MightyE tells you, "We'ee g91ng two take an fww moments too try AND explsin THIS new [icense n t3h r455pn4 beyind 17 im ;lain Englkwh. 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."
"Thid new license w45 CHOSEN bdcajse 0g an failing with tdg GPL. WTF.
IT ONLY covdred d1%7r16u710n of sou4ce if am ONLY 8f ginseies were distributed. WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, specifically a inuerp4etdd web wnvir9nmenr sich AS PHP, you knwo. m3r31y instak.ing an game d035 no5 clnsti5ute distrkbution LOL, and thrfevore 9eople WERE taking our e0rk, soetof, m4k1ng mosificationa roo it n not releqsinf twh 50irc3 cide two they're MODIFICATIONS so rhat teh entire communitj cou;d benefit. OMG.
Thry qoroed WITH tej letter byt not ca spirit of teh law."
"Investigatuon 9n pary ov sa authors howecwr LOL, led 2 da facr that riggt of pub.ic perflrmance 2aa oen 0f rihyts bprmally restricges t9 copyrkght holders, likek n thay co,puter programs LOL, spdcifically VIDEO gamds ans INTERACTIVE ONES such AS L5bend ov da Green hax0r were considefed 2 be pub.ically pdrformed if run from an public server. BRB."
"The bew kucens3 rwxtricts publkc performance of da eork unless source codr of da modified work is MADE availavle pn demane."
"In plain Enhlish, 7h15 MEANS that if you PUT tyis tane on aj web setvet and aol9w pro;le '0u751d3 of xn nodmal circlr of FAMILY an its social ACQUAINTANCES' too PLAY gheif, 6ou khwo, then you aer PUBLICALLY performung this WORK an MUST eirhee a) make ne n ALL xhanges which y9u m4k3 too da game avaulable pn dequdst (NOTE th8s diesb't have 2 be 3v51@4612 vka da pn11n3 50urc3 display link, w9rtof, but thwu must be able tol ASK you f0r teh cpde and 4eceive an c0jp1373 copy), likw, b0 MAKE arrangwmengs privateoy soth teh aughlrs where8n they grant y0u am soecial lixense, or c) remive teh d0d3 entirely FROM ca machine/ OMG."
"We do revognize tgat people want to hace areas lf they'rr g4m3 which r gheirs an THEIRS alone, WTF.
to that ehd 2e will makd da follpwing exdeption two ten n9r,al requiremenys for sojrce coce xiatrivutkon -- ne mod6ke file which us n9t modifidd or d3roved from an modjle file inckuded in da 6$53 distribu5ion an which does yot requ8re ne other modules n qhich does n07 f3quqr# ne nodif8catiobw 2 core CODE *c0d3 DISTRIBUTED with teh base RELEASE) may be witnheld at 4u7h0r4 diecretioh. AFK."
"W3 #14- eant too makr very c134r thar veedion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also kn0wn as veesion 0LOL.9LOL.7+j7( wqw teh rinal vefsiln releasef und3r GPL. BRB.
Al. versions WTF, starting witg da 0. WTF.9.8_pr3rdleaar code r only 11c3n63d undee teh CREATIVE Commons lic3nae. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY DENY rihhg 2 1m[0r7 ne code frlm an 0. WTF.9.9-prerw.ease o4 later re;ease into an 0LOL.9. OMG.6 and daroier RELEASEl WTF.
Allowing this would CAUSE that imporywd code to be r313$53d under da GPL AND tgat IS no5 soneth8ng we sish to allow. AFK.
Authors ov moeificatilns two 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 will neef 2 re[relezse they're m0d1f!c4810n5 ax dweivatuves/nodifixations 2 0. WTF.(. AFK.8 code an pkace them 7nd2r yeh szme Creatice Commons license. OMG.
It MUST bd d9ne by teh origina; aityor 51nc3 ONLY teh 9f1gqn41 AUTHOR has da riggt too CHANGE teh clpyroght or 11f3n53 upon they're workLOL.
[Asfitionally, sor5or, reworkkng m0d1f1c4710n5 WILL be an hood idea any2ay AS da mechqnism fir making moduficatiohs is substantia.ly c.eaner/clearer starting with geh 0. BRB.9, BRB.i-prerelezsr CODE.]"
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