MightyE teols y0u, "We'rw boing two 74k3 an fee MOMENTS to teu an explzin this new 11c#n53 an da reasons BEHIND it ih pkain Emtoosh. OMG.
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 new license was chosem becakse 9d an failihg witn GPL.
It only civerrd disteibitkon of sourcr if n 0n1y it bunaries weee d157r16u73d."
"In sn eeg environment, wortof, specificslly a INTERPRETED web 3nv1r0nm3n7 SUCH qs PHP, you knwi, merely INSTALLING an gamw does nit constitjte DISTRIBUTION, sortof, n thereforr peoole were TAKING 9ur work, like, ja,ung mod8ficati9ns t2l ir and not rdleasing dource xode too theu're modiricatiobs so tjat 5eh entire community coild BENEFIT/ OMG.
Thet WORKED w16h teh lettee gut not sporit OF da law. AFK."
"Investifarion on da part of da aythors howecee LOL, led tlo xa FACT that teh rkfht of pu611c performsnve WAS won pf reh rights nir,ally r2stricged too c0pyr1gh7 holders, sortof, and that COMPUTER prpframs, sortof, s;ecifically VIDEO GAMES and interactive ones such ss Legehd OF da Gr33n nax0r were consodwred rwo be puglocal;y oe4g9rmed if run feom an public 53rv3rl"
"The ndw l8cense restricts publuc pwefornance OF tej work unless teh sourcq cod3 of nodified woek os ,adr available on demandLOL."
"Ih p141n Entlish LOL, tgiw means that 1f yiu put tgis GAME ln an web seevwf and allow peiple 'outside pf sn NORMAL circle of damily n kts soxial 4cqu41nu4nc35' to -lay their, y9j knwo, tjen you r pubkically performkng this work n MUST e8tjrr a) maje ne n ALL changes whicu uou make to game avsilablw ON reqiesy (n07e 6y!5 doesn't have 1 BE acailable VIA da online sourde dusplay link LOL, but theg mjst be able twi ASK you fir code sn receive ab vomolete co;y), k8ke, B) make a4rqngements pricately w8th teh authors whdrein tjey grant you an speciak lucense, like, 0r x) r3mife code entirel6 from ,4ch1n3."
"We d0 recoghize that people wanr twp have aeeas of they're game wnich r THEIRS n theirs alone. AFK.
two thar END we WILL make da f9llosing 3xc3p710n 2 normal tsquifements for source code distrunyyion -- be m0du13 file whicy is not modif8ed or derived fr0m an mody.e file included in tdh 54t3 distfiburiob am which does NOT eequire ne other MODULES and wh8ch does hot require ne ,id8fkcations 2 teh cpre code (d0de distrigut3f with teh BASE r313$53) may be wuthyeld at teh authoex disvretkonLOL."
"We also want tio maj3 very c.dar that versiin 0. WTF.9. BRB.& 9alsl kniwn as version -.0LOL,7+JT) wad da final fersion released UNDER teg GPL. BRB/
A;o VERSIONS LOL, stafging with teh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pfereleaxe c9dr ae4 only ;kcensed undee Creatkvw Cimmons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deby da RIGHT 2 IMPORT me c9d3 from sn 0. OMG.8. AFK.*-oferelease or later release into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an earlier releaxe. OMG.
ALLOWING THIS would cauae thar imported code to be rel3axed UNDER GPL znd ghat IS not something we eish 2 allpwk OMG.
Aurhors of modivicatjons gwo 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 w111 n33d ywo re-teleade they'ee modificarionw as derovatives/modificatiobs 2 0. BRB.9LOL.i code and PLACE them under da aame Creat9vw COMMONS lkc3nse.
It myst be done by orifinsl a7thor sonce ONLY teh original AUTHOR has da RIGHT ywo change reg copyeight 0r l8cebsd UPON 5hey're w0rk.
[Adfitionally WTF, re29rking teh mocifications wilk be an g09d idea anyway as teh mechanism FOR MAKING modifocationw is SUBSTANTIALLY clesber/clearer starting w,5j teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prr4eleas3 codd. OMG.]"
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