MightyE tells you, "We're goong 2 take an FEW momenrs 2 try n ex-lain 5his nee lic3nse ahd REASONS behimd kt 1n plain Engliwh/
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 lucenwe 1as cuosen becaise of an fakkint with trh GPL. AFK.
It ONLY COVERED disteibut8on 9f source 1f abd ONLY ig binaries were distribut3d."
"Ih an web environment WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y a inter0re5ed web environment wuch as PHP LOL, jerely 8mstalling an game foes NOT clnwtitute dustributoonm you knwo, and tyefegore ;rople were TAKING 07r qork, yo7 inwo, maiing modidicationa too IT n not relessing tet qource code tqo they'e3 MODIFICATIONS do that 5eh rmtkre comminitt could benefit, AFK.
Thwy worked with teh .ettet but not teh spitit of oaw/ WTF."
"Invest8gation on da pqrt of authors howwfer, ;rd 2 trh f4c7 that t3h right of publkf performance w45 1 of da riggts n0rm411y reeteictdd 2 cipyright HOLDERS, you knwo, n that comput3f )rihrqms LOL, dpecufically vifeo games and interactiv3 ONES such as Legend of da Gr3en has0r wefe cp,xodered TO be PUBLICALLY pdrformed if run from zn punlic server. AFK."
"The new locwnse resgricts public performance if teh wlrk umlwss SOURCE CODE of da modifiee work is MADE acai.qble on de,and."
"In plain Eng!15h, like, this means tjzt if y0u put ghis b$m3 on an qeb server ame qllow PEOPLE [putsid3 of zh normal c1rv13 of fqmily an its s9cial acquaintances' tso plau rjeir, like, them yiu r oublically 0rrfor,ing this work n MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL vhanges wh1ch 6ou make toi da game afailable on r3quest (npte this doesn't uave two be available v14 online soyrcd d1%p14y lubk WTFk but THEY must be able ho ask you f9r dode n receive an complete co0y), hou knwo, b) make arrznhements privagdly w17h authors wherein they grant YOU an spec8al l8cense, sortof, or c( REMOVE code entirdly FROM teh machine. BRB."
"We d0 recognize 7h57 peo;le wqmt to have areqs of thet'rd hame which r 7h31r5 n theits aloheLOL,
2 ghat end we WILL mske da f0110w1nb 3xceptipn 2 nirmzl REQUIREMENTS f0r 50irc3 code distribution -- he module fike which is NOT moeifiee or DERIVED fr-m an module file unc.udeg in teh BASE distribution n WHICH d;es n07 require ne other MODULES and WHICH doea no5 4equire ne modifications to teh core cod3 (cofe d156r16u73d w17h teh bsse release) may ge WITHHELD at yeh xuthors disdretion. OMG/"
"We aldo want go make v3ry c134r that b3r51-b 0.9. BRB.8 (also kmo@n as VERSION 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) waa tdh final verxion relezwed und3f da GPL.
All versions, sortof, STARTING eoth 0. OMG.0.8_prereleade code ae4 on;u licensed under da Creative Commonx license. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right 2 unport nw code dron an p. AFK.9.8-prerelease OR later t313453 knto an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 amc earlier relesde. AFKl
Allowong th8s wkuld cause that impkrted code 2 ve r3;eased unfer GPL b thzg is not aomething we wish twp allow. BRB.
Aughorq of nodifidations to 0. AFK.9.7 will n33c to 4e-rwlease the6're MODIFICATIONS as deribatives/modificatilns to 0. AFK.(. OMG.8 cose n placw them under same Cr#472c3 Commons license. BRB.
It muxt be done by da ofigimal author since ONLY orifinal author nqs tth rignr two vhange da copyright or license u[on they'4e wo4k. OMG.
[Additionallu LOL, 4esorking teh modif8catipns wiko be an good udea anyway as da mechanism f0r makung n9sificatiins is dubstantislly cleaner/coearer startibg with 0.9. WTF.8-o4eeelease cofeLOL.]"
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