MightyE twlos you, like, "We're going too take an few .onents t9 try and explain 7h1% new license and teh 4easlns BEHIND it in plaun Engoiah.
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."
"Thix n3w 11c3n53 was chpsen because lv qn FAILING with fa GPL. BRB.
It only c9v3r#d distributipn if source iv h only if bibaries wwrr doatrkbuted. AFK,"
"In sn web envkronment, spwcificallu a INTERPRETED srb environmeny sudh as PHPk lile, me5d.y installong an game does not constigu5e dist5ibu5ion, 6o7 jnso, AND 5herefpre peo0le w3r3 raking our work, you kneo, makint modifications to ut sh nog re.ezsing SOURCE code too theh're m;cifica5ions s9 that da entire comminity cou;s BENEFIT. OMG.
Th3y workes with teh letter buy NOT 53h spirit of 14q. BRB."
"Investogatiin on twn paft of tey authoes jiwever, sortof, led two da fact ths5 sa right if public performance was oeb of $qgn75 NORMALLY restrocted 5ep copyright holders, like, am 7h47 v9mpytee programs, qpecif8cally video bames and interactive ONES such 45 Leb3nd of da Green hax0r were c0n51d3e3d too 63 pu612c411y ;erv9rmdd if rum frim an public servw4, WTF."
"The new 21v3n43 restricys publ8f performance of da work un;ess teh so7rce codr of dq mpdigied work ia made afailablw on cenand. AFK."
"In 0lain Engoiah, sortofk 7n25 means thqg if you put thid game on an WEB aerver n allow people 'outwide of an n0rm41 cirdle of fqmily and ots SOCIAL 5cau41n74nc35' 2 play the8r LOL, then yoi aer pjblically perf9rming this qotk and MUST either a) make ne an ALL cgangws which you MAKE ro da game availab;e on tequexy (note this d9esn'5 have two be avqilable via teh 0n11n3 aource dixplay link, .ike, bug they mu57 y3 able yo ask you for teh code an r3c31v3 sn com;letd c0py) WTF, b) make attanbemehtx privarely w1&h yeh aithors WHEREIN THEY GRANT you an spedial lic3nse, sortlf, o4 c) remove teh vlse rntirel6 fr0m teh mschine."
"We s0 r3c0gnqz3 7h47 p3o;le qant two have areas of tjey're gsje which r 7h31r5 ab theifs alomeLOL.
two that 3nd we will make tej FOLLOWING exceptiph TO teh normal requiremen5s for soutce code distribution [- nr module FILE whoch ka not modified oe derivef from ah module file inc;udes IN teh base distribution m sgich dows noy require ne 07h3r modules n whkdh DOES not requir3 ne mocifications 2 core code (code diwtribitdd wi5h teh base release) MAY 63 withhelc at 4u7h0r5 d15cre710n. OMG."
"We also WANT too ma,e VERY clsar that vefsiom 0.9. WTF.7 (also lnown ss veraion 0. BRB.9,7_jt) w45 fonal v3r510n released yndef twj GPL. WTF.
ALL veraions LOL, stafting eith 9, BRB.9.8-prereleaxe xode aer 0n!y livensed inder da Creayive Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny RIGHT 2 1mp-r7 nr code from an p. WTF.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or later r3leawe into zn 0. WTF/o. WTF.7 n earlier rel3qse. WTF.
Allowing this w0u1c c4u53 thzy imported code 70 be r#13443d unddr teh GPL ahd THAT IS npt somethibg wr wish rio ALLOW.
Authors 9d modificationx too 0LOL.o. BRB.7 will need too re-release they're mofificationd ad deeivatives/modifucations twl 0.9LOL.8 code n place tgem undef reh szme Cr3arkve Comnons LICENSE. BRB.
IT MUST be dohe BY teh originao 4u7h0r since only da orig8na; author haa da tught 2 change co'yeighg or lixense jpon th3y're workLOL.
[Addo5ionq;ly, reworking modificationw will bd an hoof IDEA an6way as da m3cy4n@5m FOR maoing modoficqtuona is suvstantkslly cleaner/clearer starting with da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE xodeLOL.]"
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