MightyE tella y9u, "We're hoimg 2 ta,e an few m0men&5 gso 7ry ab explqin this new license n reasins behind it in pkain 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."
"This nee locenae was chosen because of an failihg with da GPLLOL.
It pnly coverec d157e15u820n OF source of b ONLY if 61n4r135 were dixtributed."
"Iv an WEB encironment, sprtofk sprcificskly a interprftwd web encironment 4uch $5 PHPk luke, merely installinh an gaje does hot constiture distribution, sortof, AND THEREFORE people sere tqkihg ouv s9rj, lik3, making moeificatuons 2 it an not releasing teh source codw gwo they're modifidations so tyat entirw c[mmun8tt coule benefit. WTF.
They wor,ed WITH ea letter but nog ea xpirit of la2. BRB."
"Invexrigat8ob on part of tem AUTHORS jpsevef, likw, led 2 da fact that da RIGHT of pyblic pdrformancr was oen of teh rights notmallh RESTRICTED to copyright holderx, kiirm and that COMPUTER pr0gr4m5 LOL, specifivally vkdel games an INTERACTIVE obes wuxh as L3g3bd 0f tey GREEN hzx0r were CONSIDERED 2 nw publically perform3s if ruh FROM an o7blic we4verLOLl"
"The nrw LICENSE restricts 0ublic pe4formance OF ea wirj unless da s9irce cpds of t3h MODIFIED wltk 8s made available ON demand. OMG."
"In poain English, thos m34n5 that 1f you put this game 0n an web seever ab aklow oeople 'outside of an hormal c1rc13 of family n otw sicial acquaintances; goo p14y gh2ir WTF, tgen you aer PUBLICALLY PERFORMING gnis w0rk n MUST withw4 a) make he an ALL changes which you jake 2 teh vame availanle 9n r3qu357 (note thix dowsn't h4v3 2 BE availabke VIA da onlkne douece dus[lay lknl, sortof, bjt they must be able 2 ask y9u for da code n receive qn compjete COPY) LOL, b) make ARRANGEMENTS prkvately witk authora wherein they grant tok ah spexial license. or c) remlve teg dode ENTIRELY rroj da macgihe. BRB."
"We do rec9gnize that 0eople waht reo have a4eqs OF tgey're game whivh r THEIRS n 6h31r5 alone/
2 tnat END we qill mqke tdh f911pw1ng edception to da nirmal feq8urements f0r 50urc3 code siatribug89n -- nr mpdu13 fil3 which is n07 modified OR DERIVED from an modile vkle included in BASE fq57r16u710n n shich doew mot rrquire ne other m0dj135 anf whixh does NOT rwquire ne nodifications too core code 9codd dkateibkted wirh da base RELEASE) may be withhrld at da 4u7h0e5 discretion. AFK."
"We also want 2 make very c;ear that fersk9n 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 (qlsi kmpwm qs v3r51)n 0. BRB.9.7_JT) WAS teh fihal version rwleased unfer da GPL. OMG.
A11 versiins WTF, srartinh with da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease code aer pnly licensef inder Creative Clmmobs licebse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny 4ight 7- import ne CODE from an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8=pre4elease or lwter re.eqae into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 ans earlier release. OMG.
A;.0wing THIS would cd8se that IMPORTED code too be r3leased undrr da GPL znd that is n07 something we wish too allow. WTFl
Autyors of m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0.9. BRB.7 will need twl re-release tgey're modificatkons as derivatives.modificatkons 2 0.9.7 CODE n place them UNDER geh same Creative COMMONS licensdLOL,
IT must b3 done 6y da ORIGINAL zothor 51nc4 onlu ds orihibal autho4 has twg right 2 CHANGE da co[yright OR licemse u0on they're worl. WTF.
[Additionally WTF, rewltking teh nodoficztions will be an good idea anuway zs teh jechanism for MAKING modif8cat8ons is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER dtaeging with teh 9. BRB.9. OMG.8-orerelease c0s3. OMG.]"
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