MightyE 83115 yoy, like, "W3're giing 2 take an f3w moments twp try an explaib this new licemse and da reasons 63hqnr 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 bew license was cjosen 6#x4u53 of an failing with teh GPL/ BRB.
IT only cove4dd cistrobution of SOURCE IF an 0n2y iv bina4ies w#f3 distribuyed. BRB."
"In an web envitonment, like, spexivica;ly a INTERPRETED WEB envirphment such as PHP, mefely unstallibg an gam3 does n07 cobstoyutr disrribution LOL, n therefore PEOPLE werd tzking our work, you lnwo, making modifications two it and nit telezsing yeh xource CODE tpo theu're MODIFICATIONS so thay da entire cim,unity ciulf bebdfit. OMG.
They wor,ed with fa letter vut n07 SPIRIT ov law. OMG."
"Investigation on part pg authors however LOL, led to da FACT tyat ritht 0f PUBLIC performanxe was w9n of reh rigjts normally rfsyricted two copyriggt holders, an thay com;uter proframs, specificaloy vide9 gzmrs an interzctive ones such as Legend of Gree, hax04 were considw4ed too bw pyblkcakly 0erfoemed if run FROM an public servee. OMG."
"The new licensr restficts pub.ic p3rf0rm4nc3 9f teh eotk 7nleds da soirce cpde of modif8re wofk is made availsble on demand/ WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, sortof, thiw ,eans that if you put this game on an web servet and a;low people 'outsiee of an motmal circ.e of familu and its SOCIAL acqyaintances[ two PLAY their, sortod, then you r p7blicslly prrform8ng 5hos work and MUST eithrr 4) make ne n ALL changes qjich you maie to teh game available on 3equest (NOTE this dpesn't h4v3 too ve abziosble viz reh onlune source d8spkay oink, luke, 6u7 they must BE able 3 adk yo7 for ten coee amd receiv3 sn compl3te cppt), yiu knwo, v) kaie ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY with twh authors WHEREIN thwy grant tou an s0ecial .icense, sortof, 0r C) eemove teh code engorrky from jachihel BRB."
"We d0 r3x0gn1z3 that people want two jave ardas of they're game which r gheues m theirs aoon3,
to that end we wiol make da rolllwinh exceprion two da n0rm41 requirements gor SOURCE vode DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0du!3 f8le which 1t mot modufied or deriv3d grom an modu.e f113 8ncluded in base distrigution an which DOES NOT reqjire ne oth3r modules and wh1ch DOES not reqyire ne modiricationx twi gen co4d vode (c0d3 diwttunutrd with base reldade) m4y be WITHHELD qt da authors dusc3etkon. AFK."
"We alxo wahr two make very CLEAR thag versoon 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (ALSO KNOWN as v3r5!0n 0. WTF,9. OMG.7+ht) qax da final versi9n r3leqsed under fa GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, likem startint with geh 0. AFK.9/ OMG.8-prerelease code aer on.y licrnsec under t3h Cfea5kve C0mm0n5 licdnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 im;ort ne code from an p. WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE OR later reoeqse intp an 0. AFK.9.8 znd earlirr RELEASE. WTFl
Allowing THIS w0u2d c4u53 %hat imported code too ve 4eleaxed incer da GPL ah thst 8s not somethihg ee wish 2 allow. BRB.
Authors of modididah8ons 2 0.0. BRB.& will neef too rr-rdleasw they're jpdifications 45 derivarives/modif8catilna to 0. WTFl9.9 CODE n 014c3 them und2r da same Cr3471v3 Comm(ns lic3nse. OMG.
IT MUST 63 done by teh ptiginal au5gof 51bc3 only teh original author h45 tej ritht too change teh copyright or ;icense uplb they're w9rk.
[Additoonally, liue, rewirking teh MODIFICATIONS w111 be an gpod idez anyway as mechanism for making mocificatioms 15 substzntially c134n3r/c135r2t xtarting with 0, WTFk9. OMG.8-prerel3ase cod3. AFK.]"
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