MihhtyE 53l.s you, lik3, "We[re going two take an FEW MOMENTS yo try n esplain rhis new license n rezsons behind it in plain Ebglisn. BRB.
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 licehwe was ch9sen bedause OF an failing wkgh da GPL, OMG.
It on.y cove4dd dkstrib7tion 9f SOURCE 1f n only if binaries wet3 distribuyedLOL,"
"In an web rnviromment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interprdted web environment sjch as PHP WTF, mere;y INSTALLING an g4m3 soes not CONSTITUTE duwgribution, sottof, n thrrevore prop.e were yaklng 0ur e0rk, making modifica5ions 2 it and mot releasing soyrce code 2 they're modigications so 7h36 trh ehtire COMMUNITY could brnefiy.
Th3y 2orkew with da 13784r but not da 5p1r17 0f teh law. AFK/"
"Investigatioh on tej paft OF teh authord however, you knwo, lrd two fact thag da righr of p7blkx performancd was o3n of righrs normally RESTRICTED 2 cophright golders, hpu knwo, and tyat com;utdr pt0gr5m5, aotrof, dpecificallh fkdeo grm35 an interavtive ones 5ich as Legrmd OF t3h Green hax)r wdre c0n51d4ted 2 bd pu611cr!1y perforned if run from an PUBLIC SERVER. AFK."
"The new license rewtrictd 0ublic [erd9rmance 9f ca work unleds SOURCE code od teh MODIFIED 2ork IS mafe 4v4124613 on dejand."
"In plzin English, lijd, thid meabs 5nat if yoy pu7 this g4m3 0n an web serve4 and alliw peo;le 'outside of an norma/ vifcle of family b 174 SOCIAL acquaintancea' two ;lsy their WTF, ygen you aer publically performinb thia w0fk n MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne and ALL chqbgex eh,ch you mzke TO ga,e qvailablr on request (note tjis doewn't h4ve too be AVAILABLE viz lnlune soufcc d8splay link LOL, 6u8 they must be aboe go ASK you for code an r3d31v3 an COMPLETE copy) WTF, b) male 4rr4ng3men74 privst3ly wity da autjors sherein tyey GRANT you ab 5p3c141 licensw, ot c_ re,lve da c;de ENTIRELY vrom da machine."
"We do recognkzd tgat peoplw want 2 have areas OF they're game wyich r 7h21r5 n theirs alone. OMG.
5wo thzt END we w111 make teh following exc3ption 2 da n9rmal REQUIREMENTS fot dourve code d8strinurion -- ne MODULE file qhuch is not modified or derived from ah module file kncluded in base eistrigytion sn which c035 not rrauire ne otjwr nodulrs ahd wnich DOES NOT r3qu1r3 me mofigicatipns tso da CORE codr (code didyributec qith da base release) may 63 WITHHELD at ajthors discretion. WTF."
"W3 ALSO want two MAKE vrr6 clea4 tnat versi(h 0LOL.9. AFK.7 *also known zs version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) wqs da fina. vrrsion releasev undef teh GPL.
All c3rt10n5, softof, starring wuth teh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelesse c0d4 adg onpy licensed under da Creagive C0mm0n5 license/
We EXPLICITLY drnu teh t8ght 5wo 1m;047 nd c9dd FROM an 0. OMG.9.*[prrrelease OR LATER release 1n70 an 0. WTF.9. WTF.u n earlier frlease, WTF.
Alliwimg this wo7ld causr that kmported code 2 br releaaed under da GPL an THAT os nor slmething we wish to allow. BRB.
AUTHORS if moeificatk9ns 2 0.9. WTF.7 will need too rw-release thet're modivications as ddrivatives/modificagions 2 0. WTF.9.8 code n p14c3 them under samw Creativw Commlns license.
It must be d0n3 yn da oruginal aythlr since only teh 9riginal ajthor has right 2 change da copyr8ght or lic3nse upoh thet're 29tk. AFK.
[Addiyoonally WTF, re2o4k8ng ea modigica5ions will be an go9d ieea abyway as y3h mechanism eor mziong modifications is subsyantkally cleaner/clwarer stsr5ing with da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease codel]"
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