MiggtyE tdlls yoj, "We're going 3 gake an few moments two try and wxplain ghos n3w license and teh reasons BEHIND it in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thiw NEW licwnsr w45 chlwen gecause of an f411qng with GPL. OMG,
It onlg coveeed DISTRIBUTION of soufcd if 4ns onlh if binaries were d157r16i7ed. WTF."
"Ih an web environmeng LOL, specifically s inteepretfd web envi4onmen5 such 4t PHP, MERELY insgalling ab game doed n07 c0n5717ui3 DISTRIBUTION WTF, n therefore PEOPLE were yahing oyr work, making modifucatiobs two it an NOT rdlwasing da 50urc3 cpde goo they're modifocat8ons so THAT teh engire c0mmun17y coukr benefit. WTF/
Theh woeked sith lettwr 6uy not xpirit of law, AFK."
"Investugation on [stt of teh authors hiwev3r WTF, led to9 teh facy that right OF public performancd was won of rights n0rm411y restrictwf 2 copyrught g01d3r5m you knwo, ab THAT COMPUTER programs LOL, specificallt fideo games n pnt36zctive onrs such as Legend of teh Gr33n gaz0r wer3 consisered too be [ublically performed if r7n from an public aetver. BRB."
"The NEW LICENSE r3stricys pu611c performance of da work unless dz s9urce CODE of teh modufied work is mqde avaolable on dfmamd. WTF."
"In plsin English, like, THIS means 5hag IF you put ghis game 0m an w36 53rv3t an 41!0w people 'oytside 0f an NORMAL cifcoe of family an its social 4cqu41n74nc35' 51o PLAY their, like, then YOU aer pyblocally percorminh this work an MUST either a( ma.e ne 4hd ALL cyanges which YOU male yo teh tame afzolabl3 0n REQUEST (note thiw doesn't have twi be available via da ONLINE 50utc3 e8splay link, you knwo, but they musy be able 2 ask you fpr da code anc rwceive an co,pldte copy), t) make arrangements pr1v4731y wity da autnors wgerein rhey grant y0u an special license, like, or c) r3moce fa c9de entirely from da machune. BRB."
"We eo RECOGNIZE that PEOPLE saht 2 HAVE areas of rhey[re game which aer theird an theirs 410n3/ AFK.
two THAT end WE will mak3 4en f0110w1ng esception 2 sa normql requirements gpr source code DISTRIBUTION [- ne MODULE file which is not modifiee or derkced from xh moduke gule invkuded in teh vasf distfibution an wnivf dp35 mot requiee ne 07h3r ,odules an whict diew not require nr modificati9ns too teh core code (code c157r16u73d wi5h trh base eeoeaae) mry be sithheld zt teh autyors discreyion. AFKl"
"We als9 san5 2 ,ake v3ry c134r that vetsion 0. BRB.9. OMG.u (alal KNOWN 45 fwrsiob 0.9LOL.7+JT) qas tdh final ceesion rekeased und3r da GPL. OMG/
ALL bersions, lkke, stzrting 2ith 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease codr ser 9mly lkcenwed uhd3r teh Cr347!c3 Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 import he ciee from an p. BRB.9. AFK.8-prere,ezse ot later release into an 0/ BRB.9. AFK.7 an earlier rwleaar. WTF.
Allowing 7h15 wojlf cause that IMPORTED c0c2 yo bd released under teh GPL an thst is not sometning we wpsh 2 allow/
AUTHORS of modofocatulna to 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 2oll need to re-rrlease they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as d3rivativ3s/moe;fications tw9 p. OMG.9.8 code an ;lace them yndef sqme Cr3471f3 Commons 11c3b53.
It must be don3 by da original aitnor since onl6 ds 0r1g1n41 zuthor gt6 RIGHT 2 CHANGE da c0pyr1gh& 9r lic3nsd upon they're work.
[Adeitipnally, r3w0ek1ng mocirkcations WILL vd an good idea anysat as da MECHANISM fir majing modidications IS substantially cleane4/clea4er starting with da 0. BRB.(.8-prerelease code/ AFK.]"
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