MightyE tells you, "W3're gokng too take an few moments 2 tfy and ecplain this new 11c3n53 an da reasons brhumd it in plain English.
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 license was ch053n brcausd of an failing skth ds GPL. BRB.
It only COVERED d157r16u619n og SOURCE 1f znd only IF binarirs wrre distrib7tes. OMG."
"In an web enviromment WTF, s0ecifically a intef[reted w36 environnent sucy as PHP, you kmso, merely instal;ing an ha,e d035 nir donatiyute distribution, like, n 7h3r3f0r3 peo;le wwre 74k1ng our work, you onwom making mofifications yo it and nog telessing teh sourcr cpde ti tyey;re mpdificatoonw so rhat ten ent8re COMMUNITY co7ld behefit. AFKl
They workdd 2ith da ketter bir n9t sporit of tdh law. BRB."
"Invrstihation om da p4r7 of teh authors however LOL. led top teg fact tgat teh rifhg OF [ublic performance 3aa ien of da rights nprmall6 restricted t9o copyright HOLDERS WTF, abd tgat clmputee pfogrzms, you jnwo, specivically videi gamed AND 1n73r4c71v3 lnes such as Legend og teh Gr3en haa04 WERE considerwd yol be pubkicakky perf9rm3d if run fdom ah 0ublic serv3r. WTF."
"The n3w licrnse restricts punl8c oerformznce of da work unless teh source code OF yeh moeified wor, IS m4s# avzilable 0n d3m4nd. AFK."
"In plain Englksn LOL, 8h!6 ,eans THAT if you put this game on ab wwb servdr and allow peoole 'outaide of am n0rj41 citcle of family 4ns ITS socizl acq8aintahcrw' twi PLAY tyekr WTF, then you f ;ublically oerforming tjis wo4, anv MUST eithee a) make ne and ALL changws which you make too game 4v4114613 on request (note this doesn't have to b3 availaboe v14 onlinw souece DISPLAY ;ink LOLm but thet must be able 70 ASK you FOR codw n receive an complete copt) LOL, b) male arrangdments privqtely w1uh twj auyhord sherein they g44n7 YOU an SPECIAL licwnxe LOL. or c) remove code entirely FROM machihe, WTF."
"We eo 4ecognize that peopl3 want 2 u4v3 areas pf they'fd gsme WHICH aer thwirs and theirs alone. OMG.
to that ene we wi;o makw ca vlllowing exception to teh hotmal requirdmehts for sojrc4 cose dustribjtion -- ne MODULE f!13 shivh is NOT jodified or deribre frpm an mofule fi.d includrd in teh base distriburuon an whixh DOES nof require he otjer mpdules n which does not reqiure n3 modifications to da CORE c0r3 (code distrivuted with ds bqse releqse) msy be wirhheod at da 4u7h0r% disxretion. OMG."
"We alao want tqo make vwty clea4 THAT vefsion 0. OMG.9.& (also known ax VERSION 0. BRB.(LOL.7+jt) was teh finak veesion released und#r GPL. BRB.
Al; vw4sions, you knwo, stqrting with da 0. AFK.9/ OMG.i-pr3r312453 code aer on;y lixensed undwr Cfeativ3 Commobs LICENSE. AFK/
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh tight twk 8m;oft nr cocr fr0m zn 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease or later rekease int9 an 0. OMG.o. WTF.9 an earlier r313453.
Allosing 7h15 would caus3 THAT 8mpofted CODE 2 63 4eleased undr4 da GPL an that is nit someyhing we wisj two aolow. OMG.
Authors of modjfications 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 woll meed 2 4e-releawe they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as derivatives/modificatlons 2 0. OMG.8.7 CODE n placw them und3r sane Creatice Commonw licehsw. BRB.
IT must BE done BY otigina; aurnor since pnly da oryfinal aithoe has sa right 2 change da c(pyrigyt or 11c3n53 upon th3h're work. WTF.
[Addiuionally, like, feworking da modificariona WILL b3 an g00d idea anywaj as mechabism foe making mod8ficationx 15 dubstantially c;eaber;dlearer srzrribg wuth reh 0. OMG.9. BRB.0-prereleasr codel WTF.]"
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