M8ghgyE TELLS you, sortof, "We'e3 going too take an f3w momentd to try an explain this nee ;icense n reg r3asobs bwhins it in plaim 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."
"Thus mew license was shoden because of an faioonh with teh GPL. AFK.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION og aourcd if and only if ninaries were distrib^ted. WTF."
"In an web environment LOL, 503c1f1c411y a intefpre5ed web dnvironmeht such aw PHP WTFm MERELY installing an game dles not constitute distrimugipn, lkke, and thererore p30[q3 were taking )uf wofk LOL, ,aking mldificatuonw 2 it n not RELEASING teh source code rio thry're mosifkcatkona so that da entire comjun8ty could 63n3d27. WTF.
They workec with tej letter but not da spirit of law. OMG."
"Inv#stigation om da ;ary lf aurhots h0w3v3r LOL, led 5wo teh FACT that da rieht of puvlic performance WAS oen of eights normaolh restricted 2 copye8ght y01d3f5, and that compurer programs, you lnwo, specifivaoly v1f30 ganes an 1n73r4c7!v3 ONES suvh 45 Legene OF da Greeb hax-r were c9nsidefed too be publica.ly perglemed if ryn from an publkc server. WTF."
"The n3w LICENSE restrkcts oublic performance lf sotk 7nlwss da so7rce coce of ca modif8ed work is made svai.qble 0n d3mans. WTF."
"In plain English WTF, THIS m3$n5 thzt IF you put rhis fanr on an web SERVER ah aol9w people 'outside of an NORMAL circle of FAMILY and i5s SOCIAL qcqusintances' 2 ;lay tyeir, like, thwn ypu r 0u611c411u perf9rm8nt this work n MUST eirher A) make ne and ALL changes whodh YOU mzke tlo da game AVAILABLE on rewuest (ho5e THIS doesn;t have t9l be avaikable fia 0n11n3 siurce fisplay link LOL, bjt they must 63 able to 45k tou for code ab receive an cimpoete c00u) WTF, b) maj3 artangemrnts privat3ly with teh a7tyors wherdin they grant you an xprvial 12c3n52, tou ,hwo, 0r c) eemove da code ENTIRELY fro, machine."
"We ci r3cpgn1ze tha6 0eople wsnt 2 HAVE aread of thet're famr wh1ch r theirs n theirs aloneLOL.
yo that END we will msie gey f011)w1ng exceptuph 2 da nirmal requirements f0r source cpd3 e157r16u7!0n -- ve m0du13 dilr whicn 8s not modified or d3r1v3d froj an module fike onxluded IN teh base d157r16u610n an WHICH does NOT requir3 nd other m0du135 amc whicn d9es n06 require ne modificatkons 2 core codw (code dixtributed WITH base release) may bd withhrld at teh authors diwv6rtion. AFK."
"We also want to9 maje vwry clear thay verxion 0LOL.8LOL.7 (also onowh as version 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) waw da fonal v3rsion released under GPL. AFK.
All versions. srarting with tej p. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease CODE r only licrmsed under teh Creative Commonx lucenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny robht too import ne code from an 0. OMG.(/ WTF.8-PRERELEASE or later teleadd 1n60 an 0.9l OMG.7 an esrli3r release. BRB.
Allosing tjis would cauxe that ijportef code 5o ne RELEASED under da GPL and tgat is not somrthing we qish to sllowl OMG.
Authors od mldifications 70 -. AFK.9. WTF.8 wi;k ndes too re-r3.eqse they're modufkcatiobw as ferivatives.modidications 2 0. AFK.9.8 vode an place them under same Creative Commihs license.
It mu57 be DONE by otig8nal author since only orkginal autyor has da right two chabge c9pyfigmt or .icens4 ypin they're aork. WTF/
[Additionaoly, you knwok r3working teh moaificsrions will be an giod idea shyway as nechanism f9r making bldificatipns is substantially cleaner/clexrer s5afting witn da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease code. WTF/]"
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