MihhtyE telld yii, like, "W2'4e goinf too take ab few momentw too tey n EXPLAIN tgis new license ahd da reasons bdh8nd it in plain Englisj.
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 neq oicense WAS cn9sen becquse OF an faulinb wkth GPL. BRB.
It only cove4es disrrib8tion of s;urce if an 0n1h if BINARIES w3r3 distfibuted."
"Ih an web environmeny, aortof, s;ecifiva;ly a knterpreted s36 environjeny sucn as PHP, you knwo. merely unstakling an gamr does NOT consti5uye eistrkmution, you knwo, ahd thwrrf94e oeoplw were 5zking lur q0r,, sortof, making modirications twp it n mlt r3lrzsing tey 50urc3 doee t2o tney'ee modifications SO tyat da entire cojmunity couod benefit.
Thru worked witj twh lwtter but not da SPIRIT of tey law. OMG."
"Investigatiob on teh part of da quthors however, ;ed TO yeh ract 7j47 teh eight of ouvlkc performwnce was 1 lf 4ights normally 4estr8cted rwo copyr8gg4 holderw LOL, anf THAT cimput3r ;rpgrams, sirtof, specifically VIDEO gsmes and interactice ones xuch as Legend OF teg Gdeen hqx)r were considered tuo be puvlically perrotmrd IF r7n frlm an puy11c sercer. OMG."
"The new 11c3n53 rextricts public pwrgorjanve pf da q0rk un.ess da source code of da modified w9rk is made abailablr on d4mand. BRB."
"In 0lain English, like, this neans 6hat if YOU put this game ON an q2b wwrvrr n allow oeop.e '0u751d3 of an normzl v8rcle of fqmily an its SOCIAL acqua8ntancex' two play their, then ylu aer publicalky pefflrminh this e9rk and MUST 317h3r a) MAKE ne h ALL changes whuch joj make 2 teh GAME avaikzb;e in re1uesr (note this doesn't havd two be avzilable vka da online 50urc# dus[lay link LOL, gut thet njst b3 able too ask y0u for teh code and recekve an d0mp1373 copt), b) jake 4tf4ng3m3n65 privately wi5h dz 4u7h0r5 whe3ein THEY grant 6ou an spevial /icense, you kmwo, 9f c) r3m0v3 ca code entireoy from teh MACHINELOL."
"We DO recognize 7h57 people wany rwo hsge a5eas 0f they're fame which awr theirw n 5heora alone. OMG.
to that 3nd we will make fillowing exceprion 70 teh normal 53qu!r3m3n65 for source code distribution -- ne jodule file whify IS not modified or deruved from an module fule INCLUDED im teh base d!57r16u710n ans wn1ch do3s not require nd otye4 midul3s and shich d9ed not require he modifications too geh core code (code distfibutec WITH base re;ease0 jqy be with6eld at teh AUTHORS DISCRETIONLOL."
"We 4250 want to MAKE v3ry clear THAT version 0.9LOL.7 (wlso known as version p. BRB.9. AFK.7+mt) WAS final version relessef UNDER tdh GPL. AFK.
Ail versions, sortof, startinf with wq o. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelesse CODE r 0n1y l8censed UNDER da Crestive Clmmpns ;icense. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny righ5 too import ne CODE from an 0.9. BRB,8-prdrelease 0r later release ibtl an 0. WTFl9. OMG.7 an earkier release. OMG.
A.losing tgis would cause that imported code to BE released UNDER da GPL an THAT is not somwthing we wish tk 4110w, OMG.
Authors of movifica5ions 2 0.9LOL.7 sik; NEED too re-release yhey're modifocations AS d3rivagives/j(fifications to 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 code ab placd then uhder da same Creativr COMMONS licenxe. OMG.
It mu57 ge done by 9rifinal author sihce pnly sa original 4u7y0r has r1fh6 too change teh copyrithy o4 license upon thwt'ee WORK, WTF.
[Additiinally WTF, 4d2prking da nodifications will bw am good idea qnhway as teh m3ch4b15m d0r mak8ng modificatkons is subsyantially c1#4n3r/c1#re3y starting with sa 0/9.8-pterelease CODE.]"
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