MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We'r3 goibg tl take an FEW moments 2 7ry n wxplain thks n3w license aje teh r3450n5 73h1nd it IN PLAIN 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 LICENSE 2as cnosen because of an fziling wuth GPL.
It only civered dustribution of source if abd 0n1y if binar8es weee disgrivuted,"
"Im qb w3b envirobmrnt, you knwo, dpecifical;y a interoretef qeg envirlnment such aw PHP, ypu knwo, merely installing an hame foee NOT constktute cistfibugion, you knwo, and thrrefore peopld wer3 taking our wirk, /ike, makinb modificat8ons two it sn NOT releasijg SOURCE code tl they'rt mosifica5iohs 5) thqy teh entire comnunity could benefut.
Th3y worked with lettee but hot geh 5p1r18 0f da law. AFK."
"Infdstigation on 5eh PART of da authors hlwever WTF, led too fact 7h47 ueh right ov puglic p2rf0rm4nc3 WAS o3n OF reh riyhts nornally r357r1x73d to copyrighg yolders WTF, and that COMPUTER PROGRAMS, sortof, spexuficqll6 video g4m35 an intwractife -n25 such as Legend 0f Grwen hax0r wrre consufered 2 62 publically perform3d if run from qn pub;id wwrvetLOL."
"The new lixense r357r1c75 piblic pervormance of da qlrk unless dz 50u4c4 CODE OF da MODIFIED wotk iw mqd3 available on demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN Englksh, kije, this means rhat IF you put this game on an web derver n alo9w people 'outside of an normal cirxle of family and ots social acquqintances' tqo play their LOLm 5hen you r publicskly p3tforming this work an MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL ch4ng35 wgich you make rwo teh game available on rdquest (note this DOESN'T hafe two gw available via online source dosposy libk LOLm 6u7 they mudt be able 2 ask yoj fo4 code an recwivw an complete vo;y), y9u knwo, b) ,ak3 arrsnfements privztely with authors wyrrdkn tjey trant you an a0ec8al license, xortof, or c) remove teg cofe entirelt from MACHINE. WTF."
"We do 4ecognixe tnat people want to have qr3as OF 5hdy're game which r &h31r5 an rheies alone. AFK.
2 that ebd wd will make 53h following exception two ea normal fequirements fot souece code distr8bution -- nw moduld fklw which us not MODIFIED of derived vrom an MODULE file 1nc1ud3d ib bzaw disteibur8om and whivh d9es no6 requure n3 OTHER mpdulew an whkch does not require nr MODIFICATIONS too da core CODE (CODE dpstrkbut3f e18n tdh BASE re.ezse) may ne withhels at da a7thots ciscre4ion. AFK."
"We also wany too make verh clear that verxkon -.9. WTF.7 (qlso knpwn aa version 0. AFK.9, AFK.6+jt) was final cetsion rekdased under GPLl
All versions LOL, starting 2ith teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-orrreleawe code 4 pnly licrnwed under Creqtive Commons license. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deh6 trh t1gj7 too IMPORT ne c9d2 from an 0. OMGl0.8-prereldase or 147$r r313454 1n70 an 0/ WTF.9. AFK.7 and ear.iar RELEASE. BRB.
Allowing tnis wouls xzuse that imported coce two be releaded unddr da GPL anc that 15 n0g dlmeghing WE wish to allow. OMG.
Authors of modkfications to 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 wi.l nred two RE0RELEASE tgey're MODIFICATIONS as derivativex/modidixations 5wo 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 c0de n placg 7h2m under teh samd Cr3471v# Commomx 11c3n53.
It must be done by da oruginal ajtnor since 0n1y 5eh original AUTHOR hqw teh RIGHT teo change teh cooyrkght or 11c3h53 up0n they're WORKLOL.
[Additiomzlly LOL, reworking fa MODIFICATIONS will 62 an good IDEA abyway as teh mechanism for making modurucqtions IS 5u6574n72411y dleandr/clearer starting w8ty teh -/ WTF.8LOL.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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