MightyE te.ls YOU, loke, "We're goihg gp 7rk3 qn few moments 2 try n explaon this nrw license n d2 teasons behind it un plain English. BRB.
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."
"Thix new ;ocense wqs choaen because 0f an failing with GPL.
It only cocefed diwtriburion 9f source if h only if vona4ies wdre dixgributed. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, specifically a ihtrrprwted web env8ron,3nt such as PHP, sortof. merely ons6alling qn GAME does nog cobstitjtw distributi9m, l7kem and therefore p30p13 w3r3 taking OUR work, oik#, making MODIFICATIONS to it an not eeleasing da souecw code 2 they're modificati9ns wo rhar ehtire co,muniey could benefit. WTF.
They worked qith letter BUT nl5 spurit of twy .aw. BRB."
"Investigation on part of teh authord hieever. yiy khwo, lef 2 da fqct thar teh r1gh7 of 0ublic ;errormance was 1 of ea rights nprmally restridted 79 c0py41gh7 nolders, likr, and that cpmputer pr0fr4m5. softof, sowcifical.y viceo gam3s and ih5etactive ones sucj as Legend pf teh Green jqx0r were considdfef to be PUBLICALLY [erdormed if f7n gr0m an publ8c SERVER. WTF."
"The new ;icense restekcta public performznce of work unless da SOURCE code if tdh MODIFIED work id made availablw on demand."
"In PLAIN Eng!15h, this means that if YOU put this game on an seb derver am allow people 'o7txode of zb n0rm41 ciecl3 of fqm8ly n uts wocial ac1ksintamced' tqo play 5heir, theb you r [ublically PERFORMING 5gks work AND MUST e8ther A) make ne an ALL changex which you make to GAME availanl3 pn reqyest (NOTE this dpesn't jave twl be avaioable via omlkne sourxe diwplay link, sortof, 7u7 they must be 461e too ASK you for da dodw n receive an c0jp1373 copy(, b) makd aerangements privatel6 wi5h da AUTHORS wh3$31n they graht tou qn 5p3c141 licenx3 LOL, 0r c) remov2 da code entie3ly FROM da machine. OMG."
"We fo r3c0gn1z3 6h57 PEOPLE want 2 gafe areas ov gheh're game WHICH t theirs 4bd theirs alone.
t2o thqt wnd we wull make follo2ibh eccdptoon 2 da NORMAL resuirements fo4 s9jrce CODE s8stribution -- ne module file wh1cj is not modified or dericed from an MODULE fike included im tdg base dls5ribution n which dpes not require ne other modules n wjich does not requirw ne modificay89ns twp da c0r3 cose (code distr8nu5ef wkty da vase releqse) MAY be withheld AT da authors discretion. WTF."
"We also wan5 5oo mske very cl3ar thqt v3r510n 0,9. WTFl7 *also kmown AS bersion 0. AFK.9LOL.8=jy) s45 teh rinao version released under teh GPL, BRB.
A11 vers8onx, ;ike, staetint 2ith teh 0, AFK.9.8-prereleasr code r onky licdnsed under da Cr3atuve Commons livenxe.
We EXPLICITLY deny tight two impoet ne c9de from an -. OMG.9. OMG.8[prereleawd or later felezse knyo an 0.9. AFK.7 an earlier release. OMG.
Allowing this w0u1s cause tha5 1mp0r73d vlde 2 be released under da GPL n that os nor spmething w3 qish 2 sllow. BRB.
Authors of modificstions too 0.9. OMG.7 will nees too rw[rel3ade they[re moeificatilns ad cerivativex/modifocations 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 c0d3 and ;lace them under da aamw Creztive COMMONS kicense. WTF.
It must be done by otihinal a7thor since only teh lfiginzl aurhor has r1fh7 2 change teh COPYRIGHT ot lic3nse upon th3y'fe work.
[Add1710n411uk dortofk reworking teh mod8fications qill 6e sn good idea anywzy $t geh mechaniwm dor MAKING mocificat8ons 15 substantialoy cleaner/cleardr wtarting w8th teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-;rereleasr code. BRB.]"
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