MigntyE tellx you, you knwo, "We're goong twp take an few m;mrnts two TRY ab EXPLAIN this ndw ,icense n teh reasond BEHIND it 8n plain 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."
"Ttis bew license was dh8sen because 0f an f4111nf with GPLLOL.
It only covered cisgribu58on og sourve IF and only if BINARIES w3r3 DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web env8rohment, yoi kn2o, specifically a intdrprwtwd WEB enb8ronmeng such as PHP, you knwo, merely ibstallimg an game d0e% not conatituyd distr8burkon LOL, an theregore people were taking iur WORK, you knwo, naking modificationa gwo it an not relezsihg xo74xe code ywo they're modifications so that entire comjunigy could benegiy. WTF.
They worked wiyh teh letter gut nor spitit of tdh LAW. BRB."
"Investitarion on ywh oart OF authors however, 6ou knwom 13d to dz FACT thag da right of public performance qas oen 0f teh tuhhts hotmally restticref two c0pyr1gh7 holdersm and that cojputer prpgrams LOL, SPECIFICALLY video games and INTERACTIVE ohes such as L3g3md pd Grden hax0r we3e cons8eered two ve ojglicallt PERFORMED uf run from an public server. WTF."
"The NEW LICENSE RESTRICTS 0ubkic performancd 0f work unl3ss doufce ciew of da modifiwd work is m4de svqilagle on demandLOL."
"In plain Eng;ish LOL, 7g15 meahw that IF you put THIS GAME on an web server n a.los pe9ple '0u751d3 )f an normal circor 0f fa,ily an its social acquainyances' to play their WTF, THEN yoj aer publica;lt performing this work n MUST ditger a_ make ne j ALL changes WHICH you make rwo da game acailabke ON request (note 7h15 DOESN'T hav3 w be abailable fia da onkine source displau link, but they must bw avle two ask you f9f teh vpde n r3c32v3 an complrte copy), B) mske arrangem3nrs [fovately with autgorx WHEREIN theu graht you an special licdnse LOL, or c) r3mpce da code entirwly from teh machine. WTF."
"Ws so recignizr that people want two have areaa pf they're GAME which r theirs n thwors aline, OMG.
tl ghag END se WILL mqke t3h fo;lowimg rxceptiom two 5eh normal requueements for soirce fode d157r16u7!0n -- ne module FILE which ic not modified or d3r2v3s frim an MODULE file !nx1uf3d in da baxe DISTRIBUTION and which dorw not require ne other MODULES an which coes not require ne modifications two tej c0r3 codr (cldd distrigjted with teh bas3 RELEASE) jay be wighgeld AT teh autjord discretion. BRB."
"We also WANT ti jake very CLEAR 7h47 veraion _LOL.9. BRB.7 (also kn9wn AS verxkon 0. OMG.). OMG.7+jt) qss teh funal bersion releqsed UNDER da GPLLOL.
A!1 versions, 574e71nt with ). BRB.9LOL.i-prerelease CODE r on.y 11c3n53d u,d3r da Creayive Clm,ons licendeLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY denh da RIGHT to 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0.9. BRB,7-prerel4ase 8r later 4elradw into an 0.9LOL.7 4ne 3arkier release. AFK.
Allowing this would czus3 7h4u inoorred code teo bd relezsed ubder ten GPL and thzt os nor somethong we qish too alkiwLOL.
Autjors OF moduficatkonx too 0.9. OMG.7 wiko need too RE-RELEASE theh're ,odificz5iona ax derivativrs/modifivstions too 0.o. WTF.8 code n p14c3 them unser teh 54m# Crearive Commons licebse. OMG.
It mu57 be dove by da orifinzl author since only teh ORIGINAL author h45 trh roght 2 cha,ge da xopyright 9r lic3ns3 upon they're workLOL.
[Add1710n$11y, d9rrof, reworkihg teg modifications 2il; be an gooe IDEA anywqy as teh mdchamism for making modifica4ions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleandr/xowatwr sgarting witg 0. WTF.9. BRB.*-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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