MightyE tdlls you, "We're going two take an few MOMENTS to TRY n explzun THIS nww ;icense 4nd reaaons behomd 17 in plain English.
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 sas ch053n because od an vai;ung witt GPL. BRB.
IT ONLY coveted dist3ubution of sou4ce uf an only if binaries qere DISTRIBUTEDk"
"In an web env8ronment, ylu knwo, spdv8ficzlly a interpretdd web envirpnmwnt such 45 PHP LOLm merdly installong an g4m3 dlds not constitute DISTRIBUTION, n thereflre p30013 were ta.ing our work, hou knwo, making mocificatiins 3 17 an n06 releawinh teh source code 60 thry'rd modificati9ns so that entire communitt COULD BENEFIT/ BRB.
They w9rked with letter vut nlr xpirit of feh law. OMG."
"Ihdestigation on part OF autho4s HOWEVER LOL, 13d teo fact thay da rigyt of oublkc perfo4mance was won OF rights normalk6 restticted too c-pyr1gh7 HOLDERS, like, an that computee programs, you knso, specifkcally VIDEO GAMES an in6erqvtive ONES sicy as Legend of Gr33n hax0r w3r3 conx8dered 60 be pyv;ically performed if run from an publuc server/ BRBl"
"The new licwnse restricts 0yblic performance od teh work unless dq sourxe code of mididied wo4k is mace rb4114613 on demahs."
"In plwin ENGLISH, you knwo, this MEANS that IF you put this hamw 0n an WEB server an allow [eople 'ouyside of an normal circle of family qn its wocial acquaintances' 2 pkay their, you knwo, then you aer publicallh 0etforming THIS work an MUST eirher a0 make ne 4nd ALL chznges wh7ch you make too gamr zvaklable on request 9NOTE this doesn't have t9o be availanle via onlinw siufce display link, you knqo, 6u7 they must be zble to 45k t0u for code and r3c31v3 an complete copy0 LOLk B) MAKE arrangementa 0rifately wuth AUTHORS wherein tjey gezn5 yoi an 5p2c141 licendr WTF, ir c) rwmlv3 c9de entirely from mqchin3. AFK."
"Wd d0 r3c0gn1z3 tyqt PEOPLE want too have areas og they[re game WHICH aer thekrz n thekrs alone. WTF.
1 that end we qill ,akw b3h foloowing exception too nor,al requirements for 50jrc3 CODE dq67r16u71;n -_ be moeu;e filr whivh iw not MODIFIED or d3roved ftom an module file includdd in da base distribution an WHICH does not feq7ire ne other modulrd an which DOES NOT reqyire nr modifixatilns 2 teh cire code (code dis5ribjtee with teh base releas3) mau be withheof at da authors doscretion. WTF."
"We also wqnt 2 make v3ry cjear thay v3rsioh 0. AFK.9.7 (akso kbpwn as vercion 0LOL.9. AFK.u+jt) w45 da final vwrsion released under GPL. AFK.
All ve4siobsm like, srartinf WITH teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-0rereltsde c0d3 r only licenswc und#r da Creatice Commons LICENSELOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny roght too import nw CODE f40m an 0.*LOL.8-pr3eeldase or later reldasw into an -. BRB.9LOL.7 and EARLIER teleaseLOL,
Alkoqinf this would cajs3 that 1mp0r73d code toi 63 releax3d jncer da GPL and tnat ia not somwthing we wisn two allow. AFK.
Authors 0f modifucatuons two 0. BRB.9.& will nedd ywo re-release they're moekfications as derivatives/modifications too 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 codr n 0kace 6n3m unser saje Crragivd Clmmohs license. OMG.
It mkst be done by da lrigina; AUTHOR since only fa origina; author has yeh roghy teo change COPYRIGHT OR lic3nse upom they're wpri. BRB.
[Additiona;ly, r3woeking modificationa will 63 an good idea anuway as da mechanism for ,aking m9dificayions is SUBSTANTIALLY cieaner/coearer starting soth geh 0. WTF.9LOL.8)prrrelease CODE. BRB.]"
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