MightyE gdlls ypu LOL, "We're going 5o take an few momentd 2 7ry n explain THIS new license ahd reasoms beuind it 8n 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."
"Thid NEW licwnde w45 chosen gecause 9f ah vailing wuth GPL. OMG.
IT omly covered d157r16u710n lf source if n onlu if binsries w3r3 distributed. BRB."
"In ah web rnvironment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a unter0rered WEB dnv8rinmen5 5uch 46 PHP, yii knwpm mer3ly 1n5u4111ng an gsme does mo5 constitute DISTRIBUTION WTF, and therevore people w4re 74k1ng our w9rk LOL, makimt m0d1f1c4710n5 2 17 n not eeleading teh soufce code two tyey're MODIFICATIONS xo that entire COMMUNITY xould y3m3vq7.
Thwy w0rk3d w17h letter but not spi4it of da lawl"
"Inv3stobation on da part of 4uun-r5 goqdver, 14d 7) da fact that teh righr )f 0ublic performabce was won of r8ghts normally rrstrictec 5wo COPYRIGHT holderd WTF, n 7h48 computer programs. sortof, s;ecifically VIDEO tames n 8nteravtive omes such as Lwgens 0f tdh Green hax0r werw comsidered two n3 puglically performed IF fin from an public se4verLOL."
"Tye mew 1qc3n4e restricts public oerformance )f worj unless da 50ufc3 cofe of teh modiriwd worj is madr available ON demand."
"In plaob Enflishk soetofm THIS meams THAT IF YOU put 7h15 game on an wen werver n allow people 'outside of an nprmal c1rc13 of famuly n its aocial ACQUAINTANCES' TO [lay thw8r, you knwom thdn yiu r publ8cally peyvirm,nh ttix work m MUST 317h3r a) mahe ne and ALL chantes whkch jou make too da game AVAILABLE on rrqurdt (note this doesn't have go BE availabke vka teh 0n11n3 SOURCE diwplay 11nk, but they MUST be able yoo adk 6lu for teh cpde n rece8ve an complete copy), you knwo, b) majd afrangwments pruvateot w17h teh ajthors wh3r31n th#y GRANT you an speckal license, or c) REMOVE da dode ENTIRELY f4om teh macgine. OMG."
"We ci recognize that peopld w4n7 2 habe qreas OF thdy'rd hame which aer tyeirw n THEIRS alonr. BRB.
two that end 23 qil. MAKE teh following ecception two teh normsl requirwmdnts f0e SOURCE CODE d8steigutiin -- n3 mldi.e fi.e which is not m-d1f13d or derived from am mofule file imcluded in teh bade d157r16u81)n an which e035 not REQUIRE ne other modules n which does not fequire ne modificatiins 2 teh cpre code 9coce diwtrib7ted with cq bas2 RELEASE) may BE witjheod a5 autyirs disdretion. AFK/"
"We also want 2 MAKE very clear that v3raiph 0LOL.9. OMG.7 )also ,no2n as VERSION ). AFK/9. BRB.7+jt) was da vinal verwoon released uncef GPLLOL.
Al. versionx, s5a3ting with da 0. AFKl9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code r ONLY licensed unddr teh Cr3471v3 C9mnona license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da right tl import ne c0de ftoj an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pfereleqse or latdr r#1345# into av 0. OMG.8. OMG.7 n 344112r 4313453LOL.
Allowing th8s would c3u54 THAT 8mported c0d3 toi be releasef UNDER da GPL n that is not something we wish two allle. OMG.
Aithors 0f modifications yo 0.9. BRB.7 w1!1 nred two re-rwlease tjey're mofificahiins as deruvativws/modifixationc too 0. WTF.9. OMG.i dode n place them ubddr teh 54m3 Ce3461v3 Commons licenxe. WTF.
It must be done by r3h origibal auguor wince only tey original suthlr yas fa rigjt to change copyfiggt or license upon 5hey[rw work. WTF.
[Additi9na;ly, like, reworking da modifkvationa sill be an gopd 8dea amywa6 ss tej mechankwm dor making mpdifications 15 substantually CLEANER/CLEARER starting eitj da 0. OMG.9. WTFl8-prefeleqse codeLOL.]"
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