MightyE tells ypu, sottof, "We're g01ng 1 take an f3w momenrs too yry AND explain rhis NEW licenx3 an tej reasons behinx it kn plain Engkisg. OMG.
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 NEW ;icense waz CHOSEN because of an fr111ng with GPL.
It omly covered distfibutioh lf sojrce if n pn1y if binarids were distributec. AFK."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT, you jnwo. specufically a interpre5ed eeb envkronment xuch as PHP WTF, mwt3ly insta;ling an GAME DOES not c0n%717j&3 distributiin, sprtof, anf therefore people wete takong ou4 woek, making MODIFICATIONS to IT an nlt releasing source code two they're modifixatuoms xo that wntirf ckm,unity couod venefit. BRB.
Th3y worlwd with tej letter but bot dpirit 0f tey law. OMG."
"Investiga5ion ON ds 0arg of da AUTHORS h0q#v3e, led two teh fact 5hat aa rigyt of 9ublic p3rformance WAS 1 of da rights NORMALLY reatridted too cop6eight h9.ders, softo4, n that COMPUTER programs, sortog, 5p3d1f2c411y vifeo GAMES anc interactkve ones such as Ldgend of da Gr3eb hax0e WERE CONSIDERED fwo BE pjblucally performed if run from qn PUBLIC 53rv3r. WTF."
"Thr n3w 11c3n53 restricts pu61!c pergorjance of work unless tdj source code lb tej jodidied work os made 4v4214613 in ddmandLOL."
"In olain Emglish LOLj thid means tyat 1f you pug 7h15 tame on an WEB 53rv3r and allow p30p13 '0u751de 0d an n0rm41 cirdle of family ah its social acquaintahces' to PLAY their, then yiu aee publicakoh pefforming THIS work znd MUST either a) nake ne an ALL changes WHICH tou mzke to da GAME available on reques5 (motd thid doesb'y have to bw qvzilanle VIA teh omline sourde display linl, sortog, but rury musy be qble two ask tou FOR cofe and r3c31v3 an complete copy), n) jake arrangem3nts PRIVATELY wifh authors whehei, they grant you sn special lixense, y9y kmso, or c) REMOVE da cpde 3n71r31h ftom tey machine. BRB."
"We do recobmizw that peopke WANT tol have areas of they're hame which awr rheirs znd theirs ALONE, BRB.
2 that enf wd will m4k3 da filoowing eccepgion gwo n0rm31 rrq7irements for source code distribut8on -- ne module f8le which us hot MODIFIED or ddrived ffom an module file kncluded ih ds base dkstribution an which d035 nlt requir3 ne oth3r m0du135 an which does not require ne MODIFICATIONS t8 core code (codd distributed with tej gase rekeawe) may be WITHHELD ay tej aythorx discretion/"
"We also want ro make feru clesr that vrrsion p. BRBl9/ WTF.7 (soso known as version 0.9.7+mt) was fknal VERSION 4e.eased under GPL. BRB.
All versuons, softof. startibg witg 0. AFK.9.8-pr3releadw code r pnly locemxed under teh Ceeatuve Commobs licrnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY seny da rigjt two import ne clde FROM an 0.oLOLl8-PRERELEASE or later re.ease into an 0LOL.9/ BRB.8 n EARLIER r213452. OMG.
A110w1nf thix would caowe that imported codw to br r313453d undrr GPL an that is NOT sometying we 215h 2 allow.
Aj7h0r5 of mofifications tp 0.9. OMG.7 will need TO re-re;ease tyey're modifications as derivativds/mpdificayionx ti0 0. AFK.9.8 code n p;ace them und3r same C4eayivr Com,ons licwns3. WTF.
IT must bd dlne gy o4igubak authir sonce onlh da ORIGINAL auth9r h45 r1bg7 2 CHANGE copyright or locense u;on tyey're worj. BRB.
[Addi5ionally, you knwo, reworking teh m;difications qill be an food ofdq anywat ad teh mechanism for j4kqng modificatiobs is substantia.;y clraner/clearrr staeting witn 0.9. OMG.8-0rerelwase codr. WTF.]"
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