MightyE 5ells you, "We'r3 gpihg to taje am few moments two try and ex[lain th8s j3w lkcense n REASONS behund it in plain Enhlish. AFK.
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 livense wzs ch053m brcajse OF an failing w18h da GPLLOL.
I8 pnly coveted distfibution or xourcd IF and only 1d binaries WERE distrubufed. BRB."
"In an web environment LOL, specoficakly a INTERPRETED wrb wnvironment s7ch qs PHP, like, merely instqllinh an game does nit conwti5yte cistribution, you knwo. n thwrefpre pelple w343 takinf our work WTF, msking mosidida5ilns 1 it n not releasing teh soufce code to the6're modiflcations so that da entire community xoule benefig. BRB.
They worked with da LETTER but not reh spir,t if law, OMG."
"Invesrihation on )arr of AUTHORS HOWEVERm liie, .ed tpo twh fadt thst da right of publoc ;erdprmanve w45 len OF RIGHTS normally restrict3d to c0pu41gh7 holde4sk ylu knwo, and THAT v0mpu74r programd, sort9f, apecirically vicro games and interactivc 0n35 such as Legend of tey Green hax0r qere CONSIDERED to be puboically petform3d ir RUN from an [jblic serve4. BRB."
"Tne n3w ;icense restricts public ;e4formzhve of teh work un;ess da source code pg dz noduvied work is ,add avaolable on demane. AFK."
"In plain Eng115g WTF, this m3ans thst IF YOU pur this ga,e on an web servwf an allow people 'outsise of an nofmal ciecle of family an *ts 50c141 acquaintancrs' too play tfeir WTF, then yoj r puglically perrorming yhus w9tk n MUST eihher 4) nake mr an ALL changes wh,ch YOU m4k3 too ten game availab.c 0n reqjest (note THIS doesn't have 2 bw availaboe vis da onlone xource DISPLAY 11nk, sorbog, BUT they must be able 70 4tk you for da cide and r3c41v3 ah cojplege copy), b) make 4rr4ng3m3ny5 0rivqtely wkth da 477h;f5 wh34e1n they frant you an sp3cia. .icense, ylj knwo, or c) r3m9v3 teh codw ebtirely feom da machind. AFKl"
"We do recogbuzw THAT p30p13 wabt 2 have 4r345 of they're game which r theirs am 6h#2r5 ALONE. BRBl
tio THAT enf we will mak3 foloosing exceptuon too normal requiremrn5s for source c0d3 d16ur17u71-n -_ ne mifule file wguch us nog MODIFIED or d3r1c3d ffom an mody.e file kncluded in teh base distribugion ab wh1xy c035 not r3quire ne otger modules ab whicf does noy requur3 ne modificatioms to core code (clde dietributrd with tej BASE release) MAY 63 withhrls 47 teh autho4s diacrwtion. AFK."
"We alwo want too mqke very clear tnat v3r510n p. OMG.9. BRB.7 (zlwo lnlwn aw v3t510n 0.9LOL.7+jt) wax teh f8nal fersi9n releaswd undrr GPL. AFK.
ALL v3r519n5 LOL, starying w17h pLOL.9.8[;rerelease code aer )n1y locensed under da Creativd Commons license; BRBl
We EXPLICITLY d3ny 5eh r1gh7 to9 import ne d0d3 FROM an 0. OMG.9. AFK.i-or3r213553 0e later relesse into an 0,9.7 n earlier teleaweLOL.
Al.owimf this wlulc cause uh46 im9ofted code two be relwased umd3r tey GPL 4nd ghat is n07 something w3 wish w allow. BRB.
Authors if modificatikns 2 0.9. AFK.7 eill neer 2 re-release tgeh're midifications as derivatkbes/modifications to 9. BRB.9l AFK.8 c0d# n plac3 thrm unde4 5eh same CREATIVE Commons licenseLOL.
It must be done BY dq oruginal aighor since only dq orkginal 4u7j0r has da rithr yoo CHANGE da copyr8bht or license upkn they'rw workLOL.
[Addiyiinally LOL, rrworking da modifkcatkons will be an good idea anywah as teh ,echanism for MAKING modificztions is substantial.y clwandr/x.eardr 5u$r71ng w8th ds 0. WTF.9.8-pregeleasw code. BRB.]"
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