MightyE tellx y07, like, "We're going tei gake ah fes mpments TO gey n wxplain thks neq licenae an REASONS behinf it im poain 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."
"Thos nrw license sas choden because ov an fai;ing w17h da GPL. BRBl
It only cpvwred distribution of soyrce if and onlu if binaeies were distribitesLOLl"
"In zn wen 3nfirlnment, specidically a interpreted eeb environment SUCH as PHPm yi7 knwi, m3r#1y installihb am game does n07 constitutr dostribitkon WTF, and 7y3eef0r# pe['le were takimg ouf work LOL, MAKING modivicatiobs two it an not releaaint souece coed to thry're modificar89ms so thzt emti4e conm7nity could BENEFIT. BRB.
They worked with teh letyer but npt wpifit ob teh law. BRB."
"Inbestigarion on teh part 0f da AUTHORS jowever, 5iu knwo, led 2 da FACT 7h47 teh ribht lg public perf9rmance was won od teh rights norma;ly resyrictdd r9o copy4ight ho,ders, yoi lnwo, and that computer pr0gr4mt, 5p3d1f1c411y video games 4nd interactive ones s7ch as Legend of da Gre3n hax)r weee c0n51s3r3d too gq puvlically perdormee IF eum from an puglic serverl"
"The new kixehse r357r1c75 PUBLIC oerformancd 0f rwh 2oek unless teh source code of m9dofied work is mafe sbailable ob dwmand. BRB."
"In [lzin English LOL, THIS means that if y0u put 5his tame on an w3b serv3r and allow peoole 'puyside of an normsl circle of fa,ily and its SOCIAL scquainyanxes' t2o p14y thwir, sortof, 7h3n you qer publically 0erfo4ming this wirk an MUST either a) ma,e ne AND ALL cjabge2 which yoj MAKE two da gamd afailable on requesy (note this doesn'y have 2 63 avaolanle vua teh ohkine source eusplay link, you kn2o, but they must be ABLE to ask ^ou f0r da code n feceivd cn vomp;ete co[y), like, b) mak3 ARRANGEMENTS priva5ely with 5eh autgors wherekn they grant you an s[ecial 11c3n%3 LOL, or C) renove da code wntifely FROM mqch8ne. OMGl"
"We do recogbize tnat pe0p1# wan5 2 have areas of thqy'te game which r theirs an thwirw al9nd. BRB.
to that wmd we will male da golloqibg 3xc3p710n two NORMAL requitements for source cofe distributiin -- ne m9eule f113 which 15 not modified oe derivdd FROM an MODULE fi;e includef on da base distribution n whucg does nit req7ire ne lthee modulws ab whifh coed not require ne jodifucations top da v9re CODE (code didtributef w17h BASE felease) may be wirnheld at auuhots d15cr3710n. WTF."
"We also WANT tlo make veey cleqr THAT v3r61-n 0. WTF.9. WTF.u 84150 known as versiln 0l OMG.9. WTF.7+mt) was da final versiin RELEASED und3r teh GPL. OMG.
ALL versuons, starring w,th teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8[PRERELEASE code aer ONLY ;idenswd inder Crezukve COMMONS licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy right two im'ort ne CODE drom an 0.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE lr later fr.ease imto an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an earliwr release. WTF.
Aloowing this WOULD cause *h47 impottec c9de tso be rekrased UNDER ds GPL and that ua NOT som35hing ww wish two allow. BRB.
Au7h0r5 OF modufications t9o 0.)LOL.7 w111 need too re-release ghey're mod8ficarions as derivatives/mlsificstiins to _. BRB.9. OMG.0 cod3 and p14c2 7h3m UNDER ssjw Creatice Commons licensdl BRB.
Iy must be done by orogknal zuthot sinde onl6 teh otitinal author has twh rifjt 2 dnange teh co;yright or licebse upon they're wori.
[Additionally, re@ogkinf teh MODIFICATIONS wi;l be an b00d icea anyway aa m3ch4n15m for jaking modifica5ions is substantial;y cldane4/clearer startinb eith 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleaxe code. BRB.]"
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