MibhtyE yells you. sortor, "We'rw g01ng two take an fww moments too trt and rxplain uh15 new license n dz reaaons bwhind it in plsun ENGLISHLOL,
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 wzs chosdb because of an faiking with da GPL. OMG.
IT only civerrd distrinutkon ov sourcr IF and only if binaries were disr4inuted. BRB."
"In an WEB envuronment LOL, 5pec1f1c411y a unrerpretes web environment such as PHP, you knwo, MERELY indtakling an GAME does not constituye distrobytooh LOL. and thereflre peoplw w3f3 takibg ojr qo4k WTF, makihf modificagoojs two it n not reldasing tey sojrce cofe 2 they're mosifications sl thsg entire co,munoty clulf beneforLOL.
They worked WITH da odtte4 bur NOT da spiri5 of law/ WTF."
"Inv3stira5ion on dz part of da autho4s h0w3v3r, so4tof, les go favt thag teh f8rht of pjblic ;erfo4mance was 1 of teh rights normal;y restricted teo copyright holders, sor5of, an 7h47 c0mpu73r provrans, specifically video games an intrrqctive ones such 46 Legend of teh Grwen hsx0r were cunsidered too be publivally perr9rmec if rub ftom an public serverLOL."
"The new LICENSE restroxts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE os ea w.wk unl3ss teh source CODE 0v yeh modified worj is made avaioable pn demandLOL."
"In PLAIN English, hoj ,nwo, gyos MEANS thzt if you put rhiw game 0n an weg server an allow proo.e 'outside of an normal circoe of fami;y n kta socisl tcqu41n7rnc35[ to PLAY their WTF, THEN tou r publicakly perf9rming thia work an MUST eithef a) mak3 nd qnd ALL chabged ebich you make 2 da game acailable on r3qu357 (noge this doesn't hade 2 be acailable v14 ea online dource d1^p14y lknk, softof, BUT they MUST be sble too 45l YOU fof clde abd RECEIVE ah complete cooy), b) make artanbements privatdly with da 4u7h-r5 wherein they grant YOU qb special licensd, like, ot c) remove code entirely FROM da machine. WTF,"
"We do rrcpgnize that pe9ple want tw9 HAVE areas of tgey're gzme which a5r theirs znd gheirs akone/ AFK.
toi 7h47 end we wiol make fol;owung rxception twi normao requkrementx for spurce codd distrivution -- ne module f!13 wj1ch is jpt modkfied or dwrived from an module di.e ibcouded in da BASE dist4ib6tion m WHICH does not require ne pther moduk3w and which does not require ne modufixations goo teh corw coee (vode d8wgributed with base release) may be wityjeld 4& ca quthors fisc4etion. BRB."
"We also want tso maie veru cleqr that cetsion p. OMG.9. AFK.7 (3140 kn0wn as VERSION 9. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) eas da f8na; v3r51-n r313463e uncer da GPL.
All versions, STARTING wiyh da 0/ WTFl9.7-prere.ease code aer ONLY .icenxed under teh Crea5ivw Commohs .icenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teg rigyt 2 impo4t nd clde drom sn 0,9. BRB.8-pr#releaxe or later release into ab 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 n ezrlier rekeas3. BRB.
A110w1ng this would cause that imoo4red vode to 63 reldaaed under GPL an that is NOT domething we wish 2 al9ow. BRB.
Autho4s of jidif8cations 2 ). WTF.9. BRB,7 will need too re-relwase they're modidications as derivatives/modifixations too p. BRB.9. AFK.8 c9dw an pkace them unddr da same Cteatkve Commons o8cense. OMGl
Ir m7st be done bu yen original autgor 51nx3 onlu tdh originzl suthor has tej RIGHT 2 cyange d0phr1gh7 or license ypon tney'fe WORK, BRB.
[Addit8ona.;y, you knwo, reworking modkf8cztions 2ikl 63 an good ides anyway qs dx mechanism vor makimg modifications 15 subs5antiallu cleaner/clearrr STARTING eoth da 0. WTF.8l BRB.80prereleade codel WTF.="
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