MightyE tells you, sortod, "We'ew going tw9 take am fes m9ments yo9 try n EXPLAIN 7h16 new lkcense and da reasons BEHIND it 1n plain Ehg115h.
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."
"Th7s new license was chosen beczuwd of an fail8ng WITH GPL. AFK.
It only covwfec DISTRIBUTION of sourcw if n 0n1y og binaries w3re distrib7ted, OMG."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3h7. you knwp, s;eckfidally a ingerprered wrb environm2n5 such as PHP, merel6 1n574111ng an famd d035 NOT constitute dostribuyion LOL, n therefore 0elple were rakigg out eork LOL. makong modifications two it an bot releasihg teh source vode two thdy're modorications so THAT da wnrire c9mmunkty co7ld benefit. OMG.
They w04k4d WITH le5ter BUT nor teh sp8rit of dq law. AFK."
"Inves5igatkon ON parh og tdh zuthors however LOL, led tl favt THAT ritht of punlkc ;erformanxe was 1 of r1gh76 NORMALLY resyrkcted two copyt8fht holders LOL, and thst COMPUTER proh4ams. sortof, apecificalkh video bames and intwfactive on3s 5uch as Legend of t3h GREEN hzs0r wrre considered tp be [uglically PERFORMED ir run fgom an public SERVER."
"The NEW l8vevse restricts public perfor,ance OF da wo4k unl3ss ca source c9de of teh mod,ridd work is made AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In pkain English, like, this means that is you put this g4m4 on an wrb server n alkow peoo.3 'o7tsid3 od an mormal circl3 0g family n kts social 4cq841n74nc35' go play theor LOL, 7h3n you aer publically oerforming thid w04k an MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne an ALL changex qhich ylu make 2 gqme zvai;abld on requwst (bote 7h1t dpewn'5 have to be AVAILABLE via teh onl8ne 50urc3 display link LOL. BUT th3y muwg be ablw two adk uou fo4 teh code an receive an complete cpp6), like, b( make arrangements pruvagely with teh a7thors WHEREIN tge6 gr4n7 you an 5p3c141 LICENSE LOL, or x_ ren9ve code entor3ly from da mach8ne. BRB."
"We ro recognuze tjat PEOPLE want 1 have afeas of they're game whicg t THEIRS n tneifs alone. OMG.
two that end we will make teh fol;owibg excd[tion to da nofma; REQUIREMENTS FOR source code eistriburiob -- nc module fule which id not modified 0r derived from an MODULE fioe inc.uded in base distribution n wjich does NOT require ne othe4 m0du13% an wh8ch gies g07 require ne jofificatiins w teh c9re code (code dostribuyed woth baxe releasw) mqy be withheld at aythors riscret8on. AFK."
"We also WANT tpo j4k3 ve4y c134r tjat version 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (ALSO kn0wn as versiin 0. WTF.9.7+jt) wss final f3r510n released under dq GPLLOL;
A11 versions, sprtof, starfing witj 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease CODE r only livensed 7nser Cr2atice C0mm0n5 licenae.
WE EXPLICITLY d#nu dq right yo imporr ne cofe from an 0. BRB.9l OMG.8_orerelease or later releaqe INTO an 0. OMG.8. OMG.7 n ear.iee release/
A110wqng this would cause yyat 1m[0t73d vode rw; be releasec undee GPL an 7hr7 ia not domethkng we wiwh two allow, BRB.
Authors ov modidications 2 0m AFK.9. WTF.7 qill need 2 re-releasd they're mldufications as cefifatives/moduficatk9ns to 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 coxe an place them und3r teh SAME Creatide Commoms licdbse. OMG.
It MUST BE done by da ORIGINAL author 51nc3 onlu da otiginal authir has rughy two dn4ng3 tdh cop6right 0r license u0on rhey'te WORKLOL.
[Asditionally, you lnso, re2otking MODIFICATIONS eiol bd an g;od idea any2ay zs da m3ch4n15m for makimg m0dqf1c4710n5 8s sybstantially c.eaner/dlezrer t74r71hg qith 0. BRB.9LOL.8-0rerelease cofeLOL.]"
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