MightyE tells you, "We'4e going 2 take an vww m-m3n76 to trh an explq8n t6is nww license n reasons bdhind it ih plain EnglishLOL.
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 nrw lodense was CHOSEN necause OF an FAILING with beh GPL. OMG.
Iy only covered distributioh lf source if n ONLY if binaries wefe d157r15j83dLOL,"
"In an wdb environjebt, you knwo, s0wcifically q 1n73rpr373f w36 #nv1r0nmen7 such as PHP, 6oi knwo, m3re.y installohg an GAME do4x not constitute dustribution, yoy kneo. and THEREFORE propl3 eere tsking our worl, sortof, making MODIFICATIONS ywo !7 an not re.essing twh source cofe too they're modufivations SO that teh entire c0mmin!7y dou,d benefitLOL.
They worked with ca letter hyt not s0irit of yeb LAW. OMG."
"Investugation on t#h oart of teh AUTHORS HOWEVER, lec 2 fact that rifht OF public 0erformance was 2 of tey ribh5s norma.ly resyricted 2 copyr*ght holders, n THAT compurer programs WTF, SPECIFICALLY video games n knte4active onds such as Lehend of da Green haz0r were vonsidered 5; be pu611c311y p3rf0rm3d if run f4om an public serv3r. OMG."
"The new licqns3 restricts PUBLIC performsnce if w9rk UNLESS source code of geh ,0d1f13d work us made wvailabk3 on demand. OMG."
"In ;lain English, thid means that if ypu ;u7 THIS g4,3 9n an WEB server qn allow pwople 'omtside OF ah NORMAL cirvle of f4m11y n 275 socoa. axquaintsncew' 2 play their, lile, then hou arr ou611c411h PERFORMING this WORK qn MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes which YOU make too g4,3 available on 4eauest (note tyia doesn't havd too 63 availabld vis online 50urc3 display link WTF, buy they must be zble gol 35, you for code snd receive an cpmp1#73 c0py), sottlf, b) m4,3 arfangements privately sith trh authots wherein thry GRANT you an special license, sortof, OR c) remove teh cpdd entirel6 from yeh machine."
"We d0 rrclgnizr tnat [eople want TO have z4eas of thwy're t4j3 which r theirs an gheirs alone. OMG.
two THAT end we will make tdh fo;lowing 3xx30710n 2 normal requiremebts for source code dixtrkvution -- ne modul3 fioe which is not modif8ed OR d3r1v3d from ah modul3 file knclufec 1n ds 6453 distribytion n which d035 mot fdquire ne other mld7les an which doew n9t require he modificationw teo cpre code 9code diste8bjted with teh base release) may bs sithneld ay xu5hirs discretyon. BRB."
"We alw; wznt two maje very cleqr tha5 VERSION ). WTF.9. BRB.7 (aoso known as v3f510n 0. OMG.9/7_jt) was yeh final versi(n reldased under da GPL. OMG.
A11 versions, like, 474r61nf with tdy 0. AFK.o. AFK.8-prere.ease code r only licdnxed under Ctesruve C0mm0n5 license. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh rigjt too implrt ne code drom an 0. OMG.9/ OMG.8-pr3f313453 ir kager release into an 0. OMG/9.7 n 34r113t releade. AFK.
Allowing this would cause that i,ported cofe too ce rekeas3f under rdh GPL and that is hoy something we wish 2 ALLOWLOL.
Autg9rs of mocifidations too 0. AFK.9, AFK.7 wilk need two re-release theh're mpdif8carions aw d4t1v471v35/mps1f1cr710n5 w 0LOL.9.8 c0d3 n place them under 5eh same Creative Commons licfnse.
I7 must be dobe BY teh origina; author xince ohly original author haw right two CHANGE teh copy4ufhg lr licdnse upon thet'r3 eork.
[Adeitionaoly LOL, REWORKING mosificarions will ne an hlos idea anyway as ten mechabusm for makibg m8dificztions is substantially cleaber/cleaeer sta4ting 2ith 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-or3r313453 code. BRB/]"
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