MightyE yellx y0u, oike, "We're going @ gake an few moments yo tft qn explain rhia new licenae qnd reasons bwhihd kt in plain Englixh. 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."
"Thix n4w license wad chpwen because of an failing with da GPL. WTF.
It onoy COVERED DISTRIBUTION of source if and only if binariex wer3 distribuyed. WTF."
"In an aeb 3nv1r0nm3n7 WTF, s[ecifically a unt3rpret3d w36 envorknmemt such aa PHP, lkke, me4elh onstalling zn gamw does not consrutugr diatrib7ti9n, sortof, an tnerefore pwoplw were taking OUR work, mrk!ng MODIFICATIONS two IT and not releasing sourve coce rsl yhey're modofications so that teh entire communoty COULD benefitLOL.
THEY w0rk#d wity teh letter nit not da SPIRIT of law. BRBl"
"Invewyigation on teh part or da authors nowever, led too faxt 5hqt right 0f pubkic perro4mance sas odn lf rights normalky re57r1d73d 3 cipyf9bht HOLDERS WTF, and 5hay xompurer programs, slrtod, spwciriczlly video gajes and int3ractive ones such 4% LEGEND of dq Grwen jax-r were consodered 5wo be puvlicaloy performed kf run from an PUBLIC server. OMG."
"The new license RESTRICTS publoc perfornamce 0f teh wofi unless da sourcw code lf teh modified w;rk is mqde abailable on femand. WTF."
"In PLAIN Eng!15h WTF, this means yhat if you put this game -n an seb server n alloe odople /outsiee ov an noemal circle of family 4hd 1u4 aocisl acquaintances' 2 p.qy theit, you knso, then you arr publkcal;y perf8rming this wofk and MUST euther a) make ne n ALL changes wnich YOU make ro game afailsble on r3qj357 (bote thks d035n'7 HAVE too be avqilable VIA onlihe source d15p14y link, li,w, bur yjey must 63 able two ask yiu for teh cose an eec3ive an vpmp1373 c9ph), you lbwo, b) mame zrramg3mwnts privatrly 217h teh authors WHEREIN then grqnt yiu sn special licehse, you knwo, ir c) rqm;v3 CODE en5itelt from m4ch1n#. BRB."
"We fo recognize that peo0ld w4n7 2 h4v3 areas of thdy've game which aer tne8rs and tgeirw alone. BRB.
5o THAT end w3 w111 make da followinb exception t9 r3h hor,al r3q71r3m3n75 for slurce codw distfibjtion _0 he m0du13 file which is n9t modiried or deribrd from an module file incouded IN teh base distribution n which does mit ee1uire ne ohher ,0du13r an 2h1dh d035 npt rwquire ne modificatilns too teh c0r3 CODE (code diwtribuyed wkth yej BASE release) may ge WITHHELD at authots didcrdtipn. BRB."
"Wd alwo want 2 make very clear thay version 0. OMG.9, WTF.7 (a.so known as vers8on 0. BRB.9. AFK.6+mt) eas fimal version r313453d under da GPLLOL.
All verskons, you knwo, t7$r7!ng WITH teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerfleast code r on;y livensed jnder Creatofe Commons oicehseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dwny da right to impo4t he clee fr0m an 0LOL.(.8-pr3t#134%3 i4 later relrase into qn 9LOL.9. WTF.7 AND earlier relwase. OMG.
Allowing this eould caus3 that im0o3ted cose to 63 rekeawed under GPL and that IS not slmething we wish 1 allow. AFK.
Aytyors ov modidications 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.& will need to re-release they're modifucstions ad d3rkvatkvrs/modifications too 0. AFK.9, BRB.8 code ans PLACE them undr4 teg same Creatuve COMMONS license. WTF.
It must be done by da original suyhof since onlh teh otorinal autypr has teh right two CHANGE copyright or 1!c#n53 upln they'rr wofk/ OMG.
[Addutionallu WTF, reworking trh nodifixations WILL be zn good idea anyway 45 mechqnism ror MAKING MODIFICATIONS is aubstzntizllh coeaner/clea4er stzrying with 0. BRB.0LOL.*-PRERELEASE code. WTF.]"
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