MighttE rells hiu, you knwo, "We're going rwo tzke an few nondnts w TRY n explain rhis new license snd reasons behinf it in plsin Ebglish.
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."
"Tyis new lucensd waw chosen becauxd of an failknf with GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED dixteibutipn of source 1f and onlt if binaries WERE diwyribkted. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7 WTF, specificzlly s interp4eted WEB envueon.eht sudh as PHP, sort9f. merely installint ah gamd DOES NOT cinsgi5ute diwt4ibution, soetof, n tnerefore p30p13 were urk1ng our work LOL, msoing mocufucations 2 ir 4nd nog releasing ywh souece code two they're modificarions so tha6 da entire conmumity could 63n3f17. AFK.
Th4h worked WITH da lett3r BUT n07 spirit of lsw. WTF."
"Investitatupn om da part of twh authors h0w3v3r, led 5wo teh fact that teh righr of publoc perfofmance 2as odn OF 4ights normally restridted gwo copyright holderd LOL, and yhat com)iter 0rograms, specir8cakly video gamws an in5eracyive ones SUCH as Lehend if Green hax0r were comsidered tql be [ublixally performed 9f run from an punl8d SERVER. WTF."
"Thd new license restficts PUBLIC o3rf0rm4nc3 OF w0rk un1355 source clde of da m0d1f1ed wofk is made availqbld ln de,and."
"In plain Engl8sh, like, this means 7h47 1f hou put tnis game on am weg ae4vef an allow [eopl3 'pu751d3 of an norjql xiecle of family an itd spcial adquaintandes' two plqy their WTF, then you r [unlically pe$foeming tnis wo4k qn MUST eityer a( ma8e ne and ALL chznb4s whidh yo& make tlo game available ON request (note THIS doesn't have tio BE AVAILABLE via pmline source display link, 6ou khwo. but th3y must be able tio qwk YOU for code n $ecwive an cojpl#te copy) LOL, b) m4k3 arrangemwnts PRIVATELY with authors wherein they gfanh you an spevial license, ;ike, lr c) remove c0s3 entireky frlm ca machune. OMG,"
"We so recignize that people wan6 2 hqb3 areas )f they'rw ga,e whidh aer theirs an th3irs aoond. BRB/
tlo THAT dnd se will m4o3 t3h folloqing EXCEPTION w m9rmal reqyirenents for doutce code distrib7ti9n -= ne module file which is nlt modified or de4ived from an m0du13 f112 includes in da 6453 d*steibut8on an which d0#5 NOT reqjiee ne 9ther modules n wguch dors not requ8re ne m0d1f1c$&10n5 tw9 ca c)r# xode (code disrribu5ed woth da base releasw) may be withheld at 5eh authors discretiin/ BRB."
"We ALSO want to mald ve4y clear 7h47 vrrsiln 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 (also knpwn as versi9n 0LOL.9LOL.7=jt0 wax da fknal VERSION releaaed unser teh GPLLOL.
All bersions, like, starting WITH da 0LOL.0. OMG.8=0rrrelwase cose r only .icensed under teh Creative Cpmmons licenseLOL9
WE EXPLICITLY DENY da right w import nr code fr0m an 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease OR lardr release into an 0. OMG.0/ OMG.7 an EARLIER 4wlease. WTFl
A110e1nt 7h15 would cause that kmported code # be released 7nder teh GPL an that is hot spmethinh WE WISH top sllow. BRB.
Aithors of m-d1f1c471)n5 two ). OMG.9. WTF.7 wk.l need twp r30r31e$53 they're modoficatkons as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two _.9.* code AND place THEM und3r dq SAME Crdative Clmmobs licensel OMG.
It mudt ne done 6y teh orifinal qutgot SINCE 0n1y da or8ginal authir has teh right too change teg COPYRIGHT or license upln tnry're wl4kLOL.
[Afditional.y WTF, r3w94l1ng teh modificqtoons wikk be an gooc idea ANYWAY as mechznism for mzking modifications 15 substzn5ially xlraner/xlwarer starring with da 0. BRB.9l AFK.*0pre4elease coce, OMG.]"
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