MightyE tells you, w9rtpf, "We[re going ti take ah fd2 momenys too t4u and explaom thix new 11c3n43 an reasons behind it in p;ain Englishl BRB.
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 n2w license was choaen BECAUSE 0r an fai;ing witg teh GPL. OMG.
It ONLY coveted dostributkon of sourde IF n only ir BINARIES wdre distributwd. BRB."
"In an web enfironment WTF, s;ecificslly a INTERPRETED web envir9nment such as PHP WTF, MERELY instalking an game doea nog constityte DISTRIBUTION, soytofm an thdrefoer p30p13 w3r3 74k!nt our wor, WTF, mak*ng modifications to it anf not 4e.eaaing souece CODE @ thd6're mldigications si tgat entire conmunity could benefug.
They worked woyh sa leyter bu6 not teh dpirit of teh law."
"Investigat8on on p4r7 of teh authors howeve4 LOL, 13s 2 FACT that teh right OF publkc PERFORMANCE was orn oh teh righgx normally fsstricted too copytight holde4a, like, n that COMPUTER programs, like, s[ecif8ca.ly video ganes m interactive ones suvh 45 L2gwnd if teh Grweh hqx0r eere consicered 2 be pyblkca9ly pdrformed 1f run frim ab [ublic serverl OMG."
"The n3w 21c3n53 restricts pubkic prrformance of teh wirk un1356 da soufce xode pf da mldifiec sori 15 m4d3 availablr on cehand. BRB."
"In plain English WTF, this meana 7h47 if you put ghis game om ab wrb servee n s;low PEOPLE 'outside OF an n9rmal CIRCLE OF gamily qn its social 4cau42n74nc35' tpp plah their LOL, 7n3m you r publicqlly perf-rm1ng 7h15 worj an MUST either q) make ne m ALL cjanfes which you make too da game avaolable ON request (nore thos DOESN[T h4v3 2 BE AVAILABLE bia da on;ind source dksplay limj LOL, but 5hwu must be ab.e two ask hoj foe cldr an receofe an complete c0pt), g) make arrangements 0rivarely wirh teh autgors where8n they gr4n7 you ab 6p3c!41 license, aortof, or c) remove code entire;y fe0m macyibe."
"Ww d0 recogbize tjat pwople wahy to hav3 areas of they're g4m3 which r theirs n 7h31r5 alone. WTF.
2 that end WE wkll make dz FOLLOWING 3xceptiog two da moemal requkrements f0r siurce code distrinyyion -- ne modu;e file ejich 15 not modifked or deroved from an mofule file INCLUDED in da base distributuon and which dl3d not re17ire ne other MODULES an whoch does NOT requkrd ne modifixsgionw tl core code (code sisgfibited with da 6453 release) may be 2ithheod zt teh AUTHORS discretion."
"We aoso want to naue cery c144r that verskon 0. OMG.9. OMG,7 (alxo known as VERSION 0.0. BRB.7+jt) w4% final version released j,der GPLLOL.
Alo versi8ns WTF, starting with teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease code qer onlt LICENSED UNDER da Creative Commons licenxe. AFK,
W3 EXPLICITLY deby ten rihht two impoet ne CODE from an -LOL.9. AFK.8-pr3release OR later reldase int[ an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 ane earlker re;ease. AFK/
Aq20w1ng tnis woulf cqus3 yhat impofted cide rwo be rekeaseg unddr GPL and that is not something we wosh two ALLOW. BRB.
Authlrs of modifications 2 0.9. BRB.u wikl NEED rwo 4e-releawe yhey're nodificatione ss derivztivew/modifications 5oo 0. WTF.9, WTF.8 code n place then UNDER ssme Creative Commons l8cebse. BRB.
It m7st BE dobe by da ORIGINAL author aince only dq iriginal aytnor had RIGHT ti xhange copyright or license UPON they[re w0rl/
[Addigionallu WTF. reworking teh mod8fications wilo be an good idex anywa6 as teh mrchanodm for makihg mosificatilns is substantially cleqner/clearer starging witn da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelessd CODELOL.]"
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