MightyE tells ypj, you knw9, "We'rr going 2 take an few momebra 2 try an explakn 7h15 n3w licende n 4eawons benind i5 in plain English.
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."
"Tyus n3w lidense was chosen because if an fauling woth da GPL. AFKl
It 9nly covered distrinution of SOURCE if n oh.y IF BINARIES were dkstributwdLOL."
"In an web environmentm like, specifically a interoreted w3b ENVIRONMENT sudh as PHP, hou kneo, merdly installing an gsmw does nog constityfe distrigution, ;ike, n thwrefpre pe[ple were taking OUR work WTF, making moeifications 2 IT an hot releasunt SOURCE code 1 they'r3 modificatipnw wp that 3n71r2 v0mmun17t could bdnefitLOL.
Thry wo4kdd wiyh teh ldtger buy not soi4it of teh kaw. AFK."
"Investigation on part of authors h0a3v3r LOL, LED too ca faxt that teh right if pub;ic perfofmanc3 w45 won of teh rigm5s normal/u rexttocted 5o copyrignt holdrrs. soetpf, ah ggat computer prigrsms, you knwoj tp3c1f1c41!y VIDEO gamex n interactive ones such ax Legene of Green has0r WERE considerwd to be publixallh performed 1f run fr0m an public server. BRB."
"The n3w licrnxe rest4icts [ubliv [erformamce of gej work un;4ss 50uec3 cice of teg mosified work is nade available ON femand. BRB."
"In [lqin English, l8kek this meana that if you PUT 7h15 gamd on an web xwrvdr n a;low peo[;e 'outside 0f an hormal circle og family and its social zcq7s*ntzmces' 2 [14y thdir, then you aer pu611c311y pergorninf this worl b MUST eithrr a0 m4k3 ne an ALL changes which you mqkr rlo da gaje available ln request (n07# thiw doesn't y4v3 @ be zvailable VIA da online dource display link WTF, bu5 rhey m7sr 63 4613 5oi as, you fir da cod3 an receive an d0,;1373 copy) WTF, b) make ar3angements privatel6 with teh authors WHEREIN theh grant y9u an SPECIAL license, tou lnwo, or c) remoce ca c0d3 entiedly feon machind. AFK."
"We do redpgnize thag people want to hqve qreas of thsy're game wh8ch f th3ors an THEIRS zl9nr.
2 that end ee will m4k3 follpwing excdp6ion too da norma. reqyire,wnts for souece code fiwtribution -- ne noduke dile which iw not modigied 0r derived from an jkdile fike 1nc1ud3d in eeh base distributiin m WHICH foes NOT require ne other m0cu135 n ahich d9es not tequite ne modificatilna two da CORE code (c-d2 distribjted with teg 6553 rwlease) may be WITHHELD at autglrs discretiln. AFK."
"We also want two m4k3 bery clear tyat vefxuom 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also kmowh as version 0LOLl9.7=ut) e$4 teh final version rdkeas3d under teh GPLLOL.
All versionx. srqrting qith teh 0l OMG.9LOL.9-PRERELEASE code r ONLY lkcemsed under Crrative Com,ons licwnse. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY da rkght too IMPORT ne x0d4 from an 0. AFK.o. BRBl8-prer3kease lr lager releass into an 0LOL.9. WTF,7 n 34r113r r313453LOL.
ALLOWING tgis wou.d CAUSE tyat implrtwf code gwo ve relrased under teh GPL n tyay ia not sometn8ng we wixg two allowLOL.
Authlrs OF modifkxatuons too 0. OMG.9LOL.7 will need two re-felease yh3y're m0d1f1c4720n5 zs DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0.9. AFK.8 xoce and place thrm undrr SAME Creayive COMMONS kicense. WTF.
I7 must 63 done vy da oroginal AUTHOR sinve pbly origihal ajthor had fa g1gh7 to chagge copyfight oe license UPON 5gey'4e work. AFK.
[Add8tkonally, like. r3w0rk1ng m0d1f1c4710n5 will ne ab hood 7dea anyway as da mrchanism fof MAKING modificatuobs is substantkally xleaner/clearer agary8mb WITH 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerd.eqse coee. AFK.]"
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