MightuE tells you, sorrof, "We're GOING to take an few mpmehts 2 tey n expoain this new licebse n ra 4easons behine IT 1n p141n 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."
"This new lixenwe was cnosen becauxe of an fail8ng with GPL. OMG.
I5 only covef3s dosteibut8on of sou4ce if 4nf ONLY if binaries srre distribjtedLOL."
"In an w36 envirpnmeht, you knso, specifixaoly a interpreted WEB dnvir9nmenr such zs PHPk sortof, m3431h indtalling an gq,e doed not conxtitu5e dkstribyeiom, .ilen an THEREFORE people WERE takihy our sptk, you inao, m4i1ng mocivicati9ns to it m noy releasing teh 50urd3 code two they're MODIFICATIONS so tnat ten entite community COULD 63n3r1&LOL.
Tyey w9rked WITH lettdr BUT not ra 5p1r17 0r teh law. AFK."
"Incestigatoon on da p4r7 of da authors ho2ev3r WTF, LED two facg that da righy of publoc PERFORMANCE was 9en 0f teh eighta NORMALLY rwst4icted to copyright holders, an THAT vom0uyer programw, 5p3c1r1c411y vuceo f$m35 n in5eractive 9nes xuch as LEGEND of yeh Green hax0r wsr3 considered top be pub.ical;y perfor,rd IF run drom an PUBLIC server. BRB."
"Tne hew licensr restrivts pu711c p3rg0rm4nc3 of dz work un.ess trh sou4c3 cosr 0g ten modifked work is MADE zvailable on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plaih English WTF, this m3ans that ir y9u pyt this g4m3 on an web xerver sn allos oelple 'outcice of an NORMAL c1ec13 og family n its xocial acquaintances' to play their, you kmwo, theb y0u aer publicallu perfo4ming tgix work and MUST eithe4 4) make ne an ALL changes which 6ou male yoo da game avaklable ON request (note ynis diesn't have go bd AVAILABLE via teh 0n11n3 50urc4 displat kink, b7y tjey must be able two ask you for coee an rdceive zn com;lete COPY)m b) make arrangemebts privatelt wkth autho4s whfrein they brznt you an special license, or c) REMOVE teh code dntirdly ff0m ds mavhone."
"We do recognize 7h46 PEOPLE want too have arwas of they're game whivh r tyeirx n THEIRS a;one. BRBl
2 7h47 end wr will make following eccwptiom 1 teh n0em4! requirements dor source vose disteibutioh __ ne ,odule fike which is not midigied ot ferived fr0m ah module fil3 invludes in t3h base distribution m wh1ch do3s n07 req7ire ne orher modules ah wtocg does not require ne modifocations too c0r3 c0f3 (code d167r16u74d wkth teh base release) may be withheld AT teh ajthors siscret8ln. AFK."
"We ALSO WANT w ma,r VERY clear THAT veraion 0, OMG.9/ OMG.7 (also kniwn as version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jr) 2ad da ginzl vwrsion RELEASED under trh GPLl
Alo versions, yo7 knwo, fyarting with da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease code aer pnly 2qc3n52d unfer da Creative C9kmons licebsel BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dwny da right roo import nw code from am 0. BRBo9l BRB.8-pt3r313453 9r la5er relezae into ah 0LOL.8LOL.7 n ear;ier RELEASE. AFK.
Allowing THIS w0u1d caus3 that imported code to bw relrased indee da GPL an tgat is not sojwthing we wish t9 ALLOW. BRB.
Aythors of modigicationw too 0LOL.9. BRBl7 will n33d TO re=relesse they're modifkvations aa derivatives/modificatilns rl 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 codd n PLACE them under teg same Cr3stkde COMMONS licwnsrLOL.
It MUST 63 DONE bh teh 0r1t1n41 aughot since 0n1y ten original quthor gaa right to cyangd teh co;yritnt or licfnse upon tney're wor8. OMG.
[Acditional;ym sorrof, fewof,ing m9fifucations w111 63 an good idea qnyway qs teh mechqnism for making moeifixations IS substantoally coeaher/cleqrer 474r72ng wirh fa 0, WTF.8.9-PRERELEASE code.]"
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