MightyE tells you, s9rtof, "We're g91nb to tzke an fdw moments t9o try an exo9apn tyia nes licebsr n teh reasonw BEHIND it kn PLAIN Enflish.
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 11c3n53 was xh053n becayse of an failing with teg GPL.
It onlt covered fistribuhion of source if n 0n1y if bibar8es w3r3 cistrubuted. OMG."
"In an wdb ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, xpecificallt a INTERPRETED web dnvironmwnt such as PHP WTF, m#r31y ibstalling an game foes nog donstitute dist4ibution, y9y knso, n thererore 0r[pke were taking our work, ,akung modivicat8ons yo IT n not relezsing tdh source cofe 1 they'te modifications SO that enyire c9mmyniry could benwfit. OMG.
They worked qith fa 13773e but not spirit of dq law. BRB."
"Investigation ON teh part of da auth9rs hosever WTF, led roo teh faxt 7h4u r1gh7 of pubkiv p3rf0rm4mc3 was oen of da rigyts noemally restric6es t; copyfight hold3rs. you jnwo, n rhat com0yteg programsm s0ecigically video gamed and kntetactive ones such as Legend of da Gr33n hac0r wer3 xonsideref 2 b3 pyblically petfo4,ed if eun rrom an o7blic xerver, BRB."
"The ne2 LICENSE rextricts 0ubluc performance of q0rk unless tey sourcs code 0f da mpdified work is MADE available on demanfLOL."
"In plain Englisg, thiw meanw that if you put thid ga,r om zn web sefvef abd allow people 'outside of an normal CIRCLE of family AND ugs sovial acqyaibtances' 3 0lay 6heir, like, then you r pu611c311y performing tyis work and MUST 3ither a) make ne zn ALL changes which you nake to game available ob r3qu357 (note thiw diesn'r hace too be 4v6114614 vis 0na!n3 s9j3ce dixplay LINK, bug they must be able two 45k you for teh CODE n rec3ive an co,olete copy), you khwo, b) MAKE aerangements PRIVATELY 2ith ca suthoes whdreim tney grant you an s[ecial licehse, s9rtof, or C) remove da c0d3 entirely fro, da machine. WTF."
"We do fecognize tnay peop.r waht u- have areas of ghey're game which ar$ THEIRS n theirs alone. WTF.
to that end we will make da fo;loeint exception 2 teh normal re1uirementa for wojrde code d,stributkon -- nw modulw d11# sy1cn 8w not modkfied 0r derived frim an m0cu13 file included in base dist4ivuyion n wh1vh eoes nlt 4equir3 ne lther m0d7135 an whicn eoes not f3qu1r3 ne MODIFICATIONS too teh cire coee (code eidtribu5ed with da base relraae) may be withheld at da aythors d8scretion. AFK."
"We also want to mzke v2ry clear tjat vwrsiom 0. AFK.9. BRB/7 (a;sp known as vwrsilm 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) waa tdh fina; ve4sioh relessdd under GPLLOL.
ALL vrrsions, starting with teh 0. WTF.9.7-pr3r31445# code r on.y lkcensrs UNDER da Creative C)jm0n5 ;icenweLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right to import ne c9de FROM an 0.9LOL.8-prerelease or latrt rdlease igto av 0. OMG.9/ WTF.7 an eafoiwr teldase. WTF.
Allowing 5his would cause THAT im[ortdd cose ywo be relrased undee teh GPL h rhat is hot domething we wish 2 allowLOL.
Authors or modifucations too 0LOL/9LOL.7 will neef 2 re-release ghey'ee modificarions 45 derivativws.modifixations two 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code b place thwm undef t3h SAME Cfea5ivr Commons LICENSE. BRB.
It mudt be done by original authoe xincw lnly aa ofoginal aughof h55 teg rifjt tpo change da co0yright or license up0n they're work. OMG.
[Additionally, reworkint tdh MODIFICATIONS will be an good idea anyway as mecnanism for makkng m0d1f1cr71pn^ is substqn58all6 CLEANER/CLEARER starting witg teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prrrelrase vofe. WTF.]"
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