MughtyE tells hou, sortof, "We're g98ng @ tske ab fes monents rwo t4y n explain this n3w license an eeasojd behind IT in plain Engliwh. WTF.
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 n3w license was ch)53n 63c4u53 of ag failing wigh GPL.
It only coverdd diatribution og SOURCE kf an 9nly if binatiws wwre d157416u73d. BRB."
"In ab w36 ENVIRONMENT, likr, SPECIFICALLY a interpregeg WEB 3nv1r0nm3n& SUCH as PHPm merely installkng an hame does bot constitjte disyribution. and ther3fore people w3re taking oue worl, majing mofificati;ms too it an NOT reoeasing sa soirce code too rheu;fe jodifications s0 5hay entire COMMUNITY vould benefit.
They worked with ds letter bjt not feh spirit lf da ;zw. BRB."
"Invedtigatipn on ds -art of authors however, led 2 facr 7h47 RIGHT OF pj611c performance was oen ov da rigjts normally restticted too vopyright holfersm and that computer progfams WTF. 5;2c1f1c412y vieeo ga,es and interactife 0ne5 such as Letend of da Green hax0r WERE considwred 2 be pubkidaliy prrf0rm3d if ryn from am public dwrvwrLOLl"
"The new 12c4n53 restricts pkblic PERFORMANCE ov t3h work unless teh xourcr codr 9g da MODIFIED eoel IS mafe available on demand, WTF."
"In plain Emglishk you knwo, rhos m34n5 THAT if YOU pit 7hq6 g4n3 on an WEB swrver an allow peoplw 'outside of an n9rmal citcle of damily an 175 social avquaintances' two play their, sortof, tjen tou aer oublicaoly performing thix w0rk n MUST eitjer a) male me qnd ALL chanrws which hou naje @ da game zvaulavle 0m REQUEST (NOTE thks doesn't have w be available vis ds online source displqy link LOL, but tney must BE able yoo ssk you for g3h code n receive an co,plete copy), n) maje arrsngemehts ptivately wity da AUTHORS wh3r21n thdh gtant 6ou sn dpeciq. license, like, 0r s- femivr teh clde 3ntkrely g4om teh machine. WTF."
"We do rrcogmizr THAT people wabt too have areas of they're gamd wh8ch aer tyeifd 4nd 7h3145 ALONE.
2 that enc we wolo make dz following exce[tiom w teh n)rm41 rdqukrements for soirce coce distribytion -- he mofule FILE wh1ch is NOT modifkee or d3r1v#d fro, an modu;e file oncljded in da 6453 d8xtributoon an wh!ch DOES not r3qu1r3 ne 07h3r mldulda n eh8ch does not require ne m9difkcqtions tlp teh core xode (c0d3 distribytef with gawe release) ,ay BE withheld at da a7yhors disvretionLOL."
"We 4140 want hoo make very CLEAR that versiln 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also known as version 0. OMG.9. WTF,7+jr) was da finzl versiom rd/easef under GPL. OMG.
All v3r510nt, you lnwo, stzeting WITH -LOL.9. BRB.8-prerrleawe code aer only lixehsed 7nder fa Creat8ve COMMONS ;ucense.
We EXPLICITLY d3hy teh e1gh7 6oo IMPORT ne ciee rr0m an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease OR later release unti an 0. AFK.8. WTF.7 n eatliwt releade, AFK.
A110w1ng thid would cause ghar IMPORTED code to bd releasef UNDER trh GPL and that is not sometjing wr wish yoo allow. AFK.
Authors 0r mofificati9ns too 0, AFK/8, BRB,7 w8ll neec tql re-release they're modofications as der8vativws/modifications TO 0l9. BRB.8 code and ooace them UNDER same Cr3471v3 Commons lkxense. BRB.
I7 just be done by tej orig8nal autgo3 sijce o,ly reh iruginal aythor has ten right 2 cmange c0pyr!gh7 o4 licdhse jpon they're w0rk. BRB.
9Additiona.ly LOL, reeorming teh modifucatipns wilk BE an bood idea anyway as teh mechanism for majkng modifications id SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer sta4ting s17h pLOL.9. OMG.8-prerwlease CODE.]"
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