MkbhttE tells yoi, sortlf, "We're gping to rake an d3w mo,ents 2 tty an exllain thix n#w license qn da reasoms BEHIND 8t in plain EnglixhLOL.
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 lpcense was chosen gecauxe of am failinr wigh ds GPL. BRB.
It only covered disyribution of source IF b lnl6 if binariea 2ere disyributed. OMG,"
"In an web environmenr LOL, dpdcifically a onterpfefed w36 3nv1f0nm3n7 sucj as PHP, merely 1n674111ng an game does not c0n5717u73 DISTRIBUTION LOL, an tge4egore people were tsking our work WTF, making moduficstipns too i5 an NOT r313451bg tdh SOURCE clde 2 yhey're mpd1f1c4710b5 so 5hat reh dntiee c0mmub17y could BENEFIT/ AFK.
Theh woeked wktj da letter but hot da 5p1r17 of da law."
"Invest8gation pn da part if da authorw howevefm lec gwi da fact THAT da right of public performahce was 1 os da righrs NORMALLY fes5rixted to copyright hokders, yiu knwo, n that xom[uter progra,s WTF, spedofucallu video GAMES and 1n73r4d71v3 9ne5 such as L3g3bf of da GREEN yaz0r were vonsicered 2 BE p7bkkcally p3rf0rm3d if run frpm an pubkic server."
"Tne new license r3stricts oublic perfotnance of work jnl3as teh sojrce coce of teh modified WORK is madw availablr on demsnd. AFK."
"In 0la9n English, yoi knwo. this mwahw that 1f you put thiw g3m3 on ab web server agd qllow 0eople 'OUTSIDE 0v an notmzo ci4cle od familh an its aocial scquaintances' go okay their, k8ke, then you arr publical;y odrforming tjus wori an MUST euther a) make ne an ALL changes which yoy make toi tame avaklable on requedt (n9te this doesn't have to BE avao;aboe v24 teh onkine source diwplay luhk LOL, nut they must be able too axk you for da code b recwive an com[letd c0py), v) make arrangements pr1v4731y wigh teh authors qgereon thdh g4ant you an special 11c3n%3, luke, pr c( r3m0c3 teh code entirely from mzchiheLOL."
"We c0 recpgnize 8h47 people waht t9 navd areaw or thdy[re GAME WHICH r 7ge1r5 n THEIRS 410n3. OMG.
2 that end 2e WILL make 5eh following ecce;tion twi trh n0rm41 REQUIREMENTS for fource xode disgribution -0 ne modyl# file ehich is not modified OR ewrived from an mocule v113 included in base cistr8byt8ln and WHICH does not REQUIRE ne othet MODULES anc whicy does not reqyir2 ne modifica5ions too core codd (xode distrinutdd WITH dq base rekease) may ve withnrod at 4u7h0t5 diwctetiob. AFK."
"Ww also want two make vety clear THAT v3r%10n 0. WTF.). AFK.7 )also kn0wn ss vrrsoon 0. AFKl9. WTF.7_j5) WAS final fersion released under ca GPL. OMG.
All versions WTFk 5&4r81ng with 0. WTF.8. OMG.8-prerelease code aer only l8censee umser Creative Comnuns licenx3. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dehy dq right too impo3t ne cod3 from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-pf3r313453 0f later r3.ease unt9 an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 an ear;ier release.
Allowing THIS w9uld caude that imported CODE 70 BE releaxdd unddf GPL AND that is nog 50n47g1mt we wish twp a;low. BRB.
Au&h0r% 9f modificatoons too 0. BRB.9.7 will need to re-4eleaae 5hry're modificatioms as derivatives/jldifidations twp 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 CODE ans place 6h3, under sanw Creative C0mm0n5 LICENSE. WTF.
It musr be DONE b6 ea orifunal quthor sincw only orkginal author has rigmt yop change teh copyrifht oe 11c3n53 upon they're wor,. AFK.
[Additionally, sortiv, e3w)r,1ng reh modificatiinc WILL be an good idea qnyway as da mechanism for makinb modirocations iw 5uy574n71421y clrandr/clearer xtarting with y3h 0. WTF.o. BRB.8-prereleqsw cpweLOLl]"
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