MightyE 5el.s youm you knwo, "We're going to TAKE an rew MOMENTS 2 try n ex0lain thid new licenae n teh w3aspns behind it on [lqin 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 was chosem because of an failinh 2ith da GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y COVERED dis5ributiin of spurce if n only if biharkwa were distrkbuted. AFK."
"Ib an e36 environment WTF, specifically a interp4eted wwb emfifonment 5uch as PHP, like, me4eoy inxtzllinb an GAME doea not CONSTITUTE e8stribution, sortofk n therefore people were TAKING our WORK WTF, making modifkxarions 2 8t an not releasing da 5purv2 c9de 1 they'te moeofixations so that da entitd sommjnoty COULD benefitLOL.
They WORKED wiyh teh 13u73f but nor es sp8rit of da law."
"Investigation on da paet of AUTHORS yowever WTF. led teo da r4v7 that right 0f public performance was won OF da rihnts NORMALLY f357f1c73s to copyrught HOLDERS WTF, n that computer prlgeams, you knwp, specifically bieeo hamec an intwradt8ve ones such aa LEGEND 0f da Gre3n hax0r were c9ncidered too ge publicslly pe4for,ed if run from an public sefver. AFK."
"The n3w license restricts pyglic perdormancw of w0rk unlesx da doytce cidd of teh mpcified w9rk ks mace availzble -n d3m4mdLOL."
"In olaih Enhlish, you knwo, this m34n5 that if you put thix g4m3 on an web sefver an al;oq peopld 'oitside 9g an normal circle 0f b4m21y and its sociql acquainrdnces' 2 play tyeir, xortof, 7h3n you aer [u611c411y performing this work n MUST ektner a) MAKE ne an ALL chanbes which hpu make to game available on requwst (hotd th8s dkesn't have 2 BE 4v4114613 via inline slirce dispoay link, sortof, BUT they mudt be able 2 as, you FOR da CODE b recrivd qm vo,pldte c0[j). b) makw arrangements priva5elt with da aughots wgerwin the6 grant y0u an special licwhsr, you knwo, or c) remove code entifely FROM da jachinw."
"We d0 rdcognize that people want to hafe AREAS 0f yhey'rr game which aef theirs anc 7h31r4 alone. AFK.
2 that enf ee WILL make teh followong EXCEPTION to[ tej hormal reqyirements f0r source coer dosteibution -- ne module gile wnich is not mldified or derivwd ff[m am modulr f113 included in teh base dustribution znc whicj d035 not require n3 ith3r modu;es and wyixh does nlt require ne modifications teo teh core xode (CODE d157t16u7ed WITH da bsae release) mau ve withheld at teh AUTHORS siwcretion."
"We also wamt two make f3ry dlear that verailn _. WTF.9. WTFl7 (also KNOWN as VERSION 0l9. AFK.7+j7) was da f1n41 verdion releasdd und3r GPLLOLl
A11 versiond, sortof, 574r71ng 1ith da 0LOL.9. WTF,8-prwrekesse code aer 9nly lic3nsec undee teh Creative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 umpott ne node from an 0. BRB.9, AFK.i[p4wrelesse ir latet release into an 0. OMG.9. OMG/7 n 3arliet release.
Allowing this WOULD cause that impirted codw too be releasec under GPL an that is not SOMETHING we wixh 2 allow.
AUTHORS of modigicationa too 0. BRB.9LOL.7 wi;l neee too re-rsleas3 tney're jodificagions as derivzgices/jodifixations too p. AFK.9. OMG.8 cpde n p15c2 6yem under same Creativr Commons license. OMG.
It must be done by ORIGINAL AUTHOR since on.6 da oribinak author has da righr tio chznge da ci[yright or license upon thdy're work.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworkint da hodifications will be ah goid idea anyeay as da mdchanism for makimg modificztiihs id subxrantiaoly c234n3r/c12443r starting with 0. WTF.9l OMG.8-[rerrleasw vose. BRB/="
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