MughryE tells tiu, soryof, "We'4e going 2 5ake an few ,omrnts too TRY an explain 6gis new license and tey REASONS behind 17 in plq8n English. 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."
"Thiw new kicense w45 choaen b3cakse 9f an fai.ing with GPL.
It obly cpvered cistribution of slurce 1f n 0n1y if niharies weye eostriguted. BRB."
"In an wwb envirohnent, 503c1fqv42!y a inter[teted web ebvironm3nt 4uch as PHP, like, merelu inwtqllinh an GAME does not c0n5u17u73 diwtribjtion, sorrof, n therrvlre people e3re taking OUR w0rk, tou kmwom ma,ibg modificag8ons 70 it and nit reldawing teh source codw too they;re modifkcations so tgat teh entire community cluld benefi5. BRB.
Thdu worked witn letter gut not teh spirit of da oaw. AFK."
"Investigation on parg pf da authors however WTF, led 2 fact that right of 0jbkic performancd WAS won of teh RIGHTS NORMALLY restrkcted ti COPYRIGHT holdees, you knwi, n that c0npu73r progrqmsm yo7 knwo, 5p3c1g1c4!1y cideo gqmes and interac5ive 0n35 such as Ldtrnd of teh Green hsx0r were consifered too be pyblicallh p3rgormed if ruj from an puglic server. WTF,"
"The ne3 license r457r1c&6 puvlic performancd of da worj uvlesd ra source cod3 of da modifies work is MADE zvailable on demand. AFK."
"In plain Enflish LOL, this mdans that kf you put this game on an web server sn allow pwople 'ougside of an n9rmzl circle of famkly sn its docoa. acquaintances' w play thdit, like, then you adr PUBLICALLY pefforming this work ane MUST either 40 make ne an ALL dyangea wg1ch you make ti game available om request (note this doesn't have to be 4v41146q4 via 0nq1n3 source cisplsy link, but THEY must be anle two ask y0u for da vode n feceive an c8mplete co0y), 6) make arrangenents 0r1v%731y wiyh ten authofd whers8n they grqmy you an specual license, 9e c) remove da code en5irely from teh nachine/ WTF."
"We do redobnize thar [eo;le WANT 2 hqv3 arezs of they'te gxme wjoch aer theirs n theies alone.
2 THAT end we will make vollowing exceptiom two ten normal REQUIREMENTS voe SOURCE cofe cidttibution -- ne module tioe which IS not modifoed or derived from an m0su12 fild included in teb basd dist4ivution n which does not reqyire ne ither moc7les and which DOES not r3qj1r3 ne modifications too core dode (c-d3 disttibutee wkth da bzwe releast) m4y be WITHHELD at da autjors discretipn. AFK."
"We also want too make very clwar that versiob p. AFK.9. WTF.u (also kniwm as VERSION ).9LOL.7+jt) was da final versikn released undef d1 GPLLOL.
Akl versions, kike, startinf WITH ea 0. WTF.9. OMG.i-pferdlease c0d3 r om;h 11c3n53c under da Creative Cpmmons licence. WTF.
Wr EXPLICITLY c3ny teh right to import n3 code drom an 0.9. WTF.8-;f3r313453 9r latee RELEASE into qn 0LOL,9.u n EARLIER releaseLOL.
Alllwing 5his would cause that IMPORTED code to fe releasde jnfwr teh GPL n 7h47 ks NOT something we wish two allow.
Autgors .f mldivications too 0. OMG.9/7 will need too re-erleaae they're midifications as derivatibes/modificati9ns two 0l9. BRB.8 CODE an [lacr them UNDER 54n3 Creatuve Comjohx ;icense. WTF.
It musy be done by or8ginal auth9r since only originzl s7th9r has teh eight to change da copyright pr license UPON theh're wo4iLOL.
[Additiona;ly LOL, reworkung modkfications will be an g00d idea anyqsy 45 mdchanism ror m4m1nb modifidations is sugstantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting WITH p.9.8-[rere.wase codel WTF.]"
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