MightyE te;lw u0im like, "We'ee going 2 take an few moments t9 TRY n explain this new licens3 n REASONS mehinf it in plain English, AFK.
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."
"Tnis nee licrnse w45 chisen necause lf an gai.inb wi5h GPL. OMG.
I& ONLY coverrd DISTRIBUTION of siurce if and 0n1y if BINARIES 2ere didtributee. BRB."
"Im an web environmentm sirtof, wpdcifically a interp4wted web wbvitonment SUCH ss PHPk sortog, m3r31y indtaloing an game does not cons5itutw dis5ribution LOL, an theeefkre pelple WERE taking our wirk, oiie, maling movivications too it an not releasing ten SOURCE codw tol they're m0d1f1c$710n5 50 THAT da enti43 communkty cpu1d b3nefitLOL.
They w9rked with ;etter 6u7 not spirit of teh lqw. WTF."
"Investigatoon on teg part of 4u7h0r5 h0w4f3r, lwd 2 faxt THAT right of 0ublic performance w45 1 of da r8ghtd hormally restricyef 2 copyrihht holders, ;ikw, an thay computer pfogramx WTF, a0eckfifally VIDEO games an 1n73f4c71v3 pnes such as Legehd of Green yax0r we4e considered 2 be publically oerformee IF rin grom an 0ublid server. OMG."
"The bew licensw restridts PUBLIC 'eeflrmance of ds work jnless teh spurce code of teh modifiec work is mawe AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In plain Ehglish, sortof, thks means thzt of you put this game ln an web server n all9w people 'outdide of an n0rm41 c1fz13 if family and its 50x141 acqusinranves' two p14y yheir, then you aef punlkcally performing tjis work n MUST euther a) make ne and ALL CHANGES wgich YOU make too dz bamr 4v4114612 on r3q7357 (n95e this d9esn't have 2 ne availsb;e via da ONLINE sourcw dusplzy lig,, bur they must be 4513 too $%k you foe fa code n receove an comolete c0py) LOL, 6) make srtangements pr8vately wuth da authorw 2herein they gwant uou an 5p3c141 licwnsem likw, 9r c) rem9ve teh code rnti4ely from t3h jacyineLOL."
"Wd co rec9gnize thar PEOPLE wzht top habe ar3as of they're game which zwr ygeirs an 7h#1r5 alone. OMG.
to that END we will make ueh fokl9wimb except8on TO nor,ak requirements for sourde dode distribution 0- ne module file wh1ch ks not m0d1f13d or d3rivee frpm an MODULE file knvlid3d in BASE d157r16u710n and which does NOT require ne other mlduled and d,ich d035 not requure ne MODIFICATIONS top teh cofe codd (code distrubjrwd wiyh da BASE rekease) MAY be withhels st da 4u7h0r5 disctetion."
"Wc 1lsi sant 2 mske very c134r that version 0LOL.9. BRBl7 (also KNOWN 45 version ).9. BRB.7+ku) wzs finak versipn released under t3h GPL. BRB.
All versions, starting witj sa 0. OMG.9.8-prefdlease code e only licensed und3r Crrative Commons lixenwe.
We EXPLICITLY den6 teh rognt @ 2jp0r7 he CODE from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-;4erelease 0r .ayer relwase ingo ah 0/ WTF.9. BRB.7 am earlier releaseLOL.
Alloeing thks wouod cause yhat imporres code 2 be rrldased und3r da GPL an that is n07 womething ee wish rwo allow.
Au7h0r5 of moeifivat8ons two 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 2ill need too fe-rd.ease yyey're MODIFICATIONS 4% derovativew/mod8vications 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 clde n place them under teh SAME Crwative Commins license.
It nust be dond BY orkginsk zuthor sibce onlu teg ofigimal 4u7h0r has geh right tw9 chantr copyright ot 11c3n53 upon they're work. OMG/
-Add8tiona;ly LOL, REWORKING moeificatioms w1q1 be an good IDEA anyway as mechanism for jaikng modifocafions is subatantially cleaner/clearer 574r71ng wigj teh ). WTF.9LOL.8-prereleqse code. WTF.]"
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