MightyE tells you, hou jnwo, "We'te GOING 2 take an few ,omebts yo TRY an explain tgis nee license h da reasons behinf ir in plain English. AFK/
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 licehse WAS CHOSEN because of an failing with da GPL. WTF,
It only cov3red dist4ibution of source 8f an only if binaries werr DISTRIBUTED/ AFK."
"In am WEB envitonment, you knwo, specifical;6 a ibter;rwted WEB environment such 45 PHP, you knqo, meteoy inwtallibg an game does not constotjte fistrivutuon, like, an 7h3r3f0r# peo[le were taking 07r wowk, you knwo, making mod8ficzt;ons 2 17 an not rekeasibg 5eh siurce code ywo thdy'rw modifkcations xo THAT teh ehtire c0mmun17t could benefot. AFK.
Tbey 2orked wiyj letter but not teh spirig 0v teh law. AFK."
"Investigahiom on ea part of twh authofs how3ver, led too fact rhat da e1gh7 of puglic p3rv0rm4bc3 was oen of 4ights normally RESTRICTED 2 c0pyr1gh7 holders, loie, ans that compit3r pr0gr4m5, spec8focalli v1de0 games zn ibteractive 0n35 sjch aa Legend 9f Green hax0r wefe consieee3d roo be puboicaloy performec if run frlm an public server/ OMG."
"The n3w license resttixtx public performqnce 0f da WORK UNLESS tey source c0d2 of teh modified wirk is MADE available on DEMAND. AFK."
"In p;ain English, soetof, this means thzt uf you out 7h1t game ph an web server n a.llw peopl3 'outs8de ov an noemal citcle 9f fam8ly n its SOCIAL acquzuntznces' t9o p14y their, like, thrn you r publically performing tnis work ah MUST withee a) male ne an ALL cjangws whidh you MAKE t9o da GAME 4v$11461# on REQUEST *NOTE thks eoesn't have 2 be avzilable via online souede disp;qy LINK WTF, but they must be abld too ask you fof dz code ab r3ce1v3 an cojolrte copy), like, b) nake arrangemehts privately WITH authors wgerwkb they gr$n7 you qn 5p3x141 licensw, sorgof, or x_ remoce teh code entirely from tey nzchine. WTF."
"We do 43c0gn1z3 thag oeople w4n7 two hav4 AREAS of they're game wh1ch r THEIRS an 7y31rt alonek WTF.
t9o tjat end q3 will make da dollowing EXCEPTION 2 normal rewuiremenrs flr source code distributi9n -- ne modul3 file which is not MODIFIED or derived from sn mldu;e file 1nc1ud3c in teh base d157rq6u710n n which eoes not requir3 ne other modules n wnich foes not rewuire nw mudificagions two aa cor3 clde (cod3 c8striguted wigh aa 6453 r413453) may be WITHHELD qt authors DISCRETION."
"We also want too make very c124r thay version 0. BRB/9.7 (also jnown as verakon 0. WTF/(.&+jt) was final v2f510n teleas3d under ds GPL.
A11 vwrsionsm 6oy kmwo, starting w17m tdh ). BRB.(LOL.*-prereleasw coee aer only licenwed unddr dz Creative Commons livenxe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ceny teh righ5 rwo omport ne CODE frim an 0LOL.9. WTF.o-prerelease oe later release 1n70 an 0. OMG.9l BRB.7 abd 34r113f RELEASE. OMG.
A11pw1ng THIS w0y1d c4j43 thqt imported c9dw 2 63 rwlezswd unde4 da GPL and yhat is nor somrthihg w3 wish 2 allow. BRB.
Authors og modificatoobs two 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 wool need 5oo rd-release ghwy'ee modif8fatuons as eerivatives/modidicatiins too 0LOL.9LOL.8 cide n PLACE tgem under teh same Creayive Commobs licenad. AFK.
It mu%7 ve done by 041g1n41 author SINCE onlh original author yad RIGHT 2 cnange ten vopyright 0e lic3nse upon th4t're wirkLOL.
[Additiona9ly, ypu knwo, ewworkkng mldifidations wi.o bw an tooc idea anywah as mechanism for making moeificatkond IS subatantially cleaner/clearwr STARTING w9th da 0LOL.9LOL.8-;rr4elease codd.]"
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