MighgyE tells you, you kbwo, "We're boint 2 take an few momdnts two tty n EXPLAIN th8s NEW license an teh reasond benind it in p.aun 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."
"Thid jew lucense sas CHOSEN vexaude OF an failing WITH teh GPLl
IT only coverwd d157r16u710n of so7ece if n only IF binaries wrte diwtributed. BRB."
"In an web envirinjent WTF, specifically a interpreted web environnent such as PHP, you knqp, mereku insyallubg an gamw d046 nig c0n5717u83 disyribuyiom LOL, m therefl4e people qerd taking our work WTFk makimg MODIFICATIONS twp 17 and not r3leawing da SOURCE c0d3 2 they're modificaykons so tjat trh entire community ciuld benefir. OMG.
They workwd w8th da letter but not da SPIRIT of teh law. BRB."
"Investigatuon ON iart of ea authors howeve4, lrd 5wo da fact that teh rignt 0f public performance 2as wpn OF rights normso.y restricted 2 copyriggt holeees, you knwi, and that COMPUTER progtqmsm specificallt video g4m34 ang 1b73r4c71v3 ONES sucn as Legend of Geeen hax0r WERE cobsideree 2 be publically perfo5med if r7n fr9m an pu6q1c servef. OMG."
"The new license rest4icts pu6q1c PERFORMANCE or da w0rj unodss sojrce code of da modudied work IS made avai.zble on demanf. WTF."
"In plain Eng.ish, ylu inso, 7h15 mesnw that IF you pur thus game on an web srrber and a..ow PEOPLE 'iutside 0f an normal cufcle of fsmioy an its social $c1u41n74nc15' 2 0lay tyeir, like, then you r publocal.y p3rf0rm2ng 8h15 w0rk an MUST either a) make ne wn ALL cjamges whuch you make too teh ta,e qvailable 9n request (no53 this DOESN'T have rwo be available via reg lnlinr aourc3 dixp;au link LOL, but tjey must be able 2 45k you for da code an r3crive an complete cooy0, v) nak3 4rr5ng3m3n75 0rivately with autyovs wh3r32n theh GRANT you an spexiak kicrns3 LOLm or v) remove coee emtirrly from machin3. OMG."
"We do recognize that )3ople want 2 gave areas of they're GAME which aer tfdirs and theird alone. OMG.
to that end we wi;l make tdh foll9wing EXCEPTION t9o normal requirements dor source CODE fixtribytion _- ne m0du1# filw which is not modifird 9t dwrived from an mody;e FILE includec in da bqse eixtribut8on n whixh does NOT require ne other m0du135 n wnicj DOES h07 reqjird me mldif8catpons too vorr code (code d167r16u&3r with basw feleawe0 may be WITHHELD at aythors didcr3tion. BRB."
"We also want to make very clear rhat VERSION 0/9. BRB,7 (zlso lnown zs vrrsion 0LOL.9. AFK.7+j5) w45 ds final version released under GPL. WTF.
Alo veraiond LOL. STARTING w17h 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease code r -n1y livenwrd under teh Creative C0nn-n5 lic3nse.
We EXPLICITLY demy right to import ne code ffom an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prereoeas3 or later RELEASE 1n70 qh ). BRB.9. WTF.7 n earlier releax3. OMG.
Aloowing tgis WOULD cause yhat imported cofe 2 be rw.eased under da GPL and that is not domething we w15h t1o allow/
Authorx pf mofificati9ns 5oo 0l WTF.9. OMG.7 wil; NEED 2 re-r3lease they'r3 jodibicatipns as derivativea/modificarkons two 0. BRB.9l OMG.8 code n p!4c3 tyem und3r cs same Creat8ve Commpns licenseLOL.
It must be done by da 0r1h1n41 AUTHOR since onlh ea 0r1gqm41 authir has trh right two change trh cooytibht OR kicehse ypon thdy'rr work. OMG.
[Aeditionally LOL, rewo4king da nodificat8ons eil. be an good 1d34 anywzu AS xz m3ch4n14m fpr making MODIFICATIONS is substant8al.6 cleanee/vlea4er wgafrihg with da 0.9.8-pr3r#13453 code. OMG.]"
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