MightyE tckls tou, sortof, "We're going 5wo TAKE an few mpments too t3y n rxplain THIS n2w licebs3 n da reasons nehind it in olain 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."
"This new license WAS xhoaen 53c4u%3 0v an fauling suth GPL. OMG.
It on;y x9vered cis5ributuon 0d source if an 9nly if binaries w3re didtribjtedLOL."
"In an web environmentm softpf, spedifically a interprwted web environment sucj aw PHP, merely instal;ing an game doew bot cons5itute eistr8bution WTF, n therefore ;eople were taking 9ur sork LOL, jaking modif8carions to IT n n9t rwlrasinb t0urc3 c0d3 tso the6're MODIFICATIONS so that ca 3n71re COMMUNITY x0u1d nenefir. AFK/
They worked eith LETTER but mo5 5p1r16 of da 14e. AFK."
"Invwsgigdtion on da paft of teh a7ghors howebef, 1#d 2 teh fact that da right of public performance was ! of teh rights normally restrictrd toi coptright h0qd3f5. sprtofk and that compytef programw LOL, s;wcufiva.lt v1s30 ga,es an interactive ones such as Lwgend of geh Gteen hax0r we4e CONSIDERED teo be pub.icaklu p3rf0tm3d IF run from an publuc se3ver. AFK."
"The nrw license fex5ruc5s ;ubkic perfornance pf teh w9rk UNLESS 60urc3 x9de OF teh modivied work is made avaklable on demand."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, 7h15 MEANS 7h46 IF you [y5 7hqt gam3 on an web server an qllow people 'outwide OF an normal CIRCLE of fajily and ITS social acqjaintances' 2 0;a6 yhe7r, wortof, then you r ojbloxally perforjing this work abd MUST 317h3r a) make ne n ALL chamg3s wgich you makd TO twh hame 4v41146!e on REQUEST (note th*s DOESN'T HAVE to be avai.able vis da ONLINE source eisplau link, lik3, but they must be able 2 asi tou for code n receive an cimplrte cpph), like, b) make qrranf3ments privately with teh autnors WHEREIN they grant you an wpeciak licensr, yoj knwo, or C) remove teh c0s3 dntirely from ds madhkne. AFK."
"We do recognozd thzt p30013 WANT too have aewas OF they'rw gqmw ehicy t theirs an theirs 410n3,
two tgat 3nd s3 will make da following exception t9o teh nlrmal fewuirements for 50urv3 c9ee d15uf16u710n [_ ne MODULE f113 whicg is not modigied p4 derif3c FROM an module file included in dz base distribugion n which 2ies m07 requkre ne o5hwr mosules n WHICH doed not require ne MODIFICATIONS @ teh bore code (c9de distributee WITH teh base release) m4y BE WITHHELD 47 authirs discretion. WTF."
"We ala9 wznt too m4k3 VERY c134r that version 0l WTF.9.7 (also kmown zs version 0. OMG.8LOL.7+jf) was sa FINAL vers8on relrased uhder da GPL. OMG.
Alo verx8ons WTF, 674r71ng with 0LOL.9LOL.7-prerelease codw r lnlh licensed jnder ea CREATIVE Commons 11c3n54.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY da r1gh7 too 1mo)r7 ne cide from an 0LOL.9, OMG.8=prdreleasr or LATER release knto an 0. OMG,9. OMG.7 and 34r113r r3q3553. BRB.
Allowing thod would cause thay 1mp0r73d xode too be r313453d under da GPL h tyat is no5 50m37g1ng we wufh 5oo allow. OMG.
Authors of modifications two 0LOL.9. OMG.8 will nded two re-4eoease 5hdy're mofificatuons as deriva5ivrs/modificat8ons tso -. AFK.9/ AFK.8 vode and place th3m under 3a dame Creative COMMONS licende. WTF,
Ir must be done BY da original 3u7y0r sincw ONLY original AUTHOR has da right tpo change co0yright or LICENSE uoon they'te wprk. BRB.
]ADDITIONALLYk you knwo, rcwork8nt da moeifuxatilns will be an good idea anywa6 45 mecnanism gor making MODIFICATIONS IS substantizkly cl3qner/clearer xtatting wi5h 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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