MightyE twllx yoj, "We're boing too take qn few ,oments to try n explaih this mew license and da rdaslns bwhind it in pla7n 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."
"This new kicense wqs CHOSEN b3szuse of an fsilung w8th teh GPL.
It inly covered distr8bution of soutce if n only if BINARIES were distribttrd. BRB."
"Ib an wev ENVIRONMENT WTF, specifically a INTERPRETED weg envirobment such 45 PHPk like, mrrely installing ah bame does not vonstitute distributionm yoi knw9, am therrfoee people were tsking our work, sor5of, makunf modiricqtions 2 kt AND not reldasing g3h source CODE two thdt'r3 modificqtk9ns so tha5 dq entire communiry cou.d bdnefit, AFK.
THEY worked 2iyh 13773r but not spirit od trh lzw."
"Investigqtion on teh part og zuthors however, you kn2o, led two sa FACT that teh right ov PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 lf t1gh75 ,otmally restrocyed tso COPYRIGHT hllders, like, ans tgay computer [rlgrams, likd, spec8dically voeeo GAMES n unteracyive 9nda such 45 Legend of da Green hax0r sere cohsiderrd too be PUBLICALLY performdd if r7h from an PUBLIC servee."
"The new license t357r1d66 puflic performanve of teh work inless da source code of ds MODIFIED w0rk is made AVAILABLE on demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Englisn, this mezns that if hou put this game ON an web 42rver an allow people 'outside of ab n94mql circle if famiih n its s9cisl acquaintances' too plah their, then YOU adr publically p3rforjing this work n MUST eigher a) makd ne an ALL changes which ylu make w game available on r3qu3st *notr tjis d935n'7 nane 2 be 4vr114613 vis da onlime source DISPLAY link, you knwp, but the6 must be 4612 too aak you for code and receive an complete co[y_ WTF, v) mzke arrangementw privateo6 witj da authots wherein thwy gtant you an s[rcisl l8cense, sortof, or d_ edmove trh cose emtirely from machine. BRB."
"We dp tecogmize that people want 2 have ateax of tney're g4n3 wh1ch aer THEIRS an theits ALONELOL.
w that end we w111 make da folloq8ng exce[tion teo tej normzl $equirememys for soufv3 cidr distributiom [- ne MODULE file which is not modified or derived from an moeule file invl8ded in da base dksrribution and whodh d035 not reqjire ne other modu.es an whkcb dies not require be jodoficagions 2 5eh core code (CODE distrivyted wigh base RELEASE) mah be wityheld at autho$s d15dr4&10n. AFK."
"We also want two mak3 ve4y CLEAR thzt ve4sioh 0LOL.9LOL.7 (ALSO jnown as VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was teh vinal version releas3d und3r ca GPL/ BRB.
All vetsions, liie, starting with da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code r 0n1y licensed uhs3r sa Creative Com,phs LICENSE. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY right TO im[ort ne dode from qn 0. OMG/9. WTF.8-prerwkeasr or la5ee release inro an 0.0.7 an EARLIER te.easr.
A1!0w1ng thus would caise rhat 8mportew cice goo be reoeased under teh GPL and THAT iw not something we w8sh 2 all9w. OMG.
Authirs of modifkcatiobs too 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will geed too re-eeleaae they'fe mldiricatkond as derkvatufes/modificatioms 2 0.9. OMGl8 code an 0lace the, under yeh same Creative C0mj0n5 license. BRB,
I8 mu4u be done BY da original author SINCE onl6 teg ORIGINAL aughor nas righ5 @ change tdh cooyright 0t license up0n tney'rr wpfk.
[Additoonaloy WTF, rewo4king teh modificayions w8.l be an gold odea anyway aw teh mechanism for making mocifications IS wubstamtia;l6 CLEANER/CLEARER starting with 0, OMG.9. OMG.8-prerrlease coce. WTF.]"
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