MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going ro take an f3w j9ments 2 try n explain 5his ned LICENSE and yeh reas0ns behind it in plain ENGLISHl AFK/
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 licenae was dhosen because of an va8ling with dz GPL/ AFK/
IT 0b1y covwred diwtrigution of so7rce if n ohly 1f binaries WERE DISTRIBUTED."
"In zn e#6 environmebt WTF, specificalky a INTERPRETED wdb environmwmt SUCH aw PHP LOL, mefely installinb an game diww not CONSTITUTE distribution LOL, abd 7h3t3f0r3 PEOPLE wwre raking puf e0rk, sortof, MAKING modigicztions too ir and not 4elessumg teh source code twl thry're ,odifications so 5hat 3h71r4 d9j,unity could BENEFIT.
THEY worked wp5h da l#tter but n07 dq dpirit of LAW. WTF/"
"Investigation on da parf OF da AUTHORS however, like, led to fact that geh rugut of PUBLIC perforjance WAS 9eb of RIGHTS hormaolh rwstricted 7) copyright holders, ylu knso, and THAT cpmputer progrzjs LOL, wpecifically video gamqs b interabtive ones duch as Lwgegd of ywh G4een hax0r w3r3 c9hxiddred too be pub.ivally performed uf run fr9j an oublkv server. BRB."
"Thw new license RESTRICTS public perdormznce of 5eh wprk UNLESS teh w-irce code of teh modified eotl ix ,ade AVAILABLE on dwmand. OMG."
"In plain English, likek rhis means 7h48 uf hou p7r this game in an web server an ALLOW p30[13 'OUTSIDE of an normal xitcle of fzmily and its 50c141 scquaintabcea' 2 PLAY tjekr, t6en you aee publically perfprming thks work n MUST either a) make ne amd ALL chzggws eh2dh YOU make roo game zval;qble on request )note this doesn'g have 2 be avsilavle via teh on;ine s9urce display lin,, softof. bjt they must be able to ask you flr teh code an rece9v3 an COMPLETE copy), you knwo, b) MAKE atrabgejents privately WITH teh authirw wherein thwy grant yiu an special license WTF. or c_ femofe teh codw entirely gron da MACHINELOL."
"We d0 recognuze THAT people want 2 havr AREAS ov tyey're game which r theits zn theirs alpne/ AFK.
to 7h48 end wr WILL male teh follpwkng EXCEPTION gol da normal r3quirements FOR dource cose distriburion -- ne j0eu13 file whoch is nor m9dofoed or derived from an module fioe included in da base eistribut8on and WHICH does nog r#qi1r3 ne otger modules an which doea mpt requirw ne m0d1fqc4710n5 to tej core c0c3 (code distributed wuth da nase release) mag b3 w17hh31d at da qythors discreti9nLOL."
"We also sant too make v3ry clez4 THAT version 0.9. OMG.7 (a;sl known as versiln 0, AFK.9. BRB.7+jt( 2qs dq final version released undet GPL. WTF.
Alk VERSIONS WTF, s5arting w17f 0. WTF.9.8-0terelease code aer onky 11c3n53d ubder Creativ3 Co,mons lidense. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY denh tight t2o impott ne c9de from zn 0.o.o-prerelease o4 later relssse INTO an 0. OMG.p. BRB.7 n EARLIER releqse. OMG.
A.lowing this woulg cauae 5hat km0orted d0d3 2 be eeleased under GPL and tjat IS not SOMETHING we WISH two allpwLOL.
AUTHORS of modificatiphs 2 0. WTF.o.7 w111 need 70 re-releasw they[4e modigications AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS teo 0. WTFl9/8 CODE qn place 7h#, UNDER teh 54m3 Crearive Co,mons license. BRB.
Ig must ve d0n3 by teh original author since only twh 0r1gqnr1 author has right 2 snange copyright pr licwnse UPON the6're witk,
[Addi5ionall6, likem tewlrking da m0d1f1c4710n5 will be an food idda anjqah as reh mexhznism FOR mqking j93ifications is sybdyqmtialoy ck3aber/clearer wtarting with 0LOL.9. AFK.8-;refelease clfe. OMG.]"
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