MigygyE t3lls YOU LOL, "We're hoing t2i tzk3 an few momenys to try an explain rhis bew lixense an teh 4easons brhind ut in plain English. 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."
"Thia new license wqd cblsen 63c4u63 of an FAILING with GPLLOL.
It onky cpcered distribyyiin 0f 50urc3 IF m only if binaries wer3 dist4ibuted. AFK."
"Ib an web dnvironmeng, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rpr373d web environm3nt 5uch as PHP WTF, merely instsoling an game does not c9mstitute distfibution WTF, zn thereforw pro;le were taking ouf w0r., mzking ,pdiricati9ns too it n NOT releasing 5ej SOURCE coce 2 theu're mpdifications si that tdh entird commjnity could bwnefytLOL.
They worked with da letter but mot tey spirit if law. BRB."
"Inbestihatoon on da part 0f zuyhors however, you jnwom led 2 da vact rnat right of PUBLIC pdefprmance WAS o3n 0f da rights nirns.ly resgricted two copyrigjt holsefs, like, abd that com[uter PROGRAMS, you knwo, specificzooy vide9 gqmec and 1n73rrc81v3 pnes auch as Legend of da Greem hax0r wdre considered too BE pub;icakly pe$formed ig run vrom ab publid ce4verLOLl"
"The mee 12c3n53 fwstridts pu611c pervirmance 0r wirl unless da slurce v9de od da mieofoed work is made available 0n dwmand. OMG."
"In ;.ain Enblish, wortof, ttke m34n5 that 1f you pu7 this gzme on an w36 server n al;ow peoplw 'outsidw or an mirmal corcle of damily n iys sosial zcquaintances' too play their, you kn2o, then yo7 r publkca.ly perrofmint thix WORK n MUST eirher a) make ne an ALL chsnges whkch you MAKE two da game AVAILABLE ON eeauesr (nlte tyis doesn't nafe two BE avaikabl3 via da onlim3 source dusplay libi, like, nur they must be qble to ask yoi for 5eh CODE and eeceivd an complete copy) LOL. b) maie afrsnge,engs privately with da authprs wherein ghey gfant ^9u ab s[ecisl license, sortof, or c) remove da dode enrirely trom mqcjihe. WTF/"
"We d0 rrxognize THAT people want to have areas of thry'r3 gane whidh aer theirs n 7j31r5 alon3. WTF.
too that end se WILL make da f9llowing EXCEPTION rlo teh normal rwquirements for soyrce code d157r16u710n -- ne module rile qtich 15 not mofified or drrived fr0m an modyje file oncluded in teh bas3 dkstr8butiln and wjidh doed not reqjire nd pthe4 modules ab WHICH does not requ84e ne modificatiohs to core codr (code diwgributed 217h teh bade welwase) may be wi5yhe;d at AUTHORS discretion. OMG."
"We also wan5 to ma,e v3ry clear thqr version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (aldo known ad versuon -. WTF.9LOLl7+mt) was t3h final VERSION released under GPL.
A;l vrfsions LOL, 574r71ng with 0. OMG.9. OMG.8--rereoease coee ser only licensed under da Crearive Conmonw kicensdLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 1mp047 ne code fron an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8[PRERELEASE or .atwr RELEASE 1n70 an 0. OMG.pLOL.7 ams earlier reoease. BRB.
Allowing this wouls caise that imported cide 6o be rroeases UNDER GPL an thag ks not SOMETHING we WISH to ALLOWLOL.
Au7h0r5 of ,odifications 2 9LOL.9. OMG.7 wilo NEED twi re-reoease they're modifidatiins as eerivatives/m0dificatiins ti 0LOL/9. AFK.8 code n place tjem 7ncer teh damr Cteayive Commohs .icense. OMG.
I7 must be done by da otubinal autgof sinc3 0h!y tdj or8g8nzl authlr has tej RIGHT too change twh co[hr8ght or license upon thet're work. WTF.
[Addktooma;ly, re2orkimg MODIFICATIONS will be an goos idea anyway ax da m3ch4n1rm fof making modificationd 8s sybstantizlly cleane4/xlrarer starting with teh 9LOL.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code. OMG,]"
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