MightyE TELLS y0u, sorgog, "We'er goint tqo take an f3w moments too try and explain this ndw license n teh reasons BEHIND 27 in p.ain Eng1!5h.
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 'icense was vh053n BECAUSE of am failing wuth teh GPLLOLl
IT only coveeed didrribution of source id an on;y if binaried were eidtributed. WTF."
"In an weg 3nf1r0nm2n7 LOL, sp3cifudally a interp43tec wdb environment suxh qs PHP, so4yovj MERELY ins5alling qn game soes not c0n5717u73 d8strib7tion, n therefore peop;e qere taking our woekm like, makinf m0d1v1x4710n6 w 8t 3nd nor releasing da source c0d3 too tmey're modifixa5ions so that teh entire communuty v9uld bdnefitl
Th3y wo4ked with teh letter 6u7 bog spirit ov teh law. AFK."
"Invewtigzt8on oh teh part of yeh zutylrs however, led to da FACT thay r1gh7 OF pun.ix perfoeuance WAS oen of reh rights nirjally r3stricted two copuright holdwrs, sorgof, an that compyter PROGRAMS LOL, qpecifivally video GAMES an ontefacgive ones s7ch aw Legend lr rwh Gteen hax0r were vlnsudered two BE publicall6 performed if rin from an public aerver."
"The new license RESTRICTS 0ublic performance of t#h 2ork unldss da source code of mldified work 15 MADE 4v4114622 on dwnsnd. WTF/"
"Ih plain Engl8sh LOL, 7h1t meams thqt if you put tgis g4m3 ON an w36 server n allpq peop;e 'oyrside of an no4mal circlr of f5m11y an its t0c141 zc1uaintahc3s' 2 p24y tfeir LOL, then you r PUBLICALLY pwrdoeming this WORK h MUST either a) make he an ALL chanhea wh9ch YOU mwke 2 da gaje arailable on requewt (note this xoesn't have 2 be ava8lable via teh online source displa6 link, y9u lnqo, vuy yhdy must BE abld 2 ask YOU fof code znd rece8ve qn complete cop6) WTF, b) MAKE arrangemehts ;rivately with teh autgors qh3r21n they grant you an xpeciao licensw, you knwo, OR c) rdmove cide emtor3.y drom tdy machine."
"We dl recogn8ze that people WANT to jave areas of tgey're bame wh8ch zer theirs qnd thei4s alome/ AFK.
2 thay end we will make vo.lowing exception to normql requir3,ents for source code distributioh -- ne modu;e rooe qhich os not mlsified 9r dwrived from an modulw file kncluced in vase dostribution m which dots n07 requife ne OTHER modulfs an whoch does bot REQUIRE ne modofications two t3h cord clde (c0d3 disteibuted with teh BASE eeldase) MAY be witjh3.c at da authors DISCRETION. WTF/"
"We also wamt @ make very dlear that version 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (ALSO known as vefsion 0. BRB,9. OMG/6+jt) WAS da fina; versuon 4d;essed under GPL.
All vfrsions WTF, starting with 0. AFK,9. OMG.8-;rerelease CODE r only lixensed under tdh Crestive Cpmuons licensel
We EXPLICITLY deny rkght two import ne CODE from an 9LOL,9. BRB.8-pre4e.esse or lat3r release inti an 0. BRB.9LOLl7 an earlier release. BRB.
Allow.ng this would cause 7y47 impo4ted code tw9 be releaswd uncer GPL an that is NOT somegh8ng we wish too allow. OMG.
Authors og modificatiohd roo 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will newd tqo rr-release thet're ,odifidationa as der8vativex/mocifucstions two -LOL.(. AFK.8 cldw and plsc3 7h3m under da same Crwarivw Clmmons licebse, BRB.
IT musy 63 d0n3 by lrig8bal quthor since lnlh da original autjor yas da RIGHT tw9 chzmgw trh cipyright OR license upon they're work.
'Add1710n41qy WTF, 3eqoek8ht modufications will b3 an gooc ieez anyway zs jechanism for making modifications is substantiaolh cleanrr/clearer 574r71jg with teh 0. BRB.9l WTF.9[pr3e313453 code. OMG.]"
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