MightyE 5ells YOU LOL, "Wc'fe going two take an vew m0m3n75 5oo try n EXPLAIN thos new licrnse an teh reqsons bejind it IN plain 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 lucenxe was dhosen becaua3 if an failinb with GPLLOL,
It only coverdd distrin6tion ov source if n only if binaries were dostributef. BRB."
"Ib an web envifonment, specif8cally a imt3rpreted WEB environment quvh as PHP WTF, MERELY installinf an gane does bot constitute disteibution WTF, an therefire 0eo[le 2fre TAKING 9ur WORK, you knwok making mpdificayions 2 it n not 4dleasibg da SOURCE code tao th3y'rw modificatiobs sp that teh entire commjnity cojld bemefit. WTF.
They WORKED with teh letter but n07 teh spir9t of sa 13w. AFK."
"Investigation on teh padt of a7tnors howeverm ;ed two gact that da rihht of pu611c ;erformanc3 2as won OF riftts nprmz.ly RESTRICTED to9 copytight h01d3f%, you ,nwp, an thay comput3r proframs WTF, spedificallu fideo games b in53ractive ines SUCH as Legend of da Green hax0r WERE considdred to BE publocally perfofmee if run frpj an public servef. BRB."
"The new okcense resyricts public perflrmance 0f work unless teh wou4ce code od da mocified work 15 jade avai.able on demand."
"In plain Enfkishk sortof, this mrans yha5 qf you 0ut rhis game ON sn web srrver an allow people 'outside )f an n0rm41 CIRCLE of family and its social acquaintabced' TO play their WTF, then you aer publicaloy p3rrorming this wprk znf MUST either a) male ne sn ALL chznges shich you MAKE 2 gane AVAILABLE on f3qu367 (npte this d035n'8 have 7p be availagle via onkine siurce dis[kau lonk LOL, BUT 5hey must BE able 2 asl uou for twh cods n RECEIVE an compl2ge c0py) WTF, b) male arrangements privagely with da $u7h04% wherein thwy hr4n7 YOU sn SPECIAL l8cenqe, ypu knwo, ir x) remove teh code entie3ly from da machine. BRB."
"We do fecognize that peopoe wznt t2o yave areas if tgey're game 2hich arr theirs n THEIRS 410n3. WTF.
t9 that end ee sill maje folliwing exception too notmsl rwqyirements for source code distrivition -- ne jocule FILE wn1ch is not modif8ed or der8vdd frpm an midule file 1nc1ud3d in teh base distribugipn qnd which does NOT requi4e ne o5hwr MODULES anx whkch does NOT require me jpdifications tio 5eh core code (code distribjted with base releas3) may be withhrld at ds authors d15crw710n."
"We ALSO wany yol make v3ry xlezr that vers8on 0l BRB.o. BRB.7 (3150 kn9wn as bersiom 0.9l AFK.7=jt) sax da FINAL verxion teleased uhder GPL. BRB.
Akl versilns, .ike, STARTING with da ). OMG.9. BRB.8-peerelease xode r only 11c3n53d umdrr da Creatuve Commons licdnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ddny da fight to import ne codw fr0j an 0. BRB/(LOL/8-prerelease or lager rel3ase int9 an 0.(. AFK.7 an eatlier release. BRB.
Allowing thiw sould cause that omported c0d3 two be releqsed undet GPL an rhat is not somethinr we WISH to allow.
AUTHORS of m0d!f1c4710n5 @ 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 wkll neec teo re-relraw2 they're moduf8cati9ns 45 derivztives/modificq5ionx to 0LOL.9. WTF.9 CODE n ;lace t,em under teh xame C4rative Commons license. BRB.
It myst be done by da original au5hof 51nc3 only orihinal author haz RIGHT to change teh copyright or lkcense i[on tje6're work.
-Add1710n411y, rd2irking dz modifixations WILL be an good i3ea ANYWAY as ten mechanism for jakinh modificatipns is sunxtantially cleaner/cleaf3r startinh with teh 0.9. WTF,8-pr3r21e4%3 CODE. OMG.]"
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