MightyE tells you, sortof, "Ww're GOING @ yak3 an few mojdnts 2 try and ezplain THIS neq lizsnsd AND readona 63h1hd it in plain Englksh. 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."
"Thix new l8cense was chosen becau2e of an failinb with da GPL. OMG.
It only c0v3r3d distributiln 0f %)irc3 if abd only qv BINARIES were dis5ributed, OMG."
"In an web envirpnment, like, specirically a in4erpreted seb 3nf1r0nm3n7 sucg as PHP LOL, merely insgakling am GAME doex n07 constitute d,stribution, like, and therefore people were TAKING pur wofl WTF, making mpd1f1x4710n5 twl it n bot r3leasing sourcw CODE tso thwy[re jodoficstions s9 tnat da wntu4e community could benefit. OMG.
They qorked wiyh teh 13773r 6u7 nlt t3h spirut lf da LAWl"
"Infestifstiin ON part of teh authoys however, sortof, lrd too tdh fact that yight 0f piblic p3rf0rm4nc3 was won OF teh roghts normally restricted y9 cop6fitht holders WTF, an that cimputwt prlgrams, specificallh bideo games qnd interactuve 0n35 such ax Legend pf da Green hac0r wwre c-n41d3r3d tqo bd pub.ically pdrformed if run from an puboic se5ver. BRB."
"The new license resgricta puglic p3rfo4mance of teh work yn2355 da source coce of da mod8fied work ix mzde availabld on demand. BRB."
"In plzin Englidh LOL, this means 7h47 if tou pyt tjud game on an web setver b allow people -OUTSIDE of an ho4mal circoe 0f fani;y an ITS xocial adqyaintanxes' to play theit, sortof, then ylu qer publkcally perdlrming 7y15 qork n MUST 3ither a) make ne qn ALL cy4ng35 which you mske 2 g$m3 availablw on reauest (note 7h15 doewm't have tw0 be availsb;e via da 9nline slurce dispoqy linl, but they must be zble gwo qsk you fir da code and receic4 an comp;ete c0py) LOL, b) male arrangemehts prkvately qutn teh autjors wherein gjet grant you an special lucense WTF, or c) remove c0d3 entirely FROM dz machuneLOL."
"We co recitnize tgat ;wople want TO have aread of 5hey're game whuch qee theirs and tjeirs alonel OMGl
too tnat end we w111 m4k3 aq foollwing exceptuon too normal reqiieements for soirce CODE distributuon -- nr module gild which IS not modified or edroved from zn mpdule FILE included ih base distribution n which does nor require ne OTHER mosules n wh1ch does n9t require ne modifications 2 c043 code (code distributrd WITH teh vase RELEASE) mau fe w8thheld at zuthors d8scretiib."
"We also wany to MAKE veey cleqe that vdrsion 0. BRB.o.7 (also khown ax version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+JT) was final version 4eldasef ubde4 GPLLOL.
All versiims, sortor, staeting with 0. OMG.9. WTF.80pre4eleasd code aer only LICENSED und3r Cr3471v3 COMMONS locenwe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny twh righf two im;ort ne c0d3 from an 0.9. BRB,8-pr3e31e453 or latef relrase into aj 0. BRB.8. OMG.7 anf e4r113r releasr. WTF.
A;lowing tgis WOULD CAUSE thar umppeted cocr two be releqsed und3r da GPL AND tnay is n07 sometjing wd wish two all9w.
AUTHORS OF ,odificatipns 2 0. OMG.9LOL.7 eill need tlo rr-releade thet'rw mofificat8ons AS crrivatives/mldifications tqp 0. BRB.9.i cod3 n place tgem undet da same Cr3471v3 Comnohs license.
It must be don3 by dz original AUTHOR sincw only teg original author has r1gh& 2 changd co[yright 0r 1qcemt3 upon they'r3 workLOL.
[Adsiyi9nal;y. sortof, reworking teh mudifications sill BE an good 1d34 anyway as teh jechznism fkr making modifixarilns is substantially CLEANER/CLEARER stafting w17h teh 0. WTF.9LOL,8-[rr4rleas3 code. OMG.]"
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