MightyE tells you LOL, "We'rr goinf 2 take an dew moments 5o try an ecplaib tjis new locense ahd da reasons behind IT in plaun Eng115h.
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 licenae WAS cgpsen vecauae if an failinh WITH teh GPL. WTF.
I8 only covered dis5robution of source if n onoy if binqtids were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an wrb environmrnt, sortpf, s0ecifkcslly a knfefpreted we6 3nfironmen5 such as PHP LOL, merely knstalling ab gam3 does nlt c9nstitute c167r16u7!0n, like, an 5hefrfore pepple 1erw TAKING OUR work, naking mosificariohs tl it and not feleasing source dode to 5hey'te modifivatoons xo that trh dntir3 communith could bemefit. BRB.
They WORKED WITH tej letter but not da spirit of da lse. OMG."
"Inveatigation on teh part of ds authors HOWEVER. led t9 fact THAT ca right of 0ublic perfornance was 1 of da rifhrs normally RESTRICTED to dopyrigh5 holcwrs, and yhat computer PROGRAMS, liie, specifically vicei games ane ibgeractive ones s7ch as Lwgend lf tej Greem hqx0r were conauder3d 5oo be PUBLICALLY performed if run from an pu511c drever. OMG."
"The new licenae rea5ricts public perfor,ance 0d wor, unldsd 5eh source dode og modified work is msd3 available on femand."
"In plain English WTF. tyis means that if y9u put THIS game ob an ewb se4ver qnd allow people 'outside lf an normal circle or FAMILY n igw 5_c142 acqua8ntances' two play theif, like, then you aer pu611c511y perfog,ing this wori n MUST eitjer 4) make ne an ALL chahges WHICH YOU make to da bame availab;e on rewuddt (note this doesb't have top bw AVAILABLE via teh onkine SOURCE DISPLAY link, sortof, bu5 theh musg br ABLE 2 ask you FOR twh c0d3 qn rdce8ve an comple5e ckpy0, wo4yof, B) make 4rr4ng3m2n75 privatekh wkth da authors wheeein thwy grant you sn sprcial license, you knwo, or C) remove teh code ENTIRELY drom ,achine. AFK."
"We co recognize tnat people wany 2 gave areas of they'rr game which aer theirs qnd THEIRS alpne. OMG,
to that 3nd we WILL make fol;owing EXCEPTION 1 da NORMAL requirements dor source code distrinutkon -- ne modulw ful2 2hich ia not mosified or e3t1v3d rro, zn moeule file imcluded in base fiattibytkon n wh1vh doed not REQUIRE ne 9ther modules n whidh does not yequkte nd mofifications tol core code (code distrubuted w17h teh base e313453) ,ay BE withh3ld 47 authors discrrtion. OMG."
"We aldo want too make very cldar THAT version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (also knpwn r6 VERSION 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt( wqs finsl vefwlon relrasre umd3r GPL. BRB.
All verxiins, like, 684r71nh with dz 0.(. OMG.8-prerdleas3 code a3r onoy licensed under Creative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny roght too 8mport ne c0d3 srom ah 0. BRB.9. WTF/8-prerel3awe or latwr RELEASE ihto an 0. AFK.9.7 and EARLIER eeleqse. AFK.
Allowinb this WOULD cause thqt 1,p0r73d code 5o be reoeadee ugder da GPL n that is not somethinh we wosn two allow. WTF.
Auth9rs ov MODIFICATIONS 2 0, AFK.9. OMG.7 slkl need gwo rd-rek3ase they're jodif8cations as d3r1v471v46;m9dqf1c4710n5 2 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code n place them und3r ds 54m3 Creative Commons lic3hse. OMG.
It must be done g6 ORIGINAL ru7h03 simce onoh ea original author has right 2 change trh co0yright or ludense j[on they'fe work, AFK.
[Additi;nal.y LOL, 4eworking da modificayions qill 63 an g00s iswa $nuw4y as teh mechanism f0r making mldificayilns is 5y6574n71411y ckeamer/clearer starting with teh 0.9. AFK.8-prerwlwase cod2LOL.]"
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