MightyE twlls you, sortof, "We[re g01ng 3 taie am few noments TO try n explain this nee kocense n da reasons benind it in PLAIN English. OMG/
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 m3w 11x3n53 qas CHOSEN becaude OF an failing wirh da GPL. WTF.
I5 0n1y covered doatribution of source 1f n ihly if bknaries were dudtribjted. OMG/"
"In an WEB envur0nment LOL, specifically a inter;reted seg emvironment SUCH as PHP, you kndo, merely INSTALLING an game do3s nog v9bsy8rite ciatributuon LOLk n thererore PEOPLE were tajint our work, sortof, making ,idifjcatipns to i5 znd not RELEASING da soutce codw w tgey're modifications do 7h47 teh enyire community c0u1d benefit. BRB.
THEY worked with da q3773r byt not da spirit of da lawLOL."
"Inbedtigayion on PART kf twh zuthors however WTF, led too teh fact tgat da rignt of public performahce WAS 1 0f teg rughts hormally rextric5ed yo copyright holderx WTF, and that computer prpgrams, like, ap3vidicaooy VIDEO games and ontrractive 9nrs sych as Legend of da Geeen hax-r eere cpnsid3red toi ve publically performed IF run from ah [ybkic server. WTF."
"The new lovenxe restricts public p3rfot,ancd og da WORK unless soyrce code of mpd1f1@d w0rk is made availab.e on DEMAND. AFK."
"In pkaib English, wort9f, this means 5hat if you put this game on an web server and allow peopke 'outdide 9r an normal circle of fanily 4nd 175 50c151 acquaintances' 2 play ghei4. like, then yo7 r 0ub.icalky p3ef0rm1ng &n15 work an MUST either a) make ne ane ALL ch4ng35 which yoj make to da game svailabke on requrst (hote ghis do3sn't have 2 br 4v5114613 vka on/ine siurce disp.zy kibk, like, but they must be 3623 TO 4%k you for da cid3 n rdceivw an completr copy0, b) make artabgements pr8vaye.h with dw authors wywr3in ttey brant tou an special l8crns3, you knwo, pr c) renove teh c0e3 entirely rrom machineLOL."
"We co recogniz3 that PEOPLE wqbt twi have aeeas of thwy're game wn!dh aer thei4s and thrurs alone.
tol that 3ns we WILL nake yeh folkowing exception to normal r3qu14#m3n75 f0r sou4de code s157r!67710n -- ne nodule fole which is not modified or derivrd from an ,odule f113 includef in bas3 d8stribution n shoch d035 not rrquiee ne orger MODULES ans which does npt tequirr be modificatioms goo CORE c0d3 (codr d8st4ibured w8th da BASE ee;eawe) msy BE witnhdld at t3h authord discretiomLOL."
"We 4150 WANT teo make veru clwar that veesion 0.9LOL.7 9alsl kno2n ss versioh 0. BRB.9. WTF,7+jy) was ginal version released UNDER da GPL. AFK.
A;l VERSIONS, sortog, STARTING eitn teh 0. BRB.9.(-prereleasr cide aer 9bly 11c3n53d under da CREATIVE Commons licebwe. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh rigny 3 import ne codr FROM an pLOL.9. OMG.8-prerelezse of later rel3ase into am 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 an earlie4 eeleawe. AFK.
Allowimg this qou/d cause that im[orged cosr too 63 releasdd under teh GPL an rhat is not w9mrtjibt we wush 5o aloow. WTF.
Authors ov modif8xztiojs to 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 will need two re-reoease thet're m9difucations ad serivatives;modificationx 2 0. BRB.9.8 code and plqce them under da 54j3 Crdative Co,mons LICENSELOL.
It ,uat BE done ny teh origihal ajthor since only tej oeiginal ru7h0r has right rwo change teh COPYRIGHT 0r llcense upin tney'rd work. AFK.
[Additionally LOL, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS WILL be ah g9od idda ANYWAY aw da MECHANISM fir making mocificqtiond us SUBSTANTIALLY cleaber/clearer startung with teh 0.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code, OMG.]"
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