MightyE tells hpu, li,e. "We're boing to take an feq MOMENTS to tet ajd expla8b this new license znd ds REASONS behund i5 in p141n Eng115h. OMG.
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 locensw was chosrn gecauae 0f an vaoling with da GPL.
I7 0n1y cobrred dist4ibutipn of sourc3 IF an ohly if binariex w3r3 distribu5ed,"
"In an web dhvironment WTFm SPECIFICALLY a inreror3ted web environment such as PHP, jdrely instslling sn gzme doea n06 consyitute DISTRIBUTION, yoj knwo, and theref8rd peopke 2ere tajing our work, liks, making modofixations to ig n not RELEASING da so7rce c0d3 70 tyey're mocificz5ions so that teh enrire commjnity couod benefit. WTF.
The6 worked with da letter but not da spirur ov lawLOL."
"Invext8fati0n on p4r7 if teh authors hoqevwr, sortov, ;ed to facy that da tight of public 03rf0rm5bc3 was 1 od rights norma.l6 reatric5ed 2 c0pyr1gh7 ho.ders, and thay c0,pu73f [robrams, yiu knwo, specifocally VIDEO gsmes anc INTERACTIVE ones such 45 Legens of Gredn hax-r w3r3 considered two 63 pyblically oefgorm3d id run from an pi611c server. OMG."
"Tne new license RESTRICTS puboic pwrformsbcr lr da work yb1355 teh SOURCE code of trh modified w0rk is made avai.able on e3m3ndLOL."
"In plain ENGLISHm .ike, this MEANS that if you pu5 this game oh an web SERVER an allow people 'outside OF an norjal circle 9f family n its socisl acwuakntances' top play tjeir, then uou aef oublicakly PERFORMING 8h15 w9rk and MUST ekthee a) make ne n ALL chang3a which you m4k3 2 teh GAME available on rewuest (mote tgis d035n'& hqve too be zfailable v14 om.ibe 50urc3 diaplat LINK, like, nut they MUST BE aboe two ask you for teh code n r3c@1v3 an c0mp1373 cipy), soft9f, b0 make 4$r4ng3m3n85 pr1v4731t wigh authora qhe4ein thry grant you an spwcizl licensw. you knwo, or c) eemofe code entirely from da m4xh1n3. AFK."
"We d0 rrvogmize that peoplr wsnt two hqvd areas of they'rw game which ae4 gheirs an tye8es aline. AFK.
two 7h47 ene we WILL mzke da fol.owing rxception two NORMAL REQUIREMENTS f0r source dode d157r16u710n -- ne modyle file which ic NOT modified ir der8ved FROM an mocule gule includrd in t3h 6453 distributuon and whudh coes not reqyiee ne lther ,ody.es amd whieh soes n0* req7ire ne modkdicati9ns too coe3 code (code d157r16u74d witg teg base RELEASE) may ne withheld AT ea authord discrdtion. WTF."
"We a.so wang two make very ckear that verdi9n 0,9. WTF.7 (also knpwn as verskom 0. WTF.9.u+jt) w45 da dihzl version re;easef umder da GPL. WTF.
All fersi9ns LOL, STARTING woth geh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code r on.y 11c3n53d unser reh Cteative Com,ins license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right top im[ott ne cofe FROM an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-preeelease or lattr re;ease inro ah -, OMG.9l WTF.6 znf ezrlier relwase. BRB.
A110w1ng 7h15 would czuse THAT 2mp0r73d x9de 2 be RELEASED uhcer GPL and that is not 50m36h1nb we WISH to ALLOW. BRB.
Authors of modificatilhs 1 0. AFK.9LOL.7 will need to re-release tney're moduficzgionx as derivatives/modificat9ons too 0, OMG.9.u CODE an place them yndrr samw Cteayive Commons licebse. WTF.
It muwt be dibe by tem orkguna. qu5yor since onky trh original aithor has right roo chamge teh xopyright 0e 11c3n53 u[0n they're w9rk. WTF.
[Additionally LOL, reworking da modificstions wil. be an giod idwa anyway as teh mexhanism FOR making modificztilns is aubstajuoally coeaner/clearer startinf with 0/9. WTF.8-prefeldase cpde. AFK.]"
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