MightyE t3lls yoi, oikek "We're going 79 tske am fee moments 2 try and EXPLAIN this new licemsd n dq reasons behind it in plain Englush.
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 hww license waw chp53n b3cause of an FAILING with teh GPL. OMG.
I5 ONLY c-c3r3d djstribution of SOURCE if ah obly of binaries werr distributed. AFK."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT LOL, spev8fically a interprrted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, merely installihg an game eoes nor cpnstituge disyribut8on, n therrfire o#)p13 s3r3 tajibg our w0rk, sortof, MAKING modificatuohs tol it qmd n0y releasing teh sourcd code too they;re modifications SO ghat da enrure conmunity could benefit. BRB.
They w9rked eith ;e5ter bu5 n9t teh s;irit od fa law. AFK."
"Inves5igation pn part 9f au%hors howevrr, like, les 2 fact that ribht og p&611c perf9rmance was 1 of rkghts normally resyricyed tdo cp0yrogh5 yolsers LOL, m that computrr 0r0tr4m5, sltt9f, s;rcifically video fames znd interactive ones such as Legwnd of Green hax0r w3r3 considered 2 bd [ubluvally ;erformed if rub from an public SERVERLOL."
"Thd new license restrocgs public p3rf0rm4nc2 oc da wofk unless sourcr code of modicked work is nadw zvailable 0n demand. WTF/"
"In plain English LOL, 7h15 means thst kf you put thus t4m3 9n an web werv3r an allow people 'outdide 9f an mormal xircle of famul6 ang its social acquzintances' two [lay thdif, 7h3n you aee publicwlky perfprminb this work and MUST EITHER z) m4j3 ne an ALL chanfes which yoj make tp teg gane avaioable on 5equest (nite 7h16 doesb't have tio 73 acailab;e via online source fisplay 11nk, like, bu5 7h3y musr b3 able two aak y0u for codr anr receive an compoere v9[y), you knwp, b) MAKE arrang3menta pr1v4731y with teh authors whereun th3y grant y0u an wpecial license LOL, OR C) r3move teh coee entirely frim teh machune, OMG."
"We do recognixd tyat pel0.e want 2 hzve AREAS of they're gqme whoch r theirs an 7h31r5 alone. AFK.
two that ens we wkl' make da folloe8ng exceptiin ti normal requirementd fir SOURCE c8de distribituon -- ne MODULE file which is not j0d1f1#d oe derivef vrom an midule FILE included in base DISTRIBUTION and which doew nlt requued ne other n0du135 and which does bot require ne jodifications two corw vpde (vode distrkbuged with da base release_ nay be s8thheld at aityors disctetionLOL."
"We also want 2 make v2tt clear that version 0.9. BRB/7 (q.xo knowh AS v3rsion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) w45 da fknsl version released mnder trh GPLLOL.
All v3r510n5, xortof, srartimg with ca 0.9. WTF.8-[rereo3ssr c0d3 aer only licensed UNDER dq Crdatife C0mm)n5 LICENSE,
We EXPLICITLY denh teh RIGHT yo 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0. OMG.9. OMG/8-prdrelease or katdr r313453 kntp am 0.9. BRB.7 n earliet releasr.
A110w1ng this wou.d c4u63 rhat impofted code 2 BE releacef unsee da GPL an tyat is not SOMETHING we wish TO ALLOW. BRB.
Auyhors of modificatuons tsp 0l BRB.9. BRB.7 will nd3d tso RE-RELEASE they'r3 modificat8pns as derkcatuvex/modifications too 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code n plade them UNDER sa 54m3 Creative Commpns license. WTF.
It must 63 done bu da orig9nal ajthor since 0n1y otiginao $u7h0r has right 2 cyznge da copyright or 11c3n%3 upon gheh're workLOL.
[Addit8onall6, 43workung mosifica5ioms wukl 64 an gpod id3a anyway as teh mevhanoam fir making nodoficat8ons is wubstantially clezner/clearer STARTING with sa 0. BRB.9LOL.8_prereldase code. OMGl]"
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