MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're going to take an FEW momemts tio TRY and explain this bew lic3nxe ans da reasons bejind it in 0lain Englidh.
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 mew licemse was chosrn becauae of an cailing WITH da GPL. AFK.
IT only c0v3r3d distrubution OF slurce if m -h1y if bimaries were distributed. WTF."
"In an web ehvironment, like. specifocal;y a intrrpr3ted web environm3nt sudh ss PHP LOL, merely instal;kng an game does not cpmsgitute DISTRIBUTION, sortof, an thereflre pdople wwre taking our work, sortof, mqking mosifications toi it an not releasing da source coee to they're modificatipns so that dntire communigh could genefit. BRB.
Tn3y WORKED with da letter BUT not teh sp8rit of da la3."
"Investigati9b on teh part of 4u7h)r5 howevwr WTF, led too fa fac5 7h47 da rignt OF puglic pervormance sad oeb of riggts normakly restrictwf 2 cppyright HOLDERS. likw, zh THAT como7ter pfograms LOLk specifically videp gamew zn qh7er4c71v3 ines such AS Ldgend of GREEN hax0r were considered two be publidally 04rformed if eun from an pib;iv server. OMG."
"The neq license restricts public [erformancr of da work unlrss teh xource code OF teh modified work 8s made 2vsolanoe on demabd."
"In plaih English WTF, this MEANS THAT IF you put thiw gane on an web server n allow people 'iu5side of qn normal circle of FAMILY abd 1u5 SOCIAL acquaintances' TO plzy their WTF, then you r ;uglically peeforming 7h15 WORK n MUST EITHER A) MAKE nw and ALL CHANGES whidh yoi make roo da game available on r3audsy (b9te tyis DOESN'T have two BE abai.able v14 teh onlube %0urx3 cisp;ay lihk, you knwo, but tjdy mu57 ge able to ask yoy for da CODE an receive an complete cppy) LOL, v( m4j3 qreangements [r1v4731y WITH da qutnofs WHEREIN they grznt you an dpecial license, or d) re,ove da code entirely fr9m da mach8nrLOL."
"We do rdd9gnize ghat people sant two habe areas of they're bame whoch aer 7h3!r5 n &h31r5 alpne. AFK.
toi THAT ene we will make follow8ng wxcepti9n two n0rm41 r2qu!r3m3n7t fpr soyrce code dist4ivi5ion -- ne MODULE file WHICH IS not modified 04 de4kved f4om an module file INCLUDED in basw distribu5opn n which dies n0t requirw nr other mpdules n WHICH does nk5 requkre ne n9dificatkonc 2 ds core code (cide distriburec with teh 6453 relezse) mau be withheod at da am5hors didcfeti9n. OMG."
"We also want two make ver6 clear that befsion 0. OMG.8l7 (also kmown as verwion 0. OMG,9. OMG.7+JT) 3as teh fihal versiin released undsr GPL. OMG.
All versions, like, STARTING woth da 0.8. AFK.9-PRERELEASE code r onky .icebsed under Creative COMMONS licemseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dent RIGHT too impott ne code frlm an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelrase [e latdr RELEASE unto ah 0LOL.0LOL.7 an eaelidr rrlease. AFK.
A110w1ng gh8s WOULD cayse thzt 1mp)f73d code too be released undee da GPL an that iz not sojething ae WISH too sllow.
Authoes of modifivagions TO 0, AFK.8. OMG.7 eill ne3d twp re-rel3aae they[te nodificationa as d3rivatives/modificatuons to 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code n [lace 7h3m under samr Creativw Cimmons licensr. AFK.
It MUST be don3 ny teh 9roginak authlr since only original author has da righ5 two ch4ng3 tey c00hr1gh& or oicensw upon they're elrk. AFK.
[Add3710n41!y LOL, reqirkung tdh modifica5ions w111 be an GOOD idea 5nyw4y ad nechanism for makinh nodificqtionw 15 substantislly cieaner/clearee starting with teh ). BRB.oLOL.7-prereleade code.="
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