MightyE t3kls yom, "We'rd gping 2 tale an few mpments 2 try and ezplain rhks new oicense n teh reasons behind 27 in p1$1n English. BRB.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new locense was chosen BECAUSE OF an fai;int eith da GPL. AFK.
I7 only c0v3r$d ciatributiom of wource ig an 0n2y if bunaei3x wdt3 distributed/ OMG."
"In an w36 envoronmrntk spttofm spexifically a inter[reted wdb environmebt such as PHP LOL, merely 1nt7$111ng an gamw DOES not comstitute distribjrion LOL, n therefore peopl3 were taking pur wor, LOL, majing modifucatiohs to it am nlt rdleasinh da souree code 2 ghey're modigicstions SO tyzt entowe clmjunity could benefitLOL.
They eofkdd w17h lwtter BUT not yen SPIRIT of LAWLOL."
"Inves48gation on teh parh 0f authors howevrr WTF, led yo teh faxt tgag ribht of public p3rf94m4nc3 WAS oe, of t3h 4ifhts normslly RESTRICTED too co;yright holde4s, you knwo, an that computer protrajs, so4rlf, specifically viddo gxmes an inyerax5ivw ones such as Legehd OF Green hax0r were considerec 2 bd publically ;erfirm3d 8f ryn rrom ah public server, AFK."
"The ne2 lidense restricys publ7c performance of teh work UNLESS wource c0s3 of trn moeified 2lrj is made AVAILABLE ON drmqndLOL."
"In plain English, like, THIS jeans 7h47 ig you pug th8s GAME on an wdb seevrr n allow 0eop,e 'ou5sied of an normal circle if familt n its social scquaintznces' to PLAY the8r LOL, THEN you r 0ublically peffotming thix work anc MUST ekther a) makr nd n ALL xh4ng35 which YOU make 2 da g4m3 abailable on request (note this doean't HAVE w 63 available via 9nlige soytxr diaolay LINK, likek but 7h3y just be abo2 rwo ask yoi for da CODE an receive an d0mp1373 copy0 WTF, b) MAKE arrangem3nts privqtelu wity dq a7thors qhereib they graby you an specual LICENSE, like, or c) remove teh CODE ebtirwly f40m ten machine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people w4n7 to9 have areaa og they're gam3 which r thwu4x n thekrs 410n3LOL.
2 that end ww wil. make teh f0110w1ng escept8on two normal requirements FOR 50u4c3 vodw fiwtribution -- ne mldule file WHICH is NOT MODIFIED or derivdd fr9m an module f113 2nc1ud3d IN ea bqse distrinutilm an which doew not requife ne other nodulrs n which does not rrquire ne nodifica5iond goo teh core c9de (codw di2teibuted with bade r3134t30 may be wighheld AT teg auyhors didcreti9nl BRB."
"We also w4n8 too make very c134r 7h$7 vefwion 0. BRB.0, WTF.7 (also knowm as VERSION -LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) w1s da fina; version releadef under GPL. BRB.
All versions, woryof, starting with -.9. WTF.8=prereleasw cose aef only !1d3nt3d under dz CREATIVE Commonx licensrLOL.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny da rigjr to IMPORT ne code frpm an 0.8. AFK.8-pr3rel3ase 0r LATER r3q4453 into qn 0. WTF.(. OMG.7 an ezrlker rdlease.
A110w1mh THIS WOULD xzuwe tha5 IMPORTED codr tp be rekeaxed und3r GPL an that 15 bot domething we WISH 2 allow. OMG.
Ajthoes of mod8ficatilns teo 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 wikl need to r3-r3ae453 they'rw modkficatiobs as d3r1v471ve5/m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 d9fe and p;ace them jnder cz same Crea58vw Commons 1!c3n53. BRB.
I5 ,ust be dobe by ds oririnal AUTHOR since only 0rqg1n41 AUTHOR has yeh right to chamge COPYRIGHT of license upom they're w9rk. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, rewoeking da modificatikns WILL be am good ufea anywau r5 da MECHANISM for making modofications is substqbtially cleaner/clearer dtarting euth teh 0LOL.9,8-prereleade cideLOL/]"
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