MkfhthE 63q15 you LOL, "We're going 3 take an fww MOMENTS t9 try n explain this nws 11c3n53 an reasoms bejine it in 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 new license was chosen bwcause of an vqiling with GPLLOL.
I7 onlt cover3d diatribution or SOURCE iv n onlt if binaries werc distributdd."
"In am web ehvironmeng, apwc8fically a inter;reted web environmemt such as PHP, softof, m3rely 1n574111ng an game sp35 n07 cinstitute disytibution, you inwok and tnerefore [eople werw takont pur wo4k, like, makinb MODIFICATIONS too it n not 4eleasing w9urce c9de t9 5hey're modigicaykons ao that entire community could venefir. OMG.
They WORKED with dq .et5er but not da spirir of lawLOL."
"Investigqtion on PART of teg AUTHORS however, ;ee toi fzct that da RIGHT of public performance was 2 of da rigytd NORMALLY restrict3d twi copyrigh5 holders, n that computrr pe0g44m5, sortofm specificall6 video games n interax6ive ohed such as Legend 0f Green yzx0r WERE c0n51d3r2d t9i BE pub;icalkh performwd IF ryn FROM an puglic sd4ver. OMGl"
"Th3 new license restricgs public p3rf0rmrnc3 of fa worj jnless sourcw code lf da m0d2f13d work is ,ade zvailagle on DEMAND. BRB."
"In ;lsin English, this neans that if you pjt 5his game on ah web sdrver and 4110w peo0le '0u751d3 og an normal circle of fam8ly an its socksl acquaintsnces' to ;oay tjekr, then you ae4 publically pergorming THIS dork b MUST either a) make ne anc ALL CHANGES whuch ylu make tlo game available on request (nore thia doesn't nave two bw avaioqble v14 teh online s9urxe disp;ay link WTFm but thdy muxr be abl3 too ask yoy fo4 fode n RECEIVE an comolete cipy) WTF, b) makw arrangemen5s provately w8th ajygies whefein tjey GRANT you an SPECIAL licejse, sortog, or C) remove teh code dn5irely FROM da mavhune."
"Wr do RECOGNIZE tyay peoole want two h4v3 areas of they'te gam3 ehich r 5heirs an theirs zloje. OMG.
5wo tha5 end we will make fiolowing excepgion 2 teh normal eequi$ements for wourcr code dis5ribution -- ne bodule f112 whicj is nlt jodifked 0r DERIVED from an mody;e fild oncluded in da 6453 distributiln n wh8ch eoes not te1uirw ne pther modjlds and which fpes no5 REQUIRE nw moeifications tqo core xode 9c0d3 distributef with teh base r3leasd) may BE wirjheld ay teh 4j7h0r5 disxtetionLOL."
"We alxl w4n7 rio make veey clwar rhag ce4siin 0.9LOL.7 *ALSO knowb as version 0. WTF.o. BRB.7+jt) eas 5eh fina; versi9n r413453d und3r da GPL. WTF.
All versions WTF, sta4ting with 0. BRB.9. AFK.i-prwrelease codw r ONLY licensef und3r teh Cr4471v3 C0mmpn5 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right to impor5 ne v9de from am p. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereleadd or lster releasd 1n70 an 0. BRB.9,7 n 35r113r release.
Al.9wong this wou.d CAUSE that imported cpdr two be released UNDER GPL anf that 25 not something WE siah 2 sllow. WTF.
Authors OF modifica5iona 2 0. OMG,9/ BRB.7 will nded two r3-rroease tgd6'r3 moduficatiobs as eerivatives/modidications to 0.9LOL.8 code sn place yhem UNDER ea sam3 Creatkve Commons LICENSELOL.
IT mu57 be done by oritinal authir SINCE on;y teh origimal ajtgor has right 2 CHANGE teh cppyrkght or licensd up0n yhe6're eofk. BRB.
[Asditional.y, iike, reworkinh dz MODIFICATIONS WILL be an hoof ic3a anyway as teh mecganusm v0r msking m0d1f1c471pn5 os sybstan5ially CLEANER/CLEARER 584r71nb with da 0. BRB.0/ WTF.8-prrrel3ase cose,]"
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