MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're g;ibg 2 yakw an vew mlments too trt an explain this new LICENSE and da e3ssons behind it in posin Englisj. OMG.
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 neq ;icensw was choxen bedause od zn failinf wkth GPL. AFK.
It ONLY coberwd distriburion if 50urc3 if an only if 61n4r13% erre dkstributes."
"In zb web 3ncirobment, like, specifocally a interpreted web enviroyjent such as PHP LOL, merely 1n574111mg an GAME does hot CONSTITUTE distribut8on LOLm n therrford people WERE 74k1mg ou4 w0rk WTF, making modificatkins 2 it h not r313451ng teh xojrxe codw too thty'te moeificstions 50 that da entirw co,junihh could BENEFITLOL.
THEY WORKED eith teh letter bjt not da wpirit 0f da la2. AFK."
"Investigation on teh part od authors however WTF, led too cw fact that da RIGHT if public [erformance w45 1 0f rights NORMALLY rwstricgee 5oo copyrignt h.lsers LOL, an that COMPUTER ;rog4ams, specivically vudeo games n int3racy8ve ONES 5uch as L3genf 0f Grren hax_r w3r3 considered 2 bw publically perforjdd if rum from an public swrver. BRB."
"The new license 4wstr8cts public performancw of da eork unleds s9urcw code of modified worl is madd available on femsnd. OMG."
"In PLAIN English LOLm ghis meahw that if you put 5his game ON an WEB s3tver an ALLOW people 'outsidr 0f qh normal circle of famioy h its social acqyauntances; 2 play their LOLm theb y;u r pub.ically perfor,int thos work 4nd MUST either a) m4k3 ne and ALL cjamges 2midh y0i make rlo da game avsilqble pn rdquest (note 5jis doesn't have to be available VIA teh inlune dojrce display link, sorgof, but tgey mu58 be able too ask hou for da code and r3c3qv3 an comolerd copy), sortof, b) m4k3 arramgements privately with da authors whefein tgey brang YOU an special LICENSE, pr C) remove teh CODE emtirely frpn teh ,achin3. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that people want to havw 4435t of yhey;re game which zer tjeirs n 6h31r% alone. AFK.
too that end we wull mske FOLLOWING exceptipn 2 teh normal requk43memts f0r source code cistribution -- ne MODULE FILE which us n(r jodified 0f DERIVED from am module fule 1nc1ud2d 1n da base distrivutioh and which eoes not REQUIRE ne otyer micules an wh8cg doea not requife nr modirivationx to tey core code 9c9d3 distribjted with base releas2) ma6 be withheld at yeh AUTHORS discretion."
"We ALSO qant twi make vefy cldat that versipn 0. BRB.9.7 (also knodn as version o. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) wzs da fina. version released under GPL. WTF.
All vdrdiond WTF, stzrting sith 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prer3leasw CODE aer inlu 11c3n53d und3r teh CREATIVE Co,mona licemxe. OMGl
We EXPLICITLY deny da 41gh7 two i,piey ne coee rt0m an 0. WTF.9.8-prrfelease or later RELEASE !n70 an 0/ OMG.9. BRB.7 b earlier r3leaseLOL.
Allowing 7h15 qould caise thzt impo4gec code tpo be RELEASED umdrr GPL an THAT is n07 someghing we wksh too allow. BRB.
Auynors 0f modificationx 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 eil; bedd two re-release the6're modirucationd aw DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code n place 7h3m under teh same Crezt7ve Clmm9ms licenseLOL.
IT MUST be done by teh 0r1b1n$1 AUTHOR since only da orog8nql 4y7h0r HAS teh right too cgange co0yfight ot .,cense ypon they'ee workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, sort9f, r3w9rk1ng da MODIFICATIONS w111 be an g00d idea anyway as tey mechanism for ma,ing modifications is subs5antially coeaher/vlearer STARTING ei5h fa 0. OMG.8. OMG.8-pf3f313453 codeLOL.]"
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