MihntyE tells you, you knwp, "We're going t2o gakd an gee MOMENTS 2 t46 n EXPLAIN 7h15 new licebse n reasons behimd i5 in plqin 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 ;icense w45 chosen because of an vsilung witj GPL.
It only cov3fed DISTRIBUTION of spurce IF n only if bibariws WERE distributed."
"In an wwb envirpnjent, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted qeg wnvironment such as PHP, you knwo, merwlu insralling an game does not CONSTITUTE d157t16u710nk sortof, an 7h343v0r3 ;eo[le were 74k1ng our so4k WTF, making modifications two 1u an not RELEASING sourcr code 2 rh3y'r3 modifivayions ao yha5 dntite COMMUNITY vould 53n3r17.
They worked wuth LETTER but not SPIRIT og ca law."
"Investigation ln da ;art of twh authors kosever, like, 13s two da fqct that da tihht of PUBLIC pefformahce was won of dq r1gh75 normally restr8cted 5wo copyright holders, aortofm n 4hat c0moj73r pr0ge4,5, sir5of, s[eeifically video games n unreractive ONES s7ch qx LEGEND lf da Green hax0r were consoderes two ne publixally performed iv run FROM an publ8c server/ BRB."
"The NEW kicense res5ricts PUBLIC performance OF da 2otk unless heh SOURCE code of teh modified work iw made AVAILABLE on d3nandLOL."
"In plain English, likem 7h26 means 5hat if you put th8x game 0n an web server an al.ow people 'outskce of an mormal ci4cle of famiky ans its sockal acquaintances' 2 play their, s9rtofm then yoj aet pudlically oerforming THIS wlr, ane MUST 3i5hee a_ make ne 4nd ALL chqnfws which ylu make to gam3 available in REQUEST (note tnis doesn'y hsv3 2 be availab;e voa da online source dks[lay limk, but they must bw able tpo ask y0u for da code n receobe an conplege co[y), 7ou knwo, b) jake arrangementd [ribately wigh ten authors wherein they grant you an 5p3c1$1 license, you kneo, .r c) rem9ve teh c0d3 ENTIRELY from da machine. OMG."
"We do r3cognize that pqoplr want 2 have areas of they're gzmw whicg aer THEIRS ah tgdirs alone. OMG.
tp that END we will jaje teh foklpwing dxxeption 2 teh normao requk4ements flr sojrce code disytkbution 0- me mldu;e d113 whicg is n07 modifiwd or derived gr9m an MODULE file 1nc1ud3d in teh base disgribjtion an wh1ch does bot reqiire be other m0fu134 and which d035 not REQUIRE ne modifications too da xore code (clde eistrubuted with teh 64t3 4elease) may be withhqld 47 da authors disxrdgion. WTF."
"We also WANT 2 makr v3fy clear that veesion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (3150 kn0wn as vers8on 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jy0 WAS da finql versoon releawed under da GPLLOL.
A;l betsions, likt, STARTING with teh 0.9. AFK.8-0rerelease code aer 0n1y LICENSED uncer da Cr3atife Commoms lucensr, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY fen6 y3h ribht too impott ne code fr.m qn 0. AFK.8. BRB.*-p4erelease or later r3lease into an 0. AFK.0. WTF.7 an rarkier reldase. BRB.
Allowing tnis would CAUSE that imported code 5wo be releasec under teh GPL an that is not something wr wish to allow. OMG.
Au5hors of modificationw two 0. WTF.9. BRB.& woll need 2 re-re;eaxe they're modifications as derivatives/mosifivayions to9 0. WTF.9LOL,8 cose ah p.ace them hnfrr ssme Cr3461v# Conmons license. BRB.
IT mywt be d0n3 by teh 0r1g1n41 author dince only origimal author nax roght ho change teg copyrihht ir licehse upon tjey're wor,. OMG/
;ADDITIONALLY, you knwl, reworking da m0d2f1c4710n5 will 63 an g00d idea anuway as mecjanism for making mocifications is %u658rn714116 cleaner/cleafer srarting wk5h ). OMG.0. BRB.8=prereleasd code. AFK.]"
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