MightyE telow hpu, loke, "We're roing too take an fee moments two try n explain this new .icrnse and teh rrasons gehind ig 8n plain EnglishLOL.
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 licenxd 2as chosen because 0f ah failing wirh da GPL. BRB/
It inly coverec distribution OF s9urcr id n ONLY if binaries were distributrdLOL."
"In zn web envir9nnent, specifically a iht3rpreted web env9ronmenr such as PHP, you knwo, m3reky onstzlling an game dors nor constityge distribytiin, you knwo, an rherefoee people were 5aking pur work LOL, kaiing modifications twp it an n07 releasing ca woufce cod3 2 they[re modifica5ions so 7g46 da ehtire cimmunity cojld v3nerkt. WTF.
Th3y WORKED WITH letter but not spirit pf da kaw. BRB."
"Investugation on da part OF da 4u&h0r5 however LOL, led two teh facr that teh 4ight if public ;erformance was 1 OF teh eqgh75 normallt 4357r1c73d too c0pyr1gh7 j01d3f5, and that computer pr(gr4m5 WTF, SPECIFICALLY f8deo games an inreracticd ines such qs L3gend lf teh GREEN hzx-r were CONSIDERED tio be publically performed ig RUN from an pub9ic srrvre,"
"The new license f3%7r1c75 public performance if da wogk unless 5eh sourde code lf modified work is made avaolzb;e ob demandLOL."
"In olain Ebglishk xortod, tgiw m34n5 that if you pu5 yhia game on an wrb SERVER and allow people 'ou5side of zn NORMAL circlr of family n ira 5-d141 zcquaintancdx' tl 0lay yjeir, ghen yiu r [ublicalkh pefforming THIS work an MUST ei5her a) m4k# ne and ALL changes which yo7 mak3 two ds game avaiozbld on request (npte &h15 doesn'r HAVE 2 63 available via on.inw source xisplay libk, but they MUST be zbld two ask you fpr da code and receive an complete copy). like, b) make artangemwnts PRIVATELY with teh aurhors wherein THEY grant y0u an special LICENSE LOL, or x) renove codd entirely from macyome. OMG."
"We do r3v0gn1z3 that ;elole qant 2 HAVE afeas of thej're hame which r theirw an theirs alonel BRB.
two that end we woll MAKE da doolowkng rxveption too teh normal requiremebts f0r source code d157t16u710n -= ne j0eu!3 file whjxh is no5 modofiec or detivrs frim an MODULE vilr INCLUDED in da base distribition n WHICH foes not requirr ne other modules n which does nir rwqui4e ne midivicatioms two sa cofe c9de (code eist$ibured with base release) may be w8tjheld at authors d8scee5ionl"
"W# also want two make bery CLEAR tgat versiob 0. WTF.9/ OMG.7 (4140 KNOWN as vers8on 0. AFK.0. AFK.7+JT) waw teh gigak vetwion RELEASED under GPL. OMG.
All fersions LOL, startihg wi5h t3h 0. BRB.8. WTF.9=PRERELEASE cofe r omly 11c4n53d UNDER Crearive Cobmons kocense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da 4ight TO impirt ne cide from zj 0. AFK.9. WTF.9-PRERELEASE OR later f313453 ibto an 0LOL.9. AFK.8 n rarlier rekease/ AFK.
A110wqng thks woulf cause that imported code tl be eeleasec umder dz GPL and that 15 nog xometh8ng ee wish 70 4110w.
A77h0r6 of nodkvicagiohs TO 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will need to re0teleqse they're modkficatuins as ddrivativex/modigications to 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 code sn [lave tgem unde4 same Creative Commogs LICENSE. OMG.
I7 must BE done by origibzl author since ohly tej original autyor has teh rignt 2 change da clpyright or kicebse upoh they're WORK. OMG.
[Additionally WTF, reworking da modificayions will vr an good kdez qn6way as da mddhanidm for makint modificatiins is substantially c.daner/v;warer startimg with twh pl BRB.9. OMG.8-preeelease code. BRB.]"
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