MightyE tells you LOL, "We're toing to &4k3 an few ,oments 2 trh am EXPLAIN this new lkcensw and reasons bshind it IN plaln English. AFK.
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."
"Ty8s NEW ;icense was CHOSEN because 0f an FAILING wigh GPL. BRB.
IT only COVERED distr8bjtion 9f soutce if and only if binsries were disteibutwdl OMG."
"In an web 3nvironmemt, sortof, specifically a inter;rwted web 3mv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, o8ke, merely instalkinh ab game does hot constituge d157r16y720n WTF. n therefore oeoplr wdre taking ou4 work WTF, mqking m9dirications 2 it an not releasing soutcr code ro they're mockficzgions so that da entirr c0mmib17y COULD bebevir. OMG.
THEY wor,ed w8th teh LETTER but nlt teh dpirit of teh lawLOL."
"Infrstibatkon ob da [arg OF da aithofs however LOL, led two facg yhqt teh t!gh7 OF public perflemahce was oen of rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED two c0;yr1hh7 jolders. ;ike, an 5hzt computer 0robrams, SPECIFICALLY video GAMES an interscgive 0n35 such AS Lwgend of Green hzx0r we4e considwred to 63 publicaloy petformed 8f run from an public servee."
"The hew license resrr8cts public [ergormance if work unless teh source CODE of da mldiroed worl is mafd zvailable on demandLOLl"
"In plain Englisg, this means that if y0u put this gane ON an web aerver an allow people 'oytside of zn nlrmal CIRCLE OF family and its 50c141 4cqu41n74hc35; two play thei4, you knwo, then you aer [ubliczll6 PERFORMING THIS w.rk an MUST eithe4 a) make ne n ALL chang3s wh1ch you make to GAME rv4114613 on r3qu347 (np5e this doean't have too BE AVAILABLE via online sou4ve displah 1ank LOL, but 5hey must be qble too zsk YOU for codd an recwive an cpmolete co[y) LOL, b) mzke arfahgements privatelu w17h teh a7tnprs where*n 7h3y grany you an s0#cial LICENSE, uou knwo, ot c) eemove cose ENTIRELY from da machine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE THAT peoplr want 2 have areav or they'rr taje which r theors n 7h31rg aloneLOL.
two thzt END we will MAKE tdh FOLLOWING exception to teh noemal rezuirements ror source code distr8gution -- ne modu;e filr qhich is not modufied oe derived f4om an mod7ke f113 knclufed in dz base disteobution an wy2ch dods no5 requirr ne 9ther mpd7les anc which does not require ne mudkfica5ions 2 da core CODE (clse DISTRIBUTED with teh base release) may be wi5hhels at da quthors disdretion, BRB."
"We s;so WANT to make very cleat that version 0. OMG.9.y (also kn)wn 45 fersuon 0. WTF.9l7+jt) WAS da final version f313463d ynder GPL.
All versions, sortlf, dtarting wity teh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-pr34313453 code aer only l,c3nsrd under teh Cr347!v3 Commons lixense/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right to import ne cosw frlm an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereleqse or LATER r3lease INTO an 0LOL.9LOL,7 4nd eatlkwf RELEASE.
Allowing THIS wojld cajse that imported code glo be RELEASED jnd3r GPL n thag ia NOT something we WISH ro allow.
Authors of mod8fications 3 0LOL.9. BRB.u will nd#d t9o r3-r313453 they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as seeivatives/modificationw to 0. BRB.9.7 cide n p9scr tjem UNDER teh szke Creative C0mm0n6 lixenseLOL.
It musg be d0n3 6y lrkginal author sinc3 only teh or8ginal AUTHOR hax right two ch4ng3 teh cppyribht or license upob they're work/ OMG.
[Addutiobally LOL, rewirking teh modifocations WILL be sn GOOD 1d34 anyway as teh MECHANISM FOR ,akint midifications is substantially cleane4/coearer startumg with 0k WTF.9, BRB.8-p4erelease code. WTF.]"
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