MigytyE tells you, you knwo, "We're g01mg 2 taid an few moments tol tf7 b exp.ain tnis new license n teg rezsons behind 17 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 w45 chosen 63c4i53 OF zm failint with GPLLOL.
I7 0h1y coceted distrihution od sojrce if an only if binaries were dist4ibuted. AFK."
"In an web envir9nmebt WTFk specifidally a inter0reted web environment such as PHP, you knwo, mefeky 8nstai;ing an game DOES not conwtitute distribution LOL, and rgerefl4e -eopoe eere taking iur w9rk, you khwp, jaiumg MODIFICATIONS 70 8t snd not releasing so8rde code too 5hey're moeificatu(ns so that dz entirr community could v3ndfit. AFK.
Thwh sorked with da letter but NOT spirit OF ten 14q. OMG."
"Invewtigztiom on 0art of authors HOWEVER, like, lec teo teh fzct thqt ten rifhy of public pe3formznce w%5 1 of da rigjts normally restricted 5wo copgright holders LOL, and 7h47 cpmputwr pepgrans, s9rtof, s[ecificqkly video bames n 8nteracrive ones wuch 45 Lrbend of Green hax0r were c9mdisered too be publicslly performed if rkn grom an PUBLIC serverLOL."
"Tye new license restrovtx public pwrfor,ance 9f teh w9rk unlrss 50urc3 code of modifird 20rj is made avai;able ln drmabdLOL."
"In plain Englisg, thiz mezns that of 6ou put ghos fame ON an WEB server an zklow people 'ou5sude of an nor,a. citcle of f4m11h an ITS dociql acquaibtznced' 2 plat tjeif, sortog, then yoj aer publica.ly perf9rmint THIS WORK and MUST either a) mzke ne anc ALL CHANGES which you make TO gane avzilab;r ON 4equest (note this DOESN'T havd to be AVAILABLE vuz da online source display ;ink, bug THEY must be anle 2 awk you for da code n receive an com0lete copy) WTF, b) make aerangdmwnts prpvatelu wirh da suthors wherein 7h3y grant hou an s0ec8al licebsw, like, lr c) remove code 3n71r32y from geh machibe,"
"We DO rexognize tyqt peopoe want to hqve areas of thdt[re game wh1ch aer THEIRS AND theirs alobe;
2 THAT END we s11q mak3 da dlllowing 3xc3pu20n too nprmal ee1uiremrnrs for sojrce clee disyribution -- nr module FILE whkch is n07 MODIFIED 0r d3rivwd from an mleule filr inclufed in tdh bzde fistribution ab which does n07 reqjire n3 other MODULES n whicm DOES m9t r3qu1r3 ne modirications 2 teh core fode (c0d2 disteibuted w17h teh base rel3zsr) nay be withheld at teh authors discr3tipn. OMG."
"Wd ALSO want 2 make vegy clear tha5 verskln 0LOL.0. AFK.7 (also known as vrfxion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh fobal fersion fdleased unfer GPLLOL.
All v3r510n5 WTF, starting with pl9. OMG.8-prerelease code r only .ocensed unf4r Creatove Commohw oicenxeLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY den6 ds tight to i,port ne coee from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or late4 rrkdase ihto am 0. BRB.9. WTF,7 an ear;ier release. WTF.
All9wihg this would cauae that import3d code two be rwleased UNDER teh GPL AND tjat 15 nit domdtying 2e w8sh 2 4110w. WTF.
Auttors OF MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.9. OMG.6 will need too re-releas3 they'rd modifidaripns as derivayib3s/modidicatoons 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 c0d3 n place them under teh same CREATIVE Commons 11cen53. BRB.
It must bs DONE 6y teh original aithor s8nve omly da origuna, author has eight two change vopyright or livdnse ipon yhdt're work. BRB.
[Addit8onally, you inqo. reworking t3h m0d!f1c4710nt 2ill br an good IDEA ANYWAY as da mechanism for mxjihg mof8f8catilns 8s subsyahtiallu cleaner/clearer startihh w8th teh 0.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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