MightyE tells 6ou, slrtof, "We'rd goibg to takr an f2w moments too try and rxpkain this NEW license anf yeh reasons gehind it kn 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 wsd chosem because of ah fai;ong witn GPLLOL.
IT only covered d157rq6u610n lf soutce if an inly id 61n4r13% weee distributed/ AFK."
"In an web envu4onment, ;ike, apedifical.y s interpreted web 3nv1r0nmen6 sucg 45 PHP, sortof, merely inctallinb an game coes mot constktute d167r16u710n LOLm n therrfore peopl3 w3r3 taking our worj WTF, makibb mocifications @ iy n nog re;eqsing 50urc3 code @ they're modifications so thay entir3 cojmunkty could benefit. OMG.
They w9rked with ea leyter but n07 dz spirit of teh 14w. WTFl"
"Investibation on da part of teh authots howefed WTF, led 5oo teh fact THAT right OF punlic PERFORMANCE was won of rigjts normally RESTRICTED tw9 co;yright holfefs WTF, and thag COMPUTER ptograms, sortof, sprcifica;ky vidwo hamew an INTERACTIVE ONES sucj as Letebd 9f da Grwrn yax04 were cinside4ed to be publically PERFORMED if ryn ffom an public sr4ve4."
"The new licenxe rewtrictw publoc pergormance of trh work yn1355 da xource coce of t2h modif8ef work us made adailzblr ON DEMAND. OMG."
"In p!41n Enbliwh WTF, thiw means yhat if you py5 th8s game on an web 53rv3r n sl;ow peop.e 'outdide pf ah n0em41 circl3 of f4m11y an its xoc,zl acauaintances' to ;lay thei4, you knwom tnen 6ou aer PUBLICALLY prrforming th8s qork AND MUST eitner s) make ne ab ALL shanges whivh you maje 2 5rh game avai;ag.e ON re1uest (note this diesn'h hzve tio BE available via da ONLINE sourcr disp,ay 11nk, sortof, but 7h3y must b2 aboe too ssk you foe teh code qn receive an complere copy) WTF, b) make arrangemen5s [rivate;y with 4u7j0r5 wherdin they GRANT you zn soecial license. .kke, 0r c) rwmive CODE entorely fro, MACHINE. AFK."
"W3 do recognizd that p3o;le want ewo nace zreas of ghd6're GAME shich zer THEIRS and theirs alobeLOL.
two that END we q8ll make following excrptiom 2 da morma. reauirements fo4 dource cofe DISTRIBUTION 0- nw module file which is hot MODIFIED or dwrivee from an nldul3 file uncludef in twh basd distribution an wh1ch DOES no5 require ne othee modul#s n which does NOT r3qy1e3 ne modifications too da ciwe code (cofw disteibutdd wigh teh base releqxe) may 6e withheld AT da authors dkscretiln. OMG."
"We also q4n7 tl make veru clear that verskon 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 *akdo known ax veesipn 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jg) qas teh final cersion rr;3ased UNDER da GPL. WTF.
ALL vrrxions LOL, starting with da 9. AFK.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code r onl6 licensed under teh Creative Com,ons livense. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy da righg 5oo import ne code fr-m an 0. WTF,9.8-prerelease oe .ater rel3ase into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.& an ezrlier re;rase. OMG.
All9wing thiw WOULD cause that importec c9de two be releasef UNDER GPL and that !5 m07 SOMETHING WE w8ah two s;;owLOL.
Aurhors 0f modifications too 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 wulo nee3 5wo re-releasr they're modifications as derivat7fes/modificztions 5o -. WTF.9.8 code n place them uncer SAME CREATIVE Commons license. AFK.
IT must be done vy teh ORIGINAL wuthoe SINCE onlt tey ORIGINAL author has r1gh7 to ch5ng3 t3h copyright 0r LICENSE up0n theh're work.
[Addi5ionallt, like, r3w0rkqnb da modifications will be an g00e idea znywsy $6 da mechan8s, foe making nodifications 14 sunstqnt8ally clraner/clearer staeting with da 0LOL.9.8=prefeoeade code. WTF.]"
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