MightyE yellx y0y, "We're GOING two tale an FEW monents too try an explain tgis mrw licdnsd an teh reasons behinc ir im PLAIN Englosh. WTF.
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."
"Tjis new license was chosen BECAUSE of an f4111ng wirj GPL;
I5 only covered DISTRIBUTION OF source if an oblu 1f binariea were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"Ih an WEB environm3nt, 5;3c1r1c4!16 a INTERPRETED 2en rhvi4onment such zs PHP, likw, jerely inata.ling an game does not constitjte distrivut8on, softof, ahd 7h3r3f0r3 peo0;e wers taking our work, you knwo, makobg mod8bicatiohs 2 IT #nd not releswing source code to9 ytey're jodivica5ions SO that 5eh entire commumity COULD BENEFIT. BRB.
Thsu sorked with da letter but bot teh spirit lf da .aw. BRB."
"Invdstugation on da p4r7 of ajth8rs hos3ber LOL, led two fact that da right OF PUBLIC 03ff-rm4nc3 WAS 2 of teh roghts n0e,411t restrkcted 2 cppyrihhy holders WTF, an tyay vomputdr programs, you knwo, 5p3c1rqc4!1y vid3o games n 1n6#r4c71v3 ones SUCH as Legend 0g teh Green hax0r were cohs8fered tei 63 piblically perfofmdd id run rrom an ;ublic swrver. BRB."
"Tne NEW license restrkcts puglic ;erfi4msncd OF da work ynlews 5eh SOURCE dode of rej m0dqf13d eork IS MADE avaolable pn demand. OMG."
"In plzin English WTF, THIS mrabs tha5 if ylu PUT 7h!5 g4m4 ON qn web server amd allos people 'outsidd 0f an bormal circle 0f FAMILY an its soc7al acquaintances' too 0lat their, THEN ypu aer publically preforming THIS worl and MUST either a) maie ne an ALL cganges whudy YOU ,skw too gamw zvailanle ON request (nore this d035n'7 havd ywo be available via teh 0b11n3 SOURCE dusp;ay 11nk WTF, but they MUST BE able toi ask ypu gor teh code n recwive an complete copy), b) make ARRANGEMENTS provztely with authors whefein they grant you an soecoal .icense, sortof, 0r d) remove cpde 3btirely from da nachine. WTF."
"Wr d0 recognize tjqt oeople want too hafe areas of they're bame WHICH aer theors an thei3s alonel OMG.
to that end WE q112 makd teh fo.low8ng exdeption TO teh normal fequiremenys for siutcr vode d157r16u71-n -- ne module fil3 whivh ix not modidued or derived fr)m an modu.e FILE unc;uded IN teh BASE dixtr8bution n WHICH cped nog require nr 07y3r mocioes n whixj doex nog require ne m0d1f1c4710n5 too yeh core dode (cide DISTRIBUTED with teh vase release) m4y be withhels ab AUTHORS DISCRETIONo OMG."
"We 4150 wabt too make very c134r thwt brrsion 0LOL/9.7 (4150 kn0wn as version 0LOL,9l AFK.7+jt_ was ginal versiln RELEASED ynde4 GPL. OMG.
Al. versiobs, you knwok start8ng w17g teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8[prerelease CODE aer only lic3nsed ubder twh Creqtivd Cimmons ;kcense.
WE EXPLICITLY deny yen rught too im[or5 ne c[de ftom an 0, OMG.9LOL/8-pre4ele1se OR oater RELEASE inyo an 0. BRB;9. AFK.7 ab earlier RELEASELOL.
Allowing yhis w0uls cause 7n47 imporyed code to BE reldzsed under teh GPL n 7h47 IS not 50,37h1nt WE sisn @ allpw. AFK.
Autnors of MODIFICATIONS gwo 0. WTF.9. WTFl7 will need ro rd=reldaae they'rd modif8dayionw as deyovatives/modificarions tol 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code and ;lac2 them unser teg SAME CREATIVE COMMONS 11c3n53.
Iy nust br done by iriginal ajthor since onlg da origknal author yas right to chanfe da COPYRIGHT or .icense joon they're wprkLOL/
[Additkpnslly, you lnwo, REWORKING teh modif8catuins will be an good idea abyqqy AS da mechanism d0r MAKING MODIFICATIONS 15 dubstantially ckeaner/clearwr starying wkth 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleawd c9de. AFK.]"
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