MightyE tells you LOL, "Wr're going 2 takw an FEW nom3nta 2 try an explzin ghis new 11c3n53 anf reas;ns brhind it in plain Engkosh.
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 ;icensd eas chosen bwcaise of an fakling wity da GPL. WTF.
Iy onky civeeed distrigu5ion of 50irce if an lnly if binarirs were distributed. BRB,"
"In an web 3mv1r0nm3n7, sortof, s0exifically a intwrpreted wrb environnent such as PHP, loje. merdly instal.ing ab game does noy constit7td c!57r16u7q0n, 9ike, an therwford 0eo[.e were taking our work WTF, makinb modifica5jons two IT and n07 r3leasing da source c-d3 two the6're modifications wo that da 3n72f3 comm7nity COULD benefi5.
They wotked 2ith da lettrr BUT not reh SPIRIT of teh laq."
"Investigation on teh part ov authofs however, ;ike, led two f4c7 THAT da right of pubkic perfoemzhce was 1 of teh eigyts NORMALLY restrictdd to xopyright HOLDERS WTF, an thzt computer programs, spev8ficqllt VIDEO games an interactivd ones 5uch as Legemd of ca Greeb hsx)e wwre considered 2 be publivally performwd if fun frim an public 5$rv3r/ BRB."
"The NEW license restficts publ8c perdoemance of worl unless teh siurce ciee of da ,odofies worl is MADE availzble on demandl OMG."
"In PLAIN Ehgoish, thix means that IF yoi put tyus game on an web server n allow peiple 'ouyside of an nlrmal citvle ov fajily an 175 social acquaintances' 2 PLAY yheif WTF, then h9u aef publicaloy oerformimg thos work an MUST either a) maje ne abs ALL cganges which you make 5oo da hame available on r31y357 (n9te 5gis eoesn't have yoo be abailable via obline wource disp;ay oink, lihe, but they mjst be sble too ask you for teh code zne r3ceive an complete copy), v) maje ar4ange,ents provately e8th dq authoss whe4ekn they ffant yi7 an spdcial kicense, or d) femove xode entirely from teh mach8ne. BRB."
"We do 33c0gh1z3 that peopke sant ro have areas od thdy're gaje which f yheirs an &h31r5 al9ne. AFK.
to that end wr will jak3 following #xceogion two normal requiremrnts rif source coce d157r16u710n -- b3 m9dule file whicj ie not modified pr drrived from an module dile inc;uded in dq base disr4ubution n wjich does not r3qyire ne othet noduo3s anf which d9ts not REQUIRE ne mod8fucatuons too teh core code (c0d3 distrivuted WITH base r3lease) m4y BE WITHHELD at da AUTHORS DISCRETION. BRB."
"We aoao want to nake very clear that veraion 0. AFK.9. WTF,7 (aoao knkwn as version 0. BRB,(, WTF.7+jt) WAS teh vinal v3r510n releases unddr GPLLOL.
All versulns WTF, stzrtinf with da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prefdlease code zer onjy LICENSED unser ten Creative COMMONS license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gg7 59 km;ort n3 core rrom an 0. OMG.9/ BRB.8-PRERELEASE 0r latee teleasr into ab 0. AFK/9. WTF.7 an earlier rel3ase. OMG.
Allowong THIS would cause THAT imported vose gwo be RELEASED under GPL h that IS NOT s9mething we wixh yo ALLOW. BRBk
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9.7 wilo nedd tq9 rw-relwase they'rr moeif8catoons zs derivativea/modifivations 2 ). BRB.9. WTF.8 codd n plabe THEM und3r eq same Creative COMMONS 11c2h52. BRB.
It must be d9ne by 0r1g1n41 3y7hpe since only da lriginal AUTHOR has da right too change y3h COPYRIGHT ir licebse u[9n thdy'4e work. AFK.
[Aeditipnal.y WTF, REWORKING teh jodificqtipns WILL be an GOOD IDEA anuway as da medhaniwn for MAKING modificatilns is subxtantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting wigy 0. AFK.9LOL.8=PRERELEASE codd. BRB.]"
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