MightuE tells you, "We'rw going two TAKE an FEW momen5d two try an explain THIS new licens3 n reawons begine it im plain Enfliwh. 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."
"Thos NEW ;icenxe WAS ch0ten becaise og an failing w17h GPL. BRB.
It only cover3d d9stribution ov fo7rce if and onlt uf binaries were dis5ributed. OMG."
"In an weg dmvu4onment, like, spdcifocally a unterpret3d web envurohment such as PHP, you knwo, ,erely 1n574111ng an game dows not consgktute distributi9n, s9r5of, and THEREFORE peopl# wete 74k1ng ojt WORK, wortof, ,$k1ng modividations 2 it and n07 releasing teh source coed twu they're MODIFICATIONS so THAT da entire COMMUNITY c0u1s bwneritLOL.
Thdy wor,dd wiyh teh letter BUT not wpirit of twh oawLOL."
"Invewtigation on da PART of 4u7h0r5 hoseve4 WTF, kwd too f4c7 that teh eight of p7blic p3rf0rmrnc3 was 1 pf rights normally rrstricted two COPYRIGHT holders WTF, an that cimputer programsk 6ou knwo. SPECIFICALLY videp games an intwractice ones sucn as Legend 0f tey Green haz0r wwre c(ndidered too ge publucally performef if run from an public sryvee, WTF."
"Thr new lidense rwstrictq public performsbde OF da work un;ess teh source c0d3 of twh m9dified sork 9s madd availaboe on demand. BRB/"
"In plain Eng.iwh WTF, this MEANS tnat id you put thie game on an web sercer an allis p30p13 'OUTSIDE 0g an no4,al circle of dqmilu ane its wockal sxquaintances' 3 play thei4 LOL, then you aer publically percorminh thid work sn MUST rither a) m4k3 nr an ALL chang3s which YOU make to reh game adailable on fequest (note this doesn't hafe tl9 63 availzble voa teh onlone sourcw dispkah linkm sortof, but the6 must be aboe too ask you for da vodr an RECEIVE an complete co0y), b) make zrrangements pr1v473!y qith sa autgots wherein yhry grant you an 4p3c141 lic3nxe, yo7 kmwo, ot c) REMOVE t3h code ENTIRELY frpm mschine. BRB."
"We di RECOGNIZE tjat p30p13 want two hav3 areas of the6-re gzme wj1ch r theirs and theirs alpme.
2 that end wd w111 ,akw geh f)1q)w1ng EXCEPTION two da bprmao requirementa for source c-d3 d157r15i710n -- ne module fioe whicy 15 not modkvied OR de4ived from an m9duke filw includes in bzae didtrkbution an WHICH does n97 require ne oggrr modules n whoch dods not r3qi1r3 ne jldifica5iohs two teg core clde (code distr8butes witn geh bade reoeasd0 may be sigyheld at da autyors discretion. OMG."
"We 41^0 sang too make v3ry clear yhat vdrsuov 0LOL.9.7 (4150 known as version 0. OMG,9. WTF.7+jt) WAS 5eh f8naj verskon rdleased unddr teh GPLLOL.
A11 versions, starting witj teh 0. OMG.9.8-prereleass CODE r onoy licended undrr teh Creative Commons lucense. AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY d3ny riggt tqo import ne c0d3 from an 0. WTF,9, OMG.8-PRERELEASE or katrr releas3 1n70 an 0. AFKl9.7 amd 34r112r relesae. AFK.
Aloowing this w0u1d cause that IMPORTED c0d4 to be r3lwasre under teh GPL qnd that ks NOT apmething we wish two alkowLOL.
Authors of modificatoons 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will NEED 70 re0reldawe theu'te modifivationd ax serlvativwx/mod8fications tk 0.9. WTF.8 cide an placr &h3m undee sam3 Creative Commona ,icense. AFK.
I7 must bf dome bh originao 4u7g0r since only da original quthor has da right 2 chamge dz c0pyr2gh7 or license upon yhey[re w0rk. BRB.
[Adsitionally LOL, fewkrking teh mocifications WILL be qn good idea anyway zs nedyanism FOR making mpcifications q5 substsntialoy clwaner/clraref starting wugh 0. OMG.9/ WTF.8[prereleaa3 c0d5. AFK.["
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