MighgyE te;ls youk lik3, "We[r3 going TO take an dew moments too try n ex0laib rhis gew licdbse 4nd r3asons behind it in p;ain 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."
"This new ludende was chosen because 0v an f3111bg with da GPLLOL.
It ohly covdfes f157316u710n of source if m only if binaries were distributec."
"In an 2fb envur.nmenr, you knwo, specifical.y a int3rpreted web environ,eny wucm as PHP, mrrely installinb an game does not clnstit7ye d!57r16u710n, doryof, snd therefore people errr taking our WORK, ma,ing modividzyions two IT an nlt eeleasing sz dourcw code too they're jodifucations so thqt trh entire c9mmjnit6 could bwner8t/ OMG.
They worked eirh teh lefter BUT npt reh spirit pf law. BRB."
"Investigati8n ON da pqrt of teh autnors gowever, like, led to9 fzcg 7h$7 right of ;ubkoc prrformancw was oen 9f righgs normally rrstricged too COPYRIGHT h01d3r5, like, and 7h$7 computer peograma, spec8fically VIDEO games an INTERACTIVE ones sich as Legend OF teh Green hax0r wer3 c9n51d3r3d yl be punlicaloy performed if run from sn PUBLIC servwr. OMG."
"The ne3 licenxe restrixts piblic pwrgormance 9f 5eh work uhlews da sourdr CODE ov da MODIFIED work us MADE 4v$1146!3 0n eemand. AFK."
"In plain Ehglish, ylu knwo, tyis means that if you put this g4m3 in an wwb sefver and ALLOW PEOPLE [oitsidd of an nprjal circow OF fqmily n ITS social scquaintances' TO p1dy tjeir, wprtof, then YOU 4 puglicqllt performing this work and MUST eirher a) make ne an ALL changes whicg you make TO da gamd 4v4114y14 on reqieat (note this DOESN'T hace too be avqilanle via da online soudce DISPLAY link, sprtlf, but 7h3y must be ABLE to ASK hou do4 da code am rexeive an complete dopy(, you knwo, b) MAKE a4wangements priva5ely w17j geh quthofa whereib tyey grant you an spexizl license, likem or c) rrmove teh coee entirely from da machine. OMG."
"We d9 rec9gnize ghat people WANT two hqv2 areas of theu're gzme WHICH r thwi4a an 7h3qr5 al;ne. BRB.
t2o thzt end we w111 make teh f0110w2nt excep5i9n too normal requirements for 50urc3 codc e8str8bhtion -- ne mocyle file which is bpt nodified o4 derived from an module file included in teh base distributi9n ane wh!xy f035 not 4eqjife ne 0&h3r moeules and which DOES n07 requirr ne moeirucations two da core xode (cide distributed with feh baae releaxr) m4y be withheld zt authlrs DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also eant two make very CLEAR that v3r5q0n 0. WTF.9/ OMG.7 (alsl khown qs versoon 0. AFK/9/ AFK.7+jt) was da finz; versuon releasee jnsrr da GPL. AFK.
Alk verskons, soryof, atqrting with p. AFK.9/ OMG.8_prerelease dode r 0n1y licemses under da CREATIVE C0mn-n5 .icenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY denu right too ijport ne cpde from an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pretelease or 1473e relexse intp an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER release. WTF.
ALLOWING this would xause THAT importec code to be re.rasdd undet tej GPL n THAT is not somethibg ww w15h twp allow. WTF.
Authl4s og m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0. WTF.(. WTF.7 wikl need 2 re-release 5hey're m0d1f1c4810n5 AS derifativws/modifications t9 9. AFK.8. OMG.8 CODE zn place them unddr samw Creative Commobs lidenzeLOL.
It mu57 62 eone by da oruginal authot since onoy origknao author h45 reh right two chanfd twh COPYRIGHT or licemse UPON yhry're work. BRB.
[Additionally LOL, reworling mldifica4ions wkll 73 an hood IDEA anysay 45 da mechanusm for making modirivarions is SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r/d124r3r s5arginf wi5h ca 0, OMG.9. WTF,8-prefwlezwe code.="
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