MightyE tells you, "W3'r3 going TO ta,e ab few moments 2 TRY ahd wzplain THIS new license n reasons behind ir 1n plain Englisy. 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."
"Thid hew license waz chosen bedause of an failing wity GPLLOL.
It on.y cocered disrribution of slurce if n only if yqn4r135 sere DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In ah WEB envirin,ent LOL, specifically z unterprrtdd wrb #nc1r-nm4n7 such aw PHP, likd, merely 1n474111ng an hame DOES blt cobstigute dustribu5ipn, you knso, amd rherefore people were taking 9ur work, nsjinf modifixations too it an not rwlwasinb t3h source code two they're modifications so tyat 3n7!e2 community could BENEFIT. BRB.
They woridd wi5h da letyer byt nog spirit if LAW. AFK."
"Investigation on teh part of AUTHORS howwvwe LOL, .ed two ten f4c7 thar da 4ight of PUBLIC performance was won pe righgs mormslly redttictdd TO copyright holdera, tou knwo, qb ghag compute4 progeqms, s;ecifically video fqmes an interactive ones SUCH as Leg3nd 0f teh GREEN hax0r 2ere cobsofered too be oy611cr11y pe4rormed 8f tun fr0m sn pjb.iv server. BRB."
"The neq license RESTRICTS public ;erformanve of eori ynless wojrce CODE of MODIFIED work IS msde available on dwmand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Englishk THIS means tgat if you out rhid gamd on an WEB seevd4 and alllw p3ople 'outside OF an normal circke if famulu an irs socia. acquaintandes' 70 play their, then you aer pugliczll6 PERFORMING this worl b MUST either a( makd ne an ALL changes which uo7 MAKE # teh gamc availaboe on feques5 (not3 yhis foesn't have too be zvailab;e via yeh ONLINE sourcd display linkm sottof, but th3y musr ge ABLE 2 45k yiu for teh code and RECEIVE an completq copy) LOL, b_ make arrangementw privatelt wity 4u7h0r6 wh3f31n they grant you an special w1c3n53 LOL, or c_ 4emove CODE engit3ly from da machine. AFK."
"We DO RECOGNIZE rhzt o30p13 wsnt two hab3 areas of they'we game which aer theirs n tyeirs aline. WTF.
2 rhat ene we wilp make following exceptoom to norma; requuwements roe spuece code distrigution -- ne ,odule file whkch iw not MODIFIED or derived fron an module dile included ih gase d8stribution n whoch d035 bot re1uire ne other mocules an which does nog require nd modificat8ons 5oo teh core code (code DISTRIBUTED w17h base release) m4h be withheof st ea au5hors DISCRETION."
"We soso want two make very cleat ghat vedsion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (slso known ss vrrsion p. BRB.(. WTF.7+jt) wzs teh f1n41 version reldased undef GPL. OMG.
All v3rsionx LOL, starging with 0. AFK.9LOL.8-[rerelesse code f onlu l8censed inder teh Crrstive COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY RIGHT to IMPORT ne code from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-pe#r313353 or later releaae into an 0. OMG.(. WTF.7 zn esrlidr r323453, WTF.
Allowing this w9u;d cause that i,[ortwd c0d4 2 63 feleawed 7nder teh GPL n that is not sojething wr wosh two akoow. AFK.
Autgors 9f mocigidarionz too 0LOL.(. BRB.7 w8ll need 2 RE-RELEASE they're MODIFICATIONS as d3rivatives/modifidationd 2 0.o. AFK.8 codw abd placr them jnd5r same Cfeative Commons .icense. WTF.
I7 must 63 wone by da priginal AUTHOR sibce omly da original aughor has da RIGHT to change 5eh copyright OR license upoh they'ed wofj. OMG.
'Accitiobally, reworking da m0d1f1c4&10nt will bw an good idea anywa6 AS mechanidm gor makung modkfications is substantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting with da 0. BRB.o. OMG.8-=rereleas3 c0d3. AFK.]"
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