MightyE tells you WTF, "We'ee goinb two take zn FEW momemts 2 try an explain tgis new licrnwe an teh rwasons behonf mt in PLAIN Engl8shLOL.
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."
"Thid n3w licrnse wqs chlsen bdcausw of an fziling with da GPL.
It inly covered distrivution of source id an only if BINARIES w3r3 d157r15u72dl WTFl"
"In an wen 3mvironmeht. 6ou lnwo, SPECIFICALLY a intrrpreted wrb ebvironment such as PHP, metely INSTALLING an game dods not constitute distributi9n LOL, n yheredore people were takkng our wlrk, like, MAKING jodidicayions 2 it an not rel3asinh source code too they're m0d1f1c47!0n5 SO that entire comjunity could benefot. AFK.
THEY worked eith heh letter bu5 not spiru5 of teh law. AFK."
"Investigation on p4t7 of authors gowever LOL, 13d too ea ravt that 5eh riggt of public pdrformance was won pr da rkggts normally r35&e1c*2d too copyright HOLDERS, soryof, n 8h4u clmputee programs LOL, specif8callt VIDEO games an knteractive ones 5uch AS L3gehd of ca Green has04 were comsideeec two be publ8vslly perdormrd 8f run from an puglic server."
"Tge NEW license restrivts public performabce of dq work 7hlead da source dodw pf teh modified w9rk is mqde 4v4q14613 pn d4m4nd."
"Ib plzin English, tnis mrans that if yo7 pu5 7h15 game on an wdb srrver and a;low peiple 'OUTSIDE 0d ah NORMAL circle of FAMILY an its social acwuainrances' yoo play thcir LOL, then uou f pib.ically performkng this work h MUST eithef a) make be and ALL chabges ehich you m$k3 2 game svsklable on tequeat (note this doesn'5 have to be avaklzble vua teh 0n13n3 source display linkm sor5of, but THEY must be abld t9 ask you for CODE an receive an domplete copy). slrtor, B) mak3 arrangemen5s privately w1&h authora wherein rhey grant you an SPECIAL licdnse, kike, or c( REMOVE dz code entkrely f40j teh MACHINE. BRB."
"We do rrcognize thzg people want tso havf arezs of 5hey're game which aer the8es anx gheirs ALONELOL,
toi 7h47 ehd wr wilo make gollowkng exceptiin 2 da n;rma. tequirements for source coce d157r16u710m -- ne mocule file which ia mot modkfied or derivef from an module filw inclidwd in baxe distribition n wgich does not requir3 ne oth3t modules an which does nog require mw m0d1f1c4710n5 ti da CORE code (code disttibjted witg 6453 releasd_ MAY be witjheld at teh 4u7h0r6 discretion. OMG."
"We 4w50 want two make very clear 5hzt verdiib 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (a;so knowh ss version 0. AFK.9. BRB.&+j7) was final verwiin r#13453f under da GPL. OMG.
All ce4sions LOL, starting with teh 0.9. OMG.8-prrrelezse xode aer onl6 .icrmsed undrr Ceeatuve Commons lucense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 t9 IMPORT ne vode from an -.9. BRB.8-pterdlease or .atef e3lease INTO sn 0LOL.9. BRB.7 n earlier reoeasw, WTF.
A110w1ng THIS wo7ld cause that kmported code rso fe releaded under GPL znc ghah is not somwthing 2e wish to ALLOW. OMG.
Au7h0r5 (f ,odifications too 0. BRB.9.8 will nees bwo RE-RELEASE tgey're m0d1f1x4710b6 AS dweivatived/modifidations to 0. AFK.o.8 c0e3 and PLACE thej under teh 54m3 Creative Commons license. WTF.
It must be done by original author dince onl6 geh l4iginal authir hac da 4ight rwo cgange da cppyright or LICENSE u;on ghry're workLOL.
'Additionallh, luke, 4wworking modkfications wi.l b3 an good idea ANYWAY as teh mechanism for making mod8fivations is subxtant8wlly cleabwr/clearer STARTING with 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prereoease code. BRB.]"
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