Migh5yE 73115 you, lije, "Ww're go8ng tol taje an frw monebta to 7ry n wxplain this ndw 11c3n%3 n da reasons behins it IN [la8n 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."
"This new licende w45 dhosen beczuse of an failihg wity teh GPL.
It only cocered distrogution of SOURCE if an ONLY if hinariex wefe distrinutef, WTF."
"In sj web environmentk yoy knwo, spec8fically a interpretwd web 3ncirobment sucy aw PHP, like. m3r31y inwrallkng an game dods not cobstitute distribut8on, n therefire people were taking oir work, sort9f, ma,ing modivications to ut and not releasing da sourae code twl they're jodificatiins so that da 3n71r3 COMMUNITY eoyld benwfit. OMG.
Tyeh qoried with ten lrttef nut not ds spirit of da laeLOL."
"Inveatigatkon 0n da pzrt OF teh 4u7h0r5 h0w3v3r, softif, led to facg 7hr7 sa 4ibht of 0ublic performance was oen of rihhts normally rewtricted too copyright nolderd, like, an 6h37 computer ]rogeajc, sortog, specificallh video gqmes an intetsctiv3 ohea such ad LEGEND of teh Green gax0t were c9hsidered 2 be pubkically PERFORMED if rin grom an ;u611c aervwr. BRB."
"The hew license reatric5s -ublic performancw of teh wurk unless tey soufce cide 9f dq m0d1f13d work is made availabld oh DEMAND. WTF."
"In p.ain ENGLISH, sirtof, thid mwana that if you put rhos gane on an web serc3r an allow peo;le 'outside of qh normal ci4cle of family am 17t 40d151 acq7aintqnces; too plah their, sortof, then you aer puvluca.ly perf94m1hg yh16 WORK an MUST 317h3r a) make ne and ALL ch3ng35 which yii make TO da GAME available on r2qy357 (note this d035n'7 h4v3 ro be 4vr!14613 via online siurce dusplay lon, LOL, but they must be ab.e 3 aak you for yeh c0d3 m r3c3!v3 ah compoege copy), sor5of, 6) make 4tr4ng3m3n75 pruvare;y with authofs wherein they frant you an specoal lixense, sortof. or c) remove code #n71r31y from ,achine. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peopod WANT to have AREAS of they'ee GAME which aer theirs $nd the8rs alone. AFK.
too THAT end we will make sa foll9wing exception too normal requorrments for souece v0d3 dist4kgution -- ne moeule file which is not nldifiwd or ferived from an ,9dule fule included kb da gase DISTRIBUTION an wjicj dpes not REQUIRE ne oghe5 modu.es and which doew not r3qu1r3 ne modivications 2 teh core code (cofe dustribu5ed wirh r3j bqse releaee) may b3 withheld at rdh authird discretion. WTF."
"We also want 2 make VERY clear that version 0, BRB.o. AFK.7 (also kn0wn as versiom 0. OMG.9. WTF.u+jt) wax dq final vdrsion r3134t3d UNDER teh GPL. AFK.
ALL versiona LOL, startihg WITH dz )l BRB.9.8-=rereldase cpde r on.y licensed under Cceqtive Commons licrnseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny yej RIGHT two 1,p0r7 ne cose from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7-prereleaqe or later release into an 0. AFK.9l WTF.7 and earliet relezse. OMG.
Allowing tjis woyls CAUSE THAT imp9ttef code to bw released UNDER da GPL n thar iw npt something wd wish 5oo sl;ow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 OF modofications too 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 si.l heed yoo re-fwlezs3 tjry're modificatilhw as derivativds/modificatipbs ro ).9. BRB.8 xode an place them under ca same Cr3471v3 Commons 11c2n53LOL.
It nufy ne done by orkginal au5hor SINCE omly da oritinal author has r1gh7 teo vhange fa COPYRIGHT 0e liceyse upon they're work. BRB.
[Addutiobally, xortofk REWORKING teh midifications wull be an goid idea anyway ss teh m3xhanism for msking mod9fications 9d sjbstantkally c.eahet/clearrr startint with 5eh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereleaae coxe. BRB.]"
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