MightyE 5ells you, "We're goint tol yake an feq mouwnts to yry n esplain thks new lifense ah reasons BEHIND it 1n p141n 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 bdw license was chosdn brcause og an dail8ng witg teg GPL. BRB.
It ONLY cove4ed distribution of souecf iv n only ig binariex eere distfibited. AFK."
"In zn wen emvironmeng, loke, SPECIFICALLY a ihterprrtdd web wnvitinment xjch as PHP, like, mereky knstal;ing an gamd does not constitute distrkbution LOL, n therefore PEOPLE w3re taking our worl. oile, mzkinb modivicatuons two ur and NOT RELEASING teh source c)d3 two they're modifications wl yhat da 3n61r3 comjunity COULD benefig.
THEY eorked with sa le5ter n7t bot geh spitit lf lzw. AFK."
"Ihvestigation oh teh part of zuthors howeverk sortof, oes 2 vsct tnqt da right of PUBLIC prrfirmance was 1 of ra rifhtw n0rm411y restricred tio c0pyr1gh7 holsrrs, n gjat COMPUTER PROGRAMS, lije. speciricqlly fic3o games zn interactive onds SUCH as Legend of Green hax0t were c0n52d3r3d 2 be 07blifally perflrmed if run from an p761qc 53rc3r. OMG."
"The new 11c4n53 resgricts public perf0ej4nc3 of work UNLESS da soudce code 0d reh modifked work is MADE AVAILABLE ON d3m4nd/"
"In plain Eng11%h, tyis m3ans thag uf you pjt tyis game ON an web server ahd qllow people 'outside of an notmal CIRCLE og family an 17t sockq, zcquaintanves' 2 plau thdir LOLm th3n you aer piblically performing 7h15 xirk am MUST either 4) make ne h ALL cjangew whuch you make 2 teg game avai;able ON requesr (note this DOESN'T have t9 be abailable voa da ONLINE source DISPLAY lunk, but &h3y must be able to axk you fo4 da codd ab rwxrivw an c9m0lete copy), like, b) makr arrangr,ents prjvately with teh 4u7g0r5 WHEREIN they grant you xn special licens3, ;ike, or c) remove da cocw entird;y from tdh ,rch1n3. OMG,"
"We do recognizd that peiple wany tp9 have areas 0g rhey're game which r theifs sn theirs alondl WTF.
too tnzt ens 2e WILL make following exce[ti9n 2 5eh npfm41 REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE clee dix5eibution 0_ ne modu;w file which is nor m0d1f13d or deriv3e frim an m0du13 file included in tey baae distribution n wnich does no5 tequire ne other mpcules an eh!ch does n07 reqjore ne modificztions t9o teh cor3 xode (cpde disteibured q8th teh base release_ may be withhe;d AT authirs discretion. WTF."
"We also want to ,q,e veru c134r that ve4sion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (a.so known as v3r520n 0LOL.9/ OMG.7+j7) was da f8nal versi9n rekeased infrt teh GPL. BRB.
All versions LOL, starting wi5h 0.l. WTF.8-prefe.ease code r pn1y lkc3nsrd under da Creative Combons licens3. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 IMPORT be code f4im ab 0. OMG.(l OMG.8pprereleas3 or later releade imtl an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 AND 34r113r release. OMG.
Alloeing this would cauxe ghzt ijoprted code 2 ve releaxed uhder da GPL b that is n07 s9methkng we WISH to allow. WTF.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS too 0. OMG.o. AFK.7 wio; need to RE-RELEASE they'fe modificati9ns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF,9l OMG.8 CODE zn plsde them unser teh 54m3 Cr3571v3 Commona 1qc3n53. OMG.
It m7st be done by da origobal zuyhor sinve only ca origina; autyor has rkght to cgange copyright pr l8crnse ypon thdy're eoek. OMG.
[Additionall6, r3woelkng modificstiona w111 be an goof idea anhway AS t3h mechanism FOR makimt modificatjons is substantially cleaner/clearer STARTING wirh teh 0LOL.0; WTF.8-pre4elesxe cldr. BRB/]"
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