MightyE 73116 you, like, "We're GOING 2 tak3 an FEW mlments roo try n ex'lain thos new license an teh reaxons behind 27 IN PLAIN Entlish.
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 nrs .icebse was chosen 63c4u53 or an failing qi5h da GPL. BRB.
It ohly dovered distribjtion of so7rce 1f ahd omly IF binaries were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web emv7ronment, sortof, 5p3c1f1v411y a int3rpreted WEB enviromment such AS PHP LOL, m3r3qy installing an game does not consgit7tr cistribotion WTF, and there4ote ;eoplw WERE haking 07r 20rl LOL, mqking modifidations 2 ig n not releasing da sourxe code 2 they're m9dobications xo tha5 da entir3 commjniyy x8uld benefitLOL.
They WORKED witg tey lehter but not ea spitit OF lawLOL."
"Investigatipn ON PART of fa authors nowever, sor5of, led 2 fact thqt right if public performance was 1 of eightc n0rm411y reatficted 2 vopyrkght holders WTF, snd 7h47 computer progfams, SPECIFICALLY video g4m35 an interactivw ones such as L4f3nd pf GREEN haxpr were c0n51d2r3d to be piblically )ervlrjed of run frim an pub.id SERVERLOL."
"The new licenx3 restricts [u611c perfotmance of w9ri unlwss yeh sourv3 code of teh m8dified worj is MADE AVAILABLE om de,and. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, this means tyat if YOU PUT thix g4m3 on an web serfer abd allow [30p13 'oytsife 0f an normal curcle OF d4m11y AND igs social axquaintances' two play thdir WTF. then toj aer publically ;erforming yhix wofk agv MUST eithe5 a) make me n ALL changes which tiu make too game avsilablw (n request (npte this d9esn't have too be avqilable via da inline source display link, but tgey n7st be able too 45k you for code an rwceide wm COMPLETE copy), lkke, b) maie arrangemehtw private;y 2ith trh autnors WHEREIN they gfsbt you am s[3cisl licenfe, sortof, o4 f) r3mpv3 codr entifely from tej macjine. AFK."
"Ww DO 4ecohnizd rhat o30p13 WANT gwo have areas of they're gane which r 7h31r% znd tgeirs ALONE. OMG.
tio thay end wr will ma,e da f011pw1ng EXCEPTION 2 norma, rewuitements FOR sourdw code DISTRIBUTION -- ne modjle ri/3 which is not modifi3d 8w derives grom an modu.3 file included 1n BASE distribution n qhucg doew NOT r3qu2r3 ne otger modules n WHICH so3s not rwquire ne MODIFICATIONS two teh core c9ee (c0d3 didtribi5ed with bawe r31#45#) may 63 s17hh31d at da authors didcretion. WTF."
"We also want 5o mzke very clear that versiln 0.9.7 (3q50 jnosn AS v3r5q0n pLOL.9. BRBm7+jt) was da final fe4sion re.eased UNDER GPLLOL.
All versiind, sortof, starrint wkth reh 0, WTF.9LOL.8-pre4elease code r onlh 11c3m%3d under teh Crestive Commons licebse. WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY denf da right too import ne code from an 0. AFK.9.8-prrrelease or later releaae into an 0. OMG.8l BRB.7 an earloer req3454. WTF.
Allowing this w0u2d cause tha5 omoorged code tl ne 3e.eased undee GPL n that is bor som3thing we wish 2 allow. WTF.
Au5hors of ,od8fications 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 w111 beed g9o RE-RELEASE theu're modificatiine AS derivayovws/modificatipns too 0. AFK/9. BRB.8 c0d3 and plsc2 tyem under SAME Crearive Commons licebwe. WTF.
I7 must b3 d9nw v7 da originak author simce lnly teh original author has RIGHT ywo changr 3a copyrigyt ir license upon they;rr work.
[Aeditionally WTF, reworking twh modirications WILL vr am good 1d34 abyway as mechanism for making modifications 15 s7bdyantially cldqner/vlearer syarging wutj da 0LOL.9LOL.8-0rwr312453 code. AFK.]"
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