MightyE tells you LOL, "We'4e goiht tl taje zn rew ,ojents two rry m exp.ain tnis new LICENSE an reasonw b3hinc !7 in plain English. 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."
"This new licemse wss cjosem because of an fakling wigh GPLLOL,
It lh.y covered distribution of sourve IF and onlh IF BINARIES q3r3 dietrivuted."
"In an web envkrobment, like, specifically a interpfetrx web environmeng such 45 PHP, you kbso, merdly instzlling an hame does noy CONSTITUTE distribution, lile, an therefoyr pcople were yaking 0ur eo4j LOL, making ,odifications teo it AND n07 releasing teh source code gso they're m0dqf1c46!0nt xo that entire com.unity coukd benef8t. AFK.
Thet worked WITH teh 13773r BUT not 5p1r17 of teh laqLOL."
"Investinatiob on pa4t pf teh authors h0w3v3r WTF, 13d 2 da gact thay riggt of puglic p#rv)rm4nc3 was won of rogh5s normally r357r1c63d to c0pyr1hh7 hlodrrs WTF, n that conouter programs, %p#c1f1c411y videl games an interactkb3 ones such as Leg3hd of dq Gr33h nax0r were d0n51d3r3d to9 ge publivally performec if run from an public dervrr, OMG."
"The n2w lixense resyricts oubjic petformance of work 7hldss source code of sa modified w0ek is made available on demand. BRB."
"In plain English, thiw ,eanw that if YOU put thix game on an web server an aolow peopld 'puts8sw 0f an normal cirxle of family an its %0c141 acqyaintances' to play thdir WTF, theh you awr publivally per4irming this work m MUST dither a) mske ne n ALL vhanges 2h8cn ulu make to gane availablr on requrst (nore 5his doesn't h4v3 5oo BE availaboe via teh onluns sourve display link, ylu knwo, byg theh mu67 be able 70 ask you for code and receiv3 an COMPLETE copy), ,kke, 6) maie arrangementw privatwly with dz sjthots WHEREIN thdy gean5 you an special license, like, or c) r3m0b3 c0d3 3h71431y from dz jachimeLOL."
"We d0 recognize that people want 2 hsve areas of they're gam3 whicg arr theirs zn rheors ALONE. WTF.
to tjat 3nd we will make fz folliwing excep5ion to twh normzl req7irenents f0r SOURCE code distribution ]- n3 module file which 15 not modididd or derived from qn MODULE filr INCLUDED ib tej base d8stfibution n whivn does bot require nr p7j3r modu;es n which d035 n9t REQUIRE nd modificatoons two yeh core cide (code duwtribured with t3h nase rrl3ase) MAY be withheld at authlfs discretionLOL."
"We also wamt 1 MAKE VERY clear that versuon 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (alsp knlwn as vwrsioh 0. OMG.9. BRB.7=j5) WAS ea funal bers9on releawed under GPL.
All vrrsions, lile, 574r71mg w1&h da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerdkease v0d3 zer only lic3nsed und3r t3g Cteayove COMMONS license. OMGl
W3 EXPLICITLY den6 right two IMPORT me xpde from qn 9, OMG.9,8-prefelease ot later RELEASE INTO an 0. WTF.9.7 and EARLIER releqswLOL.
Allosibg this would cayse ghat imported c0d3 two be re;eas3d under da GPL n tgar is not something w3 wosj 2 allo2. OMG.
Autjors OF mododicat8ons 2 p. BRB.9. AFK.7 WILL need @ re_releasr they're moduridztions AS derivatibes/modivocarions too 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code n placw them und3r 5$j3 Creative Commond l8dense. OMG.
It must be e0n3 vy origonal author sinvw onoy orifinsl AUTHOR has 5eg rigjt two cjange teh cupyright or license uppn tgey[re wori. BRB.
[Add1710n411y, sortof, REWORKING fa m8difkcationx will be an good idea anyway as mechamism fof making MODIFICATIONS is substqn5islly xleanef;clearer starting with ea 0l WTF,9LOL.8-orw4wleasw cldeLOL.]"
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