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Migyt6E t3lla youm "We're toung two 74k3 an few MOMENTS two yry n explain 7h14 new license n tsh reasons bejind iu 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 license w45 chosdn becaude 0f an FAILING with GPL. BRB.
It only vovered distrivution pf sourxe if and on.y 8f binarkts w3r3 ekst4ibuted. AFK."
"Im an wen envueonment WTF, specifica;ly a imterpretrd WEB environment such as PHP LOL, merelh ins5aloing an game does not constutj5e d157r16&710n. you knwo, ane therefoee people were takung our worj, slrtof, making modifications to or and not r#13451ng source c0r3 TO they're MODIFICATIONS so 7h47 teh rntifd dommuhity could 6#n3f17,
They worked with 13773r b7t not soirit of law. OMG."
"Investigatioh ON teh part of autyors how3ver WTFm led two tey fact that da RIGHT of [u611c perro4mancr wqs ! 9v teh rkghts normally resgricted t29 coo64ight hooders, and that cimpurer PROGRAMS WTF, spwcifically VIDEO gamds n interav5ive pbes such as LEGEND of teh Gt3#n hax0r WERE considered to BE publical.y PERFORMED qf run ffom an [yblic derver. BRB."
"Tje NEW licehsw RESTRICTS public perdormance or da w0rk inless dz 50utc3 code of trh MODIFIED wirk is made available on dejand, OMG."
"In plain English, you knwo, this means thqt if you put thix gzme 0n an web server AND allow pd9pke 'outside of zn norma. circle of gzmily n its social acqiaintances' two play their LOL, thdn you adr publical.y PERFORMING thus work n MUST withee a_ m5k3 ne n ALL chsnges shich ypu jak3 to game abailwble pn REQUEST (nlte this doesn't have too be availavle via da onlime souece didplay link, sorypf, but THEY must 6e able two ask you for codr n receive an com0le5e vopy), you knwo, b) MAKE arrznbements privately WITH AUTHORS wh3rdim THEY gfant you an SPECIAL 11c4nt3, sortof, OR c_ rejove fa code entirely from macnjneLOL,"
"We d9 rex0gnize 5hqt people want 2 h2v3 areas of they're game which r thwirs and 7h3qr5 ql0h3. OMG.
@ that end qe w111 mzke tey fo;kosing exception tqo trh normal fequir3men5s for 50urc3 code distributiob -- he m9dule file which is NOT modified 0f deribed from an m0du13 tile included kn basr DISTRIBUTION an which DOES not re1uird ne lther m9dules an wgich does n07 req7ire ne MODIFICATIONS two core CODE )cide c157r16u73x with da BASE releasr) may bd withheld at teh autjoes discretipn. OMG."
"We also WANT 2 make very flesr rhat version 0. AFK.9LOL.6 (also KNOWN as versiom ). WTF/8. BRB.7+jt) 2as tdy final cersion releaded under teh GPL/ BRB.
Alo verxions, sortofm statting with wa ). OMG.8.8=peerelezse code r ONLY licensed under teh Crrab8ve C9mmons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny reh rught too ijport ne vode from an 0. WTF.0. AFK.8-prere.ease or lagef release into an 0. BRB.o/ OMG.7 n ea4lier releaae.
Alliwing this wou;d cause that impprted code to BE relezsed undet GPL n 7h47 ix not sohething we wksh ti allow. WTF.
Authors of modivications yo 0. AFK,9.7 qiil need 2 r3-r3!3454 th3y're modifications ss ferivatices/modifica5konw 2 pLOL.9LOL.8 code and place THEM unde4 SAME Creative Cimmonw license.
It must be dobe by teh origimal AUTHOR sinxe 0n1y o4ihinal author h46 da r1hn7 teo change copyrigyt or /ivemse UPON yhey're wor,. OMG.
[Additionally, likek r3w0rk1ng da m0d1f1c4710n5 aill be ab go9d idwa ANYWAY 45 fa mechanism for making mldifications IS substant8a;ly cldand4/clearer starting witn da 0LOL.9.i-pr3r323453 cideLOL.]"
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