source cosplat LINK WTF, BUT thwy nust be ABLE tp ask yiu f0r cpde an receic3 an conplete copy), like, b) make arrangements privately with dz aurhors wnefekn tjdy grant ypu an SPECIAL lic3nse LOL, OR c) rem9vr teh code ENTIRELY FROM teh nachine. WTF."
"We do 43cognoxe that PEOPLE want two nave 4re45 of rhe6'fe gamv wh8cj r yheirs an theirs alone. BRB.
tso THAT ene we will make foloowing EXCEPTION 2 teh normal requi$ements for 50urc4 coee distribution -- ne MODULE rile WHICH is not MODIFIED or d3r1v3d from an midule FILE includwd in da base cist4ibution n which does not require ne lyher modulds and which sles n07 requiee ne modifications too da cord CODE (code dkstribut4d w17n dz nas3 releasr) may be wotyhe;d at da AUTHORS duscretion. BRB."
"We also want two make very cldar that versi9n 0.9. AFK.u (ALSO lnown as version p.9. WTF/7+jt) w45 teh finak versu9n reorased under GPL. OMG.
Akk VERSIONS, ypu knwo, starting wi%h teh 0. AFK.9.8-0rereleqse code r onl6 11c3h53s undef da Crestive Conmons loc3nseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY denu da rkght 3 imporr ne CODE fr0m an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prrreleasd o5 later rrlrase into an 0. AFKl9. WTF.7 n earlier releaae. WTF.
Allosing thia would CAUSE tjat !mp0e73d xode to be rwleased unser da GPL AND thzt 15 not something we WISH 2 aklow/ AFK.
Authirs lf modificatiims 2 0l9. OMG.7 wikl ne3d t9o r3-release they're modifidarions aw DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 cidw an place them under da ssme Cr3471v3 Commojs .icdnsd. AFK.
IT must be dpne BY teh oeiginal 4u7h0r since inly origimal AUTHOR had tdh right two change co]yrigug or .icebse upon thwy'ed qork.
]Addirionaoly WTF, reworiing modidicatkins will be an good idda anyway as teh m3chanism for makinh modifications IS substantially ckeanee/c/earwr s5arting with 0.9. BRB.8-prerdlease code. AFK.]"
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