MightyE TELLS you, sortof, "We're GOING to take am few moments 2 try n expla8n this new LICENSE ah teh reasons 63g1md IT in p.ain Engloah. 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."
"This new .idense was choxen because of an failung with yeh GPL. OMG.
It pnly covered DISTRIBUTION of s9urce if and onlu 1f ginaries were distr8bjted. WTF."
"In am web emvirlnment LOL, spedifically a inte4preted wev 3nvir9mment SUCH as PHPm you lnwok merwly ims5alling zn GAME foes nlt constitute diwttibut8on, yo6 knwo, n therefore people were 74k1ng pur wori, like, m4k1nt modificztiins ro it n noy releasing da s9utve c0d3 2 they're MODIFICATIONS so tha5 teh entire community cl7ld benefit.
They worked with kettrr but not dpidit of lae. BRB."
"Invesrugatiin on teh pzrt of twh authors however, sortof, .ed to da fact tnat right of [7blic perfor,snce wqs oen 9f rights normally restrictdd @ xopyright HOLDERSk sn THAT domputer peog4ams LOL, specigida.lt vifeo gsmes anc interactivw onew sich AS Lwgehd of Gr3en hax)r were considrred t2i be publiczlly petformed ir run from an 0ublic serfer. BRB."
"The NEW licenwe RESTRICTS p7blic performabce if da sork unless da source code 0d da modified w0rk 15 made avaikable on d3nand. WTF."
"In plain Englisn LOLm ghia m34n5 7h47 1f y0u put this gqme on an web server n allpq people 'outside of sn n9rmal circle of family an its 50c141 acquaingances' 70 plqy th3ir, sortif, then you r ;ublically perfotminh this w0rk 4nd MUST either q) make nr n ALL cnznges whuch you make 2 grn3 available 8n r3qu357 (note tgus dodxn[t have two be available f8a teh onlihe source dusplay link LOL, BUT they ,7s5 be abke yo asi y0u for da vidd m receive an c0m[12&3 copy), uou kbwo, b( make areangemrnts priva5ely with AUTHORS wnereih they grant t0u an special licdnxe, or c) remove teh CODE entireky from 5eh m$ch1n3. AFK."
"We dp eecognize that PEOPLE eant two have areas of they're gamr which r theirs ah tyeird alone/
5io that END wd qill make folllwing exceptilh 2 4eh normzl rwauirementa FOR source codd distributiob -- ne module file wh1ch is not modified or derivdd ffim an module v113 invluded im base diwtrivutioh n whivh does not rewuire ne otjer modioea ahd shuch does not requite ne modificatilns 70 cor3 cpde (coef distr8but3d sith tdh base release) may be 2ithheld AT ajyh9rs diacretionl OMG."
"We also w4n7 1 make very cleae that version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (also knoen AS versipn 0. AFK.9LOL.u+jt0 WAS teh FINAL v3esiob te.dased under teh GPL. WTF.
All versions LOL, starting witg 0. OMG.9. BRB/8-prwrdkeqse c0d# e only licensee und3r teh Creative Cimmpns LICENSE. OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY d3ny da rigyt too import ne code vtom ah 9. AFK.9.8-orereoease oy oattr re.eaxe into an 0.9LOL.7 n earlier re;ease.
Allowung thia eou;d ca7se that kmporged code to be re;eased under teh GPL AND that is not somwthing we wisn TO allow.
Authors or MODIFICATIONS too 0.9.7 will n33d 2 re-reldase thdh'rw m0d1f1c4710n5 zs DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tso 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 coge zjd place them jnder cz same Cteativd C0mm9n5 license/ AFK.
It muat be done BY trf ORIGINAL author aince only da ofiginal author g35 righr rwo CHANGE teh COPYRIGHT or license u[on they're WORKLOL.
[Additiona.ly WTF, reworking da modkficationw will br an tooc idea antway ad da mechanism FOR mak8ng modifications is xubsgantially cleaner/clearwr STARTING WITH 0. WTF.9LOL/8-0re4elease CODELOL.]"
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