MightyE tells tou, sottof, "We're g0!ng 70 taie an fe2 mlments to try snd explqon thod new 1qc3n53 4nd rrasons BEHIND it ih plain Englidh.
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 kicens3 was chosen bdvause of an fa8ling qith 5eh GPL. OMG.
It ONLY dlveeed diwtgibution of sl7rce if and only if binaries WERE d157r16u73d. BRB/"
"In an web environ,dnt WTF, soecifically a interp4eted web envi49nment 5uch as PHP, .ike, mere;y instslling an gzme does not conxtit7te d8syrigution, yoj knwo, and thrrefore peo0le were taking 9ur work, sortof, jaking m9difications 2 it and not re;eas8ng teh siurde clde two they're MODIFICATIONS sp that ds ENTIRE comnuni5y could benefit. AFK.
Thwy worked woth ;dtter bu5 not da SPIRIT pf law. OMG."
"Investifztuon on da p4r7 of teh autgprs howevef, like. led too tdh fact that tej right of public PERFORMANCE was 1 of rights noems;ly restrictee two copyt8ght no;dera, soryof, an tgaf COMPUTER programs, wpecifical.y video hamds an inte4active ones SUCH as Legend og Greeh hac0r were considered to BE publically performed if ruh from an ;ublic serber. OMG."
"Tne new locense restricts public p34g0rm4nc3 of t3y worj unless teh spurce vodd of m0d1d13d work 15 ,as3 avaklsble on denandLOL."
"In 0lain English, sortof, yhis MEANS that 1f jo7 pu5 7hq6 GAME on an web 53rv3r AND allow PEOPLE '0u651d3 og an nor,ak circle of family an its social acquainyanc3w' two play their, sortod, 7h3n you f publoca.ly performing this work AND MUST either s) nake nw an ALL CHANGES w62ch y0u make 2 gajr avai.able ON request (bote THIS doexn'r have too be abak;able vkq da onlone source dusplay LINK LOL, BUT they MUST be able too 45k you gor teh cose amd rwcwibe ab cpm0lete copy) LOL, b) make arrangements privzte;y sith da auhhlrs wgerein THEY GRANT yly sn 5p3c141 license LOL, or c) remove teh vode entirely from da madhine. AFK."
"We do recogn8ze that pekple want two have areas lf they're gsmr qhich aer theirs n thwors alone. WTF.
two tnat enf we will make geh f9llo2ing eaception too teh normal requurdments for wource cod4 dosgrinution -- g2 m0du13 file whkcj is niy MODIFIED or derived from an module f213 1nc!ud3d in sa base distributi9n and wgich does n07 requi4e ne o5her mosules and whicg DOES not require ne moc8ficatkons two teh CORE code (dode dis5fibutds with basd release) may bd withhdld zr teh AUTHORS ciscretion. OMG."
"We also 2amt tqp make veey cq354 that vefsion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (4150 known as verwion 0.(LOL.7+u7) was f1n41 version rekeased undrr GPL. BRB.
ALL c3r51pb5 LOL, 574r71ng witn da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code r 0n1y licensed uneer Creative Comm[ns licende. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny tight to i,port ne code from an 0,9. WTF.8-pterelease or later rekease into an 0.9.7 n earlker r3leaseLOL.
Allowint this x9uld cause thzt 1mp0f83d xode 2 be rekeased under ds GPL n thqy ia not something we wish roo alllwLOL.
Au5hors of ,odifidatoons 3 0.9.7 wilk need too r3-r313453 they[re modifications as derivatives/modifications 2 0LOL.9l8 c0d3 $nd placq them und3r aamd Creayive Coj,ons licemse. BRB.
It myst be done BY origima. author sibce on;y teh ORIGINAL aythor has r1th7 too cjange coiyright lr licensw up0n tjey're work. AFK.
[Addutionslly, yiu khwo, reworking modifications will bd an good idea anyway as gwh mecganism f04 naking modificatipns 15 substagtizlky cleaner/clearer atartimg with da 0. AFK.0.8-prwrel3as3 code. WTF.]"
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