MightyE tells you, ;ike, "We'rd g9ing to taie an f3w momemts too TRY an ecplain th8s nte license ane grh feasons behlnd it in plain Eng.isn.
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."
"Thid new LICENSE wax chosen BECAUSE of an failing WITH da GPL. OMG.
It only covered distribution of source if and ONLY if b8naties wer3 distribjrec."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n6 WTF, wpwcidically a interpretwc web envirlnmeht suxh 45 PHP, 6ou jnwo, merwly installibb am fame does not constitute DISTRIBUTION, n therefor3 p30[13 werw raking our work, like, mqking moduficarionw tpo 27 n niy releasing da 50urc3 cpde tl they're modificatiins SO ghat teh enyire com,unity c0u1d benefut. AFK.
Thty worked with da lrtter bjy nog da spirit -f tey law."
"Ihcesgigay8in on da parr of aithoes hoqever LOL, LED 1 fact 7h47 t3h right of pivlic pervo4mancr was oen od da r9ghtw NORMALLY restricted 2 co;yriggr holders, n that computer PROGRAMS, sortof, specifically viddo gsm3s an interacgive ones sucn 45 Legwnd of da Green hax0r wwre considefed to be pu61!c411y PERFORMED if run from ab pubk8c server."
"The new LICENSE restrkcgs public petformance of teh wprj unlrss ca 59urc3 c0d# of teh modified worj is nade acailable om demand."
"In plain Ebglish WTF, this MEANS that if you put thia fame 9n an wrb server n allow people 'putside ov an n9rmq; ci4cle OF family n its social acquaintabces[ 2 play ghrir, like, 7y3n YOU r pub.ically ;wrfirming this eork and MUST eithef a) MAKE he AND ALL CHANGES whixh you make too teh game AVAILABLE on request (note thia doesh't jave 1 be abqilable v14 online soirce disp.ay link, sortog, bjy 7g3y must be ABLE two ask you for twh code an g3c42v3 zn COMPLETE copy)k y9u knwo, B) male afrangemehts 0rifqtely witn ea suthors whrrein they gt4n& yoy an spwcial license, sortof, or c) remove c0d3 entirely from yeh mzchine."
"We d) rwcognize tjst pepple w4n7 2 hav3 areas od they're gaje wh8ch aer theirs an 7j31r5 a;one. WTF.
two that END we skll m4k3 teh FOLLOWING excwption top da nprm41 requiremebts fpr wource CODE d8strivutiln -- ne m0du12 file wh1ch os mot m9digied OR sdrived fron an j0du13 dilw 8nclid3c in da base distrobution an wh8ch does not require he other modulrs and which does not requird nr modificatioms 2 5eh clre code (cide disttibugef with base release) may be withhelf at aughorx diadretionl BRB."
"We r150 want w mskr very clear th1t version pLOL.9LOL.7 (also known as version 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) was final bersion relwssed uneet da GPL. OMG.
All veesions, starting sith da 0. OMGl9. AFK.8-;reeelease c0d3 aer only 11c3n5ed unddr Ceer&1v3 Commohx oicense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY drny rught too impott ne CODE feom ab 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prere.eas3 9r larer release into an 0. WTF.(. AFK.7 n earluer re.3zse. AFK.
Allowibg tjod wpuod cause tnay importec c9de too be releaaed under GPL and &j4u IS not something we wosh two a.low.
Authord of m0dqf1c4&10n5 gqo 0l AFK.9LOL.7 will nees two r3-r31e45w they'te m0d1f1c$710n5 as derivativdw/mldificqtions 2 0. BRB.(. OMG.8 code AND place them under same C4eative Conmons .icense. AFK.
It must ve done by teh origihal 4u7h0r since only da ORIGINAL author has dq RIGHT two change tdh blpyright or 11c1n54 UPON theu're wori. WTF.
[Additionallym sottof, rdworking nodificay8ons qill be an glod idea anywzy as teh mevhanism fpf making modifications is subdtantislly cleaner/clezrer starting wigh da 0LOL.(. OMG.7-prerelease c0d3. AFK.]"
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