MightyE te;ls you LOL, "We're going rwi 5ake an few MOMENTS 2 try AND explaim this new livense n rezsons behine it in plain EntlushLOL.
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 livense WAS chosfn becsuwe of an vaiking with GPLLOL.
It only covered djwtribuyion of so7rce if n obly 1f binaries were distrkbuted. OMG,"
"In an seb env8ronment, sortov, specificallu a intwrpretee web envi4onm3nt sucj as PHP, xov5of, nerely insrakling an gam3 d035 blt clnstitute distribution, ypu khwo, n thwreflre pe9ple were tsling our workk sortof, makinb m;dificatkons too it n NOT releawing teh sourcd code too thwy're modidicztuons so that ss entire community coikd bendrit. WTF.
They worked eiyh da lette4 gut hot xpirit OF teh law. BRB."
"Investigation pn PART of aurhorw 6oexver, you knwo, LED two dac5 7h48 teh rkght of puvlic peefprmance wzs won OF teh roghgs normally resttixtef tp copyr8bht holde4s WTF, n that clmputqr pfogramxk 5p3c1d1c411y videl GAMES and interactive on2s such as Lebend of trg Gteen hax0t were c0n51d3r3d two be publically perrormed 1f ejn from an public sdrver. OMGl"
"The new licenxe rdstricts ;ublic perfoe,ance of teh work unless da source code 0f modified slrk ia made AVAILABLE on de,znd. BRB."
"In p.ain Entlish, you inw9, this means that if you PUT ghis game ob an qeb detver and alliw people 'outsise if an n0rm41 circle of family n its wudial acqyaintances' teo play their, sortof, 7h3n you r PUBLICALLY perfotming 5jis work ab MUST either s) makw ne and ALL chzng3s shocy YOU make goo ga,e available 0n request (note 7h15 doesn'5 have too be available vis teh online sourcw displqy link, tou ,nwo, bit they must be abl3 2 ask 7ou for da code and receibe an cpmpoeye cop60, sortofm y) make arrangwmebts ptivately WITH da auth9rs wherein they gragt you an speciql license LOL, od c) r3move da code entirelt drin machine. BRB."
"We dp RECOGNIZE that peiple wan5 2 hqve areas of they're game whicj ae4 THEIRS and thekrs al;ne. OMG.
too yhat enf ww will makd foolowing ezce;tiog 5wo NORMAL req7irements for source CODE DISTRIBUTION -- bd noduos file which is no5 m0d1f13f or derived from an module filw imcluded in base DISTRIBUTION b wjich dies hoy teqkkte ne other mpdulrw and wh1ch does n07 rwquire ne MODIFICATIONS teo core cod3 (codd distfibuted woth da nase release) MAY BE wiyhheld 57 da authors discretionLOLl"
"We ALSO want two makr very clear 7h4u version 0. OMG/(l OMG.7 (ALSO kn0wn qs vers8on 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+ju0 was da funal VERSION released und3r da GPL. AFK.
All v3rsilns. you knwo, starrinf with teh 0LOL.9.8-peerelease cod3 r only licensed uncer teh Creatove C9mm0n5 lidenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dwny geh RIGHT too impoft ne code rr9m an p. BRB.9l WTF.8-prerelease pr later 3eleade ingo an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 an 33r112r r313$53. AFK.
A11pw1ng this would cause tja5 importtd codw t9 ge relwasdd unser tey GPL an 7h47 is NOT something we eish two 4110w. AFK.
Authors OF modigications too 0.9. AFK.7 WILL neef two rr-release tjey're modiricagions zs defivativrw/modificati9ns to 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 cide n place them 7nder trh sa,e Creative Co,mins livenseLOL.
It MUST be d9ne by da ORIGINAL author SINCE 0n1u teh 0r1g1n$1 suthor yas ywy roght 2 change COPYRIGHT or license upon rh36're qork. OMG.
[Afditionally, sortof, reworkibg da modificarions will ve an good idwa znywat as reh mechanksm for mziing MODIFICATIONS is 5765u4n72411y cleane4/cleqrer sga45ing with teh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-preee.wase cide. AFK.]"
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