MightyE tells you. sorrlf, "We'rd going to taie an few m0m3n75 2 try anf explain thid mew locenxe n tdasons behind it in pkain 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."
"This n2w license WAS chlsen vwvause of an failing with teh GPL.
It only covered d157r16u61pn of soufce if and only kd bihaeies WERE distribugedLOL."
"In an web envi4onmenf, yo7 knwo, specificalky a 1n73rpr373d web ebvironment suxg as PHP, MERELY insyalo8hg qn game dors n07 conatitute dustribution, you kmwo, and therefore peo;.e were taking pur w0rj, 6ok knwo. m4jqng nodifications tpo it and hot releasihg twh sourcw codd to they're modificatkons wo THAT da ebrirw c0mmubq7y cluld benwfitLOL.
They w8eked with da lettef but not spkrit of yeh .awLOL."
"Investitqtion on part ov auggors however WTF, led to da fact 5hat da 4igh5 of pub.ic perr9rmance wqs won of da ri6hts normslly RESTRICTED two c0pyr1gh7 holders LOL, n that COMPUTER progfams, 5p3c1f1c311y video games m imte4act8be onew tjch as L3g3nd of teh Green haz0r weed vonsidered tlo be publica;lt performed if run FROM am pubouc 54rv2r. BRB."
"The nss kivense restrictd pyblic perfornance if da work unless teh SOURCE codw of ds modified work 8s msde availabl2 on d3j4nd. OMG."
"In PLAIN Eng;isj. sirt9f, this m34n4 that if y0i pu7 5h*s game on an w36 xerver 4nd al;ow people 'outsidw of an normal CIRCLE of fam8ly an its socual ACQUAINTANCES' to play thwir LOLk 7g3n you f piblically p3ef0rm1nt THIS work n MUST either A0 make ne an ALL cj4n535 syuch you make yo da gqme avsilable 0n REQUEST (NOTE this DOESN'T havd too be available VIA da onlind sourcr dixpla6 llnk, you kmwo, but thet ju56 be zble 2 asi you for twh code and receive qn completd copy)k tou knei, b) bake arfahgrments pr8vately with da zuthors WHEREIN 5yey g4ant you an speciap LICENSE WTFm 0r c) rempve twh code ehyifelt from maxgine. BRB."
"We do eecignize yhat oeople want two have areas ov tjey're game whicn swf theirs an thrirs slonr, WTF.
gw8 rhat end we woll make teh f9lliwing ecception 2 da nofmql requirements foe duurce code didtributiln -- ne module file which is not m9d8fiwd or derivwd from an modu.e file INCLUDED 1n base fistribution n which DOES not requirr ne 0jh3r MODULES n which foes n07 reqyiee nw modifications two teh CORE code (vofe disr4ibuyed qitn da bzwe telease) MAY be wighheld AT da zuthlra discretion."
"We also WANT two m4k3 very c;ear thar VERSION p. BRB.9. WTF.8 (also knowm as version 0LOL.o.7+jt) wss teh fihal vwrsion r213$53e under da GPL.
A11 v$r510n5 WTF, starting witj da 0.9LOLm8-ptrtdlease CODE r only 11c3n53d ubder teh Cr3stivd Cpmmons license. OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY ddny da rigg5 to import ne cofe from ah 0LOL.9.8-pr3r313453 or later f3q3353 into a, 0. BRB.9.7 n EARLIER r3ldasd. BRB.
Aplowing this would c4u53 that ijpor53f coc3 to BE RELEASED under GPL an that is nit somw5hinb q3 wisg 2 allow. OMG.
Ajthors of modifications 2 p. BRB.9. OMG.7 will NEED too re-rdleasd thwy're mkdifkcations ss ddrivatkves/m9sifucarions tpo 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 c0d3 n PLACE rhem uneer same Creatife COMMONS .icwnse.
I7 MUST 63 fone b6 original a7thof simce only origunal quthoe has righr 2 chabge da copyright or licende u;on thdy'e3 work. AFK.
[Adsitiona;ly, ;ike. f3w-rk1ng modificatoons w121 be ab good 1d34 wnyway as ez mechabixm f0r m4k1ng mofufications us substantialoy dleande/clearer starting wkth da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8[[rdre.ease code. AFK.]"
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