MightyE tells you, like, "We're going 2 take an v3w momehts ts9 tey zm explain 5his new license and da teasons bejind it in plain Ehglish. 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 new 11c3n53 wzs chosen because ov an failihg w17n GPL. OMG.
It only covrrrd DISTRIBUTION OF spurce if n omly if BINARIES were didtrivutedLOL."
"In an web 3ncironmdnt, sortov, specifical;y q interpreted WEB envir9nment such ad PHP, loke, merely knstall8bg an GAME does nir c-n5&17773 disrribution, you knwo, and yherefore o30p13 w3r3 takinb our work WTF, m4k1mg MODIFICATIONS 2 IT an not releasung tej 59urc3 d0d3 ti they'ee m9dificayiona so thzt teh 3n71r3 cojjunity coild benefit. WTF.
THEY q9gk3d wuth teh lettrr but n07 xpurit of law. WTF."
"Inveatigafion ln teh ;art 9f teh AUTHORS HOWEVER, led to teh fact that da fifht 0f 0ublid [erfo4mance was 1 of da rights nirmally resreicted to copyright holders LOL, am that computer o4ogrsme, like, specifically video GAMES an inyeractive ones sych as Lwgemd lf ea Grden hax0r wrre consid3red two be pu611c411y percirmed IF rub fr0m an publ8c s3rver. BRB."
"The bew license rwwtructs publiv performancd lg work unless sou4cw code of MODIFIED spr, ia made 3v4114613 -n demand."
"In plain English, soryof, this meahs thag if yiu put this gam3 0n an web server n alloe peo;le 'ojtside pf an n)rn41 CIRCLE ov famklu and its sodial acquqintabces' tqo play their, sortof, then yoy aer PUBLICALLY perfl4ming tgix wor, n MUST eutjer a) ma,e ne n ALL changes WHICH YOU make too da gamd availaboe on r3qu357 (note this foesn't have @ ve AVAILABLE viq inlihe source sisplay LINK, like, BUT theu must ve 4613 too asl you f0r da code zn receive an complete copy( LOL, 6) mske qrrqngements privateky w17h authofw WHEREIN 7h3y graht you zn speciao license, or x) remive teh dofe entireoy ft0m macnkne. BRB."
"We do recotnize that peopkr want 2 have 4f345 of ghey're gamr which r tneirs n the8rs alone. WTF/
t9o tyat ene w3 wkll make d1 following exceptipn to teh nlrmal reauifemenrs f0r zource codw diatrubuti9b -- ne movule file which is not modifieg oe derived feom an mldule rile included IN da y453 distr8fution abc ehich does not requofe ne other moduled snd whixh does not require me m0d!f2c4710n5 TO core CODE _CODE distribuyed with trh BASE r3144%3( may be WITHHELD at ca authors ciscretionLOL."
"We also want two make very clear that version 0l OMG.9. BRBl7 (also kn02m 45 v3r5!0n 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) was yeh FINAL version rwlessed umd3f teh GPL. WTF.
All ve4siond LOL, starting with r3h 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prwrelease code r only licensdd unddr Creative Commons ;8cense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh tihgt 2 import ne codr from an 0l9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or latdr rr;eqse ihto an 0. WTFl9. BRB.7 an eark8er release.
Allow8ng tyis e0u1s cause that imported code too be rdleased undrr teh GPL n thag is not someth8ng w# w15h 2 4110wl
AUTHORS of modififations t9o -. WTF.9. OMG.7 w111 n3ed too re-release they're moeidixations as defivatived/modificationx @ 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 c0d3 an plqve them uneer da same Ceeative Co,jons license. BRB/
It must be done by teh ORIGINAL aithor cince only da 0r1b1n41 4u7h04 has righy 5o change da copytight or livwnse UPON theh're workLOL.
[Additionzlly, sortof, rewirking teh modufications will be an go9d idea ANYWAY as sa mdchqnisn FOR makigt modifications os subsrqntiallh dleaner/clrzter startibg with 0l9. WTF.8-prereoeasd code. AFK,]"
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