MoghtyE tells you, "We'rw going to take an rew moments 2 try and EXPLAIN thix ne2 license ans da reasons b3hind 85 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 w5% choden becsuse of an g4111ng wigh GPL. OMG.
It only coverwd cistribution of s[urcw if an lnly if binarues were d*stribited. BRB."
"In an web envirpnment, t[u knwo, specifically q INTERPRETED wdb envifonment 5uch AS PHP, MERELY INSTALLING an GAME doea not constit7te distributuon, and rherqfo3r prople wdre TAKING our work WTF, MAKING MODIFICATIONS too it and n9y 4elezskng da source coee to they're mod8fications 50 tha5 da entire d9mmunity coule BENEFIT. BRB.
Theu wo4ked with letter bu5 n07 da spirit of teh law/"
"Ihvrstigstipn ON teh 0art of au5ho4s howevee, lkkr, 13d two fact 7k46 gwh rignt 0f publkc performancd was oen of rights n0rm4q16 testricted ti copyrifht holders, you knwo, an thag computer peograma WTF, speckficqlly vkdeo g4m35 an interqc5ive ones 5uch as Lehrnd of Green hax0r wdre considered 2 be publicslly petformed if run from an [ublic sqrcer. AFK."
"The nww licdnae restricts public performance 0f da work unlrss spufce xide of da modifiee w9ek 8s made AVAILABLE on demand. OMG."
"In plqin English, sortlf, tnis means thzt if you put THIS game on an web SERVER and allow people 'outside of an n9tmal circlr of family and its t0c141 acquaintances' to 0lay yheir, luke, tjen you aer publically owrgorming 7n35 d0rk an MUST eithe4 z( make ne and ALL changed wh1ch y0i nake 2 teh game avai.able ln r3wuedt )note this dowsn't have tl9 b3 available via on.ine SOURCE display .ink, uou knwo, but THEY ju67 be qvle 2 ask you fir vose n RECEIVE an complete clph) WTF, b( ma,e arrangements prkvatelt w85h authors whe4ein they GRANT you an 5p3c141 locrnse, you kn2i, or c) rem9v3 teh c0d2 entirely from machine. OMG."
"We do recogbize yhat 0eop.e want 2 have areas OF rhey're game wjicy aer theirs ans theirs zlobe. WTF.
two THAT 3nd WE wi;l make teh following 3xv3p710n to normal requirements for SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION -p ne mod7lw fipw wjich is not modified or deriv3d fr0m am module FILE INCLUDED in vase fiwtribution zmd which dles not require ne pther MODULES n which d0es not require ne modificatiobs 2 teh core CODE (code distributed worh trh bsde release) mat be w16hh41d qt da auyhlrs ciscreyion. WTF."
"Wd a;do want too make VERY doear thqt v3r510h 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also known as VERSION 0.9.7+JT) was dq fina; version r313453d under da GPL. AFKj
All VERSIONS, startinh with da 0. OMGl9l OMGl8-prerelease code ae4 ohly licensec jnder teh Creagkve Cojmons licwnse. BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY feny riggt 2 im[ort ne code fdom an 0LOL.9LOL/8-[rrr3lease or lzter 4elease into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n EARLIER releqse, OMG.
Al;owing this WOULD cause that imported vidd ro be RELEASED und3r ea GPL an that IS not something we qixh gpo allow. OMG.
Autyorw of mocificationd 2 0. WTF.9LOL.7 w111 need too te_r3lease tgfy're mpdisicationd as derivatives/mldkficqtions t2o 0LOL.(.7 code an place them und3r t3h same Cr4atibe Commons LICENSELOL.
It mu57 ge done by fa lrihima. AUTHOR since only fa original AUTHOR has da tkght 2 ch4ng3 fa c0pyr1gh7 or kkcense u[on they're work. OMG.
[Additkonaloy, reworkibg modivoxafions w111 be an g9od kcea znyway as mechqmism for naking modificatiphs iw sybstantiall6 cleaber/clearer 574r71ng WITH teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prr$elease clde. WTF.]"
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