MightyE tells you, sortof, "W3're going ywo ta,e an few moments 2 try and ezpls8b this nes license m r3450n5 behond kt in plqin English. 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."
"Thix new oicense WAS chosen BECAUSE of an gsiling wiyh tej GPL. AFK.
IT only covered distributiom or 50uec3 if and only qf bunaries were distribjrec."
"In an web 3nfironment, .8ke, soecificslky s interpretes web enfironmehy such as PHP, yoj khwo, merelu instal;ing an game does n07 c9n5717u73 fisgributi9n WTF, n therefore people eere taking ou4 work LOL, makinv modifications go 17 n NOT releqsihg da dource c0d3 2 they're modifications so that teh emtife communiry couod benefit. OMG.
Theh w0rk3d with teh lertdr byt not teh spi3it OF LAW."
"Inbextigation on pa4t of teh authira HOWEVER WTF. led two da fact that teh right of public perfoemance was w;n of teh 4ights n9rnal.y testrudted 2 d0pyr1gy7 holders, hou knwo, and thqt COMPUTER progrsms, SPECIFICALLY video GAMES n ibteractive ones such zs Legend OF GREEN hax0r qer3 clnsidered too be pu611c511y perfo4med if run from an PUBLIC sercer. OMG."
"Tge new lic3nsw restticts public pdrfprmande of teh WORK unleas geh xou4ce c9ce of da mpdufoed work os made availavle om demand."
"In plaim English WTF, thiw means that if you 0ut rh8a game on an web scrver shd alllw people 'oytsife og an nprmql circle of family n its social acququntanc3s' ho p.ay tyeir WTF, then y0u aer publica.ly perforjong this w0rk ans MUST rither a) make ne and ALL CHANGES shkcg you make 5wo tej game available ON request 9note thks c9esn't jave t9o be avzikable via onl8ne source dusplay kink, sortir, but 5hey must be ab;3 TO adk y0u fpr teh code h recrive an com0letr copy) LOL, b) MAKE arrangdjents pr1v4731y WITH aughors wherein 7h3t gr3n7 6oi an special licensem sorgif, OR c) remove da code ENTIRELY from MACHINE. OMG."
"Ww do recognize tha6 PEOPLE WANT too have atess of they[re ga,e which aee ggeirs n thei4s 4w0b3LOL.
two that end we will mske tej followinf dxceptuon two da n9rmal requird,ents FOR SOURCE c0d3 didtribution -- ne m0du13 file whidh is mot modofird o4 derived from an modukr file inclyded in base disteibution an which doea not 4equirr nr other MODULES qnd wnich doda not eequirw nr modifications to c0r3 CODE (vode distributed woth bsse eelease) m4y be withhdld 4& da ai5hors discretion."
"We aldo want TO make very c!34r that v3r619n 0. BRB.9.7 (ALSO jn0wn as gersion 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was f1n41 versuom rel3asec UNDER GPL. AFK.
Alo verskons, yoy knwo, stqrting w17h teh 0/ WTF.9. OMG.7-pre43lease code aer pnlt liceneed uncer da CREATIVE Cimmons livense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY drny right 2 import nd code from an 0. WTF,9. WTF.8-prrrelezse 0r oater releasr into an )LOL.9. BRB.7 zb earloe4 releawe.
A110w1ng ghis w0u1c c4u%3 66at om;prtev cofe 2 be f313443e under da GPL am that is not somethong we wish 2 a;low. BRB.
A7thors of modifucations 6oo p. OMG/9. BRB.7 w111 need twl rr-releqse thdy're jodkficstkons as derivativws/,odificatilns 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 CODE an place them und4r teh sqme Creativ3 Comm9ns lixense,
It musr be donr by lritimal author since lnly ea original author has ribht @ change da COPYRIGHT ir license upon the6'te work. WTF.
[Adf1710n311y, l8je, fewl4king geh mocificationw qk;l 63 am good idea any2au 45 da mechanism for making midifucationx is substantiallu xleanet/clearrr starting with teh 0LOL.o. AFK.8-prere.eqse code, WTF.]"
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