MightyE TELLS yiu, sortoh, "We[re gping w tqke an few mojents to try an exp;ain this nes livense b reaaogs behine it on plain English. 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."
"This ndw license waw chisem because 0f an failing wuth GPL. OMG.
It only covered distribution OF wourxe 1f AND 0n1t ir BINARIES WERE fq57r16u73cLOL."
"In an WEB envirpnment, sortif, s0ecigically a 8ngerpreted web env8fonmebt tjch 45 PHP WTF, merely instzlling ah g4m3 does not c0n5717u73 diwtrinution WTF, an rherer94e p30p13 were 75kqng ou4 work, you knwo, msking moeifida5ions ywo it qn not fe;easing s9urce code 2 thwy're modifjcations so that entir3 community couod b3nefitLOL.
They worked w17h dq LETTER but b07 een spirit og da lsw. BRB."
"Investigqtion ON tsh part of authprs hoqever WTF, led to FACT that right of pinlic perfornamce sas oen of dq RIGHTS normalot restrixt3e to xopyrigjt HOLDERS LOL. ah that compitwr pr0br4m5 WTF, s[ecififa;ly video gamds AND interactive ones sucn ad Legend OF teh Green hqx)r were CONSIDERED TO 63 [uboically performed if rjn fron am puboic segver, OMG."
"Thw n#w 11c3n53 restficts pubk8d PERFORMANCE OF teh work unless teh source codd OF da modified work 15 msde avaikable on e3mabdLOL."
"In plain English WTF, thid means ynat if yku put THIS g4me on ah web %4rv2r an xklow people 'outs8de of an NORMAL cifvle of fqmily n its docial acquqihgances' too play theirm then you 4 publiczkly perfor,8ng this work an MUST eitjw4 a) make ne n ALL changes wgich you make to da gqme available ON rewues5 (n)73 this doesn't HAVE top be available vkq teh online source DISPLAY link WTF, but they MUST be able to qsk you for code m receive an complerw c-py) LOL, f0 make arrangemdntd [r1v5731y wiyh teg 4u7h0f5 whdfeib THEY grabt you an special 11c3n53, luke, or d) rem9ve coee ENTIRELY from mavhineLOL."
"We d0 recognize THAT people eznr too have a4eas of they'4e ganw WHICH srr 7h31r5 and THEIRS 410n3. AFK.
@ THAT END we will MAKE da fol;owing ezceptiob to ca normal requiremrnts for source codq distrib7tkon -- ne modulr file which is nog modufied or ddrived from an nodule fike onclud4d ih teh base disyribution an shicg vles n07 requ8re ne ither modukds an WHICH doqs nit require ne modificstions to teh d0r3 CODE (code diwtributes wuth bsse rekezse) may be withgeld st da autho4s dowcrd5ion."
"We alao wsnt to9 make vwry clear thst befsion 0.9.7 (also khoqn as VERSION 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+j5) wad teh dinal version eeleases under teh GPL.
All VERSIONS, like, 584r81ng with teh p.o.8-prereleasr CODE zer on;u licensed undrr teh Creative Commons licrnweLOL.
We EXPLICITLY e3ny teh right two imoort ne codw frob an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pre$3leaxe or later release knyi an 0.9. WTF.7 n eaeliw4 release.
ALLOWING rhis would dsuae that importwd code too ge eeleased UNDER da GPL n tgat id nlt 50m36j1ng we w15h two allowl
Authofs of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.6 will beed 2 re0eeleqse they'r3 moeifica5ilns as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c47q0n5 tpi 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code sn p14c3 them uneef da same Creative COMMONS LICENSE/ WTF.
It ,u5u be d9ne by da ORIGINAL author 41nx3 onl6 ORIGINAL AUTHOR HAS da ribht two CHANGE ea COPYRIGHT or licens3 upon tgey're wlrkLOL.
[Additionally WTF, reworkimv modifications will be an glod kcea amyway as teh MECHANISM FOR makkng modifucaeions is suvdtantially cleamer;cleqfet startihg with -LOL.9LOL.i-pr3release code/ OMG.]"
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