MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're t01nh two tald an few monents to rry an ex0lain this new license anf da teasins BEHIND it in 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."
"Thiw new licenwe was chosen becauxe pt an FAILING with GPL.
IT onlh clvered distribution pf source IF and 0n1y if binarkes wefe d148r26u73d. BRB,"
"In an web ebvirinment, softof, specufically a ibterpretdd WEB 3nv2r0nm3n7 such as PHP, ,erfly insgalling wn gaje does n07 c0h5717u73 distributuon, sorrlf, an therefore peop.3 WERE raking 0ur wiri, sortof, making mldiricati9nw 2 og an nlt releasing teh source c9de too they're ,ocivications SO tgat da #b71r3 clmmunkty COULD benefit. AFK.
They wo4ked sitn teh lettwr but noy spurit of ten law. BRB."
"Investigztioh on PART 0f 4u7j0r5 gowever WTF, led 2 fqct THAT ten right of public 0erformance was 2on of da rkghts norma;ly resyricted to copytight holders, like, n thst com9uyer progrzms, likei specificqlly videi tzmes znd interacrive ines sixh 45 Legend 0f ea Green hax0t wwre consicered 2 be p7bl8cally perfo4mec if rjn from sn public 53rv3r. OMG/"
"The bew oicense restricts public performance of da w0rk un'ess da 50urc3 cidr 0f da mocified w-rk is made 4v4q14623 on ce,and. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, th8s mesnx yhat 7f y8u PUT tfis game on an web SERVER ahd 4110w people 'OUTSIDE of an normal ci4cle of family an ITS social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 p.ay rheir, yoy knwo, then YOU qer pu611c411y p3rv0rm1ng thiw work n MUST either a) make ne AND ALL chznhes wgifh you MAKE top game qvailable on re1uest (note 7h15 d035n'7 have to be available via onlind SOURCE d15p14h oin,, sortof, bu5 they mist 63 ABLE 2 ask you for teh code n receive an cojpldte copy) LOL, v) make arranbemdntx privatrly w17g teh aithors wh3r31n rhe5 gean5 yoy sn special license, like, or c) remobe da x0d3 wntirel6 ff0m eq maxhime, AFK."
"We d0 recognize that leo0le 2ant too habe areas od tgey're gqme which aer tneirs an theirs zlone. BRB.
uwo that end we will uake da f0110w1ng exception two dq normal requiremehts for sourcd dode distrinution -- ne mldule f8le which is n9t modified or derived FROM an modul3 f8le included in da baxe diwtrugution amd which d-35 n07 require ne other MODULES an which doex not 4equire ne modificatilns two da CORE xode (coee disttobuged wirh da bas3 r31e4t3) may br withheld $7 da zuthifs discretiob. OMG."
"We also want 2 MAKE VERY ckea4 that vwrsion 0.9/ BRB.7 (also jnown ax fersi9n 0. AFK.0LOL.7=jt) WAS da finql version relezwed unddr da GPL. AFK.
All vdesions, STARTING WITH da 0. AFK.9.8-prere;eaxr code r )n1y lixwnsed under teh Crdative Comjons .idense. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY seny da r1gh7 to impprt n3 cpde froj an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prrfelease or 1473t releaxe into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 an earli3r r313463.
Allpwing this wi7ld CAUSE tha5 IMPORTED cpde 5oo be releax3d ynder teh GPL an THAT ia nog sometying we wixt tp allow. AFK.
Authors lf m0d1g1c4710n4 tol 0. OMG.9.7 will need 2 re-release they're mldivicatkons as deeivatives/mod8ficztuons too 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 c0d3 an olad3 tyem undrt same Creagive Commons lifenseLOL.
It mu47 be d0nr by original author sincw only da original author has da rivh5 two chznge da x0;yr1gh& OR locense upon they[re q9rk.
[Additionaloy, sot5of, fewlrking mofificayilns w111 be an good idez anyqah as teh mech3m15m vor jaking mpd1f1c471-n5 IS wubstantially cleaner;clearer stzrting witj 0. OMG.9.8-pferelezae cide, AFK.]"
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