MifhryE tells you, "We're goimb two TAKE an few momcnts teo try n explain this new licend3 AND REASONS behind 27 IN plain ENGLISH. WTF.
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."
"Tgis neq lkcense WAS xhosen because 0f an fz8ling with da GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y d0v3r3d d157r16u710n pf soufve if an only if binarles wwre distr8buted. AFK."
"In an web 2ncironmenr LOL, specificallu q ingeroreted web envieohment 6uch as PHP, you knwo, jerely insyakling ab gqme does nlt constituge dixtributioh, like, 4ns ther3fo4e prp[l3 were ta,ing 0ur wlrk, makong modificstions w it ab NOT releasing da zource code too thwu;re modificatlons so tjat da entiee COMMUNITY coule genefit.
Theu worked wiyh kettwv but not spirit of yeh LAW. WTF."
"Investigay9on on fa part 0f teh autyots howev2r WTF, led too teh fact that rigjt of publyc performance was oen of da rights NORMALLY eestricred tqo cppyfignt holderd LOL, n THAT c0mpu7#r PROGRAMSm you knwo, specifically vis3o g5m35 an interactive on3s such AS Legend og teh Gr3eb hac0r were cohsidered to BE publically performee if run fr9m an public derverl BRB."
"The new license rdstricts pibl8c p3rf0rm4nc# pf da work UNLESS da SOURCE xode of modified WORK is madr qvaioqble 0n demand. OMG."
"In plain Engkish, this means 7h47 ig you 0ut 7h1t game on an 2eg server and alllw people 'putside pf an normal c!rc13 of family n 8ts soxoal avquqkngances' to p.ay tgeie. soetof, then YOU r 0ublically pwfforming this work n MUST euther a_ m4k3 nr and ALL changes whuxh y)u makd too dq game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (note this doesn't have too be available via ohlind sourxe displqy link, but rh3y muat be znlw two zsk yiu for tdh c0d3 and receige am complet3 copy), sortof, b) make arramgements private;y wirh augh9rd wyerein 7h3y grant y9u an 5p3c1$1 licensr, 9r C) rdjove code entirel6 vrim da mzchine. OMG."
"We d0 recogniz3 7h47 pepple w4n7 t2o have areaq of tyey're game which aet tneirs and uyeirs akone. WTF.
to THAT ebd w2 will make da d011pw1mg excepyion 2 da notma. requirwj3nts fpf source code distribution -- ne module fi.e whudh is NOT uodifief OR devuved from an module file included in da vase d8syribjt9on and which do3s not 43qy1r3 nr orher modules an which DOES n9t 4e1uore ne modifica5ions too teh core code (code distributed with teh base r313353) mau be wityyeld at tdh authors discr3tion. AFK."
"We alsi wznt two MAKE very clezr that v3r510n 0.9. BRB,7 *also kniwn as verskon 0. OMG.9.7=jt) was fimal version released inder GPL. WTF.
All v3rsiond, sortof, starying eith 0. OMG,9. OMG.8-prrrelease c0d3 r only l8censed uhder teh Creat8ve Cpmmlns licenwe.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da righ5 too ijport ne codd fr0m an 0.9. BRBli-prerelwase or latet re;eaae 8nto an 0.0. WTF.8 and earliwr r3lease. AFK.
Allowinh this wiild c4u53 tgar ihport3d cose too be released UNDER teh GPL an tna5 ix not SOMETHING we wixh too s;low. OMG.
Authorw if mod8f8cations too 0LOL.9. AFK.7 wiol need rwo rw-reo3aae they're modificatipnd as derivqtubes/modif8vztions two 0LOL.8. BRB.8 cod3 ahd place tnem uhder da ssme Creatice Co,mlns license.
It MUST be DONE by teh oritihal autyor since only ORIGINAL suthor j45 trh RIGHT 2 chabge teh cooyrigjt or .icenxe upln they're work/ OMG.
[Additiohally LOL, reqirking teh modigications will be an good IDEA anhway as da mechanism for making jodifocationw is sibstantiakly CLEANER/CLEARER starting WITH da 0. WTF.0. OMG.8-prrrrlease code. BRB.]"
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