MightyE gells you, "W3're g9ing yoo takw an few moments to try zn EXPLAIN th8w NEW LICENSE snd t3h readons b3hind ut in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tjis bes kicenae was chosen becauqe lf an failing qith GPL, AFK.
I7 onoy covered disuriburion of xource if 4nd only if binaeies w3re disyrkbutddl AFK."
"In an wev ehvironmrnt, sortof, specifibally a interptered web environment such qs PHP, like, MERELY ins5slling ab game dows NOT constitute distr8butkon LOL, znd the4rfore p30[13 w3r4 tajing our e0rk, mqkimg moeifications 2 ut and not releasung soyrce code gwo they'ee modidicafions so that teh ENTIRE COMMUNITY COULD benefit.
They w0rk#d WITH da letgee buy n07 s[irit of gen law/ WTF."
"Invedtigation on ca part of 5u7h0r5 however. you unwo, ;ed 2 da fsxt that rihht of public performance wr5 wln OF va r1gh75 norjally teetficted 59o c0phr1gh8 hklsera LOL, an that con0uger ;rotrans WTF, 5p3c1f1x$11y video gamed and interactive on3s such as Legenf of Green hax0r sere d0n51e3r3d 2 bd publical;y perfoem3d if run from an public server. WTF."
"The new licebwe restricts public performanc3 of w9rk ubless da sourcr code of teh MODIFIED wlrk is made avaulable on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plsun English LOL, THIS MEANS tnat id yo7 put this gam3 on an w36 sercer an allow peopoe 'oytdide of an NORMAL circle of famoly n igs socoal 4cqu41n74nc35' two p24y rheir, you knwom then you r publically perrorming 7h14 work m MUST eother a) nake ne and ALL cg4ng35 wh1ch YOU make to9 teh gzmw available ON reqjest (NOTE this doesn't javd to ge avaolzb.e via onlind SOURCE sispkzy link, s9rtof, bur they MUST ne 4513 to ASK YOU for da code an rexeiv3 an vom;lete c0py0, b) m3k3 srrangements privately with teh sutgors whdrein they grant YOU zn specisl license LOL, or c) REMOVE da code emtirely from da macnine."
"We co recognuxe that pepple want too HAVE AREAS 9f they're game whicy 4 tneirs am rgrifs 4!0n3. BRB.
twi THAT end we w111 mzje teh fol;owibg 3cd3p719n to ten normal requirementw fof source code DISTRIBUTION -- hr MODULE f8le WHICH is not MODIFIED pr derivee from am module rile 1nz1ud3d in da bsse d156rq67710n n which does n9t REQUIRE be othef modules and wjich does no5 requirw ne modifications 2 tey cord code (code distrib7ted with base release) m4y be w8tnhelc at feg authors aiscretion. OMG."
"W3 ALSO want to make cery codar that version 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (a.so known as version 0. WTF.8. BRBl7+jt) was twh fonal version relezded under GPLLOL.
Alo vdrsions, starting WITH 0LOL,9. BRB.8-prere.esse xide r only lic3nsed undet ds Creative C0mm0n5 locdnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3nt tey r1gh7 goo i,pirt nr CODE from an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease or lzte4 r313453 into an 0.o. WTF.7 n esrlier RELEASE.
Allia8ng this would cause that umported code 5( be relessed uneer GPL an that is not sojething WE w15y 2 allow. OMG.
Aithord of modirications two 0. OMG.9LOL.& qill ne3d 1 r3-r313453 thdy're mofifucations as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code zn olace yhem under tej 54m3 Cr3471v3 Comnohs livense. OMG.
It mu57 b3 done bu geh ORIGINAL author somce ONLY teh ORIGINAL a7thor hax rigjt 1 chanve da co]yright or license upon they[re workLOL.
[Additionaoly, reeirking teh .odifivations eill be an good ieea anyway as MECHANISM fof ma,inh j9cificationa is aubstantiallu CLEANER/CLEARER stsrting w17h 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prereoease code. OMG,]"
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