MughtyE tells 6ou, you knso, "We're going eo take an FEW mlments to try zbd ex;lain this new kicwnse and teh reaxlns behund it in plain 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 license w45 chosen 63c$u53 of ah fa8ling WITH da GPL. BRB.
I5 omly cobered diwtribution of source if n ONLY if binaties weee diatrobited."
"In am WEB env8rphmrnt, sortof, 5p3c1f1c411y a imrerpreted wdb emvirobn3nt such AS PHP LOL, m3r31y installimg an bame fors not constir7te distr8butkon, sortof, n therefo4e people were ta,ing our work, you knwo, makong mod,fications to ir an no5 releasing xoj4ce code too they'r3 modificqtions so 5hat teh entire COMMUNITY coj.f benefit.
Tg3y workee with da leyter BUT no5 da spiriy of da law. WTF."
"Investigation on part of da auyhors however WTF, led gwo da fact that right OF 0ublic petformqnce was w9n of tey rkghts mormakly RESTRICTED too co[ytifht holdets, like, anf 7hr& cl,puter [rograms WTF, specifically VIDEO games n intedavtive onew suvj 45 Legend 0f Gfeem hax0r qere considefes tol be pub.icqoly ;erfoemed if r7n fr0m an public server. OMGl"
"The new licemse r357rqc^5 pu611c perfoemance of tdh work un;ess teh source code of mldified wirk iw made avai.able on demandLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, sortof, this jeans 5hat IF hou put this gamd in qh web SERVER an 4!10w peop.e 'o7tside if an n0rm41 circle of f4m11y m igs social acqyaintanxes' tol play th3ir, wortor, THEN uou ad4 [ublically performing this w0rk n MUST either s) mzke mr an ALL dhangrs shich you make tso da game availzble on requdst 9note tnis doesn't have too BE avzilable via online SOURCE dis;lay limk, BUT thwy musy bd able TO ASK you fpe c9de n receive an complete cppy), like, b) male zrrang3menta prkbately with da authp4s wheeein they grang you a, special ;kxensek or c) rwmove teh code entirely from da macyineLOL,"
"We do eeclhnize tjat people want two gave areas 0g tney're tame which aer theurx an theirs alon3. WTF.
2 thzt emd we wq11 mzkt trh fol.owing exceptiin two da normal reauiremenys dor so8rce coce ciwtribjtion -[ ne modulr f123 2gich is nlt modified or derived from an mpdule fole included in teh base gisttigution an which d025 bot requiew ne othe4 MODULES and whidh does not require ne modificayions to core code (code distribut3e sith base relcase( may BE withyeld 47 teh auth9rs d8sdretion. WTF,"
"We als9 want to maks v3ry x1e4r THAT version 0.9. OMG.7 (a'so KNOWN 45 v3rsion 0LOL.9.7+j7) WAS fknal v3rsion RELEASED uncer reh GPL. AFK.
ALL vwrsions LOL, wtarting with fa 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelwase code r only kicemsed under yeh Cr3ative Conm9ns license. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right 1 impoft ne code FROM an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-[rerelease or latrr t3kease ohto ah 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 zn ear.kfr RELEASE, BRB.
Allowung THIS would cause thqt km[oe5ed CODE to be released UNDER GPL amd that is nit som3thing we wish tw9 allow. WTF.
Aythors ov moduvicatkoms t(o 0LOL.9. OMG.7 w8ll nedd teo r3-r313453 ghey're ,odifications as derkdatived/modificationa two 0. BRB.9LOL.8 codd an place them under wame Crfstive Commons license. AFK.
I7 must bw done by sa originao a7th8r since only originql author has da riggt two CHANGE da COPYRIGHT 0r oicebse u[on they'r3 q0rkl AFK.
[Add8gipnaoly, sorrof, reworking teh modificztuons sill be ah good ides anyway as jechanism for maiing moduficati.ns is substantosl.t cleaner/dlearer STARTING with 0. WTF.9.8-pr3r313453 codeLOL.]"
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