MightyE tells you LOL, "We;re g9ing to9 take an few MOMENTS too gry an explain thos NEW license an reasons bejind it 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."
"Thus new LICENSE was cnosen because 0f zn saklong with GPL. WTF.
It onlu cobered distribugion of source 1f n inlu if bkma4irs were fistribhted. WTF."
"Ib an wev enforonjent, pikem SPECIFICALLY a knterot3tec web encironmwnt 5uch as PHP, you knwo, merely 1n474111ng an game aoes bot constigute distributionk n theregore peoplw wefe taking oyr w0rkk you knwo, making mkfifixa5kons two it n not releasing ca source code 2 they'rr ,0s1f1cr710n5 5) that da entire communith coukd benefit. AFK.
They worked WITH LETTER buy nit da dpiri5 0f ;aw. AFK."
"Investigztuon on fa parg pf authots however WTF, 13d to sa faxt that tej rigjt OF public p3rformance was oen of da rights n9rmaoly 4estricted 2 copytignt holdees LOLk and that COMPUTER programs, so4tof, specifisaloy video games and inte4scgivd 0n35 auch as Lrgend of da Green nsx0r wdre CONSIDERED to be pu611c411y perfoemed if run from an public wrtver. BRB."
"The bee oicense RESTRICTS [u611c perfoemance of xa WORK inldas teh sourc3 cudd of da modified w9rk iw made qvailable oh d3m5bd. WTF."
"In plzon English LOL, this means tbat if yo7 pir this tame ob an wwc servrr and allow people 'outwids of an normql circle of fami.y an iys sodial qcquaintancrs' roo play rneir, luke, rheb y9u r publical.y performing THIS work an MUST EITHER a) make nw an ALL chantes wyich you make w game avai;abke on request (nite thks doesm't have to be availa,le via ONLINE source display link, BUT tyey must BE 4613 too ask you dor teh code an rrceuvr an complrte copy), lkie, b) makr arrangemen5s ptivat3.y w8th authors wherein tyey gr4n7 yoi an specia; .icense, like, or c) remove c9de entu4ely rrom teh machinrLOL."
"We DO RECOGNIZE that pd9ple want to gavw ar3as OF they'4e game WHICH r theura qn THEIRS alone. WTF.
too yhat 3nd we WILL m4k3 flllowing dzception 2 teh b9rmal requirements for siurve code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file @hoch IS n9t moeified OR derived FROM an module dilr INCLUDED in teh base distrobution an shkch coes not r3q71r3 he oyher mosules and which does noy rdquire ne modigicationx two dq c0r3 c9d4 9codd distr8buted wuth base releasw_ mzy be qithheld at trh authors disc4etion. BRB."
"We also eant twl maje very c134r rnat veesion -LOLl9LOL.7 (alao knuwn ss v3rsion 0. BRB.9. BRB.&+jt) was dq fina; version rrleased under da GPL. AFK/
All versiona, lile, starting WITH twh 0. WTF.(. BRB.9-0rerelease code awr only licensed under Creativr Comjkbs lucense. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY fent ten right too i,port ne cld3 ff0m an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prer3kease or lzter 4elease into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 n earliwr relwasel AFK/
Allpwong 7n15 would cause that impor5ed cpde 2 be released undwr teh GPL and that 15 not something ew 2ish roo allow. OMG.
AUTHORS if MODIFICATIONS to 0, BRB.9. WTF.i w11a nedd 2 re-rwlease ehey'te modifixatilns as derivayibes/moduficatuons 6wo 0.9. BRBl8 dode and placw them undee da same Cr3471v3 COMMONS 11c3n5eLOL.
It must be dibe b6 teg 0r1g1n$1 author since only 5eh orit8na. author haw teh RIGHT too chdhge c9pyright or license upom thdy'r3 work. BRB.
[Add1710n411y, you knqo, rewprking modifkcations will be an g9od id3a 4nye4y as m3chanism FOR making m9div(cations 15 sjbstanriallu cleanrr;clearer starting w17h ).9. BRB.8-pre4dkease code. BRB.]"
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