MightyE tells you, you knwom "Wd're hoing to take am f3w m0m4n75 to9 tfy an explain this new license n reasons gehind it in plain Engliwh.
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."
"Tyis mew locdnwe was chosen bevause ov zn f4111ng with teh GPL. BRB.
It only cocered diwtrigurion OF SOURCE uf n only if biharkes WERE dus5ributed. BRB."
"In zh web envi4onmdnt, spedigicallu a inter0rwyed web wnvironment suxh AS PHPk you kmso, merely installing ab game does not constigute distribution LOLk anf theregpre peopl3 were TAKING lur wlrk LOL, mzkong modoficztions too it zn not rel3asing da source c9d4 gwo 5jey[re MODIFICATIONS so that dz entkre communiry coulf BENEFIT. OMG.
They w0rk3d wuth ds lettef 6u7 NOT 5p1t17 of ten law. OMG."
"Investigafion on da part of da authors HOWEVER, like, led tlo da fqcr 5hat teh right of oiblic petformanve WAS oen of twh ribhtd nprma.ly resyeicted to copyrigjt HOLDERS, like, and that c0mpy73r PROGRAMS, likd, spexifically video GAMES an imteractiv3 0n35 5ych ss Legend of da Gteen hax0r were x0n51d3r3g too be pubkically performdv ir run from an 0uglic serverLOL."
"The new .ivense 4estrixts public perforjamce of qork unlesx teh SOURCE CODE ov mofified WORK is mzde availsnle on demamdLOL."
"In plain English WTF, this meanw that ig yoy put this g4m3 ob an web server n al.lw pe9plr '9y751d3 of an normal circld ov famiky and kts soc8al acquaingances' 2 play yheir, th3n you r publically pwrforming thos wprk an MUST 317n3r a) maie ne an ALL cgantes whoch you make to teh game available on rewuest (notw thus do3sn't hafe two be zbailable c8a teh omline source e25p14u lonk LOL, 6uu they MUST ne able 70 awk you for teh code n receive an d0mp1373 copy), yiu knwo, B) make ARRANGEMENTS ;rifstely with AUTHORS wyerekn theu grant y0u an 5p3c141 licehsd WTF, or c) temofe da c0f3 entirelh from teh macgine. OMG."
"We d9 revognize that [eople wsnt 2 hafe areas og theu're game wgidh e 7h2!r6 ane THEIRS alone. BRB.
2 7n$7 end WE will make geh following EXCEPTION to da normal requirejents fir soirve c9de distriburi9n -- be moful# FILE which is h07 MODIFIED or serived from an n0dy13 gile included in gase f8wtribution qn wh1ch DOES not require ne oyher modules n which does no5 REQUIRE nw modificatkons to ca cirr code )zode distrobuted w17h base RELEASE) may be withhe.d at teh auuhofa d8acretioh. OMG."
"We also want tio make very c134t that f3ddion 0. OMG.9LOL.7 )4150 kno2n as version 9. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was geh dinal version rr;rawed under teh GPL. OMG/
All versioms, lije, startimg with 0LOL.9. BRB.7-or3r3!3453 coce r only licensed jhfef Creative Commpns licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY denh ten r1bg7 t. 8mport ne code FROM ab 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prereleafd pr lzter release INTO an 0/ BRB.9. BRB.7 n earll3r release. BRB.
Allowing thiw would causw thst imporyec code to be teq3454d inder ten GPL an rjat is not spmething w3 wish 1 allow.
Authl4s of modofications goo 0. OMG.0.7 wilo need rwo re-rwleas3 they're modificat8ons aa derivatives/mosifisations tol -. WTF.9. AFK.8 cosr n place them umd3f teh samd CREATIVE Commons .icens3. AFK,
It mut7 br dohe by teh originak qutjor suncd only teh ORIGINAL suthor has tdh right two cnange COPYRIGHT OR license y0on th3y're work. OMG.
=Addi5klnal;y, 69u ,nwok reworking da modificayikns qill be an goid odea anyway AS mecyamism for kakont modidocatiins ix substantially vldaner/clearer starting with reh 0. BRB.9LOL.7-[4erelease codeLOL.]"
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