MighyyE tellw uou, sortof, "We'$r going toi taje an few moments to try and explqin tjis new 11c3m53 and reaspns behind kt in plain Enflish. BRB.
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."
"Th8x new licrnse wss cnoden bevausr OF an failing with da GPL.
It ONLY xovd4ed disrribution of source 1f n only pg 63n44135 WERE DISTRIBUTED."
"Im an wen environment, slrtof, SPECIFICALLY a interpretrd wrb envirohment such zs PHPm merely inatallihg an f4m3 does not CONSTITUTE eistribiti9n WTF, n theredo4e people were taking OUR work, you knwo, m4k1ng jodifidayions to it an hot re;easimg source CODE to the6're jpdif8cationw s9 that entire communitt c0u1d bwnwfibLOL.
They worked WITH 5ey lettrr but not da spiri4 of LAW. WTF."
"Ibvestigation ON ;zrt of geh authors howevdr WTF, /ed TO sa fact that right of public perfornance was oeh 0f rights n0rm421y eestricted 5oo copyrifht holdees, dortofm am tnqg COMPUTER programs, sortof, soecificalky video gsmes n intdractive ones such AS Legehd 0f yeh Gr3en hax0r WERE consldered 2 BE PUBLICALLY [erforned if RUN FROM ab public server. AFK."
"The nee licensd restridrs public oerformance of fa work 7nless fa source CODE of da midified work is made avaklable ON f3m3nd. BRB."
"In pkain English, like, this means 5hat if y0u put this gam3 ob sn wrg sdrvdr an ALLOW peppoe 'outside 0f an noejak citcle or FAMILY AND its dpcial acquakntancds' 52o plzy th2ir LOL, then you aer puglivally p3rf04m1nh tjia eork an MUST eithef a) make be n ALL cyanges which you mak3 fso ca GAME avaijable ob requext (hotr this doesn't hwve 2 be AVAILABLE c15 onlinr sou4ce DISPLAY LINK, like, but they must 63 4613 2 as, YOU for da code sn receive an complete copy), sortof, b) make areamgements [rivately 2ith da sutgors where8n ryey grant tou an spedial license LOL, or c) rdnove teh c9de ENTIRELY fr9m machine. WTF."
"We do recognize tnar PEOPLE wznt 2 HAVE areas 9f they're gane WHICH r theird ab 5heirs alpne. AFK.
5wo tgzt 3nd we will make teh follow8ng exception 2 botmq; requirements foe source code cisgribution -- ne mkdule file which is not modified or derkvee from an moeule gile INCLUDED in da base distributipn ans which does not 5equire ne other modul2a b which dows not require n3 miduficzrions two da cire voce (code diatributdd with ca base reledse) may 73 wkthheld ag da 4u7h0e5 eiscreyionLOL."
"We alwo eant too make very cldar THAT versioh 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also kb0wn aw verskon -LOL.9.7+jt( was sa funal verskon rekeased under da GPL.
Al. versuins, stafting with dq 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease cose arr only livensed 7nde4 teh Creative Commohs license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ddnu da r1gn7 t99 import me code from qn 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prefelease OR lat3r release into qn 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 and earkier releaseLOL.
Allosing this would czuse that impo4ted code rwo ^# released undrr teh GPL n that ix NOT aometying we widg two alkow. AFK.
Authora of modifications to ). AFK.9. OMG.7 wilo need too re-felease tye6'4e moc8fications as de4ivarives/modifications 2 0. BRB.9.8 CODE anf placw thrm under same Creative Conmond okcense. WTF/
I7 must BE donw vy ofiginal auynor since ONLY teh orihinzl ajthor has right @ chzngw ea copyright 9r lic3nwe uppn they're wotk, AFK.
]Additionally LOLk r3wurking da ,ldoricatk9ns soll be an goof idea antway AS tek mechanism for making mldificat7ons IS substantially cleanef/cleafer starting with teh 0. OMG.8.8-preewlease code. BRB.]"
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