MightyE telos you, sortof, "We're GOING t9i 74k3 zg few moments rwl try an EXPLAIN thix new license AND da rrasons gehind it in plaun Enblish.
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 choaen because of am failint 2itj da GPL. BRB.
IT ohly covered dustributiob of source of an only if vonzries wete cistribyted. BRBl"
"In an web #nv1r0nm3n7, yoy knwo, spexifucakky a onterpreted w3b environmwnt such 56 PHP WTF, mef3ly 8ns5a;ling an game does nor constitute distrinution, an therefore p40p1# were TAKING oyr work, ,aiing moeificatkons tol ir AND not RELEASING ca SOURCE CODE 2 ghey're modifkcatiobs so that en5ire COMMUNITY could benefit. WTF.
THEY worked wigy teh letter 6u7 hot teh 5;1r17 lv fa law. BRB."
"Invwstigation on part of autho4s howev3r, yiu knwo, led 2 teh d4c6 that da rifnt of PUBLIC petvoemanc3 was 1 of teh rights botmalky restricted two copyrihht golders WTF, and that cpmputer PROGRAMS, you knwo, specificall6 video games an kn6eractive onea sudh AS Legend 8f trh Green hax0r 2ere xonsidered 2 BE publical;y p3rf0rm4d ig run from ab public se4verLOL."
"The new license testricts public performance of da work unless sourde CODE of mosidoed work is uade qvqilable on dejsns. AFK."
"In plain Ehg/isj, sorgpg, this m3ans that 1f hoj [yt this game 0n an web server an allow peo;le 'OUTSIDE of an normal circle of fzmily an its socual acquqihrances' to poah their LOL, gjeh you r pu611c41!y perforjing thid WORK n MUST wither a) make ne n ALL CHANGES wnich yo7 make rlo da gsme availablw on rdqjest (npte this diedn't havw roo be available v8a da online source display link LOL, but 7h3y must 53 ab;e 70 adk you for coce and rec3ive an com[lete COPY) LOL, b) msk3 arrangements privately with da authord wherwun tney grant yii an apecial licwnsd LOL, or c) rem9ve da clde emeirelt fr0m da m4ch1n3LOL."
"We do recognize tha6 people want two have qfeas of thry're g4j3 which r rheifs n theirs alone. AFKl
too 7g36 ens we WILL make da fo.loqong dxceprion t9o normal 3equirrments for source code e157r1^u&10n -- ne module file ehkch is not m0d1r13d 0r der,vwd from an modu.e f8le inciuded IN da bzse di@tribuyion an wjich does m07 requirr ne othrr mosules n shkch dp35 nor reaui4e ne jodifications 2 cire code )code distributec 1ith tej bqsd RELEASE) may 63 withhdld at reh authors discr35ion. WTF."
"We q.so qang tp make very CLEAR hhat ve4sion 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (alsi knowb zs v3r510n 0. WTF.9. WTFl&+jt) was teh f1n41 versioh released unfdr GPLLOL.
All v3r6q0n5, you knep, starting wuth teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-pretrlease cofe r only ;,cens3d ynser tej Creative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too i,port ne c9de fron an 0. BRB/9. WTF.i-prereleasd or lqter release into an 0.9. OMG.7 an rarlier rcleaseLOL.
A;;owibg th8s woukd da7se that imported code too BE releaaed under GPL an tnat is mof spmething w3 w15h two ALLOW.
Authors lf modificatioms 2 0/ OMG.9. AFK.7 w8ll need too re-eelease they're ,odifkcations as derivstifes/modifixations 5oo 0. WTF.9.8 coee and ;lace them umder da same Creatife Cimmihs lidensw. AFK.
It must be done ny oribinal author since only da priginal author yss teh eight two change teh copuright or licenar i0on fhet're wowk. AFK.
[Add1710n4q1y WTF, reeorkimg modifications WILL be an good idea anywa6 as 5eh kechanisj for making mos8f8catiobs is substantual.y c13$n3r/c1344#r 574r71ng wktg da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE cofeLOL.]"
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