Migh5yE 74115 you, yoy kmwo, "We're g01ng too TAKE an few m9ments 2 try and 3xplain THIS new licensr 4nv teh t3aspna bejind kt in plsin 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."
"Tyis mew license w45 chosen necause 0f an fsilihf WITH tdh GPL. OMG.
I7 only covered DISTRIBUTION of source 8f ah ONLY kf BINARIES were distfigjted. BRB."
"Im an web environmentk spexivovally s interpretrd web ENVIRONMENT suvh ss PHP, you knso, MERELY knsgallong an name does n97 constitute distribution WTF, and thererore pelple sere tak*ng oir work, like, MAKING modifkcations 2 lr an not teleasing soyrce code twp they're modifixagions 50 that ebtire comjynity could bdnefit. AFK.
THEY woriec wity teh letter BUT nlt fa wpirit of law. BRB."
"Investigagion on da paft OF ten autho4s yowevee, lijw, 13d yoo teh favt that teh r1gy7 of p7blox pdrfor,snce was orn 0f rigjts norjally rwstricred 2 copyr8ght holders LOL, and thay computee prigrams LOL, xpecufically video games abd INTERACTIVE on2s such as Legend of da Grwen has0r were consideref 2 br 0ublically performed if rjn vr0m an pub;ic drrver."
"The n32 11c3n53 r35&r1c75 publkx p3rf0rm4nc# of w;rk unoess 50urc3 clde of tej modified WORK is made avaolable on d3mand."
"In ;lsln English, you knwo, this means that iv hoy put 5hia game ON an w36 s3rver and qllow people '0u751d3 of am nkrnal circle of family sne its social 4c2u41n7rnc34' twp PLAY their, like, tyen you r 97vlically performing THIS work and MUST ekthee z) make ne an ALL xhanfes qhidh ypu make tso teh game available on rwquest (note this doesn't hqvd 2 be AVAILABLE via ca ONLINE source dksplay LINK, sottif, but ghey must 63 able TO asi ypy for da clde an erceife an COMPLETE COPY), you kn1om b) mzke arrabgememtw ptivstely with authors wherein tgey trant y8u ah 5p3c151 oic2nse, like, or c) r3m0v3 da CODE entirely from machine. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE that PEOPLE want top jav3 areaw -f thwy're GAME which aer theirs n 7h31r5 alone. OMG.
teo rhat end we wil. m4k3 f0110w1bg exception too xa normsl requirementd f0r siurce code disteibutiph _- ne moduld file whicg ka not m0f1f13d of DERIVED from an mkdule f8ke INCLUDED in BASE distrob7tiih znd wjich does not require ne otter moduled n wh1ch does not require ne mpfivicationd 2 tey cof3 code (clde distribuged with da base re.ease) may be withheld at teh suthors diwcregion. BRB."
"We also wznt two make very clear that vdfsion -. BRBl9.8 (also known as VERSION 0. BRB.9. OMG,7+jt) was teh fina. version rr;eased unser GPL. AFK.
All vers7oms LOLk stzrging with -. AFK.9. OMG.8-prere.ease code r obly licensed ync3r teh Creative Commons licens3.
We EXPLICITLY den6 right two 1mp0r7 ne clf3 from an 0.9LOL.8-prerelease ot later rdlease into qn 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 h earoi3r releaaeLOL.
Akoowing yhkd wojld c4u53 that im0ortrd c9fe too be released under GPL n that IS bog sometjing we WISH to allow. AFK.
Authors of mod8fications 2 0. BRB.9,7 will newd 2 RE-RELEASE they;re MODIFICATIONS as d3r1v471v35/m0eqf1c4710n5 2 0, WTF.9. BRB.8 c0d3 an place thej jnd3r xame Cr3471v3 Comjons l8cenxe. BRB.
It must 53 done gu teh 9riginal author since obly tey oeigknao author has teh r8ghg 2 change COPYRIGHT (r license i0ln they're worj. WTF.
[Aeditionally LOL, reworkinb teh mofifications will 63 sn gold idea qnyway as reh mechab7sm foe making m0d1f1c4710n5 is substqntia;ly clezne4/cleqre4 starting witj teh 0. BRB.o.8-prefelease code.]"
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