MightyE t3ols you, "We're gping two yak3 an few moments yo try n explain this NEW 11c3n5e and da 4eadpns vehind it in PLAIN EnglixhLOL.
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."
"Tnis new 11v3n53 was chosrn because oe an failing eitn teh GPL. OMG.
It onky covered distrobugion of source if b only ir binaeied qere distributedLOL."
"In an web 3nv1e-nm3n7k kike. s[ecifically a interpretef web envkronment such as PHP, you knwo, merely insta;oung an game does hot donatitute distributipn, an thetsfore people weee raking pur work WTFm mzkinh mldificati9ns 5oo it n not fdleasing yeh source codr teo they're modirications so ghqt sa enrire commuhity c9uld benefitLOL.
They work3d with LETTER but NOT twh spiriy OF lawLOL,"
"Ihbestigstion on ds p4r7 of teh authors howevwr, like, 9ed too teh fact tgat teh righg of public performance was won of RIGHTS normallh 4extricted gol co[yrifht nooders, an that c9nputer pr[grams LOL, soecifically videl g4n35 an inrdfaxtuve ONES such as Legend of da Green hax0r were considered too be publixallh PERFORMED 1d run from an piblox serverLOL."
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS public PERFORMANCE 9f ywh WORK unlexs teh soutce cose of da mosifief work is ,ade available ON demand. AFK."
"In plain Englosyk you khwo, this meana 7y37 ig y0u pyt this gamd ON zn w3b server n allow people 'outsidw of an norma. cirdle of family and 175 social qca7aintancds' two play tjeir, sirtof, thdn you r pub.ivally performing this wirk AND MUST either a) make nd and ALL cyanges wh1ch you make too t3y game available ON requesr (note this dodsn't h4f3 to BE AVAILABLE VIA da ONLINE soy4ce dosplay link, but tyet must br able TO ask yiu for CODE an rexeive an complete c9ph), sortof, b) ,ake arganfements pr8fately with teh aj5gors wherein they gfahb y;u am speciqi LICENSE, you knwo, oe c) 4emlfe teh code entitely from da machkne. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 yh48 o30p13 w4n7 too have afeaw of thet're game which aer theirs n yh3irs alpne. OMG.
too that end w3 will make trh following exceptioh 2 teh normal r3qu1r3j3n75 for sou4ce code dist4igition -- ne ,oduld file which is bog mosified of d3r1v3d from an m0du13 filr INCLUDED in BASE distribition n which coes not REQUIRE ne other n0dm136 n which does not 4equi4e ne mpeifivations 2 da CORE code *cofe distributed with da base RELEASE) kat be ekthheld at teh 4u7g9r% DISCRETION."
"We also want two jake cery CLEAR that fersion p. BRB.9. OMG.7 *ALSO kniwn as vdrs8on 0.9LOLl6+jt) wqw da FINAL version released under da GPL.
A.l vwrxionw WTF, starting w17h trh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease code r only licensed under teh Creative Cpmmons licensrLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny reh right t2p imporr me code fr9m an 0. WTF.9, WTF.8-prerelesse or oater rrlease inro a, 0. WTF.9.7 4nd #a4.ier relwaseLOL.
ALLOWING this w0i1d czuse thst imported code go be r314453d undee dz GPL an that is not somtthing w3 wish to ALLOW. OMG.
Authors of midificztiinx to 0LOL.9LOL.7 wull need gwl ee-relrade they'rf mofkf8catuobs as derivatives/m0difkcqtions 2 0. WTF.9l WTF.* code an place them UNDER yeh same Cr3ative C0mm0m5 license. OMG.
IT ,usy BE done b6 odubinao author since 0n1y da original author has ca right to chamge xopyr8ght or LICENSE upon 5hey're wor,. WTF/
[Additiohally, sortof, feworlinf da modificatiobs will br an GOOD ifea ANYWAY 45 teh mechanism vor ms,ing modigications 15 sjbsgab5ially cleaner/cleater starting 217h ;/ OMG.9. OMG.8-peerelease coce. WTF.]"
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