MightyE te;la you, sortof, "We'rd going 53o tale an few momebys to try an explain gjid hew kicense ane reasons brhond it in plakn 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 21cen53 was chosen becayse 9f an fzil7hg with teh GPL.
It only doverrd distributiin of so74ce 7f an 9n2y if BINARIES were distributed, OMG."
"In an web ebfironment. li,w, specifically a ingerpreted web environmeb4 xucg as PHP LOL, MERELY 8nstallinh ah game does not cobstityte distributi0n, an therefore ;eoplr were takihg our w0rk, likek making m0s1f2c4710n6 too IT and npt releasing dq source c0d3 to they're mldificatiohs so that ENTIRE c0mmun17h xould bendfir. AFK.
They worked wigy teh letter but NOT teh sp8rit ov .aa. AFK."
"Investigati9n 0n teh 0art og a7thors gowever, 13d to da faxt that RIGHT ov public ;erfoemance was 1 od rihhfs NORMALLY RESTRICTED two copyright holders, like, and 7h48 comluter programs, like, spedkfically v8deo ha,es h intersctive ones SUCH AS LEGEND ov 5eh GREEN hax0t were considered TO b# publ8cally PERFORMED if run from an pu511c 53rv3r. WTF."
"Thr new LICENSE restricts p7tlic ;errormanve of da work um/ess teh 50urc3 cofe of modified work is msde availablr oh DEMAND. WTF."
"In pla8n English, like, THIS means that IF YOU PUT 7n15 game on an web aerver n 411-w people 'ojgsode of an noemal c1rc1$ 0f famoly AND ITS social acquakntabces' too play their, you knwo, 7h3n yiu qrr PUBLICALLY p3rfprm2ng THIS work and MUST either a) mak3 ne an ALL CHANGES which you MAKE ro reh gsmw 4v4114413 lb request (NOTE this doesn't have @ 63 avqulabld vis da online source d8splst LINK LOL, bj5 THEY kusb v3 ablr twl ask you for teh codd an feceive an dompleye copu), l8kw, n) make 4rr4ng3,3n75 privately with 5eh withors wh3rein thdy gr4n7 you an apecial ,icenxe WTF, oe c) remove da code wnti4elt fro, teh mzchine. BRB/"
"We do rwcognize &hr& people 2ant 2 nave areas of theu'r3 gaje which a3r theids an THEIRS alone. OMG.
too THAT ebd WE eill makr teh follosing exce0tion ro teh notmal requiremd,5s for source code distribu5ion -- be module file which ks not modivied of derived from am module file 1nc1ud3d 1n da base DISTRIBUTION n whicj cors NOT requir3 nw ither nodulea an which does not re1uire ne joeufidations 2 cpre code (codr DISTRIBUTED with sz basr telease) may be ekthyeld AT da 4u7hpr5 discretion. WTF."
"We also want two make vdry clear that version 0. OMG.9l7 (also KNOWN as v3f610n 0l AFK/9. WTF.7+jt) was teh finsl v3e51pn releqsed inder da GPL. WTF.
All versions, you ,mwo, statyomg WITH teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prdrrleas3 c0c3 awt only licehswd under Creative COMMONS licenae.
We EXPLICITLY drny da r1gh7 goo import ne dofw frim qn 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pferelease or later r31e453 intl an 9. BRB.9. WTF.7 n eqtlier rrlease. AFK.
A110wqng tuis wpuod cause that imported CODE two bw released uhder ds GPL n thzr is not somethkbg w3 wish tip qllow.
Ajthofs of modifications 1 0/ AFK.9. BRB.7 wikl nerd 1 re-reoeaa3 they're modivicatiobs as d3rivqtives/modifixations tio 9. BRB.9. AFK.8 code an place them und3t sa samw Creative C9mmons 11x3n$3/ AFK.
It nust 63 cone by tdh original auth8r since only da original AUTHOR has teh right two change t3h cppyrught lr license upon tjeu'rd w0rk. WTF.
[Additionakly, s9etov, 4ewoek8mf mocifkcztoons will be an good 8dea anywat as teh mechamism fof m4k!ng modicica5ions os substantially dleanee;clearer starting with ea 0.9. WTF.8-pretwleaxe codeLOL.]"
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