MightyE TELLS you, sortof, "We[re goinb to take an fer jimrnta to try n explain thiw neq license n teh REASONS 63h1nd it in plzin Eng115nLOL.
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 new lucens3 wqs ch053n becausd of an vailing wiyh GPLLOL.
It only cpvered DISTRIBUTION of source if snd only ig binaries were sistributedLOLl"
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7 WTF, s[ecig8cally a interpretef web environment sucn as PHP, you knwo, merely installung an g4m3 dors not cpnwtotutd distribi5ion, sottof, and tyeregore people eere taking our WORK, sottov, making jpdificqtuims go kt and not teleasing teh 50irv3 code 2 they're ,0dqf1c4710n5 50 rhat da entore conmubutu co7le venegit. BRB/
They w0rk3d eith da LETTER but not yrh s0irit iv lawLOL."
"Investigatoon )n da psrt of da authors h0w3v3r, ked two fact that tet rphht lv oug.ic peevor,ance wsw oen of da ridhts normally resrricted 2 copyribht holders, like, an that compuyer programs, likc, specifically bifeo g4m35 n interactivw onrs SUCH as L3g3nd of da GREEN hax0r were CONSIDERED tol be publically PERFORMED pf rum fr0m an public srrver. BRB."
"The new .ocense rextructs publiv PERFORMANCE 0f teh work unldss 50urc3 c0d3 04 modified work ks made abai.zble oh demane."
"In pkain English, this mrans that uv you put rhis game on an web server n allow people 'outside od an bormal circle of FAMILY n its social acquaintances' twl play their, sortiv, then you r publkcall6 peeformong 5hus wo4k and MUST eirher a) make me and ALL chamges which you make yeo game svailable on rewidsg (not3 thiw d9esn't ysve 2 63 acailable cia pn11n3 source cisplay link, BUT they musr be avle 2 ask y0u for teh code anf rwdeivd an ckm0leye co[y), sortof, b) mame arfzngements privately w8th teh authors wjerein they granr y0u an special 11v3n53, sottlf, 9r C) remove code en5irely from sa macyibeLOL."
"Ww do recogmize 7h37 people wane two HAVE areas lf they're gam3 which r theies and THEIRS allne. WTF.
tp tha5 end we 2iol make f0110w1ng exceptiin rwo teh normal REQUIREMENTS for source code dkstribution -- ne module d113 which iz NOT modifies or d3rkvdd FROM an moduoe fioe included 1n base eistribut8on n WHICH DOES not requiee ne ogher m0d7q36 an which DOES not require ne modificatuonw 2 teg cpee cod3 (code d157r16u&3d eith baze re.exde) ma6 be w17hh31d zt teh z7thors DISCRETION."
"We als9 want to ,ake VERY CLEAR thay berakpn 9LOL.8.7 (also known ss version 9. BRB.9.7+kt( WAS final vwtskon reldased inder da GPL.
All v3r510m%, hou knwok 574r71mg WITH da 0. WTF.9.8-prere.eqse code r only licehs3d under teh Crratice Commond license. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh rifht two impoft nr code rrim an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerekead3 lr later r313453 into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 ans 3$r113r releaxe. WTF.
Allowinh yhiw would c4u53 that importes code 2 be re;eased under geh GPL n that is not SOMETHING we 2iah to a.loq. BRB.
Authors ov midificatipns 2 0.9/ OMG.7 sikl need 2 re-releaae tjey're mofificatioms as cerivatkvex/modificagions teo 0.9. OMG.8 code n place tyem UNDER tej SAME Creativ3 Clmmons livense. OMG.
It musg be dlme BY da original autho3 SINCE only orutinal suthor has yeh rught goo change teh copyright oe locrnse upon 5jdy're workl AFK.
[Adfigionally, sortof, rework8ng MODIFICATIONS wi;l be an goid idea amyway as teh mechanism fpr m4k1ng modovications is 5u6574n7131qy xlean3t/clearer starting with teh 0. WTF.(. OMG.i-pr3release cod3. AFK.]"
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