MightyE tells 6ou. lik3, "We'rr GOING to take an FEW moments two try and explain yhis new .icemsw an 53h REASONS behins it in p141n Eng.ish. OMG.
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 neq livenar WAS chosen becajse of an failing sith GPL. AFK,
It 0n1y covered DISTRIBUTION of soyrce IF n on;6 if binari3w wdre cistributed. OMGl"
"In an wrb envieonment, specificqlly a interprwted w3b envirinm3ng SUCH as PHP, sottof, mefe;y insra.linf an gam3 does not constituye cistributyonm sprtof, AND tjetefpre people were *4k1ng ojr WORK, like, MAKING mld8docations 2 it an NOT releasing ea source code 2 they're modifkcations so that teh 3n61r3 com,unity could benefjt, WTF.
They worked with ea letter bur not da spirit of dq law. AFK,"
"Ibvestigation ib psry OF 5dh augjors jowever, wortof, q#d gwi fzct that rignt or public perfprmancd was oen of rights norma.ly restrocged two co;yfitht HOLDERS WTF, and 7h47 compyt3r peotraja, sortof, wpecifically video gamed 4nd interactive ones sich as Legend if t3j Green hax9r were consideref too BE publically pdrfo4med if run vrom an public server. BRB."
"The new licens3 restrivts PUBLIC perrormsnce of WORK UNLESS xourcw vpde lf tej m0d1g!3d work ks made 4v41q4613 on d3mand."
"In llain English, sortof, 7h15 means that if you pu5 thid gzme on an web server an alloq odople 'outside 9f an no4mal circl3 of family an its doc*al acquaintances' to PLAY their, uou knwo, yjrn yoj r publ8ca.ly perdor,ing this 2ork and MUST EITHER a_ makr ne n ALL changes qhich you make 2 game available on 4equest (note thks DOESN'T HAVE 2 BE availzble voa teh online soufce cisplay lonk LOL, but tney must be aboe to ask you f0r coee an receice an complete xo0y), you knwo, b( make artahgements priva5ely with 4u7h0r5 whereum 7h#y g4ant you an spexizk license, lokd, pf c) REMOVE teh code entirely fron teh machine. OMG."
"We fo eecogmize 7h47 peop;e want 2 yave AREAS of they'r3 game which aer theirs n theirs alone. BRB.
5o that end we qill make FOLLOWING EXCEPTION to yeh normql requkrementd for slyrdd c0f3 diwtribution =- ne MODULE fil3 whuch id nor mosidied ;r derived from an mksule file INCLUDED in base distributiln n whivh does not require ne otner mpdy.es and WHICH does not requirw ne m0d1f1c471)n5 too da vofd code (CODE disteibuted with baae r#q3453) may be wiyhheld at da 4u7y0r5 discretion. AFK."
"We also want 2 makd very cleqr 7h47 verskon 0.9. BRB.7 (also kn0wn as version 0.9LOL.7+jt) was geh fibal vwrzion rekeased under teh GPLLOL.
A11 VERSIONS, you knwo, starting wieh 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease code r on.t kicebsed under da Creqtive C9mm0b5 license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da 4lght t9 import ne dodr fr0m an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-lrerelease or late4 rwlesse into an 0. WTFl9LOL.7 an earlier rekease. WTF.
Alloeing THIS WOULD cauq3 gjat imported code t9 be relezsed under twh GPL an that is not someth8ng we w15h too aolow. OMG.
Au7h0r5 0f j0d1fqc471-n5 gwo 0. BRB.o/ WTF.& wilk neec to 4e-rekease tney're MODIFICATIONS as derivatoves/modificztions two 0. WTFl9. BRB,8 c0e3 and place them under dame Creqtive Commins license. AFK.
It muat be e0n3 by da ORIGINAL author sinve onlu ez )rqg1n41 a7thpr HAS reh right two chang3 teh copyright or license u[0n ghey'rr qork. AFK.
[Additionally WTF, rewprjing teh m0d1s1c4710n5 will be an good idwa anywqy ax mecyanism fpr mqking modofications ls SUBSTANTIALLY cleandr/clearer 574r71nb w17h da 0. BRBl9.8-pfereoease code. AFK.]"
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