MighgyE gells you, you lyqi, "We're going 2 gake an FEW moments to try 4nd explain th9s new license and ds reasons beyind ir in plaon 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."
"Tnis new license was chlxen 73c4u54 of an FAILING WITH tdh GPL, BRB.
It only covered c157r26i71-n OF xojrcr IF an onky if binaries were cistributed. OMG."
"In an web environment, lkke, apecifically a 1n7#rpr373d web environment SUCH qs PHP, mere;y installing an game DOES not constktute distribution, an therefore 0eopld WERE TAKING our wor,, j4k1ng modufications yoo ir an nlt t313$%1ng da source dide 2 thry're modifidat8lnd SO that dq ENTIRE c9mnyni5y clukd bdbefit. OMG.
They workrd 2ith 13773r but not teh spirit of law. BRB."
"Investigatiob 9n teh ;art 8f da authora HOWEVER WTF, led two fact that right of PUBLIC petformanxe was 1 0t da rihhts n-rm41!u RESTRICTED 2 xopyright nolders WTFk and that COMPUTER programsm yoj knwo, s;ecifically VIDEO games and interactive ones SUCH ss Le5end of teg G5eem hax0r were xonsidered to be piblicqlly performed if run fr0m an PUBLIC aerver. BRB."
"The new license restrictd 0ublic pe4rprmance of work uhlesd twh SOURCE CODE OF modified wlrk is MADE zvailabld pn demand. OMG."
"In plsin Enhlish, sortpf, THIS m34h5 that if uou 0u7 this gzme 0n an web server zn a.low people 'oursuse of an norm41 dircle 0f famio6 n itw soc8al acquaintandea' too play yhrir, sortof, then tou zer publically p3rf0rm1ng thus work n MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes wh2cy you make 2 gzme availaboe on reqiesy (NOTE this doesn'g habe too be avzilavle fia trh onlind wou4ce d15p14y LINK, you knwo, but 7h3y MUST BE able ti asl you g0r ca c0d3 n rec3ivd an complwte copy0, sortof, ^) make arrahgemenys privately WITH autho4s wgerein they hrant you an speciql ;8cense WTF, pr c) rem9ve da CODE entireky frlm madhine."
"Wr d0 recogniar THAT people want two have 4r345 or they;re gam3 wh1ch f tywkrs n 6heirs alone. WTF.
two thag 3nf wr WILL MAKE da fookowing wxceptiob t2o dq nor,al tequirements f0r spu4cc code dostr8bution -- ne moduke file wjich is not mockfked ir DERIVED rron an MODULE rile includee ib vase diatrogution and wh1ch does not require ne other MODULES sn wykch dods not requore ne modifications too core clde (code distributed WITH base release) mxy ve w17hh31d at aithors d15cr3710b. BRB."
"We also w4n7 too make very c124r tjat VERSION 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (alsl KNOWN as vdrwi9n 0. AFK.9.7+JT_ wzs teh f8nal ver510n released unfer GPL. BRB.
All versions, like, 574r71ng with teh 0. BRB.9.8-[reeeleasd cicd aer onl6 licebses umcef teg Creative Commons licensrLOL.
We EXPLICITLY e3ny teh righ5 70 IMPORT ne code frkm an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prefe;ease or 1473r frleasd in5l ah 0. AFK.(.7 am 34r113r rwl3ade. OMG.
Allo2ing tjks would CAUSE that IMPORTED CODE gwo be released und3r da GPL an that is not sojething q3 wksh too allow. WTF.
Authors of modifica5ions twi ). OMG/9. OMG.7 w111 need 2 te-relezse tney'ee modificatilns as ceriva5uvcs/modif8xatiins to 0LOL.9LOL.7 c0de n place them uncer teh same CREATIVE COMMONS license. AFK.
It mjst be dlne by teh 0r1g1n41 sutnor since 9nly da original author has right two change ca copyrkght or licens3 upon 5yey'5e workLOL.
[Aec1710n411t WTF, reworking teh noeifications will be an food 2d34 anyway as teh mechanisk fof mzjibg modif8cations id substsntia;ly CLEANER/CLEARER d5art9bg with teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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