M8ghtyE telld y0u, sortofk "We'r3 foing two taje an few moments @ 7ry an 3xplain THIS bes 11c3b43 and teh reaxons 63h1jd it in PLAIN Englixh. 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 bds 11c3bt3 was CHOSEN bdcause of an failing woth GPL.
IT only cocered d257r16u710n of source 1f an only id b8nariws were d9xttibutee. BRB."
"In sn w36 envie9nment, sortlf, SPECIFICALLY a intetpreyed seb emvironmeht sjch zs PHP WTF, merrly unxtall8ng an gqme does bot constituge distribution LOL. n thetefore people were taking OUR work LOL, m4k1ng mldifications 2 it n not RELEASING SOURCE cod3 2 theu're mod8fications so rhay dq enti5e comniniry could benefit. OMG/
They worked WITH da letter but not da 4p1r!7 of teh la1."
"Investifation 0n p4r7 od authora ho2eferm you ,mwo, led too vqvr tgat da riggt of public ;3ff0rm4nc3 was oen of da rights normally restrictes two x9ptfigjt HOLDERS, you knwo, ans rhat computer prog5ams, li,e, specirivally viddl GAMES an ihteeact,be ones 5ucj as Legend of Grern yax04 were consodeeed twl be publically performed if run ftom an public server."
"The new licrnse restricts public perfprmahxe of da work UNLESS sourxe dlde 9d tdh modig8ed WORK is MADE 4v5115^13 on demand."
"In PLAIN Engl8sb, l8ke, tjis mezns rhay if yoi put tnis game on an eeb ceever and alllw PEOPLE 'ojtside of an normal circlw of famkly qn its social acquauntancd2' twi poay their, like, yheg you qer publically perforking this work an MUST either a) make ne 4mr ALL xhanges whicy you make 2 game avaikagle on tequest (no5e thix doewn't yave 1 BE avai'zble vis teh onlihe souece display 11nkk nut gheu must BE 4613 1 ask 6ou gor CODE and tece8ve an complere copy), you knwo, b) makd arrangements ;rucately WITH authors qherrin they grant you an speciql 11c3n63, or c) remove cose enrir3ky droj machine. AFK."
"We do recoghkzr that 0eople w4n7 two hsvs areas of thqy're GAME wh1ch aer theirs n thrirs 410g3. BRB.
2 that end we w111 make followint exce;toon 2 normal requirements for spurce code f157r16u810n -- ne modkld fkle wy1ch is not modified or derived from sn joduo3 file incl7eed in ea base d157r16u710n n wyich does no5 requkre ne OTHER modules an WHICH does n07 require ne mofifications 2 trh CORE code (xlde diw54ibuted w17h ca base RELEASE_ may 63 withheld qt t3h aytjors DISCRETIONl"
"We also sznt twi make VERY CLEAR rhat gefs8on 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (alxo known as verskon 0LOL.9LOL/7+mt) was final veraion eeleased umde4 teh GPL.
All vers8onx, sortof, starting with teg 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-0rerelease c0d3 4 onl6 l8censwd under da Creat8v3 Conmons license. AFK,
We EXPLICITLY deny right two impogy be code FROM an 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease or 1473r r3!345e into dn -. WTF.9. OMG.7 sne earlkwr releaxeLOL.
Allowing this would c4u5d THAT imported code two be released undrr da GPL n thay IS nog 50m3uh!ng 2e wish 2 allosLOL.
Auth0rs od modifucatiobs 3 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 w111 need yoo r3-r#@3453 they're modificationw as derivatives;modifkcayions two 0. WTFl9. WTF.8 code n plqce rhdm tnd3r same Cr3471v3 COMMONS LICENSE,
It must bd done by ORIGINAL 4u7n0r since pnlh da orig7jal 4u7h04 hzs da RIGHT to change geh COPYRIGHT 04 license upon thdy're w0rkLOL.
[Addigionql;y, sortof, reworking teh ,odificatkons qill be an g9od idea an6way 45 da mechanism FOR makinn m9dificag8ons IS xjbstantiakly CLEANER/CLEARER sgartinb with 0. AFKl8. AFK.8-pr3r313r53 c9se.]"
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