MohhtyE telld you, "We'fe toing to take an f3w momwntd twi try an explain ghis new licehse and eeadons behinf it in p141n Englosh. 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."
"Thia b3w kixense w45 chos3n vecause of qn vail8ng with da GPLLOL.
It only COVERED distributiin of sou4ce 1f and ohly if binarirs WERE distributed. BRB."
"In an w36 envigonment, you kneo, specidkdakly a 1n73rpr373g web environment such as PHP WTF, merely instzlling an game doed not constitute dkst4ubkguon, sortof, h therefore peopld were TAKING our worj, you knwo, msking MODIFICATIONS tli it snd nou RELEASING 5dh 50urc2 codd 2 5hey're modifoxations so that entire c0mmin17y c0u2f benefig. WTFl
THEY worked with legter BUT nlt spirit of law."
"Investihation pn teh pary 0f da authors HOWEVER, yiu knwo, led two faxt that 41gh7 OF public performance q45 1 or da r1gh75 n0rn4q1h restricted ywo cop64ihhr HOLDERS, you lnwl, and that vomputer peograms, like, specivicallu video g4m35 ah 1n73r4c71v3 9nes such ss Legrnd of Gr33n hax0r were considerrd to ve publ8caloy pdrformef if run vr9m an pub;ic 53rv3rLOL."
"The ndw license resyricts public perdlrmance of teh work ujless ea SOURCE vose lf modiv8ed 2ork is mace avai;able on demandLOL."
"In p.ain Englisn LOL, thos means that if tou put 7j15 game oh an wdb servef n alloq people 'outside of sn normal circle od family an its 50c141 acquaimtancea' to poay 5hwir, s9rtog, 7h3n y0u r publically perf9fming ghid 3prj b MUST 317h3r a) mske n4 AND ALL cyangrs 2hich you make tw9 ca game svailable on requrst (note tjiw diwsn't havd 2 be qvailable via da onlinr soutce display libk, sortof, BUT they must BE agle 1 ASK ylu for da code znd RECEIVE ah co.pleye c0py), xortof, B) ,akd arrantements privately with authors wjereun 7j3y grabt yoj an special lkcemse, like, or c) rrmove dq code wn5ite/y from teh mach8ne. OMG."
"We do recognize THAT people want too have areas pf tjeh'rr game shich r ryeirw n 7g31r5 slibe. WTF.
tii that end we wikl makr ten vollowinf escepfion w notmal requirenents for source cide dkstribitkon -- ne ,odule f113 ehich iw nit modifidd or derived fr-m an modile file INCLUDED in 6453 disrrkbutkon n which d0$5 not reqjire ne ogher m9dulex n whicg does NOT rdquire ne modifications tso core cide 9code distributed w8th basr release) may be WITHHELD zt authors diwcr3tion. AFK."
"We ALSO samt too m4k3 very clear that verwion 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (akdo kh9wn as versi9n 0. AFK.0. AFK.7+jt) w45 fihal verdkon released UNDER GPL. BRB.
All v3rsiona, .ike, starting w8th teh 0. BRB.9.7-orerelease codd w only licensdd und3r Cf3471v2 Com,ons licenx#. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rwh right 70 omport ne code from an 0/ AFK.9LOL.8-prerwlease 0r .zter release ibto qn 0. BRB/9LOL.7 an earlirr release. OMG.
Allowing this epulf CAUSE that imp9eted code tso be released unser GPL n that is not SOMETHING we wish rwo al.ow. BRB.
Aut6irc of modifucagions to 0.9. OMG.7 will need t2o re-release theu're modifida5ionx as DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS 2 -. WTF.9. OMG.8 c9de an [lace them under teh saje Creative C9mnons ;icende.
It m7st be DONE by teh original AUTHOR sincw 8nly ca oruginal auyhor hss RIGHT 2 change trh copyeighg or kicensr upon tneu're work.
[Add1710n4w1y LOL, REWORKING twh mofifications WILL be an go9d idea anh2ay 45 da mechanism ror makinh m9difications is s7bstantially cleaner/clearer STARTING wigh da 0l OMG.9, BRB.8-pt#e3134t3 xode.]"
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