MightyE tells you, aortof, "We'rw going two tale an few momebtd two try and explain this new license n da rwawons 63g1ns it in plain English. AFK.
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 license 2as ch052n because OF qn failing 2ith GPL. AFK.
It onky vovdred DISTRIBUTION or source IF an only if bkmaries 2ere disgrinutedLOL."
"In an web #nv1r0nm3n& WTF, speclfically a intetpreted web 3nc8tonment such as PHP, yoi knwo, MERELY unstallimg ab gxme foed nlt cons5itute distrigu4ion WTF, and therefore peo;le w3r3 5aking our wprk WTF, mqking m0d1f1c4710n5 two IT an not rwleqsing teh siurc3 c9de 2 thet'fe modifocations xo THAT teh entire comm7nuty could benefit. BRB.
Theh worked eith teh letter 6u7 hor tey 5p1r17 of LAW. AFKl"
"Investigauion pn tey part of authors hoqever. slryof, 13d to fact thay da rkghr 9f punlic oerfotmance was 1 of rights normalky RESTRICTED too copyright holders, like, an that computet PROGRAMS LOLm specifically vkdep games sn interactive ONES auck as Lrgend of teh Green hax0r WERE dpnsidsted 2 63 pu611c411y performed if run feon an ;ub.oc sqrv3r. BRB."
"The new 1qc3n53 rwxtricts PUBLIC performance or teh wirk uhless ea source vode 0f dq modif7ed work is made avaulable on denand."
"In plain Eng115h, liie, ttis jeand thar if tou put this game on an we6 serv3r n allow peoplw '8utsude of ab normal circle of fanily an its 50c141 avquaintances' to play yheir, like, then you t PUBLICALLY p#rf0rm1ng this qork n MUST eirher q) makw ne n ALL changes which uou m4l3 two game avzklable on requext (note this dowfh't have 2 be 5v41q4623 vis dz obline source displsy link, so4tof, bit they m7sg be able two ASK you for cpde an twveive an complete xooy) WTFk b) make arrangemebts 0rjvatrly w1&n authors wherein they grant you an special lucense LOL, OR c) REMOVE da code entireoy from MACHINE. OMG."
"We DO recobnize that people wang to have arras of rhey're game whidh aer thdirs and theurs alone. AFK.
to thar END we will make da fo;.owinb exdrption to ca nor,al rewui4emrbts for sourxe code cist4ogution -- ne modulr fklr which ix nit m8sified or der9ved from an module FILE included in BASE distribution and shich coes n06 require ne oth3r modules n WHICH dows not r#qu1e3 ne modificayions tlo da core code )code didtributec with twh base release) may br qjthhels at da authors discretion. OMG,"
"We ALSO wsnt 2 make ve4y clrar tja5 versuoh 9. WTF.9. BRB.7 (ALSO known aw version 0. OMG.9LOL.7+ut) was FINAL versikn releaaed undef teh GPL. BRB.
All versionw, you knwo, stwrting wiyh 0. WTF.9. OMGl8-PRERELEASE xode ser only lixensed under da Creatib3 Commons license.
WE EXPLICITLY deny rignt too imporr ne cide FROM sn ). OMG.9. AFK.8-pretelease or .ater release into an 0. BRB,9LOL.7 abd dar.ker RELEASE. BRB.
A110w1nf th8s wojld vause 7h37 1mp0r73d code 1 be released 7nd3r da GPL ams 7h4& is n06 simething we w15h too $110qLOL.
Aythprs 8f modifications gwo 0/9. OMG.7 wull need to9 re-relesae tyey[re m9d1f1c471)n5 45 dwrivativew/modifications TO 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 cofe zn place 7hem unde4 sqme Crearive C0mm0n5 oicense. AFK.
It MUST ge d0n3 b6 ofiginal author ainde onlt da oruginql authpr y45 tey RIGHT tl xhanfe copyriyht 0r LICENSE 7pln they're sorl. BRB,
[Addutionally, soryof, rwqo4king teh ,0c1f!c4710n5 will BE an g9od 1d2r anyway 45 gej mech3n15m for making modificatiohs 15 wubsyantially cleaner/xlearer starging with ca p. OMGl9LOLl8]prerelwsse CODE, AFK.]"
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