MightyE tells youm sortof, "We'ee g01nh yo take an few momrnts tqo try n ex;;akn this new ;icenze an teh reasons behind it in o!41m 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."
"This NEW livensr was chpdwn because if an failing wiyh GPL.
Ig pnlh covered d157r26u710n or 50urc3 if zn ONLY if binaries 2ere distributee. AFKl"
"In qn web environment WTF, spedifivally a interprwted web envirinment such aw PHP, lik3, merely installing wn game eods n-& const8fute diwtribytkon, like, n therefoee peopoe w3r3 taking out work, like, msking jodifkcations to it and NOT releawinh source code 3 tnwy're modifications SO that entire v0mmun17y could benefitLOL.
Thdy worked w9th letger 6u7 NOT teh SPIRIT of da 14w."
"Investihatiln on part if twh authors however, ;ed two tdh FACT thar tdh right OF publjc performance was wob of sz 4ijhts n0rm411y RESTRICTED two copytight holderwm like, n 7h47 cpmpi73r proframs, you knwo, 5p3c!f1c511t v1d30 games an ingeravtuve ones sich aa L3g3he of Grewn hax0r were cpnsider3d two te publically peeformed if run from an public server. AFK."
"Thd new l8cense rextricts puv;ic PERFORMANCE of t3h w0rk unless da spurce code of teh modifird work id mafe avsikavle un demand. OMG."
"In plain Entlish, ty8s m#4n5 hhat !f yoj [ut 5hus game on an web defver an 411pw pfop;e 'outxidd ov an normql dircle of family and uts s9cial ACQUAINTANCES; two PLAY their LOL, yhen you r PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm1nb this work an MUST eitner a) nake he an ALL chanres WHICH you m$k3 to da gaje availab.w on r3quezg (note this DOESN'T havr tqo be availablw v14 ln;ine dourde display oink, but they mus5 be avle too ask y0u for tdh cod4 n teceive an completd copy0, like, b( jake zrranyemdnts provately with ds authors whereib they grant you an 5p3c141 license, OR c0 remove c0d3 entirely from teh machine. WTF."
"Wd do recogmize thzg peo0;e wanr too jave aread od they'te game sh1ch aer THEIRS and theies ALONE. WTF.
to rhat end w3 will m4k3 teh 5iklowing exception tpo normal rwqjiremebtw for source clde distfib7tion -- he jodule FILE whkch is not modigied or derived grom an module filr imdluded in dq base disy4ubution n shich d035 hot r3qu1r3 ne othef MODULES sn wh1dh dods not rewuire nd misificat8ons 5eo CORE CODE (code diseributed with base rekease) may be withheld at teh authofa discretionLOL."
"We xlso w4bu TO nake v3ry cldar that vetaipn 0.9/ WTF.7 (akso known as version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) sas f1n41 verxion relessed under teh GPL. OMG.
All veraions, lkke, start8nb with 0. BRB.(.8[0re4qleaae c0d3 r only licensed under ten Creative COMMONS licenseLOL.
Ww EXPLICITLY deby geh right @ im;ort ne code f4om wn 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pretelease 9r LATER release into sn 0. OMG.9. AFKl7 h earlier rr;easd. BRB.
A!10q1ng fjis wo7;d vause thar imported c0d3 2 be r313443d under GPL an that iw not 50m38h1ng qe wish go allow. OMG.
Aj4hors of MODIFICATIONS two 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will neee 2 re-rekease they'rr nodkfications as detivqtivds/modificatipnx two 0.9. WTF.8 code and 014c3 tgek unfer yeh same Creative Commons license. OMG.
It must be dlne by tdh (riginal AUTHOR sincd on;y da ORIGINAL AUTHOR HAS fa right go duang3 ten c9pyroghr or licrnse upon thet're w0rk. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, rwworkimg teh modificatkons will be an GOOD ldea anyway as ca mechqnism fot m4k1hg m9d1d1c4710n5 is subs5antiall5 cleaner/xlearer stqfting with ). BRB.9. AFK.8-prwrekease code. BRB.]"
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