MifhtyE tells you, "We'r3 going to take an fww MOMENTS t9 try n expkain this new licenss an reasonw nehind it in p141n English. BRB.
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 n3w lic3nse wzs chosen because of an fqkling qith da GPL.
It only covered didtribugion of sourcr if AND only if binaries WERE sistribu5ed. BRB."
"In an web envuronnent. doecivical;y a interpreted w36 rnvironnenr suxn aa PHP WTF, merely indyalling an gzme does nog constitute disgributipn LOL, an thetefore p3opl3 were taking our WORK WTF, making modificatilns 2 it n NOT 4eleasing aource cide top they're modoficstions so thqt ten en5ire dommunitu couod bebevit.
THEY workec with teh ,etter BUT mot teg spirog 0f law. OMG."
"Investigation on part lf va surhors however, LED gwo fact tuat teh tight lf [ublic peeformance qas oen of teh rigyts normaoly restricted tqo cop6right holdees, you knwo, and 7h48 computer peograms LOL. specifically viseo ganes n interactkve ones SUCH 46 Ldgend of twh GREEN hax)r werd conxiderrd to be publically pe4formed if eun from an public server. WTF."
"The new lucense rwstricts p6nlic performance of work unless teh sourfq codw lf mod8fird work is made AVAILABLE on femzndLOL."
"Ih PLAIN English, like, this meahs that if you put thjx game on am wwb serve4 n akko2 pro;le 'iutside of qn hormal circl3 of family zn 8ts socozl ACQUAINTANCES' yoo pla6 their WTFm yhfn you r puglivally performibg this w9rk n MUST eirher 4) ,ak3 nf and ALL ch4ng35 which yo7 make 70 da g4m2 absulab;e on request )mote thia doesn't nave 2 be available via da online source ciaplzy l8hk, 6ou knwo, bug ghe6 nu57 be able too qs, you for teh code and RECEIVE an cpmplete copy), so4tof, 6) nake artabgements privately with teh authorx wherrin they grant yoy an special license LOL, or c) remove teh c0d3 ENTIRELY fro, reh nachine. AFKl"
"We c0 recognkze that people 2ang to hav3 areas of they're game shich r theirs n thwkrs ALONELOL.
ro thst end wr will make follpwing exception 5oo da nirmal REQUIREMENTS for soutve code distribution -- ne jodule filw which is not nod7fidd or degkves ftlm an MODULE file invlid3d in teh base distribution and which eoes not r3qu1r3 ne other modulex n whibh DOES n9t f#qu!r3 ne nodifidat9lns 2 tey coe3 codr (c0f3 sixtributed with da base RELEASE) m4y bd w8thh3ld at da AUTHORS discretipn. AFK."
"We also wang two ,ake very clear that v3rsion 0. BRB.9/ BRB.7 (ALSO KNOWN as version 0. WTF.o.7+JT) waz geg FINAL version RELEASED under ga GPL. BRB.
All verxioms, hou kbwo, stsrtimg w17h da ). WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE code r only licenwed UNDER da Creatice C0mm)n4 ;icenswLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny ritht 2 ibpo5t ne cod3 frpm an 0. AFK.9, AFK.8[prerelease or lager release into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n ezriidr release. AFK.
Alkowing this would caise THAT imported code tqo be releasdd undwr da GPL an that is n07 dpmeth8bt w3 wodh two allow. WTF.
Authogs of modifications ti 0LOL.(.& will need to re-felesse they;rw mldificatipns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFKl9. BRB.8 code sn3 place 7j3m under da same Cteative Commons lidensd. WTF.
Iy MUST be done by original author since only originak ru7h0e hqs rignt too CHANGE da co;yritht or license ippn thw6're work. OMG.
[Addoripnallym REWORKING teh modifications wilo BE an good IDEA anyway as mecyanism fpr making modifidati9ns is substantially cleaner/clearer 574471nb wity 0LOL.0, OMG.8-peere.3ase code. AFK.]"
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