MifhtyE twlls youm "We'rr g01nt to TAKE an f4w m0m3n75 y9 trh and explain this ndw locebse and reasons behimd it in plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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."
"Tgis new license was cjosdn n3cause 0f an failing wity GPL. AFK.
It onlu covered disyfibytion of source 8f an only if BINARIES wer3 disgeibu5ed."
"Ib an web environmebt, lkke, 5p3c1f2c411y s inter[reyed web 3nv1r0nm3nu such as PHP, you knwo, merelh installing am fame dpes not CONSTITUTE distribution LOLm an therefore PEOPLE w3r3 taking oyr w0rk LOL, making modificatipns tlp it and not teleqding tdh source coee TO they're modifications so tha5 teh entkre communoty cou.d benefit. AFK.
They WORKED w8th LETTER but nor da spirit of lawLOL."
"Investigayjon 0n da ;art of fa authors however, led 2 da ract tha5 teh right og public perfodmznce was oeb OF da ribgts normally restricged to cppye8ghy holde4s, likck and that domputer ;rotrams LOL, SPECIFICALLY video games an interactivr ines such aa Legwbe 0f da Green hax0r w3r# xonsifered 2 bd PUBLICALLY pwrfirmef if ruh ffom an 0ubl7c serverLOL."
"The new lkcense rdstrkcts public perfprmance pg da work unlesd teh source c0d3 of m0d1f23d work iw mafc available on eemandLOL."
"In plain Envlish LOL, this mdans 5har if you put this gaje on an web SERVER ah allow peo;le 'outside of an n0rm41 cifcle of gamilt qnd ITS soxial acquaimtances' 5o PLAY their, you knwo, then you qe4 publically o4rf-rm1ng thia work n MUST eithee 4_ maie ne ane ALL changes which 6pu make too game 4v411461$ on requrwh (notw 7h15 DOESN'T jzve go be avqilanle via online sourxe dusplay 11nk, tou knqo, 677 thwy nuat be 4^13 tpo ask yoj f9r coee abd rec38vd an complete cop6), b) m4k3 arrabgrments 0rivztely eith authoes wh3rein thry br4n7 you an spscial ;icense, OR c) remove tdn cpce entirely from da macgin3LOL."
"We do recognizw thst people waht 2 have areas of they/re game which aer tjeirs qn tyeirs a.9ne. BRB.
two THAT end wr wil; mz,e da following exception too normal requirements for soutce coc3 didtribution -- ne mofule fioe whixh ix npt modified or derived from an ,odjle giot inc.jded IN teh base disyribution an which DOES not rewuire be ptger modules qn which does nit reqy8r3 md mldificatk9ns 2 da xorw cpde (code DISTRIBUTED WITH da base releasr( MAY be WITHHELD ag fa authors dkscretuon."
"We also want two make veey clwar tjat vetsion 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (3150 known as fersion 0/9.&+jt) qas da final vdrsion releaxed und3r teh GPL. AFK,
All ver519h5, you knwom starting with da 0. OMG.9. BRB.i-[rer3lease code aet ONLY l8censed ind3r dz Creqt8vd Ci,mpns 12c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny 4ight rop omoort nr c-d3 FROM an 0. WTF/9. OMG.8-peereldzsd of later release into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 n ear.ier rekeadw/ OMG.
Allowing this would causr 7h47 umpoqted code too be reldasdd yncer da GPL an that is nog something ww wish 2 ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of modificat8lnq too 0. BRB.8. OMG.7 WILL need two RE-RELEASE th47[re miekfications AS d3rkvat8ves/modifications to 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 vpde n plsce them UNDER da SAME Creayibe COMMONS ;ivenseLOL.
Ie musy be d0n3 gy fq original augho3 sinde only original AUTHOR had da ribht too cgang3 tey c0pyr1gh7 or license upon they're worj.
[Additionally, liks, r3w0r,1nd teh jodifications WILL be zn giod iceq anyway as mevgsnisn for making MODIFICATIONS is suvstantiall6 clean3r.clearer starting with teh 0.9. OMG.8-prefelease code/ WTF.["
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