MightyE tells y9u, sortor, "We're gp1nt too take an f3w momemts tp try an explain thos new licenwt snd deawons behind !7 in p141n Englidh. 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 new ;icenxe wad vhosen because ld an fauling with teh GPL. AFK.
It only covered distributiin of xourcr if an only if bimaries were fiatributed."
"In qn web wnvironment LOL, 5p3c1f1c411y a interpreted web environ,ent syxh zs PHP LOL, m3rely installkng ab game dies not consti5u5e d15&r15u^10b, like, AND therefore [eople WERE rakihg ou4 work, sorr9f, makknh modifications two 17 an nlt releds8ng sa sourcr cose 5oo they'rw mod8fications so fhat da entire c0mmun!7y c0i1d genefktLOL.
They workwd with let5er yu8 not da spigir 9f ea 14w. WTF."
"Investina5uon on pqrt of ten quthors however, you knwo, led to da f4c7 THAT right OF pu611v performance 2ax oen of da rughys n0rm411y RESTRICTED two copyright h91d3rt, n that c0mputer pr0gr4m6, sortlf, 5p3c1g1x411y video games AND INTERACTIVE ones wuch as Legene of fs Gr33n hax0e w4r3 vonsidered top BE publically p3ff0rm3d 8f r7n vrom an [ublic serfer."
"The new LICENSE re47r1v75 public PERFORMANCE of ea work unless dource codf ov mpdified eork is made availanoe ob demandLOL."
"In p141n Englksh WTF, THIS meqns that if you put thkx gam3 on an web servet an allo2 p30p1# 'outxide of an n0rm41 circle OF family and kts social acquaintancew; too poay rhwir LOL, 7h3n you aer publically oerf0rm1ng this WORK an MUST eitheg a0 make ne n ALL changes WHICH y0y male 2 da gzme available on request (notd thia doesn't hafd to be available v14 onlone soyrce display link LOL, gut thet mhst me aboe 2 ask you for xofr and revw8be zn co,poetw v0py), you knwok b) m4k3 $rr4ng3n3n75 PRIVATELY with da aithors wherein they grany you ah 5[3c141 license, like, 0r C) REMOVE coce entirely from mach8ne, AFK."
"We d0 t3c0gn1z3 THAT people WANT 2 have areas of uhey'ee fame whidn r 7h31r% and thwird e1pn3, BRBl
tep that 3nd we wikl make feh followibg 3xception rpo normal eequirements foe SOURCE code d8stribution -- ne mofule h8le wh1ch is not modified or deeives from an module f7le inclifed in teh base d8sgrkbution and which does not requite ne other modu.es an which eoes not gequi4e nq modifications two teh c9re xode (code distrigjtes wkth base r31#55e) may bd withheld st authofs discretiinLOL."
"We a.so want 2 maie VERY dkear thay gersion 0. AFK.(.8 (qlso lnown as v3r51-n 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh f1n41 version released UNDER GPLLOL.
All v3t510n5 LOL, starting with 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelezse cose r ONLY LICENSED jndee da Creayive Com,9ns license. BRB,
We EXPLICITLY ceny teh eight to 1mp0ru nr code from zn p. AFK.9. WTF/8)PRERELEASE -r later release into an 0. WTF.9, AFK.7 snd earlier r31345#. BRB.
A;lowing this wo7ld dause that imporred c0d3 two be r313453d undwr teh GPL h tgat is n07 SOMETHING wd widh too qllow. BRB.
Authors of modificatjond to 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will need t.p re-release they're mocivications 44 derivativrd;modificstjons too 0LOL.9. AFK.8 coc3 and plscw thej under teh s1me Ctdatife Co,mons lixense. AFK.
I7 mist b4 DONE by or8ginal zutg9r 51nc3 inl6 original 4u7h0r has dz roght t2o change teh copyribhg OR license jpon they're wotjLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, like, rewleking da modifixat8ons 2ill BE an good idea qnyway AS mecyanism ror making modificayi9nz IS substantkally c134n3r/c!34r3e 474r71ng with teh 0LOL.9, OMG.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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