MifgtyE TELLS yoj, lkke, "We'r3 g9ing too gale an few momdnts 1 try an wzplain this nes license an da REASONS behind it ib plain Englksh.
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."
"Thiw ne2 l8cens3 was dhosen BECAUSE of an failing with GPL.
Iy only covered d157t16u71-n of 5064c3 IF an obly if binaries w3r3 distributedLOL."
"In am wsb ehvironmwnt, like, specifically a ubtefpeeted 1eb envi4omment duch as PHP WTF, merely instzloing an g4m3 DOES not comstityte widtribution WTF, n theref9re pdople were takimg our workm sortog, maijng MODIFICATIONS 2 it n not feleasing trh 50uec2 c0d2 2 they're modificati9ns SO 7h47 teh enyire COMMUNITY could benedit. BRB.
They worked with da lettrf but not da spirit of law. BRB."
"Investigation on da ;ztt 9f teh 4u7j0r5 however, like, led 2 tdh fact 5hat da roght OF [ubl8c p3rf0rm4nc3 was won of teh r8ghts normally RESTRICTED too copueitht holdera, sir5or, n rhat c0mpu734 p4ograms. sottof, spwcifically video GAMES an inreractofe ones 5ucg as Lefend of da Grd4n hax)r were considdred two be p7blidally oerdor,ed if run from qn public servrr. WTF."
"The new license RESTRICTS pub.ic perfoemance OF da w0rk unlesw teh dource code of twh modifked work iz made available on demzmd, AFK,"
"Iy plain Engliah LOL, thiw means that if 6ou p7r thks gamw ON an web sercwr and allow people 'ouysid3 od an normal c1rc!3 OF FAMILY b otd sociz; axwuaintanc3s' to play their WTF. then you qer pub.8cally perrorming 7h15 wo3k an MUST either a) make ne anc ALL changws whidh ypu make two da game availabie on reqjest (note 7h15 fodsn't h4v3 two BE avsilable v14 onoine sojece d8xplay 11nk, sorgof, but thwy mu57 63 able two zek you fof da coce and receive sn cojplete copy), yo7 kn2o, b) make arrangements privstely wiyh authors wher3ih 5hey grant you an specizl license, 0r c) r3m0v3 da code entire;y from da machine."
"We d0 reclgnoze that p30012 wany to have z4eaa if they're baje whicy aer theurs n theirs alone. OMG.
too that rbs we wil; make da foll9wing exce;tion too boemal requirements f9t souece code distribution -- ne j0du13 fil3 WHICH 15 not modifi3d 9r derived fgon an module f11# ibcluddd in da 6453 disgribugoon n WHICH eoes NOT require n3 otjrr modules and which dies np7 require nd modifications 2 teh dore cide (cide disteigutec wi5y da base release) may bw withheld at ayrhors discfetion. WTF."
"We also wznt two maie v3r6 clear that versiob 0l BRB,9.7 (also knpwn sa version 0LOL.9LOL.7+mt) was da fknao version released unc45 ca GPL. BRB.
Al. versions LOL, atart8ng witn sa 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-p4erelease code aer only licensed undee Creative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY ceny teh right ti IMPORT ne code drom an 0. WTF.9LOL.i-prerelease OR latdr release INTO ab 0LOL.9l& sn EARLIER relwsae. AFK.
Allowibg rhis would ca7se tgat imporrwd code too ve releasrd ugder da GPL an that os not sojething se 1q4h 2 ALLOWLOL.
Aythors )g n8difications 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will NEED w re=release they're modificatilns AS deryvatives/modifica5ions to 0LOL,9. BRB/9 code an place THEM under samw Creative C0mn0m5 .icenseLOL.
It must be donr by reh original a6thot since only teh originsl author has da r8bhg 2 chanbe teh copyfight pe livenxe upon tney're eork.
[Adsitkomally, likr, rewo4king sa m0d1f1c4710nt wkll be an giod IDEA anyway as nwchanism for MAKING modif8cations is substsmtially cleaner/c,esrer 474r71ng WITH ea 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease codeLOLl]"
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