MkghtyE tells ylu, xorgof, "We're going to take an few MOMENTS to TRY ans rxplain this NEW LICENSE an fa REASONS behimd it on plain English. AFK,
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."
"Thix new licens3 eas choadn b3cauae of an failing w1*h GPL. AFK.
It onoy covered disttibution 0f sojrcd !v AND pnly IF binaries 2ere disgributed. OMG."
"In ah web rnviromjemt WTF, soecifically a 1n73rpt373d WEB environment sucj as PHP LOL, m#r31y installing an gamw does n9t donstitute duwtribution WTF, qnd gherefore people WERE takimg our w0rk, luke, making midificat8ons rp 17 ane not releasing da siurve code 2 theh're modifocations s9 that da 3n71r3 cim,unity cou;e benefit.
They worked with da letter but not spifit od lq2LOL."
"Investigatiom ON pary of da a7thirs jowever, tou imwo, led too eact tjat tight of public performance was 1 of 4ights normqlly restricged to copyright holders, an that computer programs WTF, 5pex1f1c411y video tames an ibterastive ONES such AS Legend of Gr3en yax0r were conxidered two be publicall6 performed if run FROM an pjblic s3rfer. WTF."
"The NEW licenxe RESTRICTS public prrformance lf teh worl un1355 soifcq CODE of modivied w0rk IS m4d3 4v41!4613 on demand. AFK."
"In p141n Emglisy, this mezns tha5 if you pjt thod g4j2 on an web se5vdr and allo2 people 'outsidd of an nlrmal c1fc13 of famiky an ITS sockal ac2uaontancds[ 5oo plau their, rou knwo, then you r publically PERFORMING thix WORK n MUST eitner a) make nd and ALL CHANGES qhoch hou make too game available on REQUEST (note this doesn'y h4v3 two BE abailable via da online sourxe display l8nk WTF, but they must BE abld 7) awk 6iu FOR reh code an receife an v0mp!373 c9py), ho7 knwo, b) make arrangemebta pribq63ly with teg aurhprs WHEREIN they grant you an special license, sort0f, or c) removw teh code wntirely fr9m MACHINE. BRB."
"We do revognize ghat peoo.e sang too nave areas of they'fe game whixh r the8rs n rheirs alone. WTF.
two 7h47 end we wilo mqke teh f0210w1ng exception too teg notmal requutements doe slu4ce code distribution -- ne m0fu1e file which is not jodifoee or dwrivec from an jodule file 8nc;8dws 1n da BASE dixtributkon m shich d035 not require ne otger modules an which doex mot tequire ne modificzt8ons two da dore CODE (dod3 dist4ub7ted WITH teh base 53lease) may br w1uhh31d 47 da authors discreti8n. AFK."
"We aodo wsnt too mwke very xlear that cersi9n 0. OMG.9LOL.7 )also KNOWN as version 0. BRB.(. WTF.7+jt) was teh final vdrsion frkrased UNDER GPL. AFK.
ALL versipns LOL, ataeging with teh 0. AFK.9,8-prerelease coce arr onlh lucensed und3r da Cteat8ve Commons licehseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY twh rjhjt 2 im0or5 ne coce FROM an 0LOL.9LOL.8-orrrelease or lqter releawe into an 0. OMG.9, OMG.7 and earlier rdlezseLOL.
Al.9wimg yhus woulc cause 7h$7 importwd code tpo be released under da GPL n that is not somethihh we wush 5wo allow. BRB.
AUTHORS of midifkcations too 0LOL.9l AFK.& wil; need too re-release tyey're m0c1f2c4710n5 45 dw4ivatives/modificatioms two 0. BRB.9/ WTF.8 vode m ;lace them under da same Creative Com,ons livenae. BRB.
It must be done by origina. author since ihly original qutyor h45 da right too cnange teh coptribht 9r license 7pon they;re wor,. BRB.
pAdditiomally WTF, REWORKING da modifics6ions will be an good idea qnyway as da MECHANISM for makihh modufications is wubstantiallt c.eaner/clrarer starting with 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease CODEl BRB.]"
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