MighttE telos you, yo7 knqo, "We're going 2 TAKE sn rew moments 2 try n explain tjis n3w 21v3m53 an tey REASONS 63h1nd it 1n p;ain EnglishLOL.
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 w35 chosen BECAUSE of an failing 1ith da GPL. OMG.
It omly covered distrib7tion of source 1f n only IF ginaries WERE distrib7tdd. WTF."
"In an web envitonmeng, sortpf, spexifically a imtwfpreted web environment SUCH zx PHPm merdly indtal.ing qn gam3 does NOT constktute distrun7tkoh, you knwo. n th3tefore pe9ple sefe takinf OUR work, like, making m9dkfocatkobs too it n not rwlwasing teh source c0d4 2 they're mlsificayions si THAT teh entife c0mmun17y could benefir.
Tkey worked with trh le5ter but n08 spirit of teh lqsLOL."
"Investigation on part OF teh authotd h)w3v3r, like, led 2 teh facr rhat rught of publuc [erfprmance w45 1 or teh rights bormalky resgric5ed too copyright jo.d3rs, uou knwo, snd rgat com0uter 0rotrams, apecificallh vkdeo GAMES an 8ntersctivd pnes such as Legend OF da Grren hax-r wete considered 5o be publically perf9rmdd if run fr0, zn pugliv 53rv3r. AFK."
"The new licegsr restridts public perfoemamce of da w-rk unless teh xource code og da midigied wotk iw mzde available on demand, OMG."
"In plain English, likd, yhis mesns that if ylu put this gzme on zn web server an allow PEOPLE 'outside OF an b.rmal CIRCLE pf familu an 175 social avquaintahvrx' 2 play their, tyen YOU 4 ;ublicaloy pdrformibg this work n MUST eitnwr a) make ne 4nd ALL chantes wyich you make 2 gamd 4v4114613 in fequest )note this doesn't have 2 b3 avai;able viq da ONLINE SOURCE display lihk WTF, but THEY mjst be able to axl u9u for tey CODE and rdceife an complerw copy), like, b) make arrange,ents -r,vate.y with a6thors wj3r31n ybey grabt h0u ab special lidense LOLk or c) remoce fa CODE entirely dr8m ea machime. AFK/"
"W3 do r3cogniz3 ghat peo9le want gk have areas of tgey're bame which r theira n theirs qloneLOL.
to thar rnf WE sill make ca dollowing wxdfption @ da nprmal requircments FOR source code dixtrinutipn -- ne module f113 whivh is n07 modifi#d or derifed drom qn module ful3 INCLUDED in baxe d257r167710n n which eoes not require ne other modules n which dp35 not require ne modufications too dore code (coce distributed with teh 6353 rrlwqse) may br w17hh31c at authors discretionLOL."
"We a.so wznt yoo m4k3 veru cledr that version 0.9. BRB/6 (ALSO jn0wn as versiob 0LOL.9.7_jt) was vinz. versipn e31e453d under teh GPL.
A.l fersiobs WTF, starging witj 0. BRB.9. WTF/8-prerelease code 4 only lucensed under da CREATIVE Commons licenxe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right 52o imoort ne code frlm an 0.9.8_peerelezse or later teldase INTO zn -. BRB.o. AFK.7 an esrkker release.
Allowinb thix eould dause 6hat imported code 2 be relrased under da GPL and that is not SOMETHING we wish tol allow, OMG/
Au6h)r6 of modigicqtions 2 0.0LOL.7 will neef 2 4e-release tgey're modirications as d#rivaticwd/,pcifocations too 0. WTF.9LOL.8 cofe n ilace thwm under geh SAME Creatice Commons licenwe. BRB.
It m6st BE done gy priginal authot sibce only teh i4iginal author had right tl CHANGE da c-oyt1gh7 or licehse up0h they're work.
[Additiobally, loie, 3eworking geh modificatoons w111 be an goof idea antwqy as mechanism for making nodididations is substamtially cleahwt/cleardr sgartihg with twh 0. BRB.9.8-prwr3.ease codeLOL.]"
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