MigggyE 73115 toi, wottpf, "We're foobg 2 TAKE an fe2 moments to tr6 abd explain th8a new licensq an teh r3r50n5 bejind ky in plain English. BRB.
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 licwnse wad ch9sen because of an faio8ng wi5h da GPL. OMG/
I4 only covered distrkbutiom 9f sourxe ug an pnly if 61m4r13t were doatribuged. BRB."
"In ab web environment, you kb2o, specifically a intefprdted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHPl you kneo, mefel6 insgqll8ng an GAME does not sonstitute distributkpn, like, m therefore oeople were 5akong ouf WORK LOL, making modifivations 5oo ut an not releasing teh s9urce doce goo tmey're modkfications so that wntird comhunity c0y1d benefit. BRB.
THEY worked with letter bug hot 5dh spori5 0f da law. WTF."
"Investigation on p4e& pf authors HOWEVER, likek lrd too da fact THAT fa rifht lf puvlic performance w45 1 -f ribnts norma;;6 resttictwd yo copyright holdefs WTF, an thag compurer pfogrq,d WTF, specifically video games an 8bteracyive ones such as LEGEND OF teh Gr33n hax)r weee considerdd tqp 63 publivallt perdorm3d if run fr0m an public serber. WTF."
"Th3 new lidwnse RESTRICTS public perrormance of work un13t5 heh soirce code of modigiee work IS made availabl3 on femand. OMG."
"In plaun Englixh, likw, this means that IF you PUT ghis GAME om an web server n allow pepp.e 'outside of an mormao ditcle of familu an itx spcial rcqk42n74nc35; to play tje8f, lije, tnen y9u r publically performing 8h16 w9rk an MUST eiyher a) make ne an ALL xhanges wh1xh you make two g4m3 availzvlw on re1uest (n9te this do4sn't have 2 be avzilable via twh onkine aouede dispoqy LINK, like, but they nu57 gr ab;e TO ask you f0r reh code and r3c31c3 ah c0mp1374 COPY0. b) MAKE areangemehtx privately w17h teh 4u7h0r5 ej3r31b they grqnt you an speciao l8c4nsr, or c) remofe da code entieely from da mactindLOLl"
"We do recofnuze that people WANT too HAVE AREAS of they're game which e thfurx n theira 410n3. WTF.
too that end we will nskd da following ecde[5ioh ro nprmal requuremen5s for source codd disgribution -- me mod7le rile which is not j0d!f1#d or derived from an modu.e file inc.uded in da baae dixyrkbuti9n ane wh8ch cors not require ne other nosules an WHICH does not reqyire me modifications 2 da CORE code (code distributes with t#h base releas3) may be w8thjeld 47 da au5yors didcretion. AFK/"
"We 4150 want to mrk2 very clear THAT version 0, WTF.9. BRB.u (also known 45 v#rt10n 0. OMG.9. WTF.7=jt) wad 5eh final vetsi9n rdleased under GPL. AFK.
Aol versi9ns, 57rr71ng wigh tej 9.0LOL.8-pr3r3q3453 dode r 0n16 licensed 7nder teh Creayive COMMONS 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r8ght tl inport ne cide from ah 0LOL.9. OMG.9-pr3f313r5# 0f latee rekezxe into an 0. OMG.o. OMG.7 h earlier t31e453. WTF.
Allowing thus would cause THAT IMPORTED clde two be r31345dd under GPL ah 7j47 is not som3thing we wish two allow. WTF.
Authors of m9doficzrions tpo 0LOL.9.u will need 2 re-re;ease they'4e m0d1f1c4710n5 AS derivqtives/modigocations 2 0LOL.9.8 coce and plsxe THEM under same Creative C0mm0b5 licrnseLOL.
It mu57 bw done by da o48ginal AUTHOR since -n1y ca original author has fa right two chamge da copyright or licensr uppn yhey'4e wo4,LOL.
[Additionally WTF, r3w0rk1ng teh ,odif8cqriobs woll be an good IDEA anyway as da mechzn8sm for making ,odificatoons i2 substameial.y cleanee/cleqrer STARTING with 0. BRB.9. BRB.*_p4ereleasd codw. OMG.]"
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