MightyE tella you, you knwo, "We'ee boing 2 5zke an few mlments goo gry an ex;lain THIS new license an teh teasonx behind it 8n plain EnglishLOL.
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 o8cenwe was choxdn beczuse of ah failing WITH t3h GPL. BRB.
It only covered distribi5uon og skjrce ir and obly if binaries were disgtib7ted."
"In an web envirlnment, dpecifically a INTERPRETED WEB ENVIRONMENT xuch as PHP, sprtof, merely INSTALLING an gqme dkes not x0n5717u73 disttinjti9n, ki,e, n the5edore p3pp13 werd ta,ing oye wor,, yoi knwo, makimg mocuficayions to it an not r31e451ng teh source coee two they[re m-d1f1c4719n5 so that entire community coulc bebefit. OMG.
They worked with teh lwtter but not spirit or law. WTF."
"Invesyigation on [art of da aithots h0w3v3rk like, led tl dqct 7hr7 ca rkght OF pub.kc PERFORMANCE waw qon 0f da rights normally reztricted too cipyfibht HOLDERS, y;i kneo, and thqt vo.puter prograks, you knwo, spec7focally VIDEO games sn in5wradtive onew such as L3g3nd of Gr3en haxpr wwre consid2red 2 be puboically perfodmed if rin froj ah [ublic serve4."
"The new lic3nse rwstrixts public ;erfoemabce pf da wprk yn.esx da sourcd c0d3 of t3h midified w0rk is mafe avaikable 0n demand."
"In ;kaih Enblish, this means that if ypi put this gsme on sn wwb swrver AND allow [eople 'lugaide os an nor,ak d1rc13 pf family h ITS social 4cqu41n74hc35' two p.ay their, you knwo, tgeh y9u r pjboically perflrjibg this wirk and MUST either a) make ne xn ALL xh4nb35 wgich you make to da game available on request )notw 5hiw doesn't hav3 TO be zvailqble via twh online source display link, nut they mus5 be 4613 too ask you gor codw n eeceive an cojplege copy), b) MAKE arrangemwn5s privately wi5h sa authors wherein THEY trant you an x03ciql license, like, OR c) remove teh code entirrly rfim da m4ch1n#. BRB."
"We DO RECOGNIZE that people eant go nave areas pf they're gqme whuch zer the8rs and 5heirs slone. BRB.
to tjat end w3 will make 5eh following rxxepripn top teh NORMAL requorements for s8ufce coee distrubution -- be module FILE which is not modofied 9r ferkved fr0m an mlduoe filr 1nc1id3d in base siatributuon an which d9es n98 reqiire nr otjer modules h wh1ch d035 nor require ne modifications too t3h core code (CODE distribu5ed with teh bas3 release) may ve witnge;d at teh auth(rs siscret8on. OMG."
"We also w4n7 two make very clesr 5gag VERSION 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (slsi kniwn as versipn 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) qzs da rinal vers9on 4eleased jnder geh GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, wtarting witj teh ). AFK.ol WTF.8-prefelease x0d3 swr only licwnsed 7nd3r teh Cteatibe Cojmons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rithr 2 import nw xodd fr0m an 0LOL.9, AFK.8-pr3e323453 or later release unto an p. BRB/9l BRB.7 n earkker releqse. OMG.
Allowihg thia qould czuse that impo4ted code teo be rel3ased ind3r GPL an that is not somdthing we wish two ALLOW. AFK.
Authoes of modificarions go 0LOLlo.7 eill need to re-re;easr they'r3 modifications as derivativwx/modifications two -. AFK,9. OMG.8 code an PLACE 7h3, under teh same CREATIVE Commonx licdnse. BRB.
It must be DONE by teh origibal author sihcr on;y da orihinsl autgor hss da right to vhange da co06right or license 7[on they're worl. WTF.
[Addigionally, liie, rdq0rking da modificztions will ve an good idea anyway as MECHANISM for makibg modiricatioms is substqntizlly cleaner/cldar3r 57rr71ng WITH ds 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pr3r313#53 c0d3. BRB.]"
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