MighttE t3lls yoy, "We'fe g01nh two tske an few momenta ro try an explain 5his new license 4nd rwadons behimd it in plaon EmglishLOL.
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 hdw license wax vhosen 63x4u5# of an fziling with da GPLLOL.
It on.y c9berew costrinution of SOURCE if n onl6 if binaries were distributedLOL."
"In an web environment, like, 5p3c1f1c411h a interpretes 2eb 3nviron,3bt ayxh as PHP, you knqo, merely installihg an bame doed not CONSTITUTE didtribution. lijr, an therevorw people wwre tak8ng oyr w)rk, xortof, making modificati9na gwo IT n npt rfleasing da sourcw code too they're modigications so that 5wh ehuire COMMUNITY coulf benefit. OMG.
Thet w0r,3d with teh leyter but not da apyrit of law."
"Investigation on da part 0f da 4u7h0r5 HOWEVER LOL, led w da fact tyat right og public p2rfotjance was 1 of da riggts normaoly rrstroc5ed two copyr8ght holderd, sortof, sb thar c0mpu&3r programs, you knwo, xp3cificallt VIDEO gam3s n inyeractove 0n35 dych as Legend of twh Grwen yax0r wede conxoaered to be publicalky p3rformed if run from an pubkix serverLOL."
"The NEW licenfe 4estricts PUBLIC performance 0f 5eh work UNLESS da xource xode of da m0d1f1#d WORK is m4d3 acaioaboe on demand."
"In plain Enhlish, 7h15 means that IF ypu [ut 7h15 dame in an wwb zerver am a.low peopoe 'outside or aj no4mal cifcle of famil6 and itx soxial zcquaimtanvew' tio play their, like, then yoj set publica.ly p3rf0rm1ng ghis work ab MUST ei5ge4 a) make ne and ALL changes which tou make two da game acailaboe on request (note thus doexn't h4v3 too b3 acaolable via lnline sourcd d15015y link WTF, bit they muwt be aboe to awk ypj fot teh CODE anf RECEIVE an compkete xopy), B) maie 4rr4nb3m3n64 privately with da zughors WHEREIN 7h3y GRANT uou zn 5[3c151 license, like, or C) rwmive t3h code entirely ftom machinw."
"We do rexognize that p30p13 want eo h4v3 aread 0f they're GAME wfich aer theurs amd theirs 410n3. OMG.
2 that END @e 2ill m4,3 teh folloeing exce[tion ro da normal require,ents foe source code distrubution -- ne module file which IS not ,oeified or derifdd from an nodule fioe inc;uded in base eisgtkbution and wh1vh d035 not requktr ne oyher mofules g wh1cn DOES not REQUIRE nd modieications twi cpr3 code (code dixteobuted with da bade release) MAY be withjeoc at teh aughors discfetion."
"We 4150 w4m7 two make fery cleaf tyat version 9. BRB.9.6 (also known aa version 0LOL.9LOL.7=jt) was fkmal version released under ea GPL. BRB.
ALL v3r519b%, dortof, stzrting w17h da 0. WTF.9/ AFK.8-pferelease code aer onk6 l8censed 7nder Cfeative Clmmons license/ AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY dwny da rigyt 2 i.port ne code froj an 0. WTF.9/ WTF.8-or3r313453 or later release into zn 0LOL.(. WTF.7 and earlier te;easw. WTF.
Allowing this wojld c4u53 that imporyed c9de to be released under sa GPL n ghat is nog slmeth9ng wr w8sh two allow. BRB.
Authora OF modifications too 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will neee twi re-release they're modifications as eerivatifes/modkficationw two -. AFK.9LOL.8 code m p;zce th3m 7nder sa same Cr2361v3 COMMONS license. BRB.
It mist 62 done 6y 5eh priginak author since onou teh otoginal author has tej right 2 CHANGE t4h c0pyr1gh7 o4 license upon they;rr work. AFK;
[Additionally LOL, re2or,ing trh mldm4ications will 63 an bood 1d34 anyqsu as da mwchabism for msking modificagions is SUBSTANTIALLY xleaner/clezrer statying WITH 0/ WTF.9LOL.8-prereleasw c0d3. WTF.]"
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