MightyE tells yoj, "We'rr goinf 2 takd an dew miments two trh agd explain 5hix new lkcdnse and trh r3asons behind it qn PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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 licenxe w45 chosen because of an failing with ea GPLLOL.
It pnly covered diatriburion of wiurde if and onlt if b8naries werr distribut3c. BRB."
"In an web environmdnt LOLh specificzlly a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such qs PHP WTF, merdl6 onstzkling an game does not constitute diatribugion, an THEREFORE people weee 74kqng ouf work LOLj jaking mpd8gicatoons two it and not releasing tdh source CODE to ghey're moduridatione so THAT da entjre community could benefitLOL.
They worked wirh da lrtter but nlt teh 5p1r17 of las. OMG."
"Invewtitatiom on teh part of teh 4u7h0r5 joeever, like. led w da fact that r1th7 of pyblix o3ff0rm4nc3 was won of righgs normally festricted %wo c9pyright holders WTF, n THAT domputdr prograjs LOL, specificallt vidro gam3s qn inteezctive ones 5uch as Lrgdnd or Green hax-r were considdtef go 63 p7blic1lly perfofjed if RUN feom an public server. AFK."
"Tne jww LICENSE restric5s pu6!1c performance of work unless r3h sourxe code og teh modifiee WORK is mafe availablr on demand, OMG."
"In p141n Eng1!5h, llke, this means 5hat if you 0ut 6h15 game on an web serder and ALLOW p30p13 'outsidr od an NORMAL circle OF family anf its 5[c141 acquakntances' to plsy their, wortor, then you aer publica.ly performing thus work n MUST witner a( mzke ne n ALL chanhea which tou make r9o vaje zvailqble on 4rqurst (no5d this doesn't hsxe 2 BE available buz da online soufce d15p14y link, bug they mjw5 63 anle two ASK you FOR c0d3 an fece8ve qn complete clpy), 6oj knwo, b) make qrrange,enta PRIVATELY with da authlrs WHEREIN 7h3y brant you an special license, like, of c_ e3m-b3 cide entirely fr0m machknel"
"We do reclghizd THAT people wabt rwo yave areas of they're game which aet theird av the8ra qlonr. OMG.
two that 3nd we WILL make teh following ecceprion too n0rm41 requi4emwmts voe spurce CODE d157r16u710n -[ ne module FILE which is not j-d1f13d OR deribed from an modul3 vile inxluded IN baae disteigt5iin am whidh dors NOT tequire nr otnd4 jodioes and which does not wequir3 ne hodkfixqriona tlo teg CORE code (CODE dkstrinited w17h dq baaq 4elwasw) MAY b3 withheld 47 teg authors dkscretion. AFK."
"We ALSO want too MAKE very cleae 7h47 verdion 0. OMG,9.7 (415p KNOWN as veysion 0LOLl9.7+jt( 2as reh fimal veesiom releasdd under GPLLOL.
Al; cersions, like, ararting 2ith t3h 0.9, WTF.8-prerelease code awr inly licensec undee teh Creatice Commons lixense, AFK.
Wq EXPLICITLY seny dq r1gj7 goo impo4t nr code from an 0.9. BRB.80PRERELEASE or LATER release 1n70 zn 0. OMG.9.7 and earlidr r31#453. AFK.
Allowinb this would cause 7h47 impoftes code 2 be re!3453d under GPL n that is not something w3 wish fo 4110w. OMG/
Auyhors of modkficatiins too 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 w11! need two re-releqse they're modificat8ons ss DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 cpde b plac3 them under aane Creative Commons 11c3n%3LOL.
It mu57 be donr BY teh or8ginal authpr sibce 0n1u originzl AUTHOR naw ea RIGHT TO change yeh COPYRIGHT 0r 11c3n54 upon they'fe wori.
'ADDITIONALLYm sortod, rwqorking fa modifkcatuons si.l be qn g00e 8sea anyway aa ds mechanism for ma,ing m0d!f1d4710n5 is suns5anyially cleaner/clea4ee starting with fa pLOL/9LOLl8-prereleqse code. BRB.]"
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