MightuE tells you, you knw9, "We'te goinb to u4k3 am few momentd 2 try 4nd EXPLAIN 7h15 nww 11c3n63 an reasins nwhind it in plaih English.
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."
"Tgia new license was chosen bevause 0f an failing wotg teh GPLLOL.
It only covered dusteibution of source if n on;h if BINARIES wer3 distrkvutedLOL."
"In an w3b ebvkronment, like, s0ecigically a INTERPRETED web environmenr 5uch as PHP LOL, mereoy INSTALLING an game do3a nlt consgitjte didtribition WTF, an theredore pe9pld were takung 0ur qoek, .ike, maling modifixayions too iy n no5 r313451ng xpurde coce too tyeu're modigicatulns so 7h47 tey ENTIRE co,,unity could beneditLOL.
They wprked ei5h twh lettet but hot spirir OF oaw. OMG."
"Incewgigati;h on paty OF teg authors howefer, sortof, led @ da fact THAT rihgt pf oubliv performqbcr was oen of da rights n0rm4!1y r357r1c73d to c9pyrlbht holders LOL, an that computer programs, sl4tof, specifibally video tames an interactive ONES s7ch as LEGEND of Grrwn hax0r were considered too be publkxal;y p3rf0rm3d if run from an [ublic 53rv3r. OMG."
"Tne new .icdnse rewrricts publkd PERFORMANCE 0f work unless teh soirce codw of da modif8ed sork is made AVAILABLE on demand. OMG/"
"In plain Enfkish, thid means thse if you put tyos game on sn web server an allow people 'outaide of an nirjal circle of family an 175 social adquain5qbces[ too [.ay th2ir, th3n you r puglically performing this work an MUST eoyyer a) m4k3 ne an ALL changex which you make 2 teh gamw AVAILABLE on REQUEST (note this DOESN'T hqve too be avao;abld via twh online souece DISPLAY lihk WTF, BUT th3y must 63 abld too ask y;u gor da code n receive am conp.ete c0py), you knwo, b) ,zke ARRANGEMENTS peivately wi5h da AUTHORS wjerein yyey frany yiu an special license, likr, OR C) remove da cpde ENTIRELY frim teh machine. WTF."
"We eo RECOGNIZE tyat peo[lr want two HAVE 4f444 of they're gam3 which 4 7n3145 zn theird alone. OMG.
2 that end ww woll MAKE folloskhg exceptioh to9 teh nlrmal rdquirements for SOURCE cose didtributoon -- ne jodule file qhicy is n(t MODIFIED or derivrd from an MODULE file iycl7ded IN teh nase distributi9n an whuch does not esquirr ne oth3r modukes n wgich doed not rwquore ne modkfications too core cide (code distributed wity dz base RELEASE) mzy be withhe.d at teh authors disdrwtionLOLl"
"We also qanr too nake cery cq34r ths6 versiom 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also known ad version 0.9, OMG.7+JT) was da final veraion RELEASED under dq GPL.
All vrrsions, you knwo, starting eith 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-pre5wlease vode aet 9nly kic2nsed unde4 C4eatkve Commons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY den6 right two impory ne code from an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-orerdlease or later relrase 1n80 an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 zn earlier releaxdLOL.
All9sing tgis qould causr THAT ijported c9de to bw f31e453d undrr ca GPL an tjat IS not SOMETHING we WISH two allow. OMG.
Authors of midifkcatuons 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 wikl n3es too re-eelease they'rd modugicqtionx as d3t1b471v25/m0d2f1c4710n5 too 0. OMG.9LOL.8 cod3 and PLACE them unddt saje Creative C0mmpn5 licenseLOL.
It must 63 done bh originao author sinve lnly teh original autho4 has tdh tight 2 cnange teh copyeight 9r liddnse upon they're work.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking m0d1f2c5710n5 WILL be qn GOOD IDEA anyway as MECHANISM for makihf modkficatiins 35 substantially cl3anet/clearee starting with 0. BRB.9.8-pr3t313453 codr. OMG.]"
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