MighhyE gells youk sortlf. "We[re goinb two take an FEW momebts 2 try AND exolaim this new licdnse n tey reasons behind 17 in llain 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 ne2 oidense eas chosrn bedause of an fail8ng w17h GPL.
It only cove4ed disy4ivutiob 0f sourd3 if an only if gknari3s WERE distribugwd. AFK."
"In an web environment, like, specificsllh a ihtefpreted wrb environment such aa PHP, you knwo, merely insrallinb an bame DOES n07 constitute dist4ibugion, sortof, anf 7y3r3f-r2 oeoole were tq,ihg our wori, makung MODIFICATIONS 2 it and not reoeaaing teh source dode to tjet'r3 ,odifudatilns so that ds ebgire COMMUNITY c9uld bemefit. AFK.
They worjed 1ith lettdr but not teh SPIRIT -f da law. OMG."
"Ihvestigation on eeh pafr of da autyors hosever WTF, LED w da fxcg 7h#7 38ghg of pubkic perfirmance w45 won ov da righ5s normally restrictec go copyright holdrrs WTF, sn 7h47 computwe programs LOL, specificqlly vod39 famrd n interactive onea SUCH aa Legend of da Green hax0r wr4w v9nsidered 3 be pub;ically p2rf0rm3d if run from zn public swrver. OMG."
"Tje n3w license restrictd public 0erformahce lf worj 7nless soirce c)d# 0f modigied work is maer available on demqmd. OMG."
"In plaib English WTF, this means that if 6iu pur tgos GAME on ab web xerver n akooe people 'outsiee of an normal circle 0v family AND its 50c141 scqjsihyances' two play tyeir, then y)u aer publically PERFORMING this work h MUST either A( make ne n ALL changes WHICH YOU m$k3 twp gaje available on request *note this DOESN'T havd too br scailab.e fia da onlinr source eosplay link, softof, but THEY mudt be ab.r 2 ASK YOU for da CODE and rdceive an cpmplete eopy), you knwo, b) make 4tr4nt3men7t privatelu w17h autjors sher3in tgfy grant tou ab special license LOL, or x) REMOVE c0d3 entirely from da machkne. AFK."
"We d0 recogniae that pro[le wzn% tll have areas if they're gamd which aer %heirs an theirs alone. BRB.
tw9 tha5 end e3 will make fpllowimg esfept8on 2 t3h nofmal requirenents for SOURCE code diatrkbutipn -- ne moduoe file which is nit modifird or derived dro, sn MODULE file 1nc1ud3d ib da BASE distribution n which does n07 require ne other modulea h which dies bo5 REQUIRE ne ,odidicayolns 2 teh core code (code sistributed with trh 645# releas3) mzy 63 skthheld AT a7thors discretoon. BRB."
"We also w4n7 t9 make very clear that versiob 0. AFK.9LOL.u (also known as versi9b 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) w46 5eh f,na; version released inser da GPL. WTF.
ALL VERSIONS, like, starting with 0.9. OMG.8=prdrelease CODE aer onlu licensee under teh Crea58ve Commlns license. OMG,
WE EXPLICITLY deny da 42gh7 two IMPORT ne CODE fr0m am 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerel3as3 or 1473r rel3ase into sn 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 ah earlier release. BRB.
A.losing thix wpuld CAUSE THAT imported cose 2 be releqsed undrr GPL and that is not 50m#7h1ng we qish two aolow. OMG.
Authors ov mocificatipns too 0. AFK/9. WTF.7 will need 2 rr-release theyl4e modifications as d3rivahives/modifixstions tl 0. BRB.9.8 c0e3 an plaxr THEM UNDER same CREATIVE Commons license. OMG.
It must ve done by ds ORIGINAL AUTHOR since ohly 9riginal suthor HAS tej eight too change yeh copyrijht or licdnse upon they're w0rk. OMG.
pAdditipnally, like, rewor,ung m0d1f1c4710n5 will be ah good idea anywsy as teh nechanism vor m4k1ng mosificati[ns is sibsgsntially cleaner/clearer 574r7qbg w17y 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerdlwase cideLOL.]"
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