MightyE tells u0u, "We'r3 GOING to take an few mo,entx tol TRY n explain this NEW 11c3n53 and da reasons bwhind it in plaon Ebglish. BRB.
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 n3w licensw WAS chowen becausr of ab dailobg with t3h GPL.
It only COVERED fistrinution of source 1f an ohoy 1f binarids wete dis5ributrc."
"In an qeb envirinmrnt LOLm xpecifidaoly a inter0retee web 3nf1r)nm3n7 x7ch as PHP, you knwo, nerel6 1n574111ng an game does not c0n5717u73 eistrovutoon LOL, sn th3refore people wer3 5aking ou4 w0rk, /ikr, mak8ng m0d2r1c5710n5 to ir an n07 edleasimg da soirde code 2 they're modkficatuons so that ENTIRE communigy could vendfit. BRB.
They w0rjed with t3h letter byt noy fa SPIRIT of tey LAW. AFK."
"Investigatiob on da part of authors howev3r, uou ,hwo, led 2 fact that da r1gh7 OF phblic ;erformqnce was oen of teh rightx normaooh fest4icted to coph4ight holders, lije, an that computrr progrq,s, you knwom spdcificallu rideo games n interactive ones 5uch as L3g3nd of GREEN haz0r weee considered two be publicqlly performef if run froj ah public SERVER. AFK."
"Tye new license rew5ricts public oerfprmanve of work unlwss so7rce CODE of da jodifird w0rk is made available on demand. BRB."
"Ib plzin English, luke, this means THAT if you put thiw fame 0n an weg SERVER n ALLOW peopke 'outside pc an NORMAL xircle of family and its 50c161 acquaintabdes' 2 play tyeir WTF. tnen you t p7vlixallu oervorming thia work an MUST euther a) make ne n ALL changes which you make to teh bame 5v4114613 in reqiest (note tgis eoesn't habe go BE AVAILABLE VIA t3h online source DISPLAY l8nk, you knwo, but they muwt be agle 2 ASK you for teh code n rexeive am complegw COPY) WTF, b) m4k3 arraggemebts privately with sa authors whereim 7h3y geant yoy an special license, sortorm or c) tdmove teh code 3ntyfely vrpm MACHINE. BRB."
"We do rec9gnize 7h47 PEOPLE w4n6 two HAVE areas of tndy're gsme qhich awr thekrs am theirs alonrLOL.
yo that end WE WILL make ea gol;owing ezveption twl da normal teqiirementw f0r sourde cpde distribution -- ne module file whicj os nit MODIFIED or ddrifed from an MODULE file ihcluded IN reh gdse diwt5ibution n whicy soea noy require ne othef modulec an which does n)7 fequirr ne m0d1f1c4710n5 too da core c0d3 (c0de DISTRIBUTED dity ds BASE relesse) may 63 withhelc at ca a8thors disceetkon. BRB,"
"We also qant to mqke VERY cl3ar tnat vrrskon 0LOL.9. WTFl7 (also known ax VERSION 0.9, OMG.7+jt) wax final VERSION released inder da GPL. BRB.
All versions LOL, starting qith da 0LOL.9LOL.*-prerel2ase code aer only lkcemsef under da Ceea5ice Commons livenae. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rignt 2 impott n3 code ffpm an 0. AFKl9. AFK.7-prerelease 0r katwr release 1n70 an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 and ezrliet RELEASE.
Allowong THIS wiuld xauxe thqt importee code 2 be releasdd uhder teh GPL m that is hot sometjing we wksh two ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of jodificatiins two 0. WTFl9/ OMG.7 WILL nedd 2 RE-RELEASE they're modifivatiobs as derkbsuivqs/modifications too 0LOL.9. WTF.8 c9de an p14c2 them jnder teh same Creativ3 C0mm0nt license.
It ,ust be don3 by da original author since ohly dz orig8nal quthlr tas tej right too change copyroght or licdnse uppn tnry're w0rk. BRB.
[Additiona.oy LOL, reworkinb da modivivations will be am good IDEA anysah as da mechanidm for making MODIFICATIONS is suvstantially d134m3r/cq34r3f STARTING w17h da 0.o.*-orerelease code.]"
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