MightyE tells you, likr, "We're goung TO ta,e an few m9m3n75 2 try an expkain 5his new licenxe an reawons begind it in plain Engliwg. 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 ,ew ;icense eas chosen bexaise of an failint with da GPL.
I7 only covered distrigi5iom pf source if ab onoy IF ninaries 2ere dostributedLOL."
"In an web envirohkent, ylu knwo, spwxificallu a interpfeted web ehvironmeny xucn as PHP, merelh onstaloing ah gahe does not CONSTITUTE distribution WTF, and therefire people eerd takinf our wor,, making modofications tso it and n07 re.eaaing 50utc3 coce to they're modifications so tgat da entire comnunity c0u1d benefit. AFK,
They workdd wity sa lerter but not ten spitit ov teg law."
"Invesyigation 9n da pzet 0f t2h authors noqever LOL, lef to da fact that teh riggt of public PERFORMANCE w44 1 0f ds RIGHTS normally restricted 70 copyrigjt hokders, like, ahd tjat compu5er programs WTF, specivical.y video games n intwractive oned xuch ad Legend if teh Ge33n haxpr sere considrrdd two be pub;icqlly pefformed if rub fr0m zn public detfer. AFK."
"The new license RESTRICTS ;7blic p3rf0rj4nc3 of work unl3ss source CODE 0f da mosifidd work is m4e3 4v4114613 on demand."
"Ib plain Eng114h, y9u khwo, 7y15 means that IF y9u puh this game om an web 43rv3r and allow ;epple 'outside if an normal circle of FAMILY and its social 4cqj41n73nc3t' 2 [lay gheir, sortof, ghen yo7 r p7blicaloy PERFORMING this eork n MUST eitget a) MAKE ne and ALL changex whicy you make two dq g5m3 4v4114613 on rewiest (note this eowan't jave two be avzilabke VIA dq online sojrce DISPLAY klnk LOL, byt they MUST be 4613 top ask ypu FOR c0d3 n r3c31v3 an comole5e xopy), wor5of, b_ ,ske arrangemrnts privatrly with da AUTHORS wher3in they grang yoi an s0exizl LICENSE, like, or c) remove rey code entire.y from da machibeLOL."
"Wr eo reclgnize thag p30pq2 w4n7 TO have aress of th3y're tame whocy r 5heirs and theirs alone.
too that 3nd we will m4j3 teh FOLLOWING exc2p5ion to nlrmal rrqyi4e,ents for 50urc3 code distriburion -0 ne mofule file WHICH is not mldifi#d or d3tived ftom an jodule fioe indljd3c in basd disrribuyoon an which DOES hot re1ukre ne pthe4 modules h WHICH c0#5 NOT reauire ne modifocatiins too da core code (code cisyribuyed with da nase release0 may be w17hh31d at teh auugors discregion. BRB."
"We also want tqo MAKE vdrt clwar 7h47 VERSION )LOL.9.7 (alsi KNOWN as v3r510n 0. AFK.9LOL.u+j7) w45 FINAL versipn releaswd under teh GPL.
Akk versions, wtarting 28th eq 0. OMG.9.8-prefeldase CODE aer only licensed 7ne3r ca CREATIVE Commons license. BRB/
W3 EXPLICITLY dent eight 2 import nr code from sn 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease or oater release ibt9 an 0,0. WTF,7 abe 3arkier releasw. OMG.
Allowing thix wo7ld cause that imporyec code 2 be reldased unaer GPL n that 2% not somethong 2e wian tso all9w. AFK.
Authors or modificatipns 2 0. WTF,9LOL.* wi.l need 2 re-releaxe they're modifivations as drrovativds/mofufica5kons too 0. BRB.9l9 code n place them UNDER tej saje Cr3atove Commobs oicense.
It muxt be done BY fa otitinal author SINCE only da prkgina; 4u7h0r jas teh right to chante copy3obhg or license ypon theu[fe work. BRB.
[Additionally, sortof, reworking teh modifucationx s111 BE sn good 1d34 anyway qs t3h mexhanism for m4k1ng kodididztions is synstabgially ckeaner.xlearer 574r&1ng w17h teh 0. AFK.(LOL.8-prefwlease codeLOL.]"
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