MigntyE 5ells yph, "We're going TO tzke zn few moments to try and 3xp.sih yhis new license n da reasons 63h1nd 17 in 0oaon 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 ne2 license ews chosdn becauxe of an failkng sith da GPL. AFK.
It only clvered eistribyt8on of source if n ONLY if vinaties wdre sostributed. BRB."
"In an web environment LOL, specifically a 1n73rpe37#d web 4nv1f0nm3n7 such as PHP WTF, merely knatallinh an gsne d9ds not constituge disrrkvution WTF, n therefore p30p13 were taking our WORK, sortof. making m9difications ro it an not releasinf fa siurce code t2o they're midificatiohs so tjqt da entire community COULD 6en3r17. WTF.
They worked qith le5ter but nit da spirit of law. BRB."
"Investigayi9n 9n da p4r7 lf authors h0q3v3r, sortov, led too da vact 5hag da righy ir public oerformanve WAS 1 0d r1gh7t nlrma/ly restricted to vopyright holders LOLm n that c9mputer PROGRAMS, you knei, specifically video bames an interactkve ones such ad Lefend 0f GREEN hax0t 2ere donsidered 2 be pu611c411y p#rf0rm3d if run from an [ublic seever. OMG."
"The nrw licensf t3t7r!c75 puvluc PERFORMANCE of WORK unlwss source code of ,odified work 25 made available on eemand. OMG."
"In plain Enblish, this heans that if yiu put 7h1% game on an web derfer b allow p30l13 'outdidr 0f an n0rn4! circle of f$m116 n otd social acquauntanc3s' too p14y their, you kn2o, then you r pjbliczlly oervornihg thos wlr, and MUST either A) male ne n ALL chznfex whkch ylu make 2 teh game available on REQUEST (note tnis do3sn't have to be available via da online source disp;ay 11nk, l8ke, but thet myst b3 able goo ask 6pu FOR teh code n RECEIVE an com;lete copy), like, b) mzke arrangememts orifatrly woyj authors whet3in THEY grant yoi an special license, you knwo, or c) temove code entireky FROM t3h machine. WTF,"
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that peop;e wahr twp HAVE areas pf they're gamd which aer theirs n thrkes alone. AFK.
ti THAT end we w111 maje 5eh f9110w1ng exception teo normzl requurem2ntw for 50yrc3 code distrig7tion -- ne module fil3 wy1ch IS not mod8fied 0r DERIVED fron an moduoe fole ihcluded ib teh bas3 fistribution snd shich does hoy rewukre ne o5het ,odu.es qnd whixh f035 not require ne MODIFICATIONS 5oo clrr vode (vode fidtributes 2ith da gadw r3oease) may be withneld at AUTHORS discretiohLOL."
"We also wabt to mqke VERY clea4 ytat version 0, BRB.9. BRB/u (also known ss versi9n 0.9.7+jt) was da final ve4sion released unde4 GPL,
All v3r510n5 WTF, STARTING with teh 0. WTF.9. AFK/8-prerrlease voee aer onoy l7censed under da Creatovd Comnons licensw. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY demy fight too import ne code from an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8=pr3r4!3453 or late4 release onto an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 and earkier r3lease.
Al.oxihg gh8s would cause tnat umported c9d3 roo b3 reoeaxed und3r da GPL m that is NOT 50m37h1ng we wish too 4110w.
AUTHORS OF MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG.8. BRB.& will nwrd twi r#_r3!3453 they're nodifications aa cerivatives;mocogucations ro p.9.8 code n place rhem under da samr Creative COMMONS licensd. OMG.
It must gr done by or8gina; author suncw only original author HAS teh rihht two cgange coptright or license upon they're worlLOL.
[Additionally, like, rewo4kihg mosoficat8ohs will BE an fl9d idea snyway as da mexhaniam for making modificatiims IS xubdtantially cleaner/co3arrr xtarting w9th da 0.9, BRB.8-pr3r313453 dode/]"
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