MightyE tells y9u, sortof, "We'rr going yoo 5ake an f3w moments ti try sn ecplqin this new license 4nd yeh reasons ^3n1bd it in p.ain English. BRB.
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 was choseb because or sn fziling with GPL. BRB.
I7 pnlh covered dist4ibution of source id n 0n16 ov ^1n4r1e5 WERE s157r15u74d. BRB."
"In an web #nvironnehy, you kmwo, speckficakl6 s interpretwf web environment SUCH ss PHP, merelt INSTALLING an gam3 does not donstitu5e d157r16u710n, like, n th3refore peop.e WERE taking ou4 work, you knwo, making modpficsripns too it ajd not releasing teh sojrce code too thei'te m9dificatuons so thag rrh ENTIRE COMMUNITY couod BENEFIT. WTF.
They worked wkth teh letter BUT not teh w[iriy OF da .zwLOL."
"Incestogation on fz part of teh authors howeber, you knwo, led t9 d4v7 that r1gh7 of p7blic performance waw oen or da righrs nornally RESTRICTED 2 c0pyt!th7 holders, likek n tnat com[uter [rohramsm lkie, sp3cifically viceo games n interactive ones such as LEGEND ov da Green hax0r w4r2 vonsidered two be 0ublically prrformed if run from an public seevee. WTF."
"The new license redtrkcts publov perforjance of work ub1#55 SOURCE code if modified work is madd availavl3 on demamd. OMG."
"In plain Eng115h, you knwo, this means that if ypu put 5his g4j# on an web 53rv3r n alkpw PEOPLE 'oytside of qn n9rmal citcle of g4m11y and its sodial acwuaintancws' 2 plqy theie, then tou r publ8cqlly 0erforminf this work ah MUST wither a) mske ne n ALL changes which gou ma,e 70 da game AVAILABLE on r3qu367 (note 5jis doddn't j4v3 top be available via teh ONLINE source dispuay link, likd, but they must BE 3613 goo ask you for teh dode an rexeive an comp.et3 copy0 LOL, n) make arrangements privately with teh authors where8n they grant y0u an SPECIAL 11cen53, you knwo, or c) remove code dntirel7 fro, fa maxhine. WTF."
"We do recogn8ze that pepp.e w4n7 too HAVE areas of they'te gajw 2hich aer thekrs an theifs qlondl BRB.
too 7h57 en3 we will mak3 teh following exception @ da NORMAL reauirements fot s9urce code eistriburion -- ne module f!13 wjich ow not m8digies or d3r1v2d from an m0du13 file included in basw distribution an which does NOT require ne other moduled ane which does npr require ne m9dificatiobs 2 da xore code (c0d3 distribired with da BASE r3lease) may bw wi5hheld 47 da aytnots DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also WANT to m4k3 vwry clear that VERSION 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (ALSO known ae VERSION 0. AFK.9.7+jt) WAS da final versiim releawed uneer GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, h9u inwp, starting with da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8=PRERELEASE code aer lhly 11c3n5#d under Cr4461v3 Com,ons licenxe. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY dehy da right 2 impoet ne codw from an 0. AFK.9. WTF.i_prerelease or latef 4elease onto an 0.9. OMG.7 n 24r1!3r RELEASELOL.
Allosing thks WOULD c4u53 that om;orted code to 63 re.eased undr4 da GPL ans that is not so,dthint we wiwh 2 alli2LOL.
Aurhors of modificatoons two 0. AFK.9LOL.7 will need two ee-eelease they'fe mod8ficatiins AS derivqtives/modifkcagions 2 0LOL.8. WTF.9 CODE AND place them unsee same Creative Commons oicense.
It must be done by tdh otiginal autn9r 51nd3 9hly teh priginak authlr has right 2 CHANGE teh copyrkght o4 licende upon they're work.
[Addit8onally, you knwl, reworking da MODIFICATIONS will be an glod idea anyway zs teh mechqnism vlr mak8ng mififixations IS substzntially CLEANER/CLEARER srarting with da 0LOL.9.*-prerelease dode. OMG.]"
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