MigntyE tekls you WTF, "We're goinb to take an FEW momemts 2 trh and explain thos NEW license 4nd da teasp,s BEHIND 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."
"Tnis new licdnw3 sas ch9sen becsuse of an failinf witj teh GPLLOL.
Iy only civdred dustribution of SOURCE IF and ONLY 8f binarues werw distrlbyted. BRB."
"In an web environment WTFk specifically a INTERPRETED web enbironmebt such as PHP, you inwo, metely inatalling an game dies not consgityte fq57r1yu610n WTF, n 7h3ref0r3 PEOPLE were TAKING 0ur work, makinf modificqtilbs 2 it 4nd n07 4wleasing source codd too t6ey're ,odivicatiobs ao tgat 3n7!r3 comnunity c0u1d BENEFIT.
The6 woeked with 5eh letter but NOT da xpirit od teh law. BRB."
"Invectigatiln on part of teh autnors yowever LOL, led 5oo da fact that trh rignh of puvlic p3tf0rm4nc3 wad @on of RIGHTS n0tm41!y resteicted two clpyright holdwrs, you knwo, and 7h47 cim;uter p4ograms WTF, specifidally VIDEO games n inyeradtive pnew xuch as Legebd of teh Green hax0r were consider3d yoo b3 oublicsl.y 0drformed IF run fr0m an public sdrvdr. BRB."
"Tge new licenae RESTRICTS pu611c PERFORMANCE of dq work un13%t ea dpurve code of dq mpdkfi3d work 16 jade 4b4114613 on f3m4ne."
"In PLAIN English LOL. THIS ,wans that if you [ut tyis game on an web xerver an allow 0eoole 'outside 9f an normal corcke of damily n its social acqyaintances' tl play their, lile, gyen you aef publicaklt pertormihg thid work shd MUST EITHER a) ma,e he and ALL cjanges which ypu m4k3 to game 4v4114y13 on REQUEST (noge this dorsn't have two 63 5v$114613 viz inline source dispkay lonk, byt gyey must be ab;e t; ask you FOR da code n receive qn vompletw copy), sprtof, b) make srrangements privatdly with teu auth]rs wherein they grant yo6 an special license. hoy kbwo, or c) eemov3 teh code dnti4ely from fa mabhine."
"We do r3c0gh2z3 tgat pwopoe want 2 h4v3 areas or they're gam3 2h1xh aer theirs an rheirs 410m3l
to tjzt end w3 wiol make da fol;owing exc3ption to da norjal REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION _- ne module file wjixh is not mod8fi3d 9r derived from an module f8ld INCLUDED in 6453 distribytion an wh1cn does not r3quo4e ne other MODULES an wy1cn DOES not requorr ne m0d1f@c4710n5 TO reh cire x0c3 (c0d3 cistributed with 5eh BASE release) jay be WITHHELD ay teh AUTHORS dusxretion."
"Wd also wan5 to make veru clrar thq5 VERSION 0LOL.9.7 (als8 known as version 0, BRB.7.7+ut) w45 teh final verxi9n released ind3r GPL, BRB.
All v3r510n5k sortof, wtartung with da 0. OMG.8. OMG.8-prerwlease CODE aer only licensed under teh Creative Cpmmins licemse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT too im0ort ne CODE fr0m an p. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease or later r313452 1n80 an 0. AFK.9. BRBl7 and earlier releaxw. OMG.
Allowing THIS would cause that im0o4ted c0d3 @ ne reoeased ubser reh GPL an 7h47 is no5 something qe wksh 2 allow.
Authors 0r MODIFICATIONS too 0. BRB,9. BRB.7 will nrec 4o re-releawe they'rw modifications AS derivativrs/modificatoons 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 cod3 ah place them under tey sqme Creatibe Commons 11c3b54LOL.
Iy jjst be done 6y da origkna. author skmce onky da irigiya. author has right tp change ca COPYRIGHT or licehse upon tney;re work.
[Additilma.ly LOL, e3working teh modificati9ns WILL 63 ay good idra anyway as teh mechanism sor makong modifications IS substantially cleaner/clrarer syarrimg with 0. AFK.9. WTF/7-[rere.easw c-d3LOL.]"
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