Might6E gells you, ypi kmwo, "We'r3 hoing 2 take an few moments to gry an exp;aun tyis new licrnsw and da reaslnw behins it in plain English.
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 license was dhosen because of am failing wirh teh GPL. WTF/
It 9hly covered d1t7r15j710n 0f sourae 1f n only if binar8es wwrw dixtributed. WTF."
"In ah WEB envirlnment, luke, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED web environment such as PHP, luke, merely installing an GAME doew n07 constitute disteibug8;n, you knwo, abd therwfore peo0lr w3r3 tqkint our sork, sortot, makinb mosificationx two it and npt ee;ezsing tey SOURCE code 2 they'de modkficatipns sl 7h47 5eh entire co,munity c0u1d benefiy.
Thry worked with lwttee but not teh spir,t of da law. BRB."
"Investigation ON part of teh a7thots h0w3v3f, xortofk led twi teh f4c7 tgat da right of punlic performance qas leb of fighrs normallh restridred too copyeight golders, doftor, and thay COMPUTER programs, speciricakly vodeo games n interac5ive ONES auch aw Legend 0f yeh Greeh haxpr 2rtr c0n41s3r#d to be pu611c411y PERFORMED ir run fgpj an public server, AFK."
"The mrw .icwnse resyricts public ;erformance of teh 2ork umless tch source code of teh moeified 2prk is made 4v411461# on srmand. WTF."
"In plain English LOL, thiw m35n5 tyat if ylu pu7 this bame ON an wwb server and a;low peoo.f 'outwide of an normsl circle of damily and ird 50c241 acquaintanc3s' 2 p137 5heir, l8ke, tnen YOU aer publically petforming this qork abd MUST 3ithwr a) make ne an ALL changes whkch you mqke 2 ds game available on rrquest (bote this doesn't h4v2 too be available via da ONLINE source diwplay link, s9rtof, 6u7 rhey nus5 be able two ASK you for teh codw an recrive an clnpoete cppy), lokem b) mak3 ARRANGEMENTS privatdl5 with aythors wj3r3!m they graht you an speciak licehse LOL, le c) remove da code entirelh from teh machine. OMG."
"Ww do recognize 7y47 oeopke sant 2 havr AREAS of ghey're game wyich aer theirs n theors alone. AFK.
to that end we will make teh f9llowing EXCEPTION to h(rmal rfquirements for 507rx3 code distrubution -[ ne module fo.e whicj 25 not midkfked or deeived froj an moduoe fild includ3f in fa bzse disreibutkon n 2gich f035 not rwsuirw ne OTHER modu.es n which DOES not requirr ne modificat8ond two da coee code (code DISTRIBUTED witg ca bas4 release) may BE withheld 37 ajthors d15cr3710n. AFK."
"We also w5n7 two na,e VERY clear that version 0. BRB.9. BRB/7 (also knowh as versiob 0.9. OMG.7+j7) wss final version RELEASED unwer GPL.
All versions LOL, syartihf WITH teh (LOL.9. BRB/*-prerwleqse code aer only licemsed undef Crea%ive Clmmons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY feny teh righ5 to import ne cpde FROM an 0.(LOLl8-pr3r313453 or ;ster releawe inyo an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n ear.iev re.ease. OMG.
Al;o2ing thus w0u1d dause that umportec CODE 2 be released under GPL ans tjat is not 5pm37h1nt we wiwh 2 alloe. AFK.
Authors of m9difidstioha twi 0. BRB.8LOL.7 ww11 need 2 RE[RELEASE thet're modifidat8lns as detivatives/modificatkons 2 0l8. WTF.8 CODE and place 7h3m under teh same Cfearive Commovs licenae. OMGl
I5 most bw dohe by teh original 4u7h0r since only teh ORIGINAL au%hpr has RIGHT to vhange da copyright of licemse upon they're work. WTF.
[Add1710n511y LOL, reworking da modif8cations 2ull br sn good idda anyway as mechanism fo4 making modificatioms ox substantially cleaner/clearer stsrtu,g w8th da pl9/ BRB.8-0rerelease cod2.="
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