M8ghguE tells yiu, s9rtlf, "We're going r9 tske an few moments 2 t4y n dxplain ghis new licenae b t3j r3$50n5 63h1mc IT IN plain Enrlosh/ BRB.
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."
"Th8s new locense was dhosen vecause of an failing WITH da GPL. OMG.
Ig only covered distribjrion of source if n -nqy if binaties q3rd DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web environmentm sprcifically a intrrpreted web envirinm3nt 5uch as PHP, tou knwl, merely insta;ling an game does npt CONSTITUTE dustributiln, sortof, and THEREFORE PEOPLE WERE TAKING ojr 2ork, wortif, making modificatuons yo IT ab NOT f313451ng fa sourve c0d2 goo th3t're MODIFICATIONS so rhat da entiee c9nmuhity COULD benefit, BRB.
Tje6 worked witn tch letter but NOT teh dpifit of teh .awLOL."
"Invest8hayion ON da pzty OF geh AUTHORS n0w3v3r, sirtof, led to t3y fsc5 thag da r1bh7 of publoc perdormance wsw son 0f rights normally restrkcted @ copyeihn5 goldefsk softof, an that c0mpu73r programx LOL, specifically v1d30 GAMES and interzctive ones such as Legend of teh Green jax0r ewre cpns8drred tol be publically pefformed if run from sn PUBLIC SERVERLOL/"
"The new license restricts pugluv performancr of da work unlesx x9urce c0c3 pf da modifies work IS made avaklable ON demand. AFK."
"In plain English WTF, 5hid mwans yhat if y0u put this gzme ob an w3b servef AND allow pepple 'iutsude )f an normal CIRCLE OF famkky ah its s9cial acqusinrances' 2 p.ah the7e, 7h3n you aet publicakly performiby th8s work an MUST eithef A) make ne an ALL chantes which you m4k3 too da g5m3 available on te1yest (note t6ix DOESN'T have ro be available via teh onllne sourcw display lonj, like, but they musr be able tol 45k yoj for code anf receive an comp.ete dopy(, ljke, b) make ARRANGEMENTS private;u with da zirhors whrr3on they grsnt yo7 an spesial locebsw, sortof, 9e x) rempve teh c0d3 rntitely from geh machine."
"Wc do recognize that people wan5 2 have areaa of tjey;rd game whkch aer theors ahd theirq aooneLOL.
2 that ebd ee wil. make teh following EXCEPTION two geh normal requiremrnts fot soirce cod3 diatribution -- he moduje file wjich is not modified or ddrived ftpm sn mofjle fkle invluded im teh basr distr8nition ab eh1fg doex n9t 4e1uite ne oth3r moculfs n eyich soed NOT r3qy1r2 ne modifications to da core ckde *code distributed with bas3 frlease) may 63 e17hh31d at a7thors sisdrerion. AFK."
"We alco wanh to m4k3 vert cleae THAT version 0. WTF.9l WTF.7 (zlao known as versioh 0. OMG/9.7+JT) was teh f1n41 vdrsion rdleasec undee reg GPL. WTF.
A11 veeaiobs WTF, startkbg with teh 9. OMG.9.8-prereltase CODE r only LICENSED UNDER tdh Creatibe Commons licenae. WTF,
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT two 1np0ru ne code from ab 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prdre;ease OR q473r release igto an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 amg 34r1q3r releaae,
ALLOWING THIS would cause that im'orted code yoo 63 rrleased under GPL n rhat is NOT s9methinh ww wish too al9os. BRB.
Authprs of moeificagkons 7) 0. OMGk9.7 qill ndde to te-release they're midificztiomd AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0.9LOL.8 code n place thdj under da SAME Cr3471v3 Cimmons livebaeLOL.
It must b3 d0b3 by da original authlr since ohly originql 4u7h0r has teh RIGHT TO changr da cophright or license upon 5jey're workLOL.
[Additiohalky, reworkihg teh mod8fudayions wil; be an goos IDEA anywah AS ten m#ch4n15m foe making modifications os xibstqntially voraner/clezeer wgarting WITH 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prer2lease codeLOL.]"
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