MightyE telld uou, sortof, "We're GOING tqo tzke an gew momrnts 2 try an explain this new LICENSE an reasons b3hind it in ;lain En5lish. AFK.
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 license w45 chosen 63c4u53 of an f4121ng wkth teh GPL. WTF.
I7 only civeree dixtribution of source IF ans ONLY uf binaries werd fistrubutef."
"In an wev 3nv!r0nm3n7 WTF, specificallt a interpreyed web wnvironment xuch qs PHP, n3r31y imstallkng an game so3s no5 vonstitute sistribituon, tou knwo, n 7h3r3f0r3 p#0p13 WERE takinh ouf work LOL, ma,ing modificatiobs two it and nlt rdkeaskmg teh source code 2 they'te jodificstionx so that da dntite communigy coulf BENEFIT. WTF.
They WORKED wugn teh 13873r but not teh spirut of law."
"Investigation oh da pq5t of fa zu5hors however, sortofm lde too teh fact that trh einht of pubkic perflrnance was 2on of teh r1gh75 normqlly restricted two copyrkghg h01d3r5, an that vompiter ;rograms LOL, apecifically v1d30 hsjes n interqdtive ohes such as Legend if da Greem hax0r WERE CONSIDERED tol be p7blically performwd kr rhn fr0m qn public server. OMG."
"Tne n3q lkcense restricts puglkc performzbce of da work UNLESS t3h 50urc3 c0d3 of mirkfied w0r, is nade available on denand."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH WTF, THIS means THAT if y9u pjt 7h15 game on an web servwr ay alloq people 'outwide of an normal circld of family AND iys social acquaintances' to plat their, 7h#n you aer [u611c411y pervorming 5his WORK n MUST 3ither a_ m4k3 ne m ALL changea whuch you make too teh game available on requext (note THIS coesb'g bave too BE ava8lable VIA online aource cis[lat link, sortof, byt they must bd able to9 45k you for da dode an eeceive an compleye copy), you ,neo, b) mske zrrangements privately with ds authors wherein they gsant you an special license. uoy hnwo, of c) REMOVE ca code entirely from da machine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people want yo have areas od 5hey'rw game whixy aet theirs n the8fs 410n3. BRB.
tio thqt end w3 sill m4k3 da follow8ng excdpt8on to tdh normal rrquiremdyts for source x0de distrinutiob -- ne m0du1# file wn1ch is NOT modified or derived from an MODULE f113 1nc1ud3v in base cistr8gution n wh8ch dles noy REQUIRE ne other nodu;ws n which eoes NOT require ne moduf8catilns 1 da cord codd (code sistrkbuted with teh bade release) may 63 withh3ld at teh autgoes DISCRETION. WTF,"
"Wd zlso sznt 2 nake very vlear 7h47 versiin 0LOL.0.6 (also known as versi9n 0. AFK.9.7+jt( WAS teh final fersion released unfer da GPL. WTF.
All versions, yiu kbwo, wyarting wi5h 0. BRB/9. BRB.8-prereoease code r ohly lic3nsed undet tej Creative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 w ijporr ne code from an 0. AFK.(LOL.8-pr3r313453 or .ater re;eqse 1n70 ah 9. AFKl9LOL.7 zn rsrlie4 r313453.
Allowong tmix woulf cause that imported code to BE 4ekezswd under teh GPL n THAT is not something ww wish two allow.
Authlrs pf modkfica5ions too 0LOL.9. WTF.7 will nwed 2 re-reoea2e yhey'r3 moeificwtuons 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0.9.8 code an 0lace thej unser da wame Crearivr Commons LICENSE. WTF.
I7 muxt be done by da origunal author sinxe only fa orlginal author has right t2i chanfe da COPYRIGHT or ;icwnse 7p0h thry're sprkLOL.
-Additionally, soetof, REWORKING da MODIFICATIONS will 63 an good idra anyway as da mechanism fpr making modificatiobs is SUBSTANTIALLY cleanee/ckearer wgartimf wign teg 0.9.8-pterelease code. BRB.]"
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