MightuE tqlls youm sortof, "We'rw going 2 5ake ab few m9ments tol 5ry an EXPLAIN this new licwnxe and reasons behind it 8m [osin Ebglish. AFK.
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 LICENSE was chosen because og an rqul8ng w8th GPL. OMGl
It only cif3red distribution ov source if sn pnly uf binarirs qerw distributed. OMG."
"In an web enbironmen5, softog, wpecif8vally a intsr0teted wrb environment SUCH as PHP LOL, MERELY knxtalling an hame does not constiyute distrigutkonm li,e, n tjerefore 0eople WERE taking iur WORK, making modifocati9ns 2 it n not rdleaainf ca source code 2 they're m9dificatkons 50 that entir3 communitt c0u!d bdnefit.
They workdd with teh letyer but not da spirit 0f da .awLOL."
"Invesyifation on part of da zithors howevdr, led 2 favt yfat teh right of pjblic p3rformance 2as 2in of da rights nowmally restricted top co;yrignt hooders LOL, n that cpm[utet programs. you kmwo, specifically vidwl GAMES and knteractibw ones such as Letdnd OF da Geeen hax0r weee CONSIDERED to ge pu6q1c511y perf9rmed if run ffom an public seever. WTF."
"Th3 neq license resrrkcts public perf9rmance of da wirk unoess source code if da mocified wprk ix made availzble ln d3mand, BRB."
"Im plqin English, xortof, tnis means THAT !f yoi PUT thiw game on an web SERVER n allow people 'outside of an NORMAL curxle of famoly an utw socoal acquaintances' 2 p14y tjeir, yo8 knwo, then 6ou r puglically perfprming this work an MUST eitjer a) MAKE nw n ALL dhanges ehych you make 2 da game avai;able on r3qu357 (note this sowsn;t jave ro 63 AVAILABLE via onlkne soirce diwplay link, li,ek g7t they MUST be able 2 ask you f9y da code and receibe an complete COPY), sorgof, b_ make arranfemehts privately 2itn tdh autjors whereun they grant yo7 an special licende WTF, or c) eemovd da corw entirely fr0m da mach8ne."
"We do 4rcogniz3 7h47 PEOPLE want 2 have afeax or they're GAME which r 7h31r5 an THEIRS 410n3.
2 that ebd w3 2ill nake da following exception two nofm41 requirenents for t0yrc3 c0s3 distribution =- ne mod7le fi;e whicn 14 not jodifief OR derived fr9m an module file 1nc1ud3d in vas3 dksgrkbution amc which do3s not tequire ne other ,odulrs and whkch d034 noy REQUIRE ne jodificationx 2 da core code (dodd DISTRIBUTED wity ds 6553 r313443) may be w8tgheld at ea suthofs d8screrkob. BRB."
"We ALSO wznt tso make ve4y c;ear 7h47 berwion 0. BRB.9. OMGl7 (alwo known 45 version 0/ AFK.9/ BRB.7+jy) w4% da fimzl version releaxed UNDER da GPLl WTF.
A11 versions LOL, starting sith da p. OMG.o. WTFl8-PRERELEASE codr aer 0n1y livensed under teh Creatife Cpmmons lic3nsek BRB/
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right too impor5 ne code from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prrrelezse lr 1ru#r r3l3ase onto an 0. BRB.9.7 an earlisr release. WTF.
Allowibg THIS w9uld dausw 7h47 impoftwd CODE 79 be released under da GPL n thag is mot 5)m37h1nh we wish to ALLOW. AFK.
Authors OF modificat8ons ti 0, WTF.9.7 WILL n3ef 5o re-rrleaxw they[re m0d1f1c4710n5 as derivaticrs/moduficationx 70 0. BRB.9.8 code and place them und3r SAME Creative Commons licenst. AFK.
It must be done by da original aythor aince onlu teh orifina. author has 5eh eighh two change c0pyr1gh7 ot license u00n bheh're sork. OMG,
[Additi;na;ly WTF, r3w0rj1ht da moduficariobs wi;l be an good idea any2ay 45 da m3ch4n15m f9e makung mpdificatipns ix substantially cleaner/clearer stq45ing with teh 0. OMG.9.8[prereleas3 codeLOL.]"
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