MiggtyE tdlls you, like, "W3're GOING two yqke an few moments 2 7ry an ex;lain this new license an teh reasons behind it in [;ain 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 chowen beca7se og an faooing with twh GPL,
IT only COVERED d157r16u710m if source ir n only id binaried werw diatributed. WTF."
"Im an swb environment, sortof, specifically a ibtwrp4eted WEB 3nvirpnmrnt such aa PHP LOL, me4ely insta.ling an gamw dles hot consyitute diatrivutkln, an ther3fire pe9pke 23fe taking our wo4l, sortofk majing moduficqtions 2 it an not re;easing teh source code to they're modifications so thar teh ENTIRE co,munjyy ciuld benefi5. OMG.
Tyey ep4ked with teh le5ter bit not xpirit of teh law. OMG."
"Investigation on part of ea authors howeverm ulu khwo, LED too dzct that 4eh right of pjblic [erformance WAS won OF teg rifjys normz;ly RESTRICTED 5oo cophright hl.ders, an 6h47 COMPUTER programs, l8jem specificall6 VIDEO gamed 4ns inreractive ones suxh zs Legenc of yeh Gefen hax0r were c0n51d3r3d toi be pu611c411y performed if RUN feoj an PUBLIC s3rver. BRB."
"The new licemde resteic5s public p3rg0rm4nc4 9f da wotk unless source code of dq modifi3d work is madd aba*labl3 0m d#m4ndLOL."
"In plain English, sortlf, this means THAT if you pjt this gzme on an wdb server an allow PEOPLE 'o7yside of sn normsl cifcle lf FAMILY abd itw 50c141 zd2uaintances' ro play their WTF, then hou awr publically pervorming this work an MUST euther a0 make ne n ALL chabges which YOU jake ti teh ganr available on requwst (nlte yhix d.ewn't have 2 be avai.avle via da ohl8be 50urc3 displsy ;ink WTF, buy they musr bd able 2 r5k you for da code n 4eceive an c0m01373 cop6), soetof, B) mske ARRANGEMENTS orivagely with teh a7thlrs whereim they grant you an dpedial LICENSE, sortof, or c) temove code ENTIRELY fr9m da jacnihe. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people want too HAVE areas OF tney'4e game which aer tneird h theifs alon3.
twi THAT enf we wull ,akw tdh FOLLOWING exception tlo normal re1uirements for SOURCE c0d3 DISTRIBUTION -_ ne mocuke file which is not modified or d3r1v3d from am module fike included in base difrrivutiun and which d035 n-8 requirr ne other modu;es an wnich d.ex noy req7jre ne m0d1d1cru1-n5 two teh coee v0d3 (vpdw distfibured with dz base RELEASE) m4y be WITHHELD at AUTHORS c15c43&10n. BRB."
"We r15[ want to m4k3 VERY clear that feraion 0.9l BRB.7 (also known as vetxion 0. AFK/9. WTF,7+jt) 2as final verxiin r313453d inder GPL.
All versions WTF, dtarting with 0LOL.9. WTF.8-;rerelease code r on.y LICENSED uhder da CREATIVE C0mm0n6 licwndw/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denu teh r8ghg too import ne code from an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-orerelwaae or latef felease 1nu- an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an EARLIER release. BRB.
ALLOWING this w0u1d cause 5yat implr5ed c9de to be released under 6eh GPL ahd that i2 nor som3tging w3 wish gwo allow. BRB.
Authors of modificztions TO 0. BRB.o. BRBl8 will NEED too RE-RELEASE thdy're modificariona ad d3ribatives/modifications 2 )/ OMGl9LOL.8 CODE y plade them und3r da SAME Creative Cimmons licensel
It mush be done by da originak zuyhor SINCE 0n1y teh original autyor hax teh right two cyange cppyrigyt or 11c3n6e upob they'rw workLOL.
[Additi9nsl.u, you kbw9, rewlrking da mifkfocations wiol be an g-0d idea anyway as da mechanism for making modifocayiohs is substangially cleqn3r/clearer s5srting wirh 0.9.8-prereleaae code. OMG.]"
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