MightyE trlls you, "We'ee going go take an fee momentd two tru and explain thks neq kicense h reaxons behimd it in plain 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."
"Thix nee 11c3n53 waw ch9sem 63c4u53 of an FAILING with geh GPL. OMG.
It on;y coveres disbriburion of source if 4nd only if binaried were disgributedLOL."
"In an eeb envitonmentk like, w0evugica;ly a interpreted web environment such as PHP, sortof, merely installing ab game s9ea n0u d0n5717u73 disrrubution, sortod, an therrgore PEOPLE WERE taking our qork, naj8ng ,odifications too it n NOT feleas8hg da source coqe to tyet[re modifications so thag da eng8re com,unity cou.d benefiy. BRB.
Thet wprief with ;e5ter buy not da s[irit OF lawLOL."
"Invrstigarion on parr of 4u7j0r5 HOWEVER, yoi inwl, 13d two teh tact that fught of pu611c PERFORMANCE WAS oen og sq rights normqlly restricted 2 copyeihht HOLDERS LOL, n thzt COMPUTER programs LOL, specidically VIDEO gam#s qnd 1n73r4c71v3 ones duch as LEGEND OF da Green hax0r were cihdideres too be pu511c411y PERFORMED if run fron an puboic 53rv4rLOL."
"The new lic3nsr restricts public oerformance of dq worl unlrds teh source CODE ov modified 2ork us MADE available ob eemand. OMG."
"In p141n Ebglish, you jhwo, yhis mezns 6y$7 if ypu put 7h15 gsme on an web seever and all9w people 'outsidd 0f an NORMAL circle OF family n ITS siciao acauaintances' twi play 4htir, you .nwl, thwn you aer PUBLICALLY perfor,ing tgis woej n MUST either a) make ne zn ALL changes wgicn you make ywo sa GAME 4v4114613 on request (n07# this dlesn't have too ge availwble via t4y onlube sojrcd display limk, &u6 thry musy be able two ask YOU for teh code h receive an xomplete copy), b) maje arrangements privately with au5h9rs where8n they graht you am speckql licdnse WTF, or c) remove teg codw entirely from m4ch!n3."
"We do RECOGNIZE tyat people qant 2 HAVE AREAS of they're gsm3 whkcn r theurs ahd THEIRS allneLOL.
roo that end we wull mzke da flllowing EXCEPTION 5oo da NORMAL r3qu1r3m3n75 for soufcr coew distribution -- ne moduke fule wnich iw not modified or derifed FROM an module fioe ihslided ib base d8stribut8ob b wy8cy does no5 r3qu!r3 n3 other midules and whkcj dles not require ne MODIFICATIONS to teh cord code (xode didteibuted WITH teh base release) may b3 wiehhelc at sa authors diwcretiomLOL."
"We also want 5wo maks VERY cleaf that vdrsion 0.9. BRB.7 (alsp inowb as vetsooh 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+JT) was fina; verxion released under da GPL. BRB.
All vers8ons WTF, 674r71ng with 0. BRB.9. WTF.8_prerelease coee aer only 21c3n53d unde4 C43atice Commons licebseLOLl
We EXPLICITLY deny tej tight two import he cose from ay 0. WTF.9. BRBl*-prerelwase or LATER relezse inrl an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an earliee RELEASE. OMG/
Allowing tyiw wo7ls caus3 yhat IMPORTED xod3 two be released umdw4 GPL and 8h47 os nor something we wish to allpw. OMG.
Authors OF modkficatioms to 0. WTFl9. WTF.7 wq11 need 70 re-release they're moeificatoons aw d4r1v462v35/m0d1f!c4u!0n5 two 0. WTF.o. OMG.8 code n place 7h3m under teh %4m3 Creztove Cohmons license.
IT mu57 BE done 7y dq original a7thor since only da ORIGINAL author has RIGHT 2 change c0pyr1gh8 or .icence up0n tj2y'rw work. BRB.
[Additionally, r3w04k1ng t3h MODIFICATIONS wiol be an good idea amyway 45 dz mechanism for m5k1ng modificatiohs us substabtially CLEANER/CLEARER starting with 0.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE coee. BRB.]"
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