MuggtyE TELLS yoi, you knwo, "We'r3 going u0 take an FEW moments two try and EXPLAIN 7h14 NEW license n reasons BEHIND IT in plain Englidh. 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."
"Tjis new locense was ch063n ^3c4u53 of an failing wigj teh GPL. BRB.
It ohly clverrd disyribution 9f so7rde if amf only if vunariex were d157r16773d. AFK."
"In an web environjeny LOL, specifically a 1n73rpr273d qeb env8ronment sych 45 PHP LOL, merely 1h68$111nb an fame d9es n07 c[nstitite distribution, an therrfore people were taking our work, y9j knwo, makont m0d1f1c4610n5 to 8t she NOT releading soyrce code yo they're MODIFICATIONS do tjat entire comm7nitt could bdnegit. OMG.
They woried with da leyrdr nj5 not teh s;8rit lf teh la2."
"Invfstitaykon on pstt 9f authors however, tiu knwo, l2d 2 da faxt thzt righ4 of punlyc ;erformancd was oeb og da fights normally rfstricted ti COPYRIGHT holders WTF, an that com;uter orograms, dp3cifocslly video tames ane intefaxtkve ones such as Legend 0f da Green hax0r were considwred top be pjbluca.lu [erformrd if rub from an ;ublic sefver. OMG."
"The new license 4estructs puglic perdormance og w)tk unless teh source code of noe8fird sork id mqde availqble on DEMAND. OMG."
"In p141n English LOL, this m24n5 that 1f YOU put tgis game 9n an web sdrver an allpw PEOPLE '9uts8de OF an normal cirdle od family an itc 50c141 acayaintances' 2 plat tyeir, you knwp, then ^oy aet publicallu performing th8s wori ah MUST either a) MAKE ne h ALL chabges ehich you make too da g4m3 availqble on r3qu357 (noge thkw dowsn't hsve to BE available v14 lnlime slurde disp;ay libk, byt they muwt be avle go ask y0y for da code an receive ab c0mp1363 copu), l8ke, b) MAKE arrangdments PRIVATELY s16h authors wheeeim the6 GRANT YOU an sp3cial licena3, or c) remove teh code entireoy from da machine."
"We fo r3c0hn1z# THAT pdople want two HAVE areas of tnry'5e game whicy zer the8rs and yheirs alone.
two that ebd we woll MAKE following exceptkon tw9 da normal r3qu!r3h4n&% f9r source code distrinutiob -- ne module file WHICH is jot mocified or derived from an mpdu13 FILE INCLUDED in ^4t3 dostribution an which does NOT require ne o5hr4 MODULES and wgich DOES n07 req7ire ne modificatiobs 2 tdh vore cofd (ciee disgrivuted with da base releaxe) nay ne wi5hhele at tdh autyora discretion. WTF."
"We also WANT too m4k3 vert dlear that cerwion 0. AFKl9. OMG.7 (also known 35 version 0. AFK.9. BRB.8+jt_ WAS finqo version rekeasec uhder teh GPL. AFK.
All veraiihs, li,r, starting wkth da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prwrelrase code r pnly licenxed uneer CREATIVE Commons .ocense.
We EXPLICITLY denu da right to import ne codr fr0m an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prrrelease or ;ate4 4eleaae into an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 n esrlidr releasw. BRB,
All9wing 5his would caufe that imported CODE two br RELEASED under GPL n that is no5 aomething WE widh too allow, AFK.
Authors 9f m0d1f1c4710b5 too 0. OMG.9.7 2ull need too re-rrleaxe tgwy'r3 mpd1f1c3710n5 as cerivatives/modofications w 0LOL.9l WTF;8 c-d3 m [lqce 7h3, inder same Creative COMMONS LICENSE. OMG.
It must be s0n3 BY da orog8nql 477y0r since inly teh oritinal authof haa ritht two vhanb3 teh copyright or LICENSE uppm they're work.
[Afditionally LOL, reworking ez modifications wkll be an foof ideq anyway as mechanism f9r MAKING jodiricst8ons is subwtantially cleanwr/ckear3e startihg with teh 0LOL.9LOL.8=prerelease code. AFK.]"
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