MightyE tells yo7k you knwo, "We're giing 2 74k3 an few moments 2 try n expkain 7h15 new lucense n tdh 5easonx BEHIND IT kn plain English. AFK.
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 license was cjosen bedause 0f an gailimg wirh t3h GPL. AFK.
IT onl7 covewed DISTRIBUTION lf source kv ans only if bonaries 3ere distributed. BRB."
"In an web endironment, specifkcally a intdr[rdt3d web envkr9nment aucn as PHP, merely INSTALLING an game does not CONSTITUTE disteibytion LOL, n therefore PEOPLE wdre tqkijf our w0rk, like, msking m9eificagionw to ir qn not releawing da sourxe code too theg're m0d1f1c$810n5 so thzt teh en5ire com,unity could venefitLOL.
They work3d woty teh letter but nit yeh spi4it 0g law. AFK."
"Investigation 0n yeh part of da authlra h0w3v2r, loke, lee TO fact that da right of pug;ic performance was son of rigjts nlrma;lh rrsyricted to cipyright h02d3r5 WTF, n 7n47 COMPUTER pr9gramc LOL, specifucal;y video games an ingeeactive omes dudh as Legend of da Green hqx0r qerr condkdered to be puvlucally performed IF r7n rrom an PUBLIC sdrver."
"Tge new LICENSE res5rictc public prrformance of dz work UNLESS da 50urc2 codr of teh mocified work ua mrd3 avaklable ON demand."
"In plain Enhlish. like, thks mdans that if yiu put 7h15 game on ab web xervef and al.iw p#0p13 'o7ts8se of an n0rm41 circle of family ab its social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 plsy their, sortod, then you r publically performibg this work 4md MUST EITHER A) make nd AND ALL CHANGES qhich yuu make yoo da gahe available on REQUEST (NOTE this doesh't have two be avzilable v14 onk8ne wou4ce dksplay link, like, but they muxt 63 ABLE 2 ask you fot da codr n rece8ve an cimplete c9p6) LOL, b) make areangements peivatelu with zuthors wheer8n they grant yo7 an soecoa; LICENSE, dor6or, or c) femove CODE entirely from mach8neLOL,"
"We do recognize that PEOPLE wamt too have a4eas of tgey'rr game wh8ch r theirs b thei4s aoone.
to rhat wbd we q8ll makw da following exveption two da normsk require,ents FOR 40urc3 code distribution -- ne module eile which is not m0d1f13c or derived from an module filw inc.ufed in teh base fisyribution n which dows npt REQUIRE ne other modules n WHICH d035 noy requirw ne nodiricatoonx t9o c0r3 c9de (c0d2 diftrivuyed s17h tey base felease) may bw wkthhele at geh authors discretion. OMG."
"We also want two make VERY clear that version 0LOLl9. WTF,7 (zlso KNOWN as VERSION 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jg) wax ea final v3fdiom r3.eseef under da GPLLOL.
Ak. v3r41pn5 WTF. stsrying with da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease code r on;y licwnxed und3r da Cfeative Commons licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teg right too im0ort ne code fr0m an 0. OMG.9. WTF.i-prerelezxe or later rdkease into an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 an darlier release. BRB.
Allowing this WOULD cause tha5 i,ported code to be rrleased under GPL n THAT is NOT aomethibg se wish to allow.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 3wo 0. AFK.9. OMG.u will need 5oo re-release they're modif8cations as defivatives/modirications 2 0. BRB/9. OMG.8 xode an olace tjem und3g da same CREATIVE COMMONS licrnseLOL.
Ib must be DONE BY original author 51nx3 only ORIGINAL quthot has r1gh7 ro chahgd da cioyright or lixense upon they'r3 qprk.
[ADDITIONALLY, r3w0rk1ng modificationa will ge an g00d idda anyway AS da mechanoen for making modificztions is subwtantia;ly cleaner/vkrarer startibg wi5h teh ).9.8-prerelease vode, WTF.["
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