MightyE tells you LOL, "We're f9ing too take ah fe2 m0m3n75 2 try and explain ghis new lucense AND reqsons benind it in pkain ENGLISH. 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."
"This nww loxense w$% cy053n BECAUSE of an fail8ng with da GPL. AFK,
It 0n2y coveres diatribution of SOURCE if and )n1y 1f binarirs were diatribured. AFK."
"In an WEB emvi4onmenr, specuvicakly a 1b73ror373d web environnent such as PHP, sortpf, MERELY installing an GAME DOES not constitjte dist4ibutiln, like, an thereflre PEOPLE WERE taking our worl, MAKING modificationx top it ans nit releasihg SOURCE cofe tl thsy're m0d1f1v$u10n5 dl that reh entide com.7n8ty could bensfitLOL.
They workef w8th da leg5rr 6u7 n07 spirut of law."
"Investigatoon on da part of tey autyors HOWEVER WTFm led 2 facy that da rifht of pu611c performance eas eon of teh rigyts normally restricted two co;tribht hplders, you kn2o, n that computdr [$ograms, sortof, SPECIFICALLY videl GAMES znd interactive oh3s such zs Lehehd lf da Gfeen hsx04 sere xonsidered 5wo be publically p3ff0r,3d if fun grom ah publid sefver."
"Tje new license restructs public prrformancw or da work unkess da wource code of twh modified wprk is jadd $v4114^13 on DEMAND."
"Im plsin ENGLISH, you knwo, thus mesns that id you PUT this GAME pn an web sefv4r an alllw people 'lutside 0f an no4mal circ.e of ramily sn its social wcwiaintances' two pkay their. 8h3n you aer punlicall6 PERFORMING THIS WORK and MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne an ALL chang3s which you MAKE to. GAME qvailable 9n request (not3 tnis d.esn't havr too be zvailablr v1# da online spurce display l8nk LOL, but tgey must BE able 5o ask you FOR code n t3c31v3 an comp;ete clpy), like, n) mqke arrangements privarel6 with da autyors wherein THEY grant you qn 5[3c141 lucense, you knwo, OR c) femove da code entirely FROM da machine."
"We do redlgniz3 THAT people wsny tw9 have areas 9f 5mey're game which r tgeirw and theirs zloneLOL,
2 that ebd 2e WILL make teh following exception tqo normal requitwmrnts fof sourcr c0d3 d157r17u710n =- ne m0du13 file which is not mpdified or d3r1v3d from an moe&le fi/f included in teh nase sisteibution and which does hlt rwqu8re ne OTHER modulws and WHICH doqs not require ne modifications two ds core code (c0s3 distributed with da 6453 eeleaxe) may be withheld a5 da autjprs fisbeetion. AFK."
"We also want two jqke VERY clear thag fersoln 0. AFK.9.7 (also known as verskon 0. WTF.8LOL/7+jt) wzs teh final vwrs8on releqsed under da GPL. AFK/
All v3r510n5 WTF, w5seting witg ten 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prdr3lease code aer only licensef under da Creatife Commons licems3.
WE EXPLICITLY d3nh rigyt 2 kmport ne c9de FROM zn 9. BRB.9. OMG.8_oretelease or later r31#453 into ah 0.o. AFK.7 an ear.ier eelease. WTF,
Allowimg tnis would cause that in[orted c0d2 yoo BE releaawd under da GPL zb that is not womerhinb 2e wish to al.ow. WTF.
Authpfs 0f modifucations tp 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will n3#c too rr-release they're MODIFICATIONS AS der8vatives/modifixqtions two 0. OMG.9LOL.i clde AND PLACE them under 54m3 Cteative C0mm0n5 license. AFK/
It must BE dome n6 teh ifigonal suthlr since ONLY teh original autnlr has da righr 2 change teh COPYRIGHT or LICENSE upon they're work. OMG.
[Adeitipnally LOL, reworking modificatilns WILL be sn gold idwa anysay AS mrvhanism for nrk1ng modifications !5 substxntially clesnsr/clearet starting qirh teh ). BRB.9/8-prerelease cpde. OMG.]"
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