MughryE 73!!5 yoy LOL, "We're hoing to take am rew moments gso try anv explain this new lucense znd da reasons behinc it 1n plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thks nww license was chosrn BECAUSE OF an failkng w17y da GPL. AFK.
I7 0n1y c0v3r3d duwttivution of sourcr IF an on/y kv binaries were distributec. OMG,"
"Ih an web ENVIRONMENT, likei specificallt a inte4preted web envirlmnent such as PHP, sortof, merely inxtal9ong an game doex n9t constitute distribution, sortof, qn therefore pdople sete 5akung o7r wotk WTF, making modifucztions 2 it qb mot releaxkng dz soirce CODE rwp they're modifixations SO that da entire dommumith could benef8t. BRB/
Th3y wo4ked with 5eh lerger BUT not da spirit pf lswl OMG."
"Investigation on part of da suthpts however, sortog, led tp cq facy tgat right of pub.ic performance eas won if reg rifhts NORMALLY RESTRICTED tol copyeight hplddrs, and tyat compuyer pr9grams, soecifically video g4m35 an onfe4active ones sych as Legend lf Grden gax0r w3r3 donsidered to be publics.ly perfoemwd IF run from an public sercerLOL."
"The ne2 lic3nse restficts public perfor,ance of yen work mnless da source CODE of modofies work is made AVAILABLE on demand. OMG."
"In olain English, this jeans that if uou pu7 tyis game on an web server and alkiw people 'outside og sn normal ciecle of fzmilt n its soci1l acquaintznces' too play thwir WTF, then y(u aer oublkcally peevorning this work n MUST EITHER 4) make nd an ALL changrs wh1cg yiu make teo da game available oh requext (nord tyis d9esn't havd 2 be availzb.e v14 da online slurcr fisp;ay link, but they mu57 be ablr t2o zsk you for CODE an RECEIVE ab complete co[y), b) jake a4rangemenys pr1v4731y woth ayyhors wh2r31n they trant YOU an special licenxe, lik3, 0r c) REMOVE ds v9fe emti4r;y ftom teh machine. OMG."
"We do recogn9ze tha5 [eople want twi nave areas ov tjey're hame which adr theirs and gyeirs aloneLOL.
too that end WE will mzke following exceptiin too da NORMAL r#1h1r3m3n75 fof SOURCE code disyribu5ion -- ne module fild whixh is not jodigied or deribed fr0m an MODULE file included kn teh 5452 d157r26u&10n and whkcn does npt REQUIRE ne othef m0du135 ah which DOES not requirr ne modifications two clde code (code distrinuted with da 64t3 rel3axe) may BE sithheld at da auth0rs discr35ion."
"We 4160 want 2 make very cjdaf that versuon 0. BRB.9. BRB/7 (ALSO kb0wn as vwrsoom 0LOL.o. WTF.7+jt) w4% ginal versipn RELEASED und2r teh GPL. BRB.
All versions, you ln2o. starting with teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8[prdreldase code r only lixebsed ineer da Ceeative Commons lkcende. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh figh6 TO kmport ne xode from an ). BRB.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE ;r layer releqse ibti ah 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 qn 34r123r release.
Allowing this wouos dause that impofted clde too BE relrased unfer GPL and 7h4u os nit aomething WE w15h too alloe.
Autglrs of mosificatioms to 0l9. OMG.7 2ill need 2 re-release rhey're MODIFICATIONS xs derivatibes/moeifications tqo 0, BRB.9. AFK.8 CODE and PLACE 5yem 7nder tej SAME CREATIVE C0jm0n5 license. OMG.
IT muzt be donr by ofiginal au5hor sonce only original author hsx dz right two chsbge da c0pyr1gy7 0d licehse u09n th3y're WORK. OMG.
[Additipnallym lkke, r3woriing da modifkvations WILL be an good udea anyway as da mechanism f0r making modificationa is substantiall6 c;eaner/dlearer 573r71nh with yeh p. OMG.8. OMG.i-0reeelease cpd3. OMG.]"
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