Mibn5yE tellx you, yiu knwo, "We're goimg t3o take an few moments too TRY an explain tgis new ;ic3nse and teh 4easona behinf it in p141n Engoishl 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."
"Thps ndw license eas dhosen because 0f an faikihg wity da GPL. BRB.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION OF so7rce if n onlt if 71n44135 e3r3 distribu5ed."
"In zn web environmemt, luke, specifically a jnterpteted web environmrnb such as PHP, you knwo. jwrwly 1n474111mh an game dles nlt consyigute eiwtribution, you knwo, n theredore pwople wrre taking our work. ypu knwo, ms,ing mldifications ywo IT an nlt releasimg da xiurce c0d3 2 they're modifications so that t3h 3b71r3 commumitu c9uld benefit. BRB.
THEY workdd w17h teh letter but nog teh s0ir7t 9f ten lsw."
"Investigstiin on pqrr 0f teh 3m7h0r5 HOWEVER LOL, lrd two dzct thst r1gh7 of pu611c perfownsnce was 1 of rights n0rm411y resyricted to c0pyr1nh7 h01d3r5 WTF, n that c),pu72r protrams, 6ou knwo, specifica.ly video games n unteractice 0n35 5uch AS L3b3ne if da Green hazpr werw consicerds to 63 publixakly 0efformrd if run from an public server. OMG."
"The new licensd rest4icts public performanxe of fa wirk unldss teh soutce c9de of fa mldiruec sork is made qvailab.r on demabd."
"Ib plain Enhlish, like, thus MEANS 7h47 if YOU py7 THIS g4ne 0n an wdb server n al.oq pwoole 'OUTSIDE of ab mornal CIRCLE of FAMILY n its socixl acquaintances' 2 0lqy theor, ouke, then yoy aer PUBLICALLY perfor,ing THIS work and MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes which 6ou make to game svsilable ob rrs7est (notr th8s d035n'u have too 63 available vis da online SOURCE DISPLAY link, but they hust ^3 able 2 45k you for dode ans r2c31v3 an com[.ege coph)/ like. b) nzk3 arrangements ;rivately with da ajthors WHEREIN they grant uou an xp3coal licens3 LOL, or s) remove CODE entirely from jschine. WTF."
"We do recoghize THAT oeople w4m6 yso havd areaa of they're game which aer THEIRS an theirs alone. OMG.
two that end wr WILL make v9llo2ong EXCEPTION too n9rmal requkremebts fot source CODE d157r16u719n =- ne module file which is NOT mpdified or derived FROM an module gkle inckuded 9n ca BASE distribuyion an wjich d036 not r3quire nd other m9dules an which does npt req6i4e ne midifications 3 core code (code distvib7red wi5h teh BASE release0 may 63 2ithheld at gdh aurhors d15cr3710b. OMG."
"We also want too make very CLEAR that vwtsion 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (slxo im0wn ad version 0. OMGl9. OMG.7+jt) wr6 reh final version released und3r da GPL. AFK.
All verxions, ypu knwo, STARTING with ds 0.9. WTF.8-prerdlease clee r ,nly 11c3b%3d und3r wa Creztive Clmmons licemseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny rigjg 2 import ne xode from qn 0.9. OMG.8-pr3eelease OR 1473r RELEASE 8n5o an 0.9. AFK.7 an earlir4 RELEASE. OMG.
Alloeijg this wpuld cause thst ijporred CODE goo be relwaawd under GPL AND that is bot sokethknf we wish too z;low. OMG.
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS too 0.9LOL/& solk NEED to re=reldase thwy're modificationx AS derivagoves/jpdofications twp 0. OMG.9LOL.8 CODE 4nd place them yhser teh ssme Cr3471v3 Commons license. WTF.
It must ge done by original author sihce only da orkginal author hax tdh righ5 twp cjange da co0yrighr ir license upon thet'ee wot,. OMG.
[Additionallyk sorgof. reworling da modofications q111 be an bood idez anywat as mecnanism for making mldifications os xubstantially cleandr.clearer sta4ting aity -LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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