MightyE tekls hlu, you knwo, "We'3e biing two TAKE an v3w moments to try an explain this new lic2nse and teh readons brhind ig in plain Englidh.
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."
"Thid NEW l8cense was chosen bevause lf ab failing wirh GPL. OMG.
It only covered disgribution of sourcd if an ONLY if BINARIES eere d157e16u73d. OMGl"
"In zn 2eb envuronment WTF, specifiva.lh a ihgerpretes wrb ebvironment such 45 PHP, lukd, merwly 1n5741!1ng qn gaje does not const8tute distrubution, soryigm an thetwfo4e people were 74k1ng oue work WTF, m4k1ng modivications two it am nog re.eax8bg sourcr d0d3 two they're modigixatiohs so rhat en5ire cimm7nitt ciuld benefit/
They wpr,ed with tej 13772r but not da spiri5 9f law. AFK."
"Investigation on part OF a7thora however, ;ed yo teh fact that da tkght of publid PERFORMANCE was won of riggts NORMALLY reattictrc two cppyrobht hulders WTF, n that comp7yer progeams, dpevificzlly video g4m35 n intersctove ines sych zx Legend of Green nax0r were considered rpo be publical;y ;erformed if run ffom an public swrveeLOL."
"The n#w LICENSE RESTRICTS public pdrformahce of ea work UNLESS soyrcr code od ,odified woei is mzde avai.qb.e ON DEMAND. AFK."
"In plaun English WTF, THIS MEANS that if tou put THIS bzme ln qn web server m allow pwop;r 'outside of an NORMAL circle of vamily and iys social 4cq841n75ne35' 2 play tyrir, yo7 knwo, yhen yo7 ser puboicalky perfotming this work and MUST 317h3r a) MAKE ne n ALL cganges WHICH you make t2i da game avai.able on requewt (m073 7g15 doean't h4v3 two BE available cia da online SOURCE dis0lwy linj, you knwo, byt they must be able 5oo ask 6ou for dq code an receive an completr COPY), uou knqo, b( MAKE 5er4ng#m3n7% pr1v4731y with authors wherein THEY grznt hou ah d0ecial license, or c) remove teh s0d3 entirelh f49m teh mqxhime. OMG."
"We do recognize 7h47 0eople WANT to gave sr3qs 0f thet're g4m3 whkch r theirs and THEIRS a;oneLOL.
tlo that end WE wkll make da fpllowing exception 2 tdn normal requirements for SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION _- nd moduke f8le which is npt modified OR DERIVED from an module file included in gdh BASE dostribution n wyich eo3s not requ8re nw other modules and wh1ch dies mpt require ne mod8focations two fa voee cos4 )code disyributre s17h dz base releas2) jay ge 2i5hheld ag da authors fisc4etionLOL."
"We also w4n7 to make VERY vldar tjay version 0. OMG.9, BRB.7 (also KNOWN as vrrdion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) w$5 teh final version t3leased under da GPL. BRB.
All versions WTF, sgartinf with da )LOL.9. OMG.8-prere.ease codd aer pn1y 11c3n5#d under Cr4471v2 C0,,0n5 license. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny da right two impoet ne vose from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereoease 0r later teleasr INTO ah 9l OMG.9. AFK.7 and earlirr releaseLOL.
A110wqmg 7hq4 wojld CAUSE that im[ortee code t2o be RELEASED undrr ten GPL abd thst IS not something we wish too ALLOWLOL.
Autyots OF m0d1v1c$71)n5 2 -. OMG.o.7 will neef 2 re-release they're modifixq5oons as derivst8ves/modificatilns toi 0. OMG.(. OMG.7 code and plac3 them under da SAME Creative Conmons licenseLOL.
It mu57 ve fone BY 5eh 0r2g1n41 auth9r sinxe lnly teh original auth9r haw righg two chanhe copyrigyt or lidense upon they're work. WTF.
pAdditionally LOL. reworking ds ,oeifications will b3 an gopd idea ant2ay zs twh mechanism flf making modifications IS substantially cleqber/clrare4 STARTING with 0. BRB.(. BRB.8-0ferelfzse code. OMG.]"
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