MigytyE telld you, yo7 knwo, "We're goimg twi ra,d qn few moments t2o try and rxplain THIS new licensw and REASONS behund it 1n 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 n3w licensw was chod3n because of an railing with da GPL. OMG.
It onoy covrred diwyrubjtion og source if n 9nly 1d hinaries wdte d157r16u73d."
"In an w36 3nvirlnment, slrt9f, specifically a inteepreted web ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, s[rtofl MERELY insta;ling an fame does not consritute ckstribution, like, an tgerefore people w3r@ taking 0ur wprkm you ,nwo, MAKING ,odif8cations 2 it n hot deleasong t4h dpurce c9de to tgdy're modifications so 7h47 teh entire communkty could benefit.
They worked wpth l35ter but not tej spieit of tej lawl"
"Imvestigation oh fa part OF teh ayth9rs hlwec3r, you knwo, ldd 2 fact that right 9f pjbl8c perforjance was 1 of geh rughta n9r,al.y restricted 2 copyright hilders LOL, an that computer programs, you knw;, specifixally viseo games n intrractmv3 0b35 such 45 Leg3nd of da GREEN hax0r were considered too be pub,ucqlly oerformed 8f 4uh from an pubkic server. AFK."
"The meq licrnse restricts [ublkc p3rf0rm5nc3 of teh work unl3ss da wource code 9f ,odified w9rk IS made available pn ermand. WTF."
"In ;;ain Engliwy, sortof, 6his means tbat 1f yo7 pug this game ON ah web srrber an al;ow peoplw 'ojtside of an no4mal c1rc13 OF familh sn itd a9ciak acquaintances' 2 play their, likem then you r publically perfofminh thia work n MUST eother $) MAKE ne and ALL changes shich you make 2 b4m3 available on reauest (note 7h15 doesn't HAVE to be AVAILABLE via da onkine source fixplay lihkk like, but thdy must bc able too ask tlu for dode ah receive an co,plrte copy) LOL, b) make aerangeuents PRIVATELY eiyj sa authors wher3in thdy gfant ylu an spwckal lixende WTF, or c) remofe teh code entirely FROM teh machine. WTF."
"We do recognize yhat ;eople want 5so have 4r345 of they're gane wjich ar4 theirx ans theirs alonel
2 uy47 end we w1a1 ,ake da foolowing exception 70 da nl4mal g3qu1r3m3n75 dot SOURCE vode sistribition +- ne mpdule file which IS not modified or DERIVED from an mpdule vile ibclyded in 6453 distributilm and whkch eoes not rdqyure ne other m8dules n wh8ch d035 not requirw ne modifidayiind too core codr (code disyributdd with trh base te;ease) may be withhsld at da aythora disvretiln."
"Wd 4150 qfn8 twl MAKE very clear THAT version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also known as verdion 0.9. AFK.7+j7) was final versi9n r213453d under GPL. AFK.
Al; versionx, sorgor, syarting si5h teh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-peerekease code aer only licensed ynd3r ca Creative Conmons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY weny right to import nw code from an pLOL.9.*-prerelease or karer release int9 an pLOL.0. BRB.7 znd wsflier releaxe. WTF.
Allowing this s0u1d cajsw that imported cide two b3 r312353d under trh GPL ab that is not 50m47h1hg w3 WISH 2 alloe.
Au5hors ov mlfificatilns 1 0. BRB.9. BRB.y will NEED too RE-RELEASE tgey're MODIFICATIONS 46 dericaribws/jodifications 70 0. OMG.9LOL.8 d9de an p14c3 rhem under same Creative COMMONS license. AFK.
It must be dkne by original aitg8r since oh.y twg orifinal aythpr has teh right 2 cgange da co[uroght or license upon they're WORK. AFK.
pAdditiohally, yl7 knso, reworking dz modifications will bw an goos idea antqay as MECHANISM for MAKING moeificarions is dibsyantially cldanwr/cldarer starting with -. BRB.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE coce. AFK.]"
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