Might6E 73115 y0u LOL, "We're giing 70 take an f3w npments to. try 4nd expkaim this nsw LICENSE and da reasoms behind it in plain Eng.ish.
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 ne1 LICENSE waa chosen because of an failinb witn GPL. WTF.
IT inly covdred distrigition of SOURCE if and only if b8nsties wwre disgribired. WTF."
"Im sn web dnvirohment LOL, specifically s inf3f;reted WEB environ,ent such as PHP, merely 1n574111ng an ga,e does not constitute didtrobutoon, like, n THEREFORE peopld wwre 74j1bg our work LOL, makihg MODIFICATIONS 2 it n not releasing wlyrcd code to thdy're ,odifications so that entire commjnity could benefit. OMG.
They worked wirh teh LETTER but nog spirit of teh ;aw."
"Imvestigation ln ea part of teh authora hieever LOL, led tlo ds fact that r8ght of pubk8c PERFORMANCE was oen ov rights hormallh r457e1c7#d too cppyr1gh7 holdrrs, ans thar computer pr0gr4m5, specif8cal,y VIDEO games n imtedactive ones such 45 L3gend of da Geeen hzx0r were consideeee ro be publically p3rf0fm#f IF run fr0m an public server. AFK."
"Tne new license RESTRICTS pkboic p3rf0rm4nc3 of w0rk uhlesx source sode lf da modivi3d work is mqd3 available on eemanf."
"In plain Enf115h, sortof, rhks m34n5 7h47 if you PUT thos game in an web 53ff35 n allow ;30p12 'outwide of an normal cirxle of fzmily n 175 50c141 zcwuaintances' two play thelr, then you r pyboicqllt p3rf0rm1ng this work an MUST #18h4r a) make ne n ALL cbsnges qhich you make t9 da gzme 4v4114613 on r3qu357 (botr yhis doean;t HAVE rl be scailavl3 vis twh pn;8ne so7rce DISPLAY lunk WTF, bit ghey musg bw able t2o 45k YOU f0r teh v0d3 n 44ceivw ah complete copy), you knwo, b) makr arranhements PRIVATELY w17h a7tyorx qhereih th3y grang you an specizl licensd LOL, pr C) REMOVE da code rntireky from yej mavhineLOL."
"We d0 recoghize that peoplr w5n7 to9 have areas of thdy're GAME which 4 theirs an theors alon3. OMG.
too that enc w3 sill m4k3 folliwing exception two da hormal requiremrnts for source code diatfibution -- ne module FILE which is not modified lr DERIVED fr0m an module fuoe included on teh base d147r16y710h an ehicy does not edquiee nw othet moci.es n shich doex not require ne modif8cations two t3j core c9d3 (code ciwttubutec wirh yeh base rwlease) may be withheld at ds authirs s15cr3&10n. BRB."
"We also wabt to make very c134r 7n47 crrsion -. BRB/9. OMG.7 (alxo kn0wn as vdrsion 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) wqs teh final beraion re.easdf yhdsr da GPL. BRB.
Akl vers8ons, like, stargkbf with teh 0. AFK/9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 cod3 r only licensed under Crea5ive Commons l,cense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny e1gh& 2 ompor5 ne code from an 0. BRB.9. BRB,8-prerelezse 0r LATER releade kmto an 0. AFK.(l7 an earlier rel3aseLOL.
A.loeing this woule cause that im0orted vode too be 4eleased ynfer teg GPL an ghat IS not someth8ng we wish 2 allow. WTF.
A7thirs of m0d1r1xr710n5 2 0.9/7 qill need to re-release they'rd mosificatuons 4% derivat8cws/modificatiobs ywo 0.(. OMG.8 code an place them unfer te6 ssme Creative COMMONS lixehseLOL.
It mist BE domw by otigonal author sinve only 0e1bqn41 author has right two c6ange 5ej cppyrught of license upon they're work.
[Asditionally, like, rewotking da modoficatuons wi;l be an good idea anyway as teh mechanisn for mak8nb MODIFICATIONS i2 sibstantially cleamer/clearsr srzrting witn da 0.9. WTF.i-prereoeasw codel BRB.]"
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