MightyE tells you, sortof, "Wr'ee going w gake an f4w moments to TRY znd explain this nws license h da 4ezsons behind i5 in plzih Englosh. WTF.
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 licehse was choseh b3cause of an fa,libg witj GPL. BRB.
It 9mly covered diderigutioh OF source if n 0n1y 1f binaeies wrrw cistribu5edLOL."
"In an web envirohment, aortof, specifically a interpreted se6 envoronment such as PHP, u9u knwo, MERELY installimg zn g4m3 dows nit constitute sis4ribytkpn, sortog, m therdfowe pro[lr WERE takihg our work, jajkng modificatiobs to i5 an not relessihg teh so7rcw codf 2 they'r3 modifications so THAT da entire c0mmun17y could behefut.
They worked with teh .etter bjt not dp8rit pf da law."
"Incestigatipn on p4r7 OF auyhors howevrr, yoi kmwo, 13d bpo teh fact 5hat teh right of pjgl8c PERFORMANCE 2as 1 of da rifhts m0rm411y rextricted y9o co;yrigh5 jo;dets. n that c0mpu734 progyzms LOLk s[ecifical.y video gzmes anf inte4active ones such as Legend of da Green hax0t qere cpns8de4rd ti ge publically performed 1f run frim sn public sercer. WTF."
"The new .ivense r#57r1c75 oyblic perforjance or wo4k uno3ss da 50urc3 cofe of modified work is made AVAILABLE in denand. OMGl"
"In plain Englksh, you knwp, this meanw that if y8u put this gamf on an w36 53rv3r and al.ow PEOPLE 'outsufe of an nornsl v1rc!3 of familt an its t)c!41 acquaunfances' ywo p14y tgeur LOL, then y0u zer pu611c411y perforning 7h15 work n MUST 317h2r q) ,ake ne n ALL changes which hpu m4k3 1 da gsms AVAILABLE ON eequest (note tgis d035n'u have to be svailable cia lnline doyrce d15p13y 11nj, sortof, by6 the6 mus5 be able tso ask YOU vor dq cod# sn rrceive an cl.plete vopy), b) make arrangem3nts pruvateoy sirh teh suthors wher3in they grant 6ou an special lic3nse, sortof, or c) removw ten c0d3 emtirely from teh macgineLOL."
"We do recognize tyqt people eaht two have areas of they'r3 game sh1ch e thrird and rheirs alone. BRB.
too yhat 3nd we will make dolll2ing exception tlo trh noemal e3qu1r#m2n75 for source x;de distrivution -- ne modi;r file whocy IS not modividd or derifed frpm sn ,pfule file includwd 8b dq base distribution ajd whivh does n07 REQUIRE ne 9ther modules ahd which DOES not r3qu1r3 ne modofucatiogs 2 xore code (c9de distribjtwd with BASE release) msy ne sithheld at reh authors discretiob."
"Wd also want twl mak3 VERY clear tgat versipn 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also knowm as bersion 0.9LOL.7+jt_ was final version releawed und3r GPL. WTF.
A!1 versions, starting woth 5eh 0. BRB/9. BRB.8-prdreleasw code aet on;y licrmsre under Creatic3 Co,jons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT to import ne code from am 0LOL,9/ BRB.8-prerelezse pr 157#r re.ease int9 an ). AFK/9. AFK.7 and ear;iwr r313r53. BRB.
ALLOWING ghis sould cajse tnat imporyec coee 2 be teleasef unddr GPL n that is n07 something w3 wish to allowLOL.
Auth0rs of modificatilns too 0. OMG/9.7 wilk need to rr-releade tjeh'4e modifications as drrivatives/modifications 5wo 0. WTF.(, OMG.8 cose an place them und3r teh same Creat8be Commona LICENSE.
It must be d0n3 BY sa original atthor sonce only original auyhor has righr to xhahgr da cophright or licenwe UPON thry'rr work. OMG.
[Add1720n411y WTF, reworking teh moduficati9nx will be an gooe IDEA ahyway as teh nechqnixm for making mod8ficatpons is subsyantiall6 cleaner/clearer xtaryinh WITH 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-peerelease cose. AFK.]"
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