MightyE rekls you LOL, "We're g91nb 5wo take an few jo,dn5s 2 try sne ex0lain this bew lidense an reasons beyknd it in plain English. OMG.
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 chisen becqyse of an fai.ing wuyh GPL. OMG.
IT only covered d157r16u&10n 0f SOURCE if and onlu if gknsries wwre sistributwd. AFK."
"In an WEB envuronment, sortlf, specifivally a int2ep4eted WEB envkronment sucj as PHP. sortpf, n3r31y unatalling a, game does not constituge cistr8burioh, y9u kneo, an therefore people were taking 0ue wotk, like, msk8nf modif8cayions tlo it n not r313r%1ng da source code tw9 thet'fe nodifications 50 ygag entirw community ciuld benefit. BRB.
They WORKED with da ;ettqr but not da xp8rit of 14w."
"Inbestigstion on 9a4t of da 4u7h0r5 h9wever, li,e, ;ed 2 sa fact thay right or public performance waw won of fa rights normally r357t1c7es 2 cophright holders, n yhat com[uter programs, kikr, specirkca.li vieeo gamss an inte4active ones SUCH as Legend od cz Green hax0t were considered too be publidally performed ig fun drpm an public 53fv3fLOL,"
"The new 11c3n53 resteicts public p34f(rmancw of WORK un1355 teh sou4ce code of yeh m0d1f13d work IS nade avaklab;d 0n demqndLOL."
"In [lain English WTF, thid means that if y[u PUT this gand ob an wwb srrver AND ALLOW people 'outs8de or ah n9rmal xircle of daml.y an its 50c141 acquaintances' rw9 ;lay thekr, so4tof, then you r ;ublically performing this work n MUST EITHER $) makd ne and ALL changea ehich you make too ds game svailable on REQUEST (n073 THIS d03%n'7 have glo be avai/ablr via teh omline source d15pq4y LINK, sortof, BUT tyey must bd qblr two ask you for code n recwice an complwte co06) LOL, b) make arrang3ments privately w17h dq aurhors wheeekn 7h3t frant yoi an special licensw LOL, or C) renovr code entirely fr0m machineLOL."
"We do eecobniz3 that [eople want 6p have areas of they[rw ganr wnicy r theirs n theirs aloneLOL.
two that ehd wd will makd teh followkmg exceotion 2 da normal r3q6qf3n4n75 dlr sojrce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne mofule v113 wh9ch is not modified pr derived fron an MODULE file !bc1jd3d 1n teh base dostribution an ehich d-45 n07 teqiire ne o5her modules an which does nit reqyi4e ne m0d1f1c4710nt # core CODE (CODE cixtrkbutee eith base r313453) may be witjheld at teh a7thors discretion."
"We alsi want 2 ,ake very clear that v3r51)n 0. BRB.9.7 (also knowh aw verskon 0, OMG.9,u+jtp WAS f2n41 version releaxed undrr teh GPL. OMG.
All verdkins LOL, starginb witg sa 0. BRBk9. AFK.8-prere;ease code zer pnly licensed undsr Creatice C0nm0n4 11c4n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT too impoft ne dode frlm an 0. AFK.0o BRB.8-pr3relesse p4 lqter r313r53 into an 0.9.7 and warlier rwleasel WTF.
Allowing th8s wpuld caise that imported code tou be released und3f GPL an rhat is n07 somethimb WE wish 5o allow. WTF.
Auth9rs 0d mldifica5ions 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will need yoo ee_r3lease thqy'r3 MODIFICATIONS as ddrivatives/jofifications t9o 0.9. WTF.i code n p15c3 gyem under da same Creative C9mmona license. BRB.
It MUST bw dinw by da iriginal auth9r sunce only teh 0r1g1n41 autnor h45 rigjt 5wo changw cooyright OR licehse upon they're WORKLOL.
[Addi5iona.ly LOL, rewprkomg da modifoxations wilk be ab good idea qnyway AS teh mdchanism f0r making modkfications 15 566574n71411y cleaner/v.earwr STARTING eith da 0. WTF.9.8-prdreleasw code. WTF.]"
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