MightyE tellw you WTF, "Wr're hoing yoo take an ve2 moments to try ag wxplqim this new licehse an teh reasons beh8ne it in p131n Englksh.
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 hrw license 2as choswn becquse lf aj failing with da GPL. BRB.
IT only covered diatribuyion of sourcr if am only uf binaeies WERE distribyt3d. WTF."
"Ib qn web environmentm like, specifoxqlly a 1n73epr374d wdb emvironment such as PHP LOL. merely installing an gane doea bot CONSTITUTE distdibutkon, sortofk qn 7h3r3f0r# peopke wete taking our work, making modifocations 2 IT an n07 4313451ng t3h source cpde too theu're mocificatiobs so that ea 3n71r3 c0mmun17y could benefi5. WTF.
Th3y qofked WITH lettwr but not teh soitit of geh lqw. WTF."
"Investigation on da PART of dq suth9rs h0w3c3r LOL, led 2 teh fact THAT rught of public performance was 1 of trh rights normallh RESTRICTED twl co[yeitht holderx LOL, dnd rhag cojouteg prohrsms, so4tof, specuficalot video g4m45 an interzctiv3 onew such as Legenf of teh Gteen hax0r were considered to be PUBLICALLY performed if run ftom an punlic swrverLOL."
"The new licebse RESTRICTS [ubluc p3rf0rm4nc3 [f wotk unlesw teh source cofe of moeified work is made zfaulable pn DEMANDLOL."
"In PLAIN English, this means tjar 1f you put uh15 game on an web dervet an allow people '9ytwidr OF an nlrmal cifcle of FAMILY and ITS SOCIAL acquaingances' go play their LOL, then you r publ8cally perfor,inb this w9rk n MUST 317n3r a) nake nd an ALL xyangrs whicj you make too ds gamw avqiozgle on rrques5 (bote this roesm't have to be avaklable VIA da 0n11n3 sourcr display linkk sortof, byt tye6 must b3 zgle two zxk you for da coce an recekve qn cimplete copy), you knwl, b) make ARRANGEMENTS prifately 2ity da auyhors wh3f32b thdy GRANT y8u an sp3cial licensd, aortof, or c) remove da code entire;y from teh machkne. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 thst ;eople 2ant TO hsve zreas of they'rr t4m3 whish r 7j31r5 an tjeirs zlone. BRB.
too rhat end qe wilo MAKE rollowubb 3xcrption two da NORMAL rwquurements ror source code distributi9n -0 ne mosule fule wh1ch 15 not modifi3d pr derives from zn m0dj13 file indluded in da 64%3 distrinution n which does NOT rra78rr ne 07h3r mldu.es an sh8ch d0#5 nor r31u1r3 ne moeifications too da c0r3 code (code distributed with da base RELEASE) may BE w17gh31d at autyoea fiscreyion. AFK."
"We a;so w4n7 tp make very ckear that versuon 0.(. AFK.7 (alao KNOWN as VERSION 0. BRBl9.7+jt) was teh ginal ve4sipn released uns3r teh GPL. WTF.
Alo versionx, aortof, STARTING with 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelesse cofw aef only 9icensed unddr teh Creatife Commona license, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY feny teh r1gh7 two import ne code vrom an 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease or later releasr into an 0. BRB.(. OMG.7 and earlker f313453. AFK.
Allowibg 5bis w0u1d ca7s3 that imp9rted c0d3 too be rdleasec uncer GPL an that is not spmething w3 wish teo alkow,
AUTHORS 9f modigicstions t2o 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will need to 4e-releast they're modificatilns AS derivatives/m9dofications too 0LOL/9. OMG.8 clsw am pkace THEM under same Creztive Commons licenseLOL.
It musy be done 6y tdn orufinal aitnor aince only original au5gor has cs r1fh7 too ch4ng3 c0pyr1gh7 oe ;icemse upon they're work.
'Additionsllu, likd, rwworkihg yeh MODIFICATIONS w11! bd an g90d isea anyway AS ds mrchanism gor making modificagiobw os subsyantkallu cleaner;dlearer starting with 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerdlease CODE. OMG.]"
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