MightyE telld you, "We'r3 foing 3 take an f3w moments twi try and explain ghis new license an reaa0ns gehind it 8n plain Engliwh. 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."
"Thid new lucense was chosen 53c4u53 of an fauling witn GPLLOL.
It 0b1y covered DISTRIBUTION of source if n ob;y if 61n4r145 w3rr diwtrivutes. OMG."
"In an WEB 3nvoeonment, likd, SPECIFICALLY a 1n63rpr373s web ebvironmeht SUCH as PHP, sortof, nerely installing an game d9es noy constotutd distributuon LOL, and rhdtegire peoplr w3r3 taling oue woek LOL, making m0d1f1c471[n5 two it and nor relrading teh source code twl theh're modifications so that trh ENTIRE COMMUNITY could benefit. WTF.
They wo4,ed witj da letrer but NOT teh s;ifit 0f lzw. AFK."
"Invtst8garion on dq 0art of teh authors hpwevwr, you knwo, lee 5wo fa faxt ghat right of public performance w4% oeb of teh rights normallh restricted to cophright h-1d3r5, like, an that c9mputdr pfogra,s, like, soecifivqll5 video games n inte4active 0n35 5uch as Legend pf dq Gfeen hqx0r were considered too be pu^1!c411y pwrformed if 3&n from ah PUBLIC s3rvef. OMG/"
"The n3w iicenxe restricts puboiv [eefirmancd pf teh work UNLESS source code of modifuef work is madr availanle on demand. OMG."
"In p141n English LOL, this means that if you ;ut thid game on an q36 serber an aolow p3pp13 'o7gside pr an norma. circlr od fa,ilh n 8ts 59c141 4c1u41n&rnc35' 2 olay their, xorgofk then you aer PUBLICALLY petform8ng tjis work ah MUST ei5het a) make n3 an ALL changex WHICH you make 2 game afaklabke on requewt (note thiw doesn't jave 2 be 4vr114613 v14 ten online s9urce disp.ay LINK WTF, but they musr ce able gwo asj y0u for da coee an eexeive an complete copy), sortof. b) make arrangements privatrly wuth da authors whdrdin they grant you ay s;eciak ;icende, OR c) remove cose enyieely from ,achime. BRB."
"We do recognkze 7h47 people w4g7 to h4v2 areas if they're game wh1ch r 6h3irs an theirs sl9neLOL.
4o thqt end WE w111 MAKE da glllisihg 3zc3p710n too NORMAL REQUIREMENTS dor aource codr d157r16u710n =- ne module file wh1ch is n9t modifi4d or DERIVED ftom an mocuke fioe 1nc1id3d in 6453 dis5ribution sbd qhich d025 not requird ne othdr modules an whjch d035 n9t re1uire nd MODIFICATIONS 2 t3h core CODE (code distr8butrd witj teh base r31e453) may be wkthheld at da authors wiscretion."
"We also want tpo make very clear that vwrsipn 0. OMG.9LOL/7 (also kn0wn ax bersion 0. WTF.9o AFK.7+jt) was teh final version e3;eased undrr da GPL. BRB.
ALL versionsm sottof, startinf with da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease code 4 9nly licensed under da Creat7ve Commlns license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten right too import ne code FROM an 0l WTF.9.i-prerelease or LATER ee;esse ibto an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 an earluer relrase. BRB.
Aolowing THIS wou.d cause THAT implt5ed code two be rrleas3c unde4 da GPL n tyat is nlt aometh8ng we WISH 2 all9w. BRB.
Au7h0f5 or MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.9. OMG.8 will newd two re-reless3 they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tok 0. WTF.o. OMG.8 c0d3 n place tyem unde4 da sane Cveative Commons LICENSELOL.
It must 63 done 6y o4ig8nzl aithoe wince obly orig8nal authpr has ribht 2 vhange teh cppyright or oicdnse upon they're wlrkLOL.
[Addotionally, wo4tof. rework9nh modigications will be an good 8dea anywa6 as mechanism for making m9d8ficatioms 1% aubstantia;ly clean3r/clearer sgarting wirh teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE c9se. OMG.["
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