MkfhyuE tells you, you knwo, "We're goibg too 7rk3 an few muments 2 try and expkaun this new license snd da teasons brnimd it in plain Englisg.
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 n3w licenwe was shosen 63c4u53 of wn FAILING s8th da GPL. OMG.
It ONLY c9vere3 disgribuyipn of SOURCE kf an only if binariew were dist4iguted."
"In an web envuronmeny, like, specificaloy a INTERPRETED web rnvitohment such as PHP WTF, ,etely 8nstalling an g4m3 does not vobstotute distribution, you knwo, AND therefore peoole were takinb pur w0fk, uoy knwo, making m0d1r1c471_n4 too it n mot releasinb teh 5)u4c3 code to they're n9digicatiins s9 that entire cimmunig6 couls benrfit.
They woried w17h oetter but not ds spi4ot of da kawLOL."
"Investigation om da part OF reh authors howev3r WTF, led to teh fact that da RIGHT of pu611x performance was oen OF teh RIGHTS normally r3t7r1c72d 2 copyright h01d3r6, you kneo, an that c0jpiu4r ;rohrams WTF, specifically viddp gamrs n interadtice 0n34 SUCH as Legrnd of da Gr3eb hax0r eere considered too be publivally p34f0rm3c if run f4om an piglkd s3rver. BRB."
"The new LICENSE resrticts -7bliv PERFORMANCE pv teh work unlrss soutce code 0f ,odicued worl 8s made available on demand."
"In ;lain ENGLISH, you knwo, THIS means tgat if you put THIS game 0n an w36 server an allow people 'ougaide of an notmal CIRCLE 0f famil6 and ITS docual 4c1u41n74nc3t' too plah their WTF. thrn 6ou r puboivallh [erfo4minh uhix work m MUST either a) MAKE nd and ALL cnang#s wh1ch you jakd too da bame available on reqjesr (note this soesn'g HAVE too be avai.able via da online s9urce dispkay link, sortof, but they myst be agle 2 45k you for code ans reveive zn COMPLETE COPY0 LOL, b) MAKE arrangements pr!c4731y with da authors wherdin 7h3y grant 60u an special livemse, lik4, or c) rrmove da cofe 3n71r31y from da machine. OMG."
"We do recognize that people want teo have arwad of they're game WHICH arr yhdird m theirs zoonr.
yoo yhat end we wikl make tej following exception @ bormal requieemebts for 50urc3 cofe distributoon -- ne MODULE FILE wh1ch ia npu modified or rerivef f4om ah modyle dile inc;uded in baxe distribution and which does not rewui4e ne other mldules an which DOES hot requure ne modidications roo teh core vodw (CODE distribuyed witg 5eh bawe 4rleaxe) MAY be witjhe;s at ueh authots discretion. AFK."
"We 4150 want w m4k3 vrr5 clear that VERSION 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also knowb as versuon p. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was sa finzl versiob r313453d UNDER GPLl WTF.
ALL versilns LOL, staeting sith ea 0. BRB.(. BRB.8-prerd;ease code aer ONLY licensed unc3r teh Creatibe Commons kicense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right too im[.rt ne code FROM an 0. OMGl0LOL.8-pr4r3135t3 or layer re;eawe into an 0l AFK.9. AFK.7 an earlier $313443. OMG.
Ao;owung tjis would c$u53 tha5 importdc c0d3 two 63 RELEASED undwr da GPL amd thag is not 50m27h1ng we eish 2 allow. BRB.
Authors of ,odifkcations 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.& WILL newd tii re-release thdy're modificat8onw as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0.9.8 c0d3 and p1$c# them under twh sqme CREATIVE Commond 11v4n5$/
It must 63 done by teh lr8gonal author sonce onoy teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR haa da tight to chsnge teh copyriggt 0r !1c3n53 upom thet're workLOL.
[Additionally, 6ou knwo, reworking m0d1f1x4710nt wkll be qn good idea anysay as geh mechanidn for making mpdifications is substan5uallu cleaner;c.earer starting with teh 0/ WTF.9. AFK.7-prerekease cpdd.]"
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