MightyE tel;s you WTFk "We're g-1ng two take an few mimdnts too try an explain this new oicense n dz reasons 63h1nd it ib p;ain English.
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."
"Tgis new lidebse was chosen bexqise of ab failing with da GPL.
It inly cobered d167r16u810n of sourde if an onl6 uf binaeies wdre distribut3d. OMG."
"Ih am w36 environment, soryor, specifica;ly a 8nter;reted web envkronmenr a7ch as PHP. you knwo, meerly kbxtalling an GAME DOES not clnstitu5e distribigion WTF, an therefore peolle were taking our work WTF, makinb modificatiobs top iy AND not releasimt so7rce cofe two thry'rd modifications so rhat tey e,tirr cojmumity ciuld nenefit.
They workdd with da lwtt3e nut not teh spkr8t of law. AFK."
"Imbestigation om teh ;art of reh AUTHORS 6owwver, led two fact that da right 0f publoc perfoemance was won of rifyts normsllt restricted 2 xopyright hl.ders LOLk an thst computee orogtamdm likr, s[ecifically vidwo games sn 1n73r4c71v2 ones such as L3g3nd of GREEN hazpr were considerec 2 BE publpcally performec iv RUN from am pugloc serber. BRBl"
"The new license 4estricts public perfirmance pf work ubless da source code og teh mldified work iw made acailabow pn demand. BRB."
"In plain Engliah, you knw9, this means THAT if you PUT rhis game on qn w36 server an allow people 'putside of an n0rm41 vircle of fami.y an its spcial acquq7ntanves' TO play 5geur, you knwo, then you qer piblically performing THIS WORK and MUST either a) ,akw nd n ALL CHANGES which you m4k3 to9 bzme AVAILABLE on request (note this d9esn't uave 1 ve AVAILABLE via da 0n11n3 spurce d15p14h link, y0u knwom but they must be ABLE tio ask YOU vor da codw n recrive an cojplege copy), y9u knwo, n) m$k3 attangemdjys ;rivately with teh authira wjeeein hney g4ant you an special licens3, sirtof, or x) 4emove code entieely from yeh maxhineLOL."
"We do recofnoze that oeopld waht TO HAVE AREAS OF they're game wyoch aer gyeirs and theurd alone. OMG/
too thst end we 2ill jaje fi;lowing exception 2 normal requkrements for woufce code distribution -[ ne moduke file rh1xh is nog modified or DERIVED from ab module file ibcluddd IN teh basd DISTRIBUTION am whicn does not require ne o5her mocules and which doea not require ne MODIFICATIONS 3 core dode (code DISTRIBUTED w8hh teh base r313453) msy be withheld at da authors euscrr5ionLOL/"
"We ALSO WANT 2 m4k3 very c234r that v3r510n 0LOLl9. BRB.7 (also knoqn as version 0LOL,8. WTF.7+JT) was finz. version feleqsed und3r da GPL. BRB.
ALL bersipnd, lule, starting with 0LOL.9, OMG.8-PRERELEASE c0d3 r 0b2y licrbxed ind3r Creative Conmpns livense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY debh da RIGHT t9o im;ort ne code from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelrase or oater release in5o an 0. OMG.9.7 n r5r213r RELEASE. BRB.
Alkowihg this wouod xause tgat IMPORTED cofe r9o bd released under teh GPL and thsy is not somethihg we wish 2 zllow. AFK.
Authots of modifications tw9 0/ BRB.9LOL.7 wilo need too re[reldase tget'rr modificat89ns as dericatives/moeivications to 0. OMG.9.8 code n placd 7h3m UNDER teh same C4eative Cimmons LICENSE. AFK.
It mu2t be DONE by aa origihal ajthor SINCE onl6 teh ORIGINAL author has teh t1gh7 t9 cnanfe teh co06roght or licens3 7pon they're woek. OMG.
[Adfitionally LOL, r3workknb da modificatioms will be an gpoc udea qnyway as da mechanisn for mqking modificatiins 2t subsgangia;ly cleaner/clearer syarting with 0. OMG.9. WTF.80prerelezs3 code/ WTF.]"
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