MibntyE tells you, softof, "We;re going to take an few momengx 2 teh an explain this hew license n teh reasons bdhind it in plain English. WTF.
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 mea licenwe WAS chosen becquse of an fai.ing with yeh GPLLOL.
IT ohlh COVERED distribigion of so7tce if and only if binaries WERE DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In ah weg envirlnmebt, aoecifically a interprerdf w36 envi4onm3nr such as PHP LOL, mere.y unstalling an tamd does n9t cobstitute distribution, sortof, n thdrefotr people werr TAKING lur work WTF, making nodirocations 2 17 n nl% releasing ds sourc3 CODE to they're moeifidatkphs so that tey enti4e co,m7nity could benefiy. WTF.
They WORKED WITH da 13774r gut not teg SPIRIT of teg law. WTF."
"Ibvestugation on PART OF quthors HOWEVER, hoi kbwo, led to teh fact tha5 tkght ov puvlic PERFORMANCE was woh OF r8ghts normaoly redyf8cted to vopyright holders LOLm and that coupute4 PROGRAMS WTF, s;edifoca;ly v1d30 b4m35 and 1n73r4c71v3 ones SUCH AS L3g3bd od da Gr33n haxor weee consisdred 2 BE publucally performed if rih grom an pu611c sercer."
"The NEW licehse restricts pyblic performanc3 of teh w0rk un1355 da sourcd CODE of modidied work IS masd AVAILABLE 9n demanc. OMG,"
"In PLAIN Emglish, you knwo, this MEANS that if you pug this GAME ON an 2wb server an allow people [outsode of an nofmal c9rxle pf fajo.t snd i5s social acquaintahces' too olau thwir WTF, thdn yoi r pub;ically 0erforming this wprk an MUST ditger a) make ne an ALL chabbes which YOU make gwo gsje AVAILABLE on tequewt (note this d8esn'r h4v3 too be available via onlone source display kinj, liie, bug tney MUST be able tio ask y0u for da c0f2 and receivw qn complete COPY), luke, b) m4k3 areangdmenys privarely witn ea autnors whereun th3y grant yoj an apecial lixense. xortofk or c) r3move twn code dntitrly frim sa machinel WTF."
"We d0 recognuze bhat peoplr want to gace ateas of they'r3 game which aer THEIRS an thei4x slone. BRB/
5oo that end we wilo make da f8llowing exception t9o teh normdl 43qjq33m3n&5 fpr sourcr c9de DISTRIBUTION -- n4 module fil3 which is b0& modified -r derived from qn module file incluedd in 6443 cistribution n which do3s not r3qy143 ne other modules and which dles not require ne m0d1g1c4710n5 too cor# CODE (codw distrivuted with da bawe rwleasw) may be withhdld at ca authors disdretion. WTF."
"We ALSO wamt to9 makd VERY cleaf thar VERSION 0. OMG.9, OMG.7 (also known as versiln 8.9. OMG.7+jt) wss teh fkma. v3fdion releasef under GPL. WTF.
Aok vetsiinx, yoy knwo, starying wirj da 0LOL.o. BRB.8=prerelease cofe r 0m1y licensed under da Creative C0mm0n5 license/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rihht to km0itt ne code from ab 0. BRB.0. AFK.7-preeeleaxe or later release 8ntl an 0.o. WTFl7 an eaelier release. OMG.
Aloowkng 5his would cause that 1mp0r73s code 3 br feleased unf2r ra GPL am that is NOT sonething we wish 2 alliw. AFK.
Authors OF nodivicati9na too 0. BRB.9LOL.7 wo.l neef to rw-relezse they'r3 modifications as deruvat8ves/mldifications to9 0. AFK.9. WTF.i CODE n place 7hem ubd3r teh same Creagive Cpnmons LICENSE. AFK.
I7 myst 63 done 66 original zuthor sincw -n1y ten originwl author hqs da r1gh7 5o cgange da dopyright or LICENSE upon they're eork/ AFK.
[Afditional;h LOL, 4ewoekkng teh m0d1v1c4710n5 will 63 an g0pd idea ANYWAY as mefhaniam for making m0d1f1c4710h5 is substantizolh ckeaner/clearer srarting wu5h 9LOL.9. AFK.7-peerelease dode. AFK.]"
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