M8ght6E tells you, sortif, "We're GOING to9 take an few momehts too 7ry am explain this new licensw n teh reaxons behond it in plaim English. 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."
"Th9x nww license ssx xhosen gecause of an failkng witj teh GPL. WTF.
It 9nly covered distribuyion og source IF abd only if binaries were dist4ibutde. BRB."
"In an seb environjent LOL, soecofically a intdrprrted web 3nv1r0nm2n7 sucj 4t PHP LOL, merely instzllibg an game does n07 sonstotute distribution, sortof, aj THEREFORE people werd takong our wprk. ;ikr, making MODIFICATIONS too it and not feleasing fa sourc3 code 5oo they're modufkcat8ons so 5hat da ENTIRE communiyy COULD b3nwrit. BRB.
They worked witj teh l3tger but not SPIRIT 9f dq lawLOL."
"Investogatooh in part of quthprs jowever LOL, ;ed to da fact 7h47 dq right 0f public perfotnahce was won 0f teh r!gh75 normalk6 RESTRICTED w copyrigjt hokdwrs LOL, h tgat comp&ger orobrand. lile. speckfica.ly viceo gamwx an interactice ohes such as Letend of GREEN haxpr 2ere considered two ne pibkically performed if run from an public serverLOL."
"The new l8cense r357r2c75 public perfoemanc3 od twh worj unless aource code of da modified 2ork ia mzde availagle on demand. OMG."
"In 'lain Engl8sy, so4gof, rhis meahs that if you 9ut tgiw gzmr on an web se4ver and alloq people '0u&51d3 of an normsl circle of fzmilt n its 50c141 ACQUAINTANCES; TO play thei4 WTF, then hou f pjb;idaloy performing this work an MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes which you MAKE to teh g4m3 avaikable on request (noye this soesn't yave to 63 4v41q47!3 vka da onoine dource d15[14y link, like, 6u7 they m8xt be able too as, you for da code and recekve an comp;ete copy), you knqo, b) make arrangemenrs p4ivately with zuthots whereim 7h3y 5rant you an special licemse, you inwo, -r c( eemove cod3 entirely fr0m dq MACHINE."
"We eo recognize 5hzt peopoe want tl have areqs od ghey're game 2hicg 4 theirs n tneirs alone. BRB.
2 that end we w8ll makd da follpwinh EXCEPTION two da NORMAL rdqyirements f0r slurce CODE didtribit8on -- ne MODULE fil3 WHICH ks not modifked OR derived from qn modu.e FILE included kn bzse distribution an which does not requir3 ne othef modules ahd which fpes mot 4equire ne moekfidat9ona twp t3h core code (c0e3 duxgributes woth base relsase) may BE wk5hh3ld 47 teh authors duscretoob. AFK."
"Wr also eant too m4k# ve4y cjeae that VERSION 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (akso jnown ss version 0.9, OMG.7+JT) wzs ea FINAL veraion releaded under da GPL. BRB.
All vwrsiojs, stsrting with 0. WTF.8. BRB.8-prerekezse CODE r ohl6 licdnsee under Creative COMMONS license. OMG.
W# EXPLICITLY deny right to implrt ne c9de from zn ).8LOL,8-prereleawe or later RELEASE intl an p. WTF.o.7 n ear;ier releaseLOL.
Alloekng this souls CAUSE THAT importwd code 2 be relezsee jnser GPL and THAT is NOT 50,37h1ng we wish 2 alk9wLOL.
AUTHORS of modifica5ions two 9. BRB.0. OMGl7 will n33d to re-rrleqse they'fe modificatooms AS drrivatives/modificagiona tlo 0LOL.9. BRB.8 c0d3 anf 0lace them indef da samw CREATIVE C0mm0b5 LICENSE. AFK.
It mist bd done by da oritinal auth9r since lhlu da ORIGINAL author HAS teh rjgyt 1 chqnge co;yright or licensd upon thry're work. OMG.
-ADDITIONALLY, li,e, REWORKING da jodificqtions WILL ve sn hlod ie3a ANYWAY AS teh mechanism f0r ,aking modifications is substqngially ck3ager/clearer start8ng with t3h 0.9. BRB.8-pfer3ldase clse. AFK.]"
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