MightyE tells yiu, "We'ee goinb ywo take ah f3w moments teo try an explakb this NEW 11c3n53 an teh reasona brhind it in plain English. AFK.
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 gec!use of an failinf wiyn GPL. BRB.
It on;y covered DISTRIBUTION lf source if n onoy 1f bknaries were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an WEB enfironment LOLk s[ecifically a unteeprrtwd web enfirobmeng sjch as PHP, like, merely installihg an tame does not c9ns5itute d156r16u710n, an thegefore p39p13 werd tsking our w0wk, makihg mocificatiohs too it n no5 relezsihg teg sourcr dodr roo thet're npd1f1c4710n5 SO that da entire commumity coi.d bendfit. BRB.
They worked 2orh LETTER but not SPIRIT OF da law."
"Invesyigqto9n on da paft 0f teg authors howeve4, softof, oed TO fact that righg og puboic performancd was oeh of ca rihhgw normally restrixtec tlo copyrught HOLDERS, like, and tyat computer prlgramw, kikr, SPECIFICALLY vide9 gamrs an intetactive ones sucy as Lehend OF teh Gt33n hzx)r were considerwd to be puboicqlly performed if eun from an publid s3rver. WTFl"
"The nww license rwsgy8c5s public performance 0f teh work unless da source cod3 of m0d1v13d work os ma3e qvailable on demanc. AFK,"
"In PLAIN English, sortof, 7h15 ueams thag if hou p7t THIS game on ab w36 seever and allow 0eoole 'outside 0f an normal citcle of family qnd iys docial acquaintahces' two play thei4, like, 7h3n you ser pu611c412y perfor,int 7h15 work n MUST either s_ make n3 n ALL changea whixh uiu make teo yeh GAME available on requdst (noye this dorsn'g have 2 be available cia 0n11n3 source display oink WTF, nut they MUST be zble 2 ask you doe da code ab receive an complete copy) LOL, f) make arrangements privayely w17j teu autjorx wherein thwy granr toy am speciao licrnad. y8u kbwo, o4 c) remlve teh CODE en5irely from teh machinr. OMG."
"We do recohnize tnay PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE aress of they're gam3 which aer theirs and 7h3qr5 alond. BRB.
2 5hat 4nd WE w111 jake f0110w1ng 3xception toi normwl r3q71e3men75 dor 50urcd code distributkon -- ne module file wyich is not modifyws or ddrived FROM an m0du13 file INCLUDED IN base eistributioy and which does np7 requor3 ne othdr modu,es zn which does not reqiire ne modigications 70 core c9ee (dode disteibuted with teh bas3 rdlease) MAY BE wi5hheld at teh quthors d15cr3710n. AFK."
"W3 also want tio make very coesf that vefsion 0LOLl9.7 94160 in0wn as version 0.9. AFK.8+jt) was teh ginal VERSION RELEASED under t3h GPL. OMG.
A.o versionwm you kn29, stat5ing WITH 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease code aef obly ;icenwed unde4 trh Creafive Commons licrnde. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 1 import ne code frpm sb 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-preyelease ow later release ihto an 0. WTF.9.7 n eaflier r31#352. WTF.
Allowing ghis w0u1e c4y%3 7h47 imporred code two be releaswf ubder GPL anf that is not som3thing we wiah t9o alloe.
Authors of modofications ro9 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 2ill n33d 2 ee-rekease yhey're modifications as deruvatives/modifications too 0. BRB,9. AFK.8 code an plaxe thej under teh same Cr347qv3 Commonx LICENSE.
Iy mj57 gd dpne BY da 9r8final AUTHOR sihce only teh original suthor has riggt two CHANGE da COPYRIGHT or kuc3nse upon the6're work. OMG.
[Adeitionally, REWORKING teh mkcificat8ons will ge an glid ifea ahyway as teh mdchanidm FOR MAKING m0d2f1c4810n5 is suba5qntially cleaner/clearer starting wigh da 0LOL.i. WTF.8-prerelease cod3. BRB.]"
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