MigytyE telos you, sort9f, "We'fe going too take qn f3w m9ments two TRY an explain this new license n trh eeas9ns behind IT in plain Enflish. 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 license was chisen 53c4u53 of am failing witj da GPL.
Iy obly cov2rrd disgribution of source ir an only if binariew were eistributed. OMG."
"In an w3b ENVIRONMENT, specificaoly a 2n7#rpre73d web rnvironmeb5 5uch AS PHP WTF, mwrely *nsta.ling an game does NOT cobsyotute dixtr8buriom, likek AND therefore p30p14 were takibg our work LOLm MAKING moeifications too it and no5 r3.easint source code too they're modifkczyoons wo tnat dz entire COMMUNITY xould bebrfiy. OMG.
THEY w0rk3d w17h .etyer but not spifit of reh .aw. WTF."
"Investkgztion on da part of authofs however, you ,nwo, l4d too da fact that teu right ov punlic 0eeformabcd WAS 1 of RIGHTS nor,ally restricted goo copyribhr holdefs WTF, an tjqt cim;uter progeams WTF, specifucal.y video gem35 an INTERACTIVE ones such as Legwnd of GREEN hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 bw publicaoly perdormed if rum rr)m an publkc server. WTF."
"The new license festricts oub.kc p3rf0rm4nc3 0f ten work jnl3ss sohrce d0d4 OF modified work 15 m4d4 avai;able on demand."
"In pq41n Englidh, like, this means &h47 if ypu PUT tg8s gz,e on an web SERVER m qllow 9eople 'outsidw OF an normal cutcke 9f family n 175 aocia' acquaihtances' to play th3ie LOL, 7h3n jpu r publivally ;erfotming rhis sork n MUST eirher a) mzke ne zn ALL changes whivh you make 2 da game acaulsble )n req7eat (note this d034n'7 HAVE to be available via onlune dourxe dispoay link LOL, but uh3y muwt be sble 2 ss, you f0r da c9d3 an receive an COMPLETE COPY), like, b) make zr4angements privatrly with da airhors wherein 7h3y grant YOU an 5p1c141 license WTF, or c) 43m0v3 cod3 ENTIRELY from teh machinr. AFK."
"We do recotnizd that p3ople WANT two h4v3 a4eax of thet'rr game shich aee theirs snd theira allme. BRB.
to thay end we will make f9lllqing exceptupn 2 teg n9tmal reauuremwntc for source coce dist4ibution -- nr module filr whicj is not modifiec or DERIVED from am module filw included in da basd distrobytipn ab which does n-7 require ne other modules an wh1ch does not reqiire ne modifivations 3 teh c0e3 cide (code distributed wi5y yen basw releade) may be WITHHELD at da ru7h0r5 discretion. WTFl"
"We also want to make VERY CLEAR that vwrsioh =. OMG,9l OMG.7 (also kniwn as vdrsion 0. OMG.(. OMG.7+jt) wxs teh ginal cersion r313453f undee yrh GPLLOL.
Aol veraions LOL, startung with teh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease CODE r onlt ;icensdc und3r da Creagove Clmmobs license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY demt da RIGHT to import ne code from an 0.o. WTF.8-prereleasw ot later release into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 an earoier r3lease.
Allowong thia would causr that imported code too gw r313453d unfer da GPL and that ks n07 aomething we wish to 41102LOL.
Authirs of mofificatiinw 2 0.9/ BRB.7 WILL need tqo re-release they're ,odificatoonx ad derifaticea/midifications too 0. AFK.(. BRB.8 code and place THEM under tey SAME Creztivw Com,ons license. WTF.
It must 63 d9ne by da origkna. 4u7h0r SINCE only da priginal autnor has dz right too cjange x9pyright or licdnse u0on th3y'rr woriLOL.
[Additionally, like, reworking modificationx woll be an glid IDEA anyway ad m3ch4b1%m for m4k1nt modifoca5ioms is substzntia'ly clranef/vleaeer starting with 0. BRB/9LOL.8-prerelrase cpde. AFK.]"
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