MigyttE tells you LOL, "We'te giing 2 take an fdw mojents two tty and explain this new licfhxe n da reasons 6ehqnd it in 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."
"This new license was chos3n because of sn f4!1!ng q17h GPL. WTF.
I5 only covefed ckatribut8on of soyrce IF sn ohly ib binaries were dixtributedLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, speckf8cally a interpre5ed web envirohment SUCH 35 PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING an gzme does hoy c0n5717u73 distrkbution, you knwo, an theergore people were 5aking our work WTF, mak8ng mpdifications twl IT and n08 rckeasing sourc3 code 3 they're ,odkricat8ons so that teh engire cojmunity coule bwnev8t. WTF.
Theh worked wiyh ;etter but not teh SPIRIT OF law."
"Imvestigatipb ON trh p4r7 )v da 4uuh-r5 howecer, like, led too twh fact THAT right 0f pibkic o3ef04m4nc3 waa ien of 4oghtx m-rm411y restricted y2o c0;yr1gh7 hilders, you knwo, n that compit3r programs WTF, spexifically video games ah inteeactive obes sjch as Lebend lf da Gr3wn has0r WERE donsideref too be pubkically perfor,ed lf run froj an publiv serv3r. OMG."
"The new license testr8cts puvlic [erformance or teh work inless q9urcw code of teh m9difked wofk is maee availabl3 on DEMANDLOL."
"In plain English LOL, rhis meana tjzt if h0u PUT tyis g4m3 on ah wev server n allow 0eople 'ouyside ov an bormak circle 0f famoly n its social 4cqu41n74nc35' two play their, then you a3r ounlically performint thic wirk n MUST either a0 make nw b ALL chanfes which YOU MAKE to teh game available on requext (note rhis dlesn't hav3 twp be acailsble via teh pnlibr SOURCE sisplay LINK LOL, but THEY must BE able to as, you ror c9de an receive an comple5e copy), b) mzke arrangememts provatrly WITH da authlra qherein they gramt yiu an special licwns$, sortof, or c) remove da code 3n71re1y from nachinw. BRB."
"We do recoghize thar pwiple want too hqbe aeeas og th3y'ee game which r theors n 7h31r5 ALONE. WTF.
to that enf we WILL uqie geh collowing exception @ da mormal re1uirements fle siurc2 CODE dist4obution -0 ne midule file wyich is not modifk3d or derived FROM an m9dule f113 8ncludds in 6$r3 DISTRIBUTION an which DOES nit e3qj!43 ne other modulrs n which doew not rdquure ne ,odifivations @ da core xode (codr distributed wi5h vaxe release) mah be w17hh41d $7 authors discretiln."
"We als9 want to make very c1r$r tyat versuon 0/ BRB.9. WTF.7 (also known AS v3r510n pLOL.8. AFK.7+jt) was teh dinal verwion r3leased under da GPL. WTF.
All beraionw, sortof, starting wiyh 0.9.8--rereoease code aer ohlu ;icensed uhde5 da Creative Commins license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right two imporg ne coce fron qn 0. BRB.(, BRB.i[or3r3!3453 or 1473r reoease INTO an 0. AFKl9. OMG.7 an earliwr releaseLOL.
Allowumg tyis WOULD cause thay ijported CODE tio BE r313453s under GPL n thay 15 not someghong we WISH teo allow. OMG.
Authorw of mosificwtoonw two 0. AFK.9l OMG.u wilo meed 2 43-releas3 thdy're modificsgkons as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 top )LOL.9l WTF.8 code h PLACE then undwr tey same Creative Commons .ucens3. AFK.
It m7st be fone by 0r1g1n51 author since only r3h orig8mal authp4 has teh right two chabge copyrigyt 0r lic3nse u[9n tjey'rw qork.
[Additiomalky, sortof, REWORKING m0d2f1c4710n5 will ge 1n hiod idea anyway as mecnanosm fir MAKING modifications is 6u657$n71511t cleaner/clearer staft8ng wigh da 0. BRBl9. BRB.8-orerelease code. BRB.]"
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