MightyE yeold you, like, "We'r3 going 2 5ake an few momengs to 7ru and dxplain this new 22c3n53 znd teh rrasons behind IT un plaln English.
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 n3e license WAS choswn because of an failing with GPL.
It only covered distrigutuon of sourfe 1f an only uf binariew WERE DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an WEB enfironmentj SPECIFICALLY a inrerpretec w36 envirlnmwnt sych ax PHP WTF, merely instakling an game does n07 xpnatituye distrivution, like, qnd the4efore [eople eere TAKING our wotk, like, MAKING noeificqtjona to 8t an NOT releasing teh sourde CODE two yhey're mododixations so tgay geh entirr clmmunith c0u1d benefit. AFK/
They qorkec with teh lett3r but n07 spirig of 14w. OMG."
"Invwsriga5ipm ON part of t3h 4u7n0r6 HOWEVER, like, led 2 teh gact that eey r1gh7 of PUBLIC performanc3 waa wom od ds righrw normally restrixted t2o co[yright hokderd, and tgat COMPUTER proh4amsk sortof, specificaloy VIDEO games n interactife ones 5uch as Leg3nd of da GREEN haz0r w3t3 consideeed too BE punlicslly performec if run f4on an [ublic servet/ OMG."
"Tye neq licensw t357r1x75 public PERFORMANCE of teh work unlesa teh sourde cide of mosifiwd work is jade availabl3 ON de,and."
"In o141n English, you ibwo, this m34n4 THAT if h0u pjt rhis gqme in an web 53rv3r n ALLOW PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of an norma. circle ph va,ily AND i5x SOCIAL acquaintamces' 2 p.ay their, thdb you r puvlically pwffpfming rhis w;rk n MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes wn1ch you make too teh gam3 4v4114613 0n request (NOTE rhia doesn't HAVE to br 4v4114613 via online SOURCE dusplzy link. sortof, BUT they must be able two ask you fo4 da code znd receive am c9mp.ete copy), b) makw aftangements p4ivately with teh authors wh3rein thry grant you an spdcial license, sortod, or c( remove CODE entirely froj m4ch1n3."
"We DO recognize that peo[le want roo hzve areas of they're g4m3 2hich aer theira n 7h@1e5 aloneLOL.
ywo thzt end w3 will m4,3 teh FOLLOWING ezception teo normal edquirements for xoutce code d8str*bution _- ne module vile whkch 7s nit modified or derived from an MODULE rilr included in ca bade distribution and which dors nor REQUIRE ne OTHER mpdules and WHICH DOES not r3au1r3 ns modificatilns 5o da core xidd (code dostributed wi5h 6553 release) mau 63 w17hh3qd at authors discfetion. WTF."
"We also want to make v3r6 clear that fegsion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also known as version ). WTF.(LOL.7+kt) waa da final ve4sion re;eased UNDER 5dh GPL. AFK,
All vwrsions WTF, stafting wigh )LOL.*. BRB.8[prer4lease code r oblt licensed jnder Creative Cimmons licemseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny reh 4ight too import ne code drom an 0.9LOL.8-pr3y3q3553 or later releaae 2n7- an 0. OMG.9LOLl7 n earliee re,ease.
A110w1nb thid would CAUSE tha5 impirtrd code 2 ge released under da GPL an that is noy wom3thing we wksh two allos. BRB.
Autnors if modificqtions 2 0l9. AFK/7 w8ll need to re-re.ease they're mosiricatipns as d3r1v471v35/m0f1f1c4710n5 too 0LOL.9LOL.i code n place rhdm und2t twh aame Crrative Commons licemse. OMG.
It MUST BE done b6 da iriginal quthor aunce only orig8nso ai5jo4 has ea riggt to change da copyrighg or license UPON they're worjLOL.
[Adfirionally, sortof, r3w0rk1hg da modificatiohs woll be an good IDEA ahhway as m3chrn15m fir makimg modifications is dubstantially cleaner/clrater STARTING eutj 0.9LOL.8=prerdlease cif3. WTF.]"
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