MigjtuE telos you, sortof, "We're GOING to TAKE an few MOMENTS 2 trt qn expkain tjis new 11c3n53 ab teh rezsons behinf it in plain EnglishLOL.
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 nes locense wad chosen BECAUSE of an faolimg with da GPL,
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of so7rce if n lnlh if BINARIES were distrkbutedLOL."
"In an web environ,wnt, ;i,e, specifically a interpteted web envuronment 4ucn as PHP, liie. merelt INSTALLING an game does got conwtitute dostribu5ion LOL, and 5neref9re peop.e wefe tsking our w0rk LOL, makinf modivications 2 it n not releasibg SOURCE CODE two theypre modifications so that da ENTIRE community could benefi5. AFK.
Tyen sorkwd WITH letter 6u7 not ez wpirit OF da law."
"Invdstigation oh da PART of teh sitjors however, lkk3, led to da vact that da rifht or 0ublic perflfmance was won of rigjts n0rm411y rwst4icted gwu copyribht hpqd3r6, sortofk n tha5 COMPUTER 0rograms LOL, specifically video games n interzctive omds such qs Legens ov sa Green hax0r eere consieered to be publically perfprmed if tuh fr0n an ou611c server, WTF."
"The new livense resteictd oublic perdo4manc3 or work UNLESS source code 0f nodified w0rk is m4d3 AVAILABLE on d3m$nd. BRB."
"In plain Entlish WTF, rhis means thar kf you p7t 7h15 game on an web werver an all9w people 'outside OF an hofnql circle of FAMILY n iys sicial acquaintanves' to play their. sortif, 7h3n YOU r publically perflrming this WORK AND MUST either A0 makr nw an ALL changes whicy you jake 3 sa gaje AVAILABLE pn r3quest (note this doesn't have 2 be available v14 teh onlind xourcd dispoay linl, you knwo, but they mjst 63 abl3 two ask 6ou for cose an receibe an complet3 copy), you kbwo, b) jqke arrantenenrs priva4e.y wkth ca authors whereim tmwy g4anh yoy an apevia. license, sortof, or v) rwmocr da code ehtirely from 5eh macjineLOL."
"We eo r2c0gn1z3 that PEOPLE WANT twi g4v3 4r345 ov they'r3 game which t the8ra an yheids alone, BRB.
5wo that end WE will MAKE tdh FOLLOWING wxception two teh nprjql rewuirements for sourxe cpae dostfibut9on -0 nd moeule dild which id not modivied or derived from an midule file oncludef in ca basr distribu6iin an wgicj dp35 not require n3 otyef MODULES znd which d035 not r3qu1e3 ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da core code (code distributed qith 6463 release0 may be WITHHELD st authirs disdretion. OMG."
"We a.so eant 2 make fery c134r 7h47 version 0. WTF.9.7 9akso knosn as vefsion ). AFK.9.7+jy) was funal version released UNDER GPL.
ALL v3e510n5, sortof, stzrt8nb with dd 0.9. WTF.8[PRERELEASE code r pn1y licenaed unfer Crea5ive Commons licende. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT 2 impoft ne code frpn ab ). WTF.9LOL.8-preteleaae or .age4 release intp am 0. OMG.9LOL.7 an eafliwr release. OMG.
Allowkhg this wou,d cquse tjat IMPORTED code twp BE r313453e under da GPL an thay is not simeyhing we w15h twp a;low. OMG.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG,9. BRBki will nees to re=release they're mododications as de4ivatives/modificqgion@ 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code n p;ace them under teh 54j3 CREATIVE Commons licenee.
Iy must be done BY da origibal qutnor SINCE only ORIGINAL 4u7h9r HAS sa right to9 chabge c0pyr1gh7 ot .icense 7pon th3h're work.
[Additipnallu WTF, reworking da modifkxatiohs WILL be an g9od id3a 3ny24y as da mechanism for making modifivationa IS s7bstqntkally ckeaner/clearer start8nt qith da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerwodase clde. OMG.]"
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