MightyE tells YOU, sortof, "We're going 2 take an few moments tol try n 4xplain this nes licebse n tej 4easons bshims kt IN plain Engl8sn. OMG.
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 CHOSEN brcsjse of an fzilinh 2itn GPL. WTF.
It only coveres distrivution of SOURCE 1f an only if binaries were sistrib7tee. AFK."
"In an web environment LOL, soecurically a interore5ed web dnvironmeht such as PHP LOL, merely instal.ing an game d045 not constitute distributoon, you lmwom ane ryerefore peop;e wrre taking ouf wlrk, soerof, mak8ng MODIFICATIONS rwo IT an mor releasing teh source cpc3 two ghey'ee MODIFICATIONS so that enrire c0mmun1uy could benefiy/ BRB.
Thry wprkef with da letter vut not da dpkrit of sa law. WTF."
"Investigation ob t3j [art ov da aktyors however, LED two fact that r1gh7 0f puglic prrformance WAS 1 of da rights NORMALLY restroxted 5op c9pyright holdera LOL, and THAT compuger pr0gr4m5, sorgof, specificall6 v1d3- fames n 1n73r4v71v3 omes such aw Legend od Gfeen hax)t w3r3 xomsid3red tso be PUBLICALLY perflrmed 1f rub fron zn public serverLOL."
"The hew 11c3n5$ testrictd publ8c performance OF worl un1355 tem sou4ce code OF teh modified w0rk is MADE availagle on semand. WTF."
"Ib plain English, /uke, this means that if you put this g4m3 in ab web SERVER b a.low people '0u751de lf qn no4mal cirxle -f family n 175 social 4cqur1n84nc35' to [lay their, sortof, thwn uou aer publiczlly oerforning thks wir, n MUST either a) ,a,e ne and ALL chamges which you msje t2o game AVAILABLE on r3quwst (note this doesn't h4v3 70 be acailable via ln.ine xoiece display 11nk, you knwo, but tney MUST BE aboe to ask you FOR da c0c3 n receive an complete copy), sortof, b) mqjw arrangemenrs ptivately WITH authors wh3r31n the& GRANT tou an specia. licenae, sortof, or C) r3m)v3 dz c0d3 entitely f4om reh ,achine. BRB."
"We do t2cofniae that people e4n7 two have areza OF they;re game which aef thdirs b theirs zlone. AFK.
w that end we w111 make tdh FOLLOWING exceptiin 5wo hormal requorements for source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne jodule file which is not modifief 0r drrived grom sn module file includ3c ib 6453 eoxtrib7tion ahd which does not require ne igher modults and whkxh DOES not r3wu1re ne modigucatoons 2 da dore cosw (codr dust4ibu5ec wigg ten base r313453) may be WITHHELD at da 4u7h0r5 eiscretiom. WTF."
"We also WANT two make bery coea4 that v3r510n 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (a.so known sx versi9n 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jr( wqs da finz; versipn releasee under GPLLOL.
ALL versiobs, l8iw, star5ing wi5h 0LOL.0LOL.8-prrrelease code r only licensed unef4 da Cfestive C8mmons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ribht too implrt be CODE from an 0LOL.(. WTF.8-PRERELEASE ir latet release INTO an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 sn earlief releaae. AFK.
Allowing rhjs would CAUSE that imporred code to be releasec under GPL an thzt is hot SOMETHING we wosh gio allowl
A8thorx if modifications too 0. BRB.8LOL.7 w111 need 2 re-releaw3 they'rw MODIFICATIONS as fefuvatives/modificayionx tpo 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code an plzce thej umder teh xqme Crestive C9mmons license. OMG.
It ,usy be done by original author dinc3 only twh 0r1h1n41 AUTHOR has ten ritht tw0 chanbe teh co0yright pt licend3 upon they'4e wo4l.
-Additionslly WTF, reworkung rrh modofications 2i;l be qn g90d idea ANYWAY as teh mdchaniam g0r MAKING nodifications is subsrantiallt dleaner/clearer stzr5ihg with 9. OMG.9. WTF.80prefeleasd codd. AFK.]"
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