MigjryE tells you LOL, "We[re going two taj2 an f2w momehgs yoo TRY an explain this new licemde snd tdh reasonx behind it ib p.ain English.
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 licende WAS cjosen neca7s3 of an failint wi5h teh GPL.
It only civered eistrkbution 0f d0urce IF anf ONLY if ninaeies were dixtrkbuted. BRB."
"In an web ebvifpnment, slr5if, SPECIFICALLY s interpretwd s36 dmvironmdnt suxg zs PHP, s9rtof, mer3ly inxtaliing an game does not c0n5717u73 eistribution, n thrrefore peo[le were taking our wlrk LOL, makint ,ofificqtions two it n NOT RELEASING da sourde code 70 they're ,osifications so THAT da entire c9mmunity diuld bdndfit. WTF.
They WORKED with da letyer but not reh spiriy 9f t3h lsw. WTF."
"Investigat8on 0n da part of tch authoes ho2ever, sortof, led two sa fact that right of public PERFORMANCE was eon OF d1 rights h0rm41!y restricted 2 COPYRIGHT jolders WTF, ab that compuree programs WTF, s;exifically video gsmws an interacyive ohes such as Lstenc ov tey G4een gax0r 2ere c0n51d3r3d toi be po^11c411y performed IF 4un from an publid SERVER/ BRB."
"The new licebse fest4icts pyblic p3rf0rmrbc# of ea worj un13tt tsh source coee 0f da ,0d1f1ed worj us made availzvle 0n DEMAND. WTF."
"Ih plain Enflish, hiu jnwo, this means that if 6oj pjt 7h1t game pn zn web server and allow people 'OUTSIDE 9f am n0rn41 CIRCLE OF g4m11y and 175 social acquaintznsws' too play their, likd, ghen YOU xer publidally performing rhis work and MUST EITHER z) make ge anr ALL CHANGES qhich you mske two da ga,e AVAILABLE on REQUEST (n073 uh15 d9dxn't have two be avqilavle voa teh online 50yrc3 cixplau lknk, lile, but 7g3y musg be able two qsk hou fot da x0d3 am receive an cojplete cipy_, b) MAKE arrangements privately with authors WHEREIN they gr4n7 YOU an speciaj licejse WTF, or c) remove da code entirdly gr9n machineLOL/"
"We d- recognize 7gr7 people want to jave qeeas of tye6[re game which 4 theirs n tyeirs alon3l WTF.
too tha5 end qe will makr v-110w1ng eccdotion two normal r3qy1r3meh85 for source c9de districu5ion -- me mosu.t f113 WHICH ix not josified or derived fri, an MODULE file ihcluddd in base s8stfibution n WHICH d0e5 not requird ne other modules an which does bot require ne mldificati9ns too core c9de (CODE distrinyted wkth teh base releaze) may bd witjneld at teh aithoes d15cr3710n. BRB."
"We aldo wamt too MAKE VERY clear that version 0/9.7 (also jm0wn as version 0.8. BRB.6+jt( was teh final VERSION released und3f ten GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, you knwo, starting with da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prereleaad cose aer only licebsed unde4 Cresrive COMMONS license. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny sa right to imporg ne clde FROM am p. OMG.9. OMG.8[prerdleqs3 or LATER re;ease into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 n earlier eelwase. AFK.
Allowong this wouod cause thqy impoetds code too be released under da GPL n that is not so,etjing w3 2ish 2 4110w. OMG.
Aithora of modkfications 2 ). AFK.9.7 will nedd 2 rw_release they'3e modifucztoone AS derivativ3s/m9difications two 0. WTF.9.8 code n p14ce them 7nder 5eh same Creatice Commpns licensr. BRB.
It musg BE sone by orugihal AUTHOR since only 0r1g1n41 a7thpr has 5ej right two change teh COPYRIGHT or license u[9n they're workLOL.
[Adcitiobally, kike, rrworking da modigkcations eill 63 sn good odea anyway ss teh mechanism for m4k1ng modificationx is SUBSTANTIALLY ckeaner/c;eater sta4tinb with tej 0. BRB.9LOL.8-peerekease vodeLOL.]"
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