MightyE gells you, sortof, "We'fe b01ng 1 take an few jomebts 3 try an expla8n this new lic3nwe n REASONS behind it in plaib 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 neq license eas chosen 63c3u53 OF an vailing woth GPL. BRB.
It onlu cov3red d157r16u710n of sourc3 if and ;nlt if binaries werw costrobuted. WTF,"
"In an web ebvirobment, yot knwl, apwcivically a interpreted WEB 3nciflnmebt such as PHP LOL. merely ibsyalling an gam3 does not c0n5717u&3 DISTRIBUTION WTF, an therefore peo;ld were takihg 9ur w9rk, sortor, msking mpdifications two it and not releasong aource c0d# too 5heh're modufications 50 that teh entire comnunitt could benefot. AFKl
They worked with da letyer bu5 not da s;irit of law. WTF."
"Invewtiga5ion 9n tem part of 4u7h0r5 h0w3v3e LOL, led 70 twn ract THAT da RIGHT of public performance was won of rights bormally restricted two coptright holdets LOL, an that vomputer [rograms, you knwo, specifically video tames am interactive ones such as Lwgend of Green hax0r w3r3 clnsiwered to br oublixally performwd if run from dn puvlic t3rv3r. WTF."
"The NEW lkcense restricts public peerormahc3 9f trh work unlezs teh 50urc3 codd of fa mldigoed work 8s mace qvailable pn demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, like, this m2ans tgay if y0u put 7h14 game on an web server an s..o2 PEOPLE 'outside of an NORMAL c1rv13 of family an its socixl acquaintances' twi p14y their, likr, rg4n y9u ser publically pe4gormkng this woe, n MUST eithdr a) MAKE ne 4nd ALL changes whivh YOU make to da hame 4v$114613 on reauest (b07# tgis doesn't have to be available via da online sourc3 didplat link LOL, but they just be ab;d 2 ask tou for code n rrdeive an complrte copy), b) makr afrangementa pruvately w1&h twn zuthors wherein they gfqnt you an special licensek sortof, or C) r3move c9de entorelu from machime. AFK/"
"Wr DO rwcognize that people qant to havd aread OF they're game 2hich aer theirs n tyrirs alohe. BRB.
2 tyat end se will make f0q10w1ng esceptoon too nirmsl requirrmrnts for SOURCE cise disttibition -- n2 module file wn8ch ix n0u modofied or eeruved vrom an module file includwd ih ds base f157r16j710b n which DOES not tequiee ne othwr jidjlws and which does not requure ne ,odifications too teh c9fw code (CODE distribu5ed with base rrleawe) may be wuthheld at teh autgofs duscr3tiom."
"We 4150 want twp make very cl3zr that veraioh 0. OMG.9LOL.7 )ALSO knoqn as version 0.9. AFK/7+j7) waw sa f1n41 versiln relwaaed UNDER da GPL.
All versions, sortof, STARTING w1&h da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pfe4eleqwe code r only lidensed undee Creative C0nmojs license.
We EXPLICITLY deny righ5 too kmplrt ne cide feom am 0LOL.9. BRB/8-prdrelease or later release into an 0LOL,9. WTF,7 n earlier rdleade. BRB.
Allowibg this would day2e 7h47 om0or5ed cidr two 63 released indwr da GPL n tha5 is not something we wish tso 4110w.
Authors of modoficari9bs TO 0.9LOL.7 will n3ee to re-rekease thsh'rw modifications ss dwrivatives/,odifications tio 0. BRB.9LOL.* code n place then under da samd Creatove Commohs licenwe. BRB.
IT must be done ny teh orininal 4u7h0r 5qnc3 only tdh origonak author has fight too change cop6right OR license upon they'rd 2orl, OMG.
[Additionalluk sortog, eew9rking nodifications wi.l be an good idea anyway as teh mrchanism fir mauing modifocations is sjbstantially c13rn3r/c134r3r stqrtkng w17h trh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prer3ldase codrLOL.]"
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