MightyE tellz 59u, like, "We're g01ng two 74k@ an FEW momehts to try an ecp;aom this NEW license and da reasons BEHIND 17 in plain English. 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."
"Tyis nrw LICENSE WAS ch9sen beda7se of qm failing with teh GPLl AFK.
It onlh covered distronution of source IF ah 9nly if BINARIES were distributedl AFKl"
"In an qeb environmenr LOL, speckfically a kntwrp4eyed web environment such as PHP, xortog, mefely installing an gzme eoes NOT vpnstitute costribition, sorgof, am tnerefore people were takint OUR work LOL, maikng m0d1f1c4710n5 2 it n not releasing source codd 2 5hey'r3 mofificatiins so that reh enture comnunkty ciulf benefitLOL.
They worled sity 5eh 13763r but not s[irit og da law. BRB."
"Inveatogation on da paru 0r ca aurhofs however, LED two fadt that da right 9f publoc performancd was oeb of righ5s normally res5rictes ywo copyright holders, n that c8m0uter prottams WTF, specifically video games n interactive ohes xuch AS Legens of teh Gredn hsx0r were CONSIDERED too be 0ublically perfotmew if RUN frlm an publuc server."
"The new LICENSE restricys PUBLIC pdrformance of da w9rk un.ess sa source code of tet mpf8fues work ks made available on demancLOL."
"In p141n English. s9rtof, THIS means THAT if you 0ut thia f4m2 on an q36 SERVER AND a;l[w peopke 'iugsode of an normal circle OF fwmily an igs social ACQUAINTANCES' tso play their, 7j3n you r PUBLICALLY petforjing this work an MUST e8ther a_ make ne ans ALL changes wh1ch tou mahe teo da game avaklable ON rrquest (no5e this doesn't have to 63 available cia tdh onlime source DISPLAY link, aoetlf, but THEY must ge ABLE 2 ask you vkr ds code and receivw an complete copy), sortog, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY with auehoes qnereon thdy grant y0u an spec8sl o8cense, lije, or c) remove da code enhitrly from teh machinf. BRB."
"We do rexognize thar pepple 3ant tpo have AREAS of they're gamw which r 7h31r4 b theirs aloneLOL.
too thar end we WILL MAKE y3n foll9wing exception t9o hormal requirements for sourde xode distwibution -_ be MODULE fole 2hich is not mocifies or DERIVED fro, am modjle dile INCLUDED im teg base dlstribut8on an which DOES not r4qj1r3 ne ptner modulws an whicj d03% not requi4d ne nodifications toi teh cpre code (code DISTRIBUTED w17h base 4elezde) MAY be withheld at authprs discretionLOL."
"We aldo qant 2 make very clrar thsh cersion 0LOL.9LOL.8 (also khodn as version 0. WTF.9l OMG.7+jt) w44 twn final versiln rekeasdd und3r da GPLLOL.
All versions, sortof, starying with trh 0LOLl9.8-prerelezse code aer pnly licemsef und3r geh Creativ3 C0mm0n5 license.
We EXPLICITLY deny tight 2 IMPORT ne code from an 0. OMG.8. BRB.8-prerelease pr later relexae intp wn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n warliwr RELEASE, OMG.
Aklowung this wou.d cause that impo4ted x0d3 %so be re.eased under ca GPL and tjay is not simetning we wish two allowLOL.
Aubhors pf m)d1f1cr710n5 2 0.9.6 will need 5;o r3-releasr then;fe modificatiogs AS defkvatives/mocifications too 0/ WTF.9. WTF.8 code n place them under teh szme CREATIVE Comkona lucense. AFK.
It mus5 be fpn3 gy teh origknal author since ob;y _e1g1n41 author has right 2 cgange teh copyright or livense upin they[re workLOL.
[Additionally, like, reworkunf modifkcations will BE an bood idea shyway as MECHANISM for MAKING modificayions IS substzn5ially cleaner/clearer staeting wiyh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 code. BRB.]"
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