MiggtyE TELLS you, lik3, "We're g9ing gwi take an ffw ,oments twi rry an explaon this n3w 11c3n53 and teh reasons behund it in plqin English.
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."
"Thix new license wzd vhowen because of an fa*ling with da GPL. OMG.
It only coverrd distriv6tipn of xoufce if m only if 61m4r134 WERE distrobuted."
"In an web dnv8r9bment, cottof, specigiczlly a interprwted wrb envufo,ment sich as PHP WTF, merely installimg an game does not d0n5717u73 diwteibution WTF, an THEREFORE PEOPLE WERE TAKING our work, you knqo, m4,1nt modkfications too kg and NOT releasing spurce CODE 2 tjet're ,oeufixationx SO yhay tdh ehtkre community could benefit. WTF.
THEY qorked with da letter BUT not ten SPIRIT og teh law. WTF."
"Investigabion in dq part of da authors however, likd, led 5o yeh rqct tha5 eitht of PUBLIC performance waw won of rights nprmally rdstrictwd tpo copyr8ght holders, an 5hat c0mpu7er ptograms, likw, sp3cifically video hames AND INTERACTIVE onea sych as Legend of teh Gre3n hax0r were cohsude4ed twl be ;ubl8cally [eefo4med if ruh from an public server."
"Tge mew 11c#n53 restricts public [erfofmance of da w0rk inless teh sou4ce cpde of dz modigies 2ork is mace availanle on dejand."
"In plain Englixh, uou knwo, THIS meand 7h47 uf you PUT this game on an web aerb3r an allow PEOPLE 'ougsicr of an normal vircle of tam8ly n its sociao acquaintancrs' to play their, THEN you r pjblicslly pergormint 7h15 work n MUST eithrr z) mqke nw and ALL CHANGES WHICH 6ou mak3 go ten GAME avai.able on feqjest )note 7h15 doesn;t have to be available vka onlime so7rce DISPLAY link, sortov, vut ehey ,ust be abls to ask y0u vor teh code n fdcwive an d9mplete cppy), b) mak3 arrangements privately with da autgo4s ehrrein %hey brant you an special licensw, sortlf, or c) remove code entirel6 frlm da machine. BRB."
"We do recognize that p30p13 want 5o have areax pf they're game which r 7h31r5 an 5heifs a.lnd. OMG/
2 7h47 ens we will ,a,e trh folloeing dxcep5ion two teh normal tequirementa for soyrce cose distributiln -0 ne module f8le wyuch is not modified OR derived from an MODULE rile inclufed in da base DISTRIBUTION n wh8ch does not require n3 OTHER mocules and which does not require be mldifivations tpo teh cote code *cide d157r16u73d with bas3 release) MAY BE sighhe.d at da AUTHORS duscretionLOL."
"We also want 5wo ,4k3 very clear thzt version 0. OMG,9. WTF.7 (r150 known as b3rxion 0.9. OMG.7_jt) WAS final vwrsoon released under GPLLOL.
A.l v3r%10n5 WTF, wtatting with da 0. BRB.9.8-prerel3asd CODE aer only licenaed under twh Creatibe Commons locwnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da rihht two impirt n3 c0d3 FROM sn p. BRB.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE pr later release into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 n 34r213r rd;eawe. OMG.
Allowung tyis w9uld caus3 tyst impo4ted code 2 BE releasee under da GPL m THAT 15 not 50m37h1ng qe wish TO allowLOL.
Autho4s of modifucstions too 0.8LOL.7 will need 2 r#-w3134%3 they're mosificati9nd as derivatices/nodifidxtions 2 0LOL.9. OMG,8 c0d4 and place ttem unfer ssme Creative Cimmons licenseLOLl
It muwt be done by original author since only orkhinal authir has da righ5 two CHANGE da c8ph5ibht OR lic3nse upon they'ee wov,LOL.
[Additionally. sortof, rewo4king m9digicstions will 63 an g00d idez 4nyw4y $5 mechanism for makihg modificqtions is 5u6%&5n71411y c;eamer/clearer starting witj da 0LOL.(/ OMG.8-prereleasd CODE. AFK.]"
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