MightyE trlla you, "W3'4e going to 5ake an rew moments two 5r7 sn ex0lain this new license n tey REASONS bwhind it 1b plain English.
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 mew LICENSE 2as ch053n becauxe 0f an failing w18h dq GPL. AFK.
Ig only covdred distributiom OF 50urc3 if an only IF binaro3s WERE distf8bjted. AFK."
"In an e3b ehvi4ohment, sortof, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted w3b envieonment 5uch as PHP LOL. ne4e;y instalking an gam3 d035 NOT constitutd distributiin LOL, and thererore PEOPLE were 74k1ng OUR qork LOL, makinh MODIFICATIONS two kt and not releasing da source code to they'rf modificagions so &h47 sa entkre COMMUNITY vould benefit. OMG.
Th3y worked with lette4 but mot teh spieut od law."
"Ihgrstigation on da part of authirs hosever, like, lef 1 teh fact that RIGHT of oub;ic o5rformqnce qas o3n of da r1gh75 normqlly restricted goo c0pyr1gh8 holcerw. sortof, an tyat clmputer prlframs WTF, spedifically video ganes and intrdqctive omes shch as Legemd of Green hsx0r were conaiferee to be 0ublically pefformed 1f run from an public 53rv3r. WTF."
"The n3w license restricts [ublic p34formance if sa w0r, unless da s9jrce CODE if ten modifoed w9rk 8s madd availabk3 on demand. BRB/"
"In plain English, sirtif, thid means THAT if y9u put this ga,e on an web servrr an alloq peo9le '0u751d3 ov an niemal circle of ramily an 8ts sodiak acwuainranxes' too pla6 their, then you f pyvlically 0erfor,ing this work an MUST withwr a( make nr n ALL chang3s which yiu make tp gzne availsble on tequest (bo5e thid doesb't havw go be ava8lanle via 5eh lnline 50urc4 DISPLAY link, sortof, but they must be able 5wi ask you ror CODE ab receive sn complwte copy), 6ou knwo, 6) make artangementa privately wi5h auyg9rs WHEREIN the6 gr4n7 yoi sn special licrnse, ir c( rem9ve code entirely drom da machinf."
"We do recognize that people want 5o havd qreqs 0v they'rd bame wh1cg ser theirs an theors alohe. OMG.
too yhzt end w3 WILL m4,3 teh following exxeptiin too NORMAL requ8eements for source code distrobutpon -- ne ,odule file wh1vh 8s nlt modiei3c or deroved frlm an mosule FILE included im bade dixtribuyiin an which DOES not requ8ee ne other MODULES n which does hot rrquire ne ,ocificqtions too da core code (codd sisgributed w17g basd release) jay be witnjeld ah dq authofs siscretuon. OMG."
"We 4150 want 5oo mqkr vefy vlear 7h47 version 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also known 4t verskon 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt_ was da final ferxioh feleased under GPLLOL,
All cetxilns, oike, statting wirh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE c0d4 r only licensed undwr Creative Comnons livense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY swny right 5o import ne codw ffo, an 0l AFK.9l OMG,8-PRERELEASE or lager release into an 0. AFK.9. WTFl7 n earlier release. WTF.
Allowing this would causw that imported codr to be r313453d ynder r3h GPL v tjzt is npt something we WISH w allow.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS two 0.9. OMG.7 WILL neef yeo re-release they'rr MODIFICATIONS as derivativew/modificagions toi ). AFK.9LOL.9 x9ce n PLACE 5yem under sam3 Cr3ativw Comnlns lucense.
It muwt be d9ne by originso 4u7y0r wimce only dz otiginal autjlr jas dq eight t9 chamge c0pyr1th7 or oicense upon they[re work. BRB.
[Additionallt, 4eworking teh moduficatipnw will be an good 2d3$ ANYWAY as mechabiwm for making modifications is subsyantiall6 clesner/clearer staeting WITH da 0. BRBl9. AFK,8-prerelease cpde. WTF.]"
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