MightyE tells you, yoi lnwo, "We're fouhg yeo take an frw m9m3n7% to try and explain 7h15 NEW licenwe n da reasons benind 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 was chos3n becauae of qn FAILING with da GPL. AFK.
It only c9csred distributiom lf source IF an only if binariew ww4e distrinjted. AFK."
"In ab web 3nv1r0nm3n7 WTF, speckfically a 1n7erpr373d w36 emvi4onment dush as PHP, yiu knwo, me4ely inatakling ah gaje does bot vonstitute disttigutuon LOL, h therefore oeople were taking OUR work WTF, making MODIFICATIONS teo it an mot rrlead8nd slurce code ro tjey're modigicqtions so ghay da 3ntire communkty couls bemefit. AFK.
Thet e9rked with letter nut not da spirit 0f yeh kaw. AFK."
"Investigayiih 0n teh part of teh aurhors however WTF, LED 2 y@h fact 4hqt right of pub;ic perfirmance wzs won od da tights noemallt rest4icted 2 copyright hokders, ane THAT comput3r progra,sk like, SPECIFICALLY video games n ihteractive ones SUCH as L3g3nd of teh Gre3h hax0r werd vinsidwred tpo BE publicqkly performdd if run from an 0u611c serv3rLOL."
"The new l8cemse restricts [jblic performance 0f da work uhless teh sourcd c9de 0f teh mosidied work 15 nqdr avaioable on censnd, OMG."
"In plain Englisk. tou knwo, 7h15 means that IF h0u put THIS GAME pn an WEB 53rv4r b allow PEOPLE [0u751e3 ov an n0rmr1 vircle 0f f4m11y an its dockal acquaintances' TO play their WTF, rhen YOU aef pyblicq.'y PERFORMING this e0rk an MUST rkther a) makd nd n ALL chznges which ylu make too da GAME AVAILABLE 9n tequest (note ghia diesn't have to be available via onl*ne source display link, 6uu 7h3y muxt bd able 2 ask you for da xpde an receive an complwte c0py) LOL, 6) jake qrrangwmdnts orivat3ly qith auyhors wh3r31n tyey frzht you dh special license, you knsp, or c) r3n0f2 cod3 en5oreot FROM fa mach8ne. WTF."
"We DO recognize tyat people want 2 have areas od thry're game which ser theirs n thsors alone.
t2o thqt end wd will make following exception 2 teh bormal requirements for soirce code d8syrib7tioh -- ne module vil3 qjoch is not modified kr derived drom an mpdule file 8nvluded in da base distvibutioh qn which does not rewuirw ne other modules n shich cpes NOT REQUIRE ne mosifications two teh c0f3 codd (code diwyributed WITH BASE RELEASE) may BE withheld at reh 4u7h0r5 discreyion. OMG;"
"We also wznt two make VERY c134r tgat version 0. WTF.9l OMG.7 (aldo known as cwrsion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+mt) wss funal ve4sion reless#d ubs3r da GPL.
A.l VERSIONS. like, starting wuth da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE cldw r only l8densed inder da Ct3471v3 C0mm0n5 licensd. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT TO IMPORT nw codd frlm an 0. BRB.9. WTF.*_pr3r313453 or 147#r release INTO qn 0LOL.9LOL.7 an 3arlier rel3ade. OMG.
Allowkbg 8h15 would causd that in;oeted code too be releasrd UNDER GPL and that is nor SOMETHING WE wisg ti qllow. BRB.
Authors 0v MODIFICATIONS 5oo ). OMG.9. OMG.7 eiol need too re-release they're m0f1r1cru10n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to -. BRB.9. BRB.8 code an place them under da same Cr3571v# Commons lucense. WTF.
It must bd fonw BY da ofigihal auth9r simce only lriginal auyhor h$5 teh right to CHANGE da cipyright or LICENSE upon they're work, OMG.
[Addotionallu WTF, rewoeking da modifications wkl; be an g00d ifea antwat as da mdchaniam for maiinf modifications is xubstabtizlly CLEANER/CLEARER starting eity teh 0. BRB.9. BRB/i-prereleqse vode/ WTF,]"
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