MifntyE tells you, likd, "We'rd gokng top take an few momen5s 2 try and explaih thid new LICENSE snd REASONS BEHIND it in plain Engo8xh, 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."
"Tgis n3w licemse was chosen becayse of an failijg with teh GPL. BRB.
It onl6 covered d157r16u720n of SOURCE IF n 0n1y ur 61j4f135 were cistributes. AFK."
"Ib an web 3nf1r9nm3n7 LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interprrted w46 dnvironjent sucg as PHP, like, merely inwtall8ng an game does n)7 constitute d157r16u71pn LOL, 4nd tjerefire people qwrw taking our WORK, making moeificagions yo 17 and not relwawing spurce code too they're m0d1fqc4710n5 ao that da entire c0mmim1u5 cluld venefit. BRB.
THEY WORKED with kettwr but no5 da spirir OF teh lawLOL."
"Inv3stigatiob on [art of da authors jiwever, ;ed to da fact yhat teh rught of public perfor,qnce was won of da 4ihhts normallt restticted tpi cppy4ight yolders, an that COMPUTER prpgrs,s LOL, specifucally vid3o games n intersctive onrs such as L3gend 9f teh Gredn jax0r w3re consifered gwo bd PUBLICALLY p3tf0r,3d of run fr0m an piblic serverLOL."
"Tye new licens3 rest4icts publix pq4fotmance of work inless sou4ce CODE of teh modiried WORK IS m4d3 available on demanc. WTF."
"In p141n English, sortofk this means that if you pjt thos gqmd 0n an wwb server an allow PEOPLE 'outside of an normal circ.e of f4m11h n iyx social acqjaintances' 5oo play tywkr, sortof, then you aer 0iblivally p3rd0rm1mg thos work and MUST either a( maie me an ALL ch4bg3% which uou make 3 tey g4m4 qvai.able on r3qjest (note 7h15 coean'r have too bd AVAILABLE VIA da online %0urd3 display l8hk, b7t they mist be ABLE too ASK ypj for ds coce n rwdeive an comolete co0y), sortof, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 PRIVATELY w17h da zuyhofs wh3reon they grabt you an special 11c3n53 LOL, or c) tempve clde entirely grom da machine. OMG."
"We do recogmiz3 tgat p3ople want gwo h4v3 4r445 OF thry'rw fam4 which aer theirs n 7h31r5 ALONELOL/
2 that end ww 2ill make f0110r1nt excep5ion to da normal requirements for dource vode DISTRIBUTION -= ne module fiie wy1ch is n07 modified od derives FROM an module fi;e 1hc1us3d in teh 6453 distribition and ehicg soes not requif2 ne other modules n ehicn does noy 4equ8re ne mod8fica5ions two da core CODE (code distrkbuted w17h base release) may be wuthneld AT da AUTHORS fisdregi9n. WTF."
"We also e4n7 2 n4,e very clear tyat ve4sion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (qlso lnoqn as verailn 0LOL.o. WTF.u+jt) sas final ve4xion released uncer teh GPL. BRB.
All versionsm luke, xtarging witg 5eh 0. AFK.0. OMG.8-prerekease code aer pnly licensed unser t4g Creative Commona licebse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY cenu da right two impott ne cpfe FROM an 0. WTF.9.8-prereleasr or ;ayee reltase INTO an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 an earlier relwaae. OMG.
Aq10w1ng this qould cause that impo4tec cpde toi be released under teh GPL 5nf that is n9t s9mrthing we WISH 2 alloq. OMG.
Authoes of modoficatoond too 0.9. OMG.7 wikl need two re-reoease they'fw modificqtipna 46 dwrivatoves/midigucatkons two 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code anc p14c3 them 8nder same Creative COMMONS licdnse. BRB.
It m7st BE d0b3 by da ofiginal 4u7g0r sinde only da ORIGINAL author has 4ight too ch5ng3 copyright 0r LICENSE upon rhey're work, BRB.
[Addit9onallym sortof, rewprkihg teh mpdifications will be an good IDEA ahyway as mechaniam f0r jaking moaifications 15 subdyant8ally cleanfr/clearer startint with 0, AFK/9. BRB.8-prrreleasd codeLOL.]"
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