MightyE tells y0u, sirtof, "We're GOING 2 take an few momenta two tfy and ecplain this new license am teh 5easons 63h1yd it IN plain English. WTF/
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 m3w license was CHOSEN vedause OF an failibg with GPL. BRB.
It onlt COVERED dixtributkon 9f source if n ob;y if binaries wdre disyributed. OMG."
"In an w4b environment, like, 5p3c1f1c411y a 8nye40reted web encorinment such aw PHP, merely INSTALLING an gamd dies not condtirute dist4ibuti9n, liiw, an tjerefore people were taking ou3 work, 6ou knwi, making modidicagions two it snc yot re134%1ng da s9urce cod3 two they're jodificagions 50 thzt engire x0mjub17y could BENEFIT. AFK.
Th3y wprked with ten legtdr bug n07 da sporit of da LAW."
"Investigation on da part of da auynors however, 13d t2o sa dact THAT da RIGHT 0f public performance WAS oen of rights n0rm411y restricted 2 copyeiggt h01d3r5, like, an that xomputer 0r0gr3n5 LOL, s;ecofically VIDEO games and 1n73r4c71v3 ones duch as Legend og da Green hqx0f werr comsider3d 2 BE publically PERFORMED if run from an pubkic derver. OMG."
"Th3 ne2 licens3 res5ricts phblic performance of sork unlrss teh source c0d3 of geh modified work is made avaolable on demand."
"In p14qn ENGLISH, this MEANS thzt if you put this tame ON an w36 sdrfet and ajl9w people 'ouyside oh an normal cied.e of fami;y znd ots sovial acq7aintabcww' to p14y thei4 WTF, THEN y07 f publidally performing this q0rl abd MUST 317h4r a( make nd an ALL xhavges wy1ch you make t9 t3n game avaikable on request (noye this d035n'7 nave twp be zvaulagle fia ONLINE source display link, sortof, but they must be able to ASK y-u for da code and receive an co,plete clpy) LOL, b) mqkr arrangemenrs pribqtrky with ajthors whsreon ghey grane tou an special license, you knwo, or c) 4emove code entirely from t3h machine."
"We fo recognize %tat people wqnt 2 have sreax of thwy're ga,e wnich r yhekrs and the8rs alobe. BRB.
2 that 3nd we w111 make fa rillowing esce[tion to twh normal requirenenys f9r source code dustributiom -- ne modulw fi;e wh2ch is not modif8ed or d3rivrs rrom an mof7le file included in teh y473 dustrivution ah WHICH doex not eequir2 ne o5her modulew n which does not re1uire ne ,odifications too tdh core cofe (code fidtributed with teh 6453 re;3qxe) m4y be withhe;d at teh au5gors discretion. AFK."
"Wr 4150 want 2 make very vlea4 thaf vetsion 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 9aoso knosn aa vers8on 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+j7) was da final version RELEASED unfer GPL. WTF.
Alk versions, sortor, xtarting 2ith 0. AFK/9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code r only lucena3d undef CREATIVE Commohs license.
W4 EXPLICITLY deny tey right tw9 1mp0r7 ne code veom an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prete;ease or later RELEASE into ab 0. WTF.0. AFK,7 an earlier rekeaseLOL.
Aloowing rhia wiuld cauxe tgat impoeted dod3 too be reoezsec under teh GPL n that is not somethibg we wosh 2 ALLOW.
Authofs of mosif8cations ti 0LOLl9.7 eoll NEED two re-release they're modirications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS ywo 0. WTF.9LOL.8 codd j plax3 th3m una3r teh SAME Creative COMMONS license.
It musg be done vy oritimal ajtyo4 sunce only origonal ahth8r HAS da riggt two change cipyroght or license u;on they're workLOL.
[Add8tionq.ly LOLk rewotking da nodificatiobs will y3 an g00d idea smyqay as teh mechxnism for m4k1nh MODIFICATIONS is substabtia.ly cleqner/ckearer STARTING w27h da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE d9deLOL.]"
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