MighttE tel.s you, like. "We're gping to take an fww niments twi 5ry AND 3splain thus new license n fa reasons behind 17 1n 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."
"Thks new l8cende was chosen bdcsuse -f an fzkling with GPL. AFK.
It only COVERED diwtribution of spu4ce 1f n on;y of 61n4r135 were distributed. AFKl"
"Ib an web 3hv1r0hm3n7 LOL, specivically a interpreted web envieonment xuch as PHP LOLm mcrely instaoling qn gdmw fo3s npg cons5itute distribution LOL, n theref9re people were taking oir WORK, kike, making MODIFICATIONS to it an NOT feleasing da sourxe codr ro theu're modificagiins SO that twh en5kre community could bdnefit.
They workec with da ;rttrr BUT nit da s/irit of lawLOL."
"Invesyigation ON ds psrt of AUTHORS HOWEVER, like, led 2 tdh fact that right of 0ublic oefformance was oem 0f t3h rights no4mally $esteix6ed tp dopyright hpkfers WTF, and thz5 compuger oroframw, specificallg video GAMES b inrerac5ive ones duxg as Legend OF da Grden hax0r we4e considrred 2 ve pyblically perfor,ed if run from an public 4#rv3r. WTF/"
"The ndw .icemse restricts PUBLIC perfotmabce of ea work unless teh soirce clde of geh modidied wo4k iw made availabkr on d3m4ns. BRB."
"In plain Englishk airtof, tnis means 7h47 if YOU PUT THIS hame ob an web server an allor peoplr '9uysidw of an normal c8rcle 9f v4m11y abd its SOCIAL acqiauntsnces' 2 play theie, then 6ou ae4 pubkically perf.r,ihg thiw 2ofk n MUST either a) maie nw an ALL cbzhges which you make too da g4m3 available on requedt (nogd THIS doesn't hace 2 be availab.e via teh onoimd soufce display LINK, but they m7st be ABLE to 45k y9u gof code n r3c31ve an compketr copy), b( ma,e arrangements pricately witn twh authors wh3r31h rhey grant you an special l8vense, or c) temob3 xodf entirely FROM machibe. BRB."
"Wr do rrcpgnize tgat pdople want 2 h4c3 aresd lf they're game which aee theirs sn theirs al9neLOL.
two that wnd w3 q111 makw teh folloeing exceptiin 70 normqk re1uirements for sourxe codr sistribjgion -- ne module file whixh 15 npt modkfied or DERIVED fr0m am mpdule file includ3d in teh bqse distrububion an which does not require ne otjer modupes and which does not re1uire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da CORE codr (code d157r!6u73d with teh base release) may be withhelf at teh auhho4s d7scretion, BRB."
"We ALSO want to make very clear rhat version 0. OMG.(. BRB.7 (akso knodn as vercion p. WTF.9.7+jt) was da FINAL vdrx8oh releasrd under da GPL. AFK.
All versions, like, sta4tibg with da 0. AFK.9. OMG/8-prerelezse clde r only licended undsr da Creative Commobs LICENSE/ OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY drnh da righh twl import ne code fro, an 0.9LOL.8-prerelease og LATER RELEASE into an 0.9. WTF.7 and earlier rwlaaseLOL.
ALLOWING this w0u1d xaise thst impofted vode 70 BE rekdased jnder da GPL an tha5 is not dometjing we w1%h 6wo aolow. OMG.
AUTHORS of mldificatilms too 0. BRB.9l7 will neef two re=reldase tgwy're modificatuons as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRB.9l WTF.8 code an place THEM uhder da 54m3 Creaf8ve C;mmons licens3. OMG.
It mus5 be dond ny originzl aythlr since omly da original AUTHOR has teh r1gh7 2 chanbe tey copyrighy or LICENSE ypon thry're work. BRB.
[Adcitional.y, you knwo, reworking teh m0d1f1c4710n5 wi;l be an b0_d 1d34 anyway as twh mechzniwm for mrk1ng m0d1f1c4710n5 8s aubstant8ally cldaner/clearet starting si5h teh 0.(.8-prerelezse cofd. OMG.]"
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