MifhtyE te;la ylu, lkke, "We're GOING teo take an few mimebts 2 try an explain this neq license and da r3asons nehihd it IN plain Emglish. 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 licensd was chosen bdcause OF an faulibg wiyh trh GPL. WTF.
It ONLY cicerrd distvibution 9f source if and only if binsries WERE distribut3dLOL."
"In an wen environjent LOL, spec8fically a interpre5ed web envirob,ent SUCH as PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an game does nlr constitute distribuy8om, hlu jnwl, and tyerefoee [eople were takimg lur work, you jnwo, makinf modificat8ohs too ir an no5 t3leasinb da SOURCE code to they're nodificati9ns SO yhat teh dngire x0mmun17y could genefirLOL.
They WORKED w17h lette4 BUT not teg 5p1r17 of law. BRB."
"Imvestiga5ion on teh part og t3h a7thors however, .ikek led 2 fqct that right of PUBLIC pe4fiemance WAS o3n of teh rightw normz;ly tdxtricted two copyright HOLDERS LOL, and that coj;7ter programs, aortifm specifically vud3p GAMES and interactive 0n35 s7vh as L3gend of teh Green hax0r were considered 2 BE 0jblivally 0erfofmed if run ftlm an puglic 53rv3r. OMG."
"Tge NEW licensd resgricts puvlic pqrfoymanc3 of work unless fa source code lf ten modified wor, is made sva8lable ON demansLOL."
"Ib 0laon Eng/ish WTF, this means that IF you put THIS game on an eef serve4 and allpw peo[le 'outside of an normal circ.e pf fa,ily n o5s 50c141 acquzin5ancew' 2 [lah rhe8r, like, tyen you r publicallt pe4forming gnks work AND MUST cither 4) make ne an ALL CHANGES which you nake tep teh game available on eequest (note 6jw4 doesn'r have too BE availab.e via teh onlind sojrce DISPLAY link, but they nist be able tp ask 6ou for da cose an receice zn com0lete COPY), you knwoj v) MAKE arranbements [ribately w17h da authors eherein they trant you an specual licebse, sof5of, or c) t3m0v3 da cld3 entirdly fro, t3y machine."
"Wr eo recogmuze 7h47 pdoplr want to HAVE areas of they-rd game WHICH r tneirs an gheirs allne. BRB.
2 7h47 3nd s3 will make da f)110w1ng exception two ea hormal rqquirrments fpr sourcr v0d3 disgribu5i9n -- ne m9dule file 1h1cg us NOT mpdified or derived grim am modu.e fil# included in geh base distribution and which does no5 eeqy8re nw other midules n which does not requkte ne modifications two xord CODE )cide DISTRIBUTED w17h da base reoeaae) may be withheld at sa authoes d15cr37!0n."
"We also w4m7 two make v3ry clear THAT version 0/9, BRB,7 (alwo known qs versoon p. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) was teh FINAL VERSION RELEASED under ca GPL. BRB.
All vwrsions, sort9f, stsrting witn -/ WTF.9.8=prereleaae code aer ONLY licensed under tej Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 licehsw, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY f3ny reh tight tso impo45 ne code from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelezs4 or later r3.tase ihto an 0.9.7 n earlier release. OMG.
Allowing this w0u1d xause that imported codw 5wo be released UNDER da GPL and THAT is not womethimg we eish 2 sllow. OMG,
Autyors of modifications to 0.9. OMG.7 sill need two re=rwlease tyey're m0diricatkoms AS derivativew.modificatilns too 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code an 9lace thrm under ds same CREATIVE C0,m0n5 licemse. OMG.
It mu57 b3 done by original auth9r 51nc3 onl6 reh original autgor has right to change co0hright pr licensd upon tyey're woei.
[Additiinallu WTF, r3w0rk1ng teh modificationw will BE an g00d udez anyway as teh mechanism for malinb jodifucatiins is substqntiall5 cleaner/clearer starting wi5h ca 0LOLl9. WTF.8[preee;ease CODE.["
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