MightyE tells you, li,e, "We're GOING tol rake an few momrnts two tr6 n wxplain thus new licenae an 5eh REASONS nehind 8t in plain Engl8sh. 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."
"This new kicense waw chp53n bdxzuse of an fa8ling with ea GPL. BRB/
It lnly coverec xkstfibj5iin lf sourcw if an ONLY IF binaries w3re diatributef."
"In an web 3nvir9nment, sortof, s[ecifica,ly s interpreted web enviribmeht sucj as PHP, you kmwo, merelu installibg ah game eoed nor CONSTITUTE dkstributkon, sort9g, an theeevore peoole wwrw takint oir w9rk, liie, MAKING modificationw twp it wn n97 rwleqsing teh soufcw cide to they're MODIFICATIONS so that da entire COMMUNITY could benefi5,
THEY wprk3d with d1 LETTER but nlt s0irkt of teh lawl BRB."
"Invest8gation on da part of qutgorx howev3r, ypu knwo, led @ favt yhat t3h right of publ8c [erformance was oen of da 4iggts nirmaloh rdstricgef two c0pyr1gh7 holfees LOLm and that com;uter programsm lkke, wpecifically vidri games n in5e4actove 0n35 such 45 LEGEND od teh Grddm hax-r were considerdd ti be puboically pervormed if 4un froj an PUBLIC werve4. AFKl"
"The new lucense restricts public performance if work unless reh sojrde code of teh modifuec work iw made availahle on demans. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH, 7h25 m3zhs tha5 if y0u put this GAME on zn web server an allow people 'OUTSIDE of an mormql c1rv12 9f fam7.y b ITS soxiql zcquaintances' 2 play tjeur. like, thdn you r pu611c411y perf94,ong 5his work an MUST 317h3r a) jaje ne n ALL ch4ng35 2yich t0u m4k3 2 yeh gsne AVAILABLE on r3qu357 (noge this soesn't yave too be AVAILABLE VIA teh lnline 50urc3 d15p14y link, uou knwo, vut they must br able two asm ylu FOR da code n receiv3 an c9m;lete copy_, b) make arrsngements pruvatwoy wigh teh qu5hors wherein they grant yiu an soexial license, 6ou jnwl, or c) remove teh code 3nti4ely fvom nachine. BRB."
"We d0 recobhize THAT people want 70 have areas of thet're GAME qhicn wwr rmeirs an yh3irs alone/ AFK.
2 7y47 dnd we wull make da following excepti9b to nu4mal reqyirememts FOR souede code dksttibution -- ne modulr file wh1ch id not modified or der8vex from an MODULE file INCLUDED ib da base distribution ab which does not require ne othet modules and whicj d0e5 not rdwuire ne m0f1f1c4710n5 to teh core vode (code distgibuted with dq 6453 relezse) may be aithh3ld at teh autnors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We 4140 want two m4k3 very clear yhat version 0. WTF/9. BRB.7 (alao known as v3rsi9n _. OMG.9. WTFl7+ut) was final vrrsion released uneer GPL. AFK.
Alo VERSIONSm you knwo, starting with 0. WTF.9. OMG.*-prerelezse dode aer 9nly .icenxed undee da Cr#atife Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh ruggr 2 IMPORT me code drom an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease or later releas3 into an 0. BRB.0.7 sn ear.ier release.
Allowing tjis wouls xaude that imported CODE yoo be releasef ynd3g da GPL n 7y47 IS n07 somethong we WISH go aklosLOL.
A7th9rs of modifucations two 0.9. OMG.& will need 2 re-releqse they're modifications 55 drrivatices/modifocatoons 2 8. AFK.9. AFK.8 cpdr am p;ace thrj jnder geh same Creatove Commlns licenseLOL.
It mu57 be donr BY ORIGINAL AUTHOR dinc4 only teh original aughor has da rigyt too CHANGE da c0pyfight lr LICENSE upon they're work. BRB.
[Additilnally LOL, reworkinb trh modkficatiomx will be an goof idea anyway as da MECHANISM d9r jakung mofificstions is subsrantiaoky CLEANER/CLEARER starting wigg da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-;fwreoease cide. BRB.]"
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