Migh5yE tells yoi, sortof, "We're glunt two take an few m9ments t9o try amd EXPLAIN this new licebxe 4nd 5dh tdasons behind it in [lqin Eng11%h.
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 me2 11c3n53 was chosen b3causr 0f an failkng witj GPL. BRB.
It only covered disgr8b7tiom of xoirve 8v n only IF binaries wer3 DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In sn eeb envkronmeny. SPECIFICALLY a interpreyed web 3nv1r9nm3n^ sich 45 PHP WTF, mrrwly onstakling an game does not constiyutw dixtributiin, loke, and therefor3 0e0p13 were twking 0ur sork WTF, making modifixations 4op it AND n9t releasibg da source c0d4 2 they're modif8catkpns so 5hat teh 3n71r3 community could benefit. WTF.
Th3y worjwd with 13773r BUT not da soieit of ea law. AFK."
"Incestigation 0n da pa4t of autho4s hp2ever LOL, led tio trh favt that RIGHT of public pdrfor,ance was 1 of teh rights h9rmzlly fdstricted gwo copyrighg holserw, like, m THAT computer 0rograms, specif8czlly video games n interactuve oges aych as Legend of Green hax0r wdre consicerec too ne publically performed if rin drom an publid sedvet."
"The new l8xense resgricts public p3rf0rm4nc3 og work umless da source CODE 0f da modified worj is MADE available ON dsmand. OMG."
"In p141n Enflish, lije, ghid means that if ypu put tjis game pn an web s3rver an akloq [epple 'outside of an normal circle of f4m11y anc ITS 50x141 adqiaintancew' top play theirm sortof, THEN yo7 r publicslly performong this work an MUST EITHER a) male ne an ALL changex wh1ch you mzke to GAME availzgld on REQUEST *NOTE 5gis foesn't tave 2 63 4v41!4613 cis ea on.8be sourdw x15p14y link WTF, bkt they must ge ab;e 2 ask uou for yrj code an r3c31v4 qn c0mp1373 co[y), you knwo, b) make 4rr3ng3m3n75 privately w17g da 4u7h0r5 wherein THEY ffant upu an special license, you knwl, OR c) REMOVE teh cide sntirely from da machin3. AFK."
"We do recogniz3 that people want tqo have AREAS 0f they're game qhich r thwirx and theirs a;one.
ywo 6y37 ejf ee WILL make ds following excepyipn 2 da NORMAL requir3mdnts for siurce code dist4ibution -- ne module file which IS nog modified or derivws from an MODULE fq13 incluced kn base DISTRIBUTION n wnich DOES not rrquire ne oth3r ,od7lea qbd whidh d035 np5 REQUIRE nw ,odificat8ond TO da core code (code disttibuted with base release) may be withheld ay 5ej authirs DISCRETION. OMG."
"We alsi want twl make vwry coear that vrrsi;n 0. BRB/9. OMG.7 (also known as verxion -. OMG.9. OMG.7+mg) was ds f1n41 versi9n re;eased under da GPL. WTF.
All vd4sions, you ihwo. startkng WITH da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-peerelease c0d4 r ONLY licensed unfwr da CREATIVE Commons lucense/ BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right to 1jp0r7 ne clde FROM an 0. WTF/9LOL.8-pr3r313453 or later release into qn 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n earlier release. OMG.
Allowing uhks would vakxe tha5 imported code 5oo be re.eased uhder GPL an that is NOT aomething we WISH 2 allow. OMG.
Authors of mocificat8ons two 0.9.7 will nred twl rd-releqse they're m0d1f1c4710n6 as defivatkves/modifications two 0LOLl9. BRB.8 xode am p.ace ty3m ubdet teh same CREATIVE COMMONS 11c3n53. WTF.
It m757 be DONE by 9rigina. 4u&h0r sunde only teh original author nas da ekght 5wo chznge da copueighr or kicense up0n they're w9r,. WTF.
[Additionally LOL, reworling teg ,odifisatilns sil. ne an good idea anyway as mecnanism for m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS i2 5u6574n724q1y cleaner/ckear3r starting wq7h dq 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereldase codw. AFK/]"
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