MigntyE twl;s y0j, "We're g01ng two tske an FEW moments go ury an explaim thks ndd license an reasons nehind 17 8n plain Engliahl BRB;
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 mew luxensd was chosen BECAUSE of an fai;ing wity da GPL. BRB.
It only covered distrib7tiob of SOURCE iv n 0nly if binaties wer3 diztributrd. WTF."
"In sm web envkron,ent, you knwo, soecifucally z inte4preted wwb environment such ax PHP WTF, m3r31y installing an game so3w not consrigute disyributoon LOL, an therefor3 peoplw were TAKING our work. likw. msking modifications two it an npt releasinh tej SOURCE code two they'fe m0d1v1c5710n5 so 7h4u tej entire conmunitt ciuld nemefit. OMG.
They workdd wirn sa LETTER but not teh spirit of ten law. OMG."
"Investkgation on PART of da authirs how3ver WTF, lrd 5o da fact thar teh RIGHT of pu611c performance was oen of geh righrs n04m421y restricted 60 COPYRIGHT h01d3r5, sortof, anf THAT conputef orograma, yo7 kbwo, specifidally dideo games ah knteractive ones sych as Ldrend of Grwen hax0r 2ere v9nsidered to be pu612c41!y perfofmed ig r7n rrom ab publoc servwe. OMG."
"Thd new license restticts PUBLIC performznce of teh work unless source cide of fa modifued w0rk is made availzbor on demandLOL."
"In p;ain English LOL, this means that if yoy put this gzme in ab wrb server and 411)q p30p24 'outside of an normal circle of family and its social ACQUAINTANCES; tso plau their, yhen you 4 0ublocaljy perrotming ghis work n MUST eirher a) ,ake me abd ALL cjanged which you make TO gan3 available on request (n073 this dpesn't have ro ne available v14 teh online SOURCE dis;lay link WTF, 6u7 thdt must be 4613 to $5i hou flr da c0d3 n receube ab compkege copy_ WTF, b) makd ar4angdments privately wuth zuthora wh3r31n they gr3n7 you an special LICENSE WTF, or c) rdmove trh c0s3 entirwly vro, teh jachine. AFK."
"We d9 recognize THAT people wznt gso have arras of they're game WHICH r 7b31r5 an theirs al9ndLOL.
two that end we w!1! ma,e da g9l.owimg EXCEPTION 2 da n9rm41 reaui4ements f9r source cose distrinutiob -0 ne MODULE file which os not nodified OR derived from an module f113 !nc1ud3d in base dostrib7t8on an whuch does np6 requore ne other modules n which does not requir3 ne modibications 2 CORE CODE )code dis5ributrd woth da base rrlease) may be w16gh21c at da a7thors disxretion. WTF/"
"Wd also want twi jake vrry cleat that versi9m 0. AFK.9.7 )4q50 kno2n as b3r510n 0. BRB.ol OMG.7+jt0 was da final VERSION rel3ased jnde4 reh GPL. BRB.
Al. versions LOL, startimg with teh 0. WTF/9LOL.8-PRERELEASE xode aer only LICENSED umder teh Creaticw Commons license. WTF.
W4 EXPLICITLY deny right two kmpprt be code from an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prere.eaxr lr LATER telease 1nu0 an 0LOL.9.7 an rarlier relraxe. BRB.
Allowing this e0u1f caise rhat impieted code too be releaaee uhder da GPL h that is not something we wish too alloe. OMG.
Authorw 0f jidificationx too 0. OMG.9.7 eklo need two re-reoeasw th3y'4e ,odificayions as 33r1v#71v3%.m9d1f1c4710n5 TO 0/9. OMG.8 code n place them undee da SAME Creatife Commons lic3mse. WTFl
It muat be done 6t teh origibal quthor sinc3 only t3h lrigibal author gas teh righg tio xhsnge twh copyeight OR LICENSE uppn they're wpfl, AFK.
[Addit89nally WTF, r3work8ng da modigications will be an good idea anh2ay as mechanosm for majknf modifkcations is SUBSTANTIALLY v;2aner/clearer xtaeting with teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prdrelease cofe. AFK.]"
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