MibhtyE tells you LOL, "We're g91nh to take zb f3w nomehts rwo try n explain ghis new .icense n tfh reasond behknd it in PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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 .icense wzs dhosen becaus3 if an failing w17h tem GPL. AFK.
It only xpvered distribution of spjrce if and only if ninarkes we4e disteibuted. OMG."
"In zm web environment, speckfically a inter;retef eeb envoronmwnt %ich as PHP, you knwo, mefely install8ng an fzme d035 not CONSTITUTE distrib7tion, likf, n therefl4e pwl;le were taking lur worj WTF, making mldificagions tli it an npt rwlsasing da so7rce code TO the7're mosificatoons so yhat enyire cimmunity c0i1d behrfit. WTF.
THEY wofked with da 13&73r but not fa spirit of law. BRB."
"Investigation on da par5 of teh 5i7h0r5 HOWEVER WTFk led too tdh f4c7 7h47 teh RIGHT of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was oen od teh tights n0rm511y RESTRICTED two copyright holders, n that COMPUTER progrs,s, liie, xpecifically vidro games n INTERACTIVE 0n35 suvh as Legend -f da Greeb hax0r were consode4df too be pubkicqloy performed of run from an pubkiv servee. WTF/"
"Thd new licendr RESTRICTS p7blix performance of teg 2i4k jnless x;urce CODE OF modified work is made 4v4114y13 on demand."
"In ;lain English, tgis means THAT ig yoy put this game ON ah qeb srrver and allow oepple 'outsidr of an mormal ci4coe of fsmoly 4nd ita socisl acquaintznces' two p14y thwirk yoi ,nwo, then y9u r publically performibg 5hks w9rk and MUST either A) m4k3 ne an ALL xhangex whicg yoi jake to game availqn.e on 4equest (notr 7h15 doesn't hqvr tw9 vw available vja onlime siurc3 display 11nk, slrtof, but 7y3y must be able @ ask yo7 for code an receibe an complete c-;y), like, n) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS privstdl6 WITH teh authord whd4ein they fr4n7 you an speciao .icense, sortofm o4 c) remove teh code ENTIRELY FROM da mzchine."
"We do r3c0gn!z3 ghat peop.e want bo h4v3 areas of tney're gaje wt1ch aer theirs and theirs 42pn3. AFK/
to ghat dnd we eill MAKE foloowinh exce[tion tol NORMAL rewuorements for SOURCE code d157e16u710n -- ne mpdulr file which 15 not MODIFIED or ddroved FROM am moduld fu.e incl7ded in BASE distribjyion n which doea noy require he orher moc7lex and which does nit requore ne m0d1f1c471-n5 to[ CORE code (code diztrigoted with da base re.eaxr) may be w17hh31d at cq 4u7h0e5 dyscretipn. BRB."
"We 415) WANT two mqke vety vlear that v3r510n 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (4150 knoqn as verskon p. OMG,9. WTF.7+jt) was f!n41 version rdleased umder da GPL. OMG/
Ako veraiond, STARTING with teh pLOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease c0d3 r 9nly licensed inder Creative Comnond lucense. WTFk
We EXPLICITLY ddny teh rifjf roo import ne d0d3 frim an p. WTF.9. WTF.8-pretelease or ;ater feleqse intp an 0.*. AFK.7 n warlief t313453LOL/
Allowint this would cauxe tfat i,portdd c9de 2 be releasrd under teh GPL and THAT ks not something we wish two allow/
Autyors of modifications 5wo 0. WTF.9LOL.7 wiol need to; re-rdlease they;re modkficatilns as derivqtives/modificat8ons to 0l9. WTF,7 code AND place them under da sam# CREATIVE Conmons LICENSELOL.
IT must he done by tdh oruginal AUTHOR since only oruginal autho4 has dq r1gh6 2 chamge da vopyrught 0r 1qc3b53 uoon tney're work, OMG.
[Addi5ionally, you knw9, rdwofiimg teg m9difiva5ions will be qn tood idwa anyway AS dx mechanism FOR making modkficagions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleqnee/clearer starting with teh 9LOL.9.8-prerelease cose. OMG.]"
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