MightyE tells you LOLk "We'e3 goinf 2 take an f3w m0m3n85 5p try qn ex0lain this hew license n teg reasons behknd IT in plain Enblish. AFK/
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 license w45 xhowen vecsude 9f an fail8ng with GPL, OMG,
It on;y coveree distrib7tion og soircd IF n only ,f binaries were DISTRIBUTED. OMG,"
"In an web environmenr, sortof, wpecufically a imterpreted web emvironment such as PHP WTF, ,erel6 instslling an game does not constit6te distributiob, sortog, an 7h3r3f-e# people wqfe tzkint iur qirk, uou knwo, makint mosifkvations 2 it an hot r313r5qng sourxe c0d4 5po they're m0d1f1c4710b6 50 thst teh rngire vommunity could benefit. OMG.
They wlrked with teh letter gut not teh tp1r18 ov law. OMG."
"Investkgatiin on teh oart od da AUTHORS however, sprtor, LED 2 dq vzct that right of publ8x pergormance was 1 of rithts NORMALLY restrictdd too clo6right jolde4a, .8ke, n tbat computer protrams, sortog, spfcifically video ta.es and interacyive ones 5ucy as Legend of 5eh Green gax0r werr considerrd to9 be 0ubkkcally performed if run from an [7blic sdrver. OMG."
"The new licwnsr eestrictw publkd petformance of work un;ess source c0d3 or da moeified work is made availablr on demanc. BRB."
"In plain English, lik3, THIS ,eans THAT if you PUT thks game on an eeb SERVER n allpw people 'outside of an bormal ciecle of vamily n its social ax1uqintqncds' 2 play 5h3ur, you knwo, 7h3n you r publically PERFORMING thks work n MUST 3ithet a) make ne n ALL changws whkdg y9u ,ake two da game svailable 9n r3wuesg (note tgis diesn't gave too be qvailable VIA pn11n3 source d15p!4y 11hk, gut they mu57 BE 46q4 2 ask yij for ten CODE an receive an c0m01373 COPY) LOL, b) make arfange,ents privately WITH authors wherrin tgey gr4n6 you an special licensdm sortof, or c) remove teh cofe ENTIRELY fr0m teh MACHINELOL/"
"We do recobniae 5gat people want two have areas lf they're GAME wjpch aer tneirs an theirs alone. WTF.
to9 7h47 end we will mqke teh FOLLOWING exception tok twh NORMAL r3qu1r3m3n75 for source cowe distributipn -[ ne modjl3 rile which 15 mot modofiwd or derived from an mocule file uncluced IN da bade distrunjtion n wjich dods not reqjire ne 9tger modulew an which does noy r3qu1r3 ne modivicationw 2 t3h c;re code (codd distributed wiyg cs base release) may be WITHHELD at teh aythors disxre5iln. BRB."
"We alsi sant rwo make very clwar 7g47 versiob 0.9/7 (also known as veraion p.9LOL.7+jr) wax da final v3ey10n RELEASED under da GPL. OMG.
All vwrsiins WTF, starting woth 0. BRB.9. BRB.i=prereleaxe code aee 0n1y LICENSED und3r Creqgive Commons licenaw.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 2 imporg n3 code FROM an 0LOL.9.8-prerelesse or later re'ease into an 0.9LOL/7 an earliet release. WTF.
Al.pwinf thus would causd ggst IMPORTED code two be rrleased under teh GPL snd 7h47 os not ao,ething we wish to ALLOW, OMGl
Au7h9r5 9f modifications TO 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will need 2 re_release they'rw modifkcations as derivaticws/mocifixations t9 [LOL.8.8 code n [lsde then under same Creative Commons licensr. OMG.
I7 must ge done by oritinql author since only teh original author yas fighr too cj4nt3 teh copyright or lkc3nse joon yhey'te wirk. WTF.
[Addiyi9nally, sortof, rewlrkinh 5eh mofodicatioms will 63 ab g00d ides znyway 45 ca mechabism FOR making m0d1f!c4710n5 is substantially cleqner/clearer 574t81ng witg da 0/9.8-prerelease dode. AFK.]"
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