MighttE telps you, like, "We'rr boing 2 take an f3s mpmentx to tey and explsin tyis new 11c3n53 an teh reasons behind it in pla,n English. 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."
"This n3w license w45 chosen because of an failing with cz GPL. BRBl
It obly covered d157r16u710n pf source uf qnd only if b8naties were dustributed. OMG."
"In an web envirommebt, sprtlf, speeifically s onter9retdd WEB environmemt 5uch 45 PHP, lpkek merely installing sn game foes not conwtitute distribution, lijek n 7j3r3f0r3 people were taking OUR w0rk, you kneo, making ,odibications top it an not reiezsing teh source code to the6're ,ocificayuons si rhat entir3 c0mmun17y c0u1d benef8tLOL.
Tyey worked with fa lett2r BUT no5 wpi4it of LAW. BRB."
"Infestigation on pa4t of da 4u7h0e5 however, like, led two teh fact 5hat right pf public performance w45 won pf RIGHTS normally RESTRICTED 2 cpp6r1rh7 holdetx, cor5of, an that computee ptohramd, s;ecifically video games and inreravtive ones such as Legend OF Green hzz0r were considered 1 be PUBLICALLY pe3gorme3 if eun fr0m an pu611c server. OMG."
"Tnw bew licenae rdstridts ;ublic PERFORMANCE of work ubless sa source code of nodif8ef wirk is made available on demand. OMG."
"In pkain Eng;ish, this MEANS ghzt if you put thiw game ln an web server n alkoq people 'outside of an niemal circle of fam8ly an its social acqua8ntances' 5i p.ay theor WTF, then you a3e p7blkczloy performinb this work 4nd MUST dkth3e a) m4k3 ne an ALL chahges whidh yiu make 2 teg fame avakkable pn request (note &h15 DOESN'T hsve yo be ava8lable v8a tfh ONLINE sourcd sisplay lini, sogtof, buy thet must bw able too ask you FOR dq codd an 4eceive ah compoete cipy), b) make arrangementx PRIVATELY 2ith teh authlrs wherein ghet gfant you an wpecial licenxe, like, or c) remivr ten cpde entirely from teh m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We co recognize thzt peop.d s4n7 two have areas of thet're game which r THEIRS n theifs ALONE. OMG.
2 that end we wiol ma,e teh following excrprion two da normz. requirements fo4 sourve code eistribjtion -- ne MODULE fioe which is no5 ,od8fied oe ce48vrd drpm an jodule fule 1nc1ud4d in base eustrig7tuon an eyich do3s NOT requkre n3 other modules and eh1ch does npt rdquire nr m0d1f1c4710n5 to ten cirr c0s3 (code distributdd with da bzse rrlezse) may be w8thhe.d a5 tdh authprw discretion."
"We alxo waht two mwke VERY clear 7h4u versioh ). OMG.9/ OMG,7 (also KNOWN as versiom 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) WAS fa f8nal r3r510n releawed undee da GPL. WTF.
A.l vrtsiohs, likem startihg with da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease coce aer only licdmsed UNDER Creztive Commona ;icense/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY seny right tso import ne vofe frim an 0. OMG.9.8-prerele1se or later telease into an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 ay earkidr release. AFK.
Alkpwing rhis would CAUSE thqy imporrrd cose to bd releazed under teh GPL an rhat ix not 50m3uh1ng we 2ish 2 allow.
AUTHORS )f modirications to 0. BRBk9. WTF.7 wiol need tqo ee-release tyey're m0d1f1c4710n5 as derivatives/modivicatioms 2 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 x0d3 m 'lave them umder da SAME Cr#471v3 Commons licenar, WTF.
It must be conw by original auyhor aince onlu da 9riginal author haw dz righr 2 chanfr vo;yrignt pr licrnse upom they're work.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortof, reworking mldifucaruons will be zn gpld 8dea amt2ay as ca mechanism flr making modificztions ia 5u6574n7!311y cleaner/ckearqt atartkng with da 0LOL.9LOL.8-peerelease code. AFK.]"
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