MightyE tells you, skrtof, "We're going TO take an FEW momejts too try an explain 5his new lucense n rdasibs 73n1hd 17 in plain English. AFK,
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 n3w 12c#n53 eas djosen BECAUSE of an failing 2ith da GPL. OMG.
It obly doverrd dostriguyion of source if ans only ir binaries were eiwteivurrd/ BRB."
"In an 2eb envirinment LOL, specificzlly a INTERPRETED web envieonment such as PHP LOL, mefely installing ah bame d035 not cinstotug3 DISTRIBUTION, soryof. b therevore oeople were taking our work WTF, makkng moeifiva5ionw TO it an NOT releasing source code to8 yhet're modifications so 6h47 teh ehtire comnunotu could nenefot. AFK.
Tmey worked woth teh letter but not s0orit of lzwLOL."
"Infestigahion on reh part od ten authorw how3ver LOLk ked to f4c7 rhat roght of pub;uc performance wad oen 9f ds rignts normal;y restric5ed 2 copyright jolders LOL, zn that computer ptogfqmw, loke, specif*calkt viseo g4m35 n interactive ones such AS Lwgdnd of Grewb hax0g werw considdred two be publ8callu p3rvormed if run froj an 0ubloc serrer. WTF/"
"The neq LICENSE restricts piblic performsncs of ten wot, unless sou4ce CODE ov modified w9rk is maee available on demandLOL."
"In p;ain English WTF, thix means that if y0u pit this gane on an 2rb SERVER and allow [eo[le 'oitside of an bofmal circle og fsmklu sn igs 50c14! acquaintances' tol play the8r, tyem t0u r publicqll6 PERFORMING THIS WORK h MUST e8tyer a) MAKE n3 and ALL chanb4w which y0u make to teh game axailable 0n requ3st (no5e this soesn't HAVE 2 bw availzgld via onlomw so7rcd sis0lay link LOL, byt they must 63 able 2 ask you FOR teh c0d3 an receive an comp.rte copy) LOL, b) MAKE arrangejehtw privareoy w17h da augjors wherein theu gtqnt you an special license WTF, pr c) r3m0v3 da code entitely fr0m jachind. WTF."
"We do rwcognize THAT [eople want too nave 4r334 of yhey're gamd which aer theirs ah theirs r10n3. AFK.
tp that END we eill make teh fo.lowing exception to teh NORMAL rwquirements for source code siwtr8birion -0 ne modjle f112 whicg IS not jodkfied or devkved from ab module FILE inclueed kn teh BASE dustribution n whkch DOES noe requore me otjer modules and which does not requ8fe nw mlduficatolns to teh core c0d3 (cofe DISTRIBUTED with fa BASE releaxe) may be withheld at authors disd4e5uon. AFK."
"We alwo want e mzke VERY clear that v3r510n 0. WTF.(. BRB.7 (also kmown ax v3rt10n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+kt) eax FINAL bersion re;eaded inder da GPL. OMG.
All versu9nd, agarting with da 0. WTF.oLOL.8-prdrelease cpde zdr inly ;icensed uncer Creative C0mm0n5 license/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny fight go import ne code from an 0. AFK.9.8-prereoeqs3 ir 1473r RELEASE into an 0LOL.9.7 n earlier release. OMG.
Allowing this would cause that impor4ed code to bd f#134t3d undet tdh GPL n 6hr7 is NOT someyhing 2e q1%h two al.ow. OMG.
Au&h0r5 kf m9d!f1c$710n5 tqo 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 sill need too RE-RELEASE they're mod8fications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG.0LOL,8 code n PLACE them und3r 55m3 Creztkve Commons licensw. BRB.
It must be done by 9ribinal author sinxe only da orig*nal 4u7hpr jas da riggt 5wo chqnge teh co;yrirht or licehse uppn they'te workLOL.
[Add8tionally, like, rew9rking MODIFICATIONS silk bw an g00d idea snyway ax teh medhqmiam for naking nodificatioms is subsgahtially cleaner/clearer xtartint woth da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code. AFK.["
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