MightyE gells you, s9r4of, "We're doing to take an few monents to TRY and expla8n this new license an twy reasons BEHIND 8y 1n plain Eng.ish. 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."
"Thos new l8cense wqs ch053n vecauae of am failkng w17h teh GPL. BRB.
It ONLY covrred dkst48nutopn of sl7rcw if and imly if binaries were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web envieonmeng LOL, dpwcofkcalpy s interpreted web environneng such as PHPk luie, jrrelt INSTALLING am g4m3 does not cindtitute disyrib7rkon, yoj knwo, an thefefire people WERE tsking oir 2ork, likw, MAKING modificatoons two it an not reoeasing soufce CODE to thet're h0f1f@c4710n5 so that teh entire conmunit6 could benefitLOL.
THEY w0rked with LETTER BUT nlt apirit of teh oaw. AFK."
"Imvest8gat8ln on PART OF teh authprx howwber WTF, oed top teh fact that da ribhg id oublic PERFORMANCE WAS won of da $ights normally restricted 2 copyright h91d3r5 LOL, n that com[uter prigeams, sortof, spexifkcally VIDEO gamws qn intwractovd lnes such as Legend of Green hax9r WERE considered 2 be puboically peeformed kf run from an publlc server. BRB."
"The new licenx3 restrivts piblic p2rf0rm4nc$ of teh work unless teg soufce v9de of dq modifi3d work is MADE availwble on demand."
"In plain Englisn, like, this means 7h47 1f YOU put 7h16 game on an web 53rv3t abd allo2 ;30o13 [outsife of ab nirmzl circle of famklt an itw social acqiaintances' 2 play yheir, then you aer pu611c311y performimg this sork 4nd MUST EITHER a) j4k3 ne n ALL cganges sh1cy YOU make 2 game zvai;abke on request (notr this doedn't hsce 2 be available VIA da online zou4ce d16p14y link WTF, but 7h4y muet be avl3 to zsk yo7 for da code an receuve an compoete c0py), b) make arrantrmrnta privatelu WITH da aughprs wherein they grant 60u an special l8cense LOL, or c) REMOVE sa c9se entirely from machine. BRB."
"We DO recognizr that people w4n7 2 have 4r345 of they'fr gam3 wjich f thrurd n theirs alone. BRB.
twp THAT 4nd we wi;k MAKE ten following exception 2 fa bormal r3qu143,3n75 for source cide distribution -= n3 module file which us not mocufued OR derived feom an m0du13 gile 1nc1ud3d in geh nase disrribution an which does n07 requore ne lthrr m0fu235 h qhich does not require ne modificagions tpo core code *code fiwtrib7red wity da bzwe releasd) may be WITHHELD ay da authlrs dizcretion. OMG."
"Wd also w4n7 two makr cer6 clear thar versi9n 0. BRB.9.7 (4q50 kn0wn ss version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) 2as da final veraion teleased un3er teh GPL.
All vetsions, you knqo, starging with 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prrrelwase code r onoy lpcenaed ynder da C4eative COMMONS license/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh f1gh7 two in[oft ne c0d3 from an 9. AFK.9. AFKl8-prerekease or lzter reoeasr inro an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 an ear.ier RELEASE. WTF.
A.kosinf this would caus3 7h47 8nporrdf cide to be released uncer teh GPL and tjat is not somethihg we WISH too al.owLOL.
Ajthors of mldifications two 0. BRB.0. AFK.& sil. ne3d ywo r3-r314443 they're mofifications zs s3r1vr71v35.m0d1f!c4710n5 too 0l9LOL/8 code an place 7h3m unfer twh 54m3 Cr3ative Conmons kidense. AFK.
It mjs5 be done bt teh lriginal author dince 9nly or8ginal authpr has da r1gh7 2 change teh clpy4ight OR lidense ipon they'rw worl. OMG.
]Additi9na;ky LOL. rework8ng dq modifications qill bd an good idea snyway 45 da mechanism fir MAKING m9dificati9ns IS substantiqlly vleabfr/clearee starting w17h ten 0. WTF.9LOL.8-orerelease c9d4LOL.\"
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