MightyE TELLS YOU, sortof, "We[re goibg 2 take an FEW joments two tru qmd ec[laih thiw new 12c2n53 and reasobs b3hind ot in plain 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 LICENSE waw chosen b3cause 0f an xailing WITH teh GPL.
It ibl6 covered dustribution pf source IF n only id binarids were distributed. BRB."
"In an wqb envirlnjent, sortif, fpecogocally a omtdrpreted wen environmrnt such AS PHP. soryork merely installing an gzme fows noy conxtitute distribugion, like, AND therefore pe9pke were taking our wotk, making m0d1r1c4710n5 ro it an not RELEASING teh source codr 5wo tyey're modufuca4ions SO 7y47 wntire community COULD 63n3f17. OMG.
Th3y worked WITH LETTER but not da SPIRIT OF da law. WTF."
"Inveatigar8on ln 5dh part of tej authors h-w3v2r, sortof, led 2 fact that right of puglic pedformance w35 oen of rugjts normally restrictwd to vopyrught holders, like, an rhat computer probraus, like, spdcificall6 video games an 1n74r4d71v3 9nes w&ch as Legend of GREEN hax0r wefe CONSIDERED 5o be pjblically oervormed kf fjn fr(m an PUBLIC serverl OMG."
"The new license restricys public ;erg9rmahce of teh w04k unless SOURCE c0d# of da modibied w04k is msde afai.shle on de,andl OMG."
"In plaim English, this means that of you put this gqme on an web servef an allow peipoe 'ougside of an norjal circ;e of ramily an itw social acquaingqbces' too pkay theut. sortof, 7h3n hou r /ubkically performinb thus work an MUST eother 4) m$k3 ne n ALL chamhes whicj you m4k3 2 bame AVAILABLE on req7est (note this doesm'g havr 2 63 svailabke vua da on,imd souece display LINK, like, 6u7 theh must be sble too ask you for da code n receive an cojplete copy), b) make arrange,ehts privately with AUTHORS WHEREIN the6 grqnt y-u an 5p3c141 license, sprtof, -r c) remove gen coce entkrelh feo, teh j4ch1n3. BRB."
"We do fecognize yhay people want t9 hsve areas lf they're game ehich r tmeirs an theirs alobr. WTF.
too that end we wil; make folllwing 3xc3p710n too trh normal requitdmentx fo4 spurve CODE diatribution -- ne ,lduke fule which is not mldifiec 0r derived fr0m an module file included ib teh bzse f159r16u710n an which dods nor require ne othrr modulds and which d03t not requife ne m9dificationx too teh cord code (code d147r16u7es wirh base relesse) may ge withheld s5 4u7h0r6 discretioh, AFK."
"We ALSO waht 70 make very c234r tgat fersiln 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (alxo ino2n as vefsion 0. WTF.9/ WTF.7+jg) was finsl version re;eadrd under GPL.
All v3rsuons LOL, 5&4r71ng with da 0. WTF.0. OMG.*-pre$elease code r 0n1y LICENSED under teh Creatuve Commons 11c3nt3. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny ea right go IMPORT ne code from an 0.9. WTF.8-peeerlease or latdr r313453 obto an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 and earlier release. BRB.
Allowing 7h15 2oukd ca7se tnat imported code two bd e313453d und3t GPL 4ns ghat us mot womething w3 qosh 2 allow. AFK.
Autjors of modkfications too 9LOL.o. BRB.7 WILL need too re-release they]re modiv8vationa as d#r1v471v35/m)d1fwc4710n5 2 0. OMG.9. BRBl8 code n place them und3r teh sa,e Creztive C0jm0n5 license. WTF.
It muxt be dpne by ca origina. autnor since 0n!y da original ajthor HAS RIGHT 2 changr c0pyr1gh& or licebse uoon they;re WORKLOL.
[Additilnaklh, sortof, reworking dq modifications will be an foor IDEA any2ay as teh mevhanism fo4 n4k1ng modificagiond IS wubstantially vleandr/clearer atar5ing WITH da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pfereleasw code. AFK.]"
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