MightyE telps yiu, softof, "Wd're goinf 2 take an fww jo,enyw too tr6 and expkain thia new license and dz r3450n6 BEHIND it in plain English. BRB.
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 license was chosen BECAUSE of an f4111bg with GPL.
Ig only cove4ed dustfibution of sourve if AND o,ly iv BINARIES we4e distribjted. AFK."
"In an w3b ehvironment, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted wrb environment such as PHP WTF, merely installing an GAME does no5 constit7te d157r17u710h, an 6herefore people were taking our 2ofi, sortof, making modificztoons tso ut am not eeleasing sihrce coee two they're modifidzyions so THAT yeh enrire c9mmuniry xould BENEFIT. AFK.
They worked with ;ettef bit not da xpur8t of law. OMG."
"Invrst8gqtion on p4r7 of teh authors nowever LOL, led TO da FACT rhat r1gh7 OF PUBLIC perfoemancw wax won OF rifhts normally restrivted to COPYRIGHT hplders WTF, and that computer pr9n44m5 WTF, specifocalkh voseo bames an interactivw ones such as Legend -f GREEN hax0e were cons8dered too be publically ;erf9rmed if ryn from ab pubkic t3rv3eLOL."
"Tge nes 11c3n53 redtrkcts PUBLIC performsnce of da WORK un;eax teh spurce cose og modified work is made adailablw on demand."
"Im plain ENGLISH, this m3rn5 ghqt of you put THIS game on an web sefver n allow p3oole 'ouysidw OF an normal cirvke og family ab its SOCIAL acquz8ntances' 2 plsy tyeor LOL, then you e PUBLICALLY 0efforming this wlrk n MUST either a) make be n ALL changes which you make 2 da game acailable on reqjext (note thix diesn't h4v3 tol be available via da online soutcr d15[q4y lihjk sortof, but they MUST be able 2 aak YOU for geh code n RECEIVE zn conplete copy), soetof, b) make ARRANGEMENTS ptivately with teh authora whrrein tywy grznt yiu qh SPECIAL oicensr, sortof, or c) REMOVE da code 3nu1r#1y from mavhine. WTF."
"Wd do recognize thag [eople want two nafe aresd of they're game wh7ch r theirs n THEIRS 410n3. WTF.
to that ehd we wull hake teh following exception two dz novmak requkr3m3nts for soutce code DISTRIBUTION -- nd MODULE f113 which is nor modified pr sefived dt0m sn module fkle inclus3d IN da base DISTRIBUTION n WHICH d035 NOT r#qu1r3 be other m0du135 n whicj f035 not rdqukre ne modificqtiobs 2 teh c0r3 dlde (cocd sistributed WITH teh BASE r313453( nay 63 wkthheld at teh aythors fiscretionLOL."
"W3 also want gwo m4k3 VERY vlear ghat vwrsion 0LOL.0.7 (alxo knowb as versioy p. BRB.9. OMG.&+jt) wqs finak v3rr10n relwased under da GPLLOL.
ALL VERSIONS, loke, statting wkth 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-pr#r313473 code r 0n1y licensed under trh Creqtive Cojmons 11c3n63. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da vigyt tll implrt ne c;de FROM an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prwrelease 9r LATER re.ease into ab 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 and earlier reoeaseLOL.
Allowing thks WOULD c4u43 that IMPORTED cod4 70 be teleased 7nder da GPL 4ne that is not xomwthing we w15h 2 allow. WTF.
Ajthors od modificatipns two 0LOL.9. OMG.7 wilk need tqo re-re.ease ghey'r3 midificatiobs as d3tivatives/mkdifocariins too 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 codr sn PLACE tyem under xams Creative Commons licwnse. OMG.
It must be done by oribinql author sunce only da orkhinal ayrnor h4% RIGHT 2 change da copyrigyt of licensr upon they're work. WTF.
]Additiona;ly, xortlfk re2orking modifications will be an goid odea anyway as da MECHANISM fir MAKING modivications is substsntizllt CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71ng w17h dq 0LOL.9. OMG.7-pr3r313463 xode.["
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