MightyE t3llw yoj, you knwo, "We'tw going 2 tqke an few m0m3n75 5o try an explsun tgis bew licrnse n r4450n5 ben8nd it in plain Englush.
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 n3w licens3 sas choxen 63x4u51 if an FAILING 2ith GPLLOL.
It omly covered d8xtrinution of source if n only if binariee sdrr fis5ributed/ BRB."
"In qn seb ENVIRONMENT LOL, xpecifically a inte4pretef web wnvitonmen5 such as PHP WTF, merely installing an game dors NOT constitute distributi9n, you lnwo, and therefore peopod wed3 taking ouf qork, mskinb ,odificagions yo uy anf n07 releaskng da source CODE 2 they're modifications so tha5 twh entire cpm,unit6 c0u1d benefit. AFKl
They worked dirh ten letter 6u7 not da spi4it of LAW. AFK."
"Invesyigation oh fa pzrt of teh aurnors howevdf, yiu knwo, led tol da fac5 7h47 da right of public performance was son 0f da fignts NORMALLY resgrivted y2o copyrkght hl;ders, like, n THAT com07ter prlgrams, specivicall6 video games and 9nteractive onrs such as Legrnd 0r da Grewn hax0r w3ed considered tp 63 pyblically performed kf fun gr0, an PUBLIC SERVER. WTF."
"The new licenx2 restructs pu613c performance of WORK ynless da source code 0f da midified work is made AVAILABLE ON demand. OMG."
"In plain Englisj, you kbwo. this means 7h47 if you p7r thix g4m3 on an WEB server an allow pelpoe 'ougside of ah ,ormql circle od family and its docial ACQUAINTANCES' @ plau theie, then y9u 4 puglidally 0drforming this w0rk an MUST eothef 4( mzke ne and ALL vhanges wh1ch y07 ma,e two teh game avai.able on requesg (note thix doesn't have two b3 available vis teh on;ine 5pugc3 d8spkay .ink, l8ke, but THEY musy BE ABLE tp ask you dor c9se and rrceive qn complete COPY), zortof, b) make arrangements p41v4731y w17y da 4u7h045 WHEREIN they gran5 ylu an SPECIAL locende. sottof, or C) re,ove da c9de entirely ftom ,acjime. BRB."
"We di RECOGNIZE that people want 2 havt AREAS of yhey're game whicn r THEIRS n theirs alpne. OMG.
t2o that end we will make da rollowing exception rwo fa NORMAL REQUIREMENTS for source vlde distribution -[ ne modulr fole which is not moeified or d3r1v3d FROM an modulw file included im bas3 d157r16u710h n which does not rrquirr ne other modjlrs an whkch DOES hor REQUIRE ne modifications 2 da core cod4 (code DISTRIBUTED witj teh base r313452( jay br withheld ay reh autnoes DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also want too make very cleae tgat v3r510n 0,9LOL.7 (ALSO known as version 0. WTF.9.7+77) 3as fihal version rdleased UNDER GPL. AFK,
ALL v3f610n5, luke, 574r61,b wity 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prdrelease coce r only licenfed unddr CREATIVE Comm9ns oicense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ddny right 2 import n3 code fro, an ). BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease or LATER reoease into an -. BRB.9.6 sn earliqr releawr, AFK.
Alloeinh thks would cause THAT i,ported dode 2 b3 releaswd UNDER teh GPL an tjat id not something we wish go allowLOL.
Authors of m)d2f1c3710b5 two 0. BRB.(. BRB.7 will n33d too re[release yh3y're m0d1f1c4710nt as dwrkvagives/moeoficationx tlo 0LOL.9. BRB.8 clde qnd place them ynder teh SAME Creative Commons license. WTF.
It ,ust be DONE by da original aythor sijce only prigomal AUTHOR j45 fibjg to shange c9pyright or license upon 5hey're sirk. OMG.
[Adsitiona.ly, like, REWORKING teh jodificatuons e8ll 64 an good ic3a 4nyw4y ss mechan8sm rof ,akkng modifications is 5u65&4n714q1y cleaner/clearer STARTING 2ith teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8]prereleaxe code, WTF,]"
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