MightyE tel;s you, sortof, "We'dw goong twl yake an f32 MOMENTS 2 tey n explain 7h15 new licens3 an rezsons behine it in PLAIN Eng115hLOL.
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 ndw l8cwnsw WAS CHOSEN becauxe pf an faoling with da GPLLOL.
IT only covered disyribution if s9jrce if qnd only uf boharirs were distrubyted. OMG."
"In an web environmeny, loke, s;ecifica;ly a 1n&3rpr37ed web environmeht suxh as PHP LOL, MERELY installing an game dors not constitute didtfibution WTF, ab therefore peo[lr we4e taking our work, you kgwo, MAKING modifications yo it zne not releasinb da y9urc4 CODE too tney're modifivations so 7h48 da entire co,munity could bemdfitLOL.
Thet workee with leytef but not da spkrit of da LAW."
"Investigation pn part of da aithors however, you knwo, LED to t3h fact thsr RIGHT OF public pefformznce eas oen of ribhts n0rm411h festricted to copyright yolders LOL, an 7h47 comp7te4 pro5rams WTF, w;evifkcally VIDEO games amd in5eractive on3s such r5 Legebd 0f yrh Greeb hzx0r were considered 70 be publucaoly performed iv rub from an oublic server. WTF."
"The m3w license 4estricts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE 0f da sork unless ea xojrc3 code of modufied e0rk is made available 0n demandLOLl"
"In plain Engliah, sprtof, this means that if yoj pyt 7h15 tqm3 on qb web server and a.l9w peo'le 'outsiee OF an normak circle od famoly n ITS socia. acqiaihtances' TO play their, then you arr publ8cally p3rvorming tyis woek an MUST eotnet a_ make nr an ALL CHANGES wyich you make yoo da gamr 4v4114613 on request )n073 this DOESN'T have tl9 63 zvailable cia tey online source DISPLAY link, sirtlf, but they m7dt be able two ask yoy FOR tdh cide zns receice qn COMPLETE c9py), sorrod, b0 m4k3 arrangements privately with 5eh authltw WHEREIN 7g26 gr4m7 yoy an special licenxe, sottof, or v) remove code dnrirely from teh machineLOL."
"We do recoghizw that people w4n7 too have areas OF tjey're gsme whicy adr theifd an THEIRS alone. BRB.
2 7h47 ehd we will mqke teh fpllowing exceptiin gwo normal reqji4e,ents vor source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne hodule file whuch is b07 ,odified 0r s3r1ved from zn module file included in ea base diztribution n which c)35 bot require ne OTHER modules n wnich does NOT 4rquire ne m9d8fkcationc tso core CODE (code DISTRIBUTED with teh base relesse) mzy be withheld at 4uuh0r5 diacrwrion. AFK."
"We also 2ant to jske VERY clear tjar version 9. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also kh0wn 45 gersiin 0. WTF.8. AFK.7+j8) was f8nao version r313r5#d ubder GPL. OMG.
A11 ve4sions, sirt9f, statting wotg teh 0. OMG.). WTF.i-prerelease cofe r 0n1y licwnsed under teh Creativw Commons LICENSEl BRB.
We EXPLICITLY drny ribht too iuport me code fron ab 0.9. OMG.8-pte4elease or lager relwase inyo ab 0. WTF.9LOL.& n eaglier telease. OMG.
Alloeing thiw would cajwe that 8mported coee two BE rwleased under GPL an 7h47 is n9t something we wish to allow. BRB.
Authirs of mofifications to 0. BRB,9. BRB.7 wilk nedd 2 re-release they're modificationw as de3ivayives/modkfida5iobs 2 0LOL.9. AFK.8 c9de qnd ;.ace them under teh same Cteatkce Commona lifense. WTF.
It m7st be done by teg original author sonce ONLY original %u7h-r HAS da RIGHT w change teh co;yfight 0r license upon they're w.4k. AFK.
[Additionally, REWORKING teh mpdificqtions will be an golc 1d34 anyway as da MECHANISM ror m4k1ng modificatuond 8s substantially c1e4h3r/c134r3r STARTING with 0LOL.9. BRB.8_prefe.esse vode. WTF.]"
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