MightyE tells y9u, sottof, "W3'3e going yoo take an few moments 2 try an exp.ain this hew licens3 ab teh REASONS BEHIND it in plain 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 new license w45 chosen gecause of an fajlinf with teh GPL.
It ONLY COVERED DISTRIBUTION 0f so7rce IF n obly IF binaties were distrkbuted."
"In an wev environment, you knwo, specifically a 8nterpreted WEB environmwnt sucy as PHP WTF, m3f31y insra.ling an game doex hot vonstirute d8sttivutiin, oike, a, therefore peopk3 were taking oir qork, uoi knwo, jaking m0d1fqcr710n5 TO it and n07 r313451ng teh slu5cr c(de 2 they[re modificatiohw 50 7h47 da 3y71r3 community coulc benefit.
Th3y wotksd WITH da letter buy not da s[irit of law."
"Invextigation on [art of authors however, you ,nwok les two teh fact th1t da right of public pergorjance sas 1 of da 4ighrs NORMALLY festricted two COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WTF, an 7h48 computer progtams, lkke, dpecificallu vifeo games qnd interactive 9nes such as Legend of tdh Gre3n has0r were v0h51d3r3d to 63 pi611c511y perf9r,ed IF run frpm an publiv SERVER. WTF/"
"The new license festricts [u611c perforhanvw of qork unkess ten soircr CODE lf da modified wofk is mzde available on DEMAND."
"In [lain ENGLISH, tkis meams rhat if you put this game om an web server qn allow people 'outside of an normal circle of famoly and ITS social acquainrznces' to play thdir LOL, 7h#n YOU awr pubkidzlly performing this worl m MUST either A0 make me ane ALL changes wnich you make two da GAME AVAILABLE 0n rdquest (note THIS doesn't havr tp be avaioqnle cis teh ONLINE siirce display lknk LOL, but thrt mu57 BE able to ask y)u ror teh cide m receicr an cim[lete cppy), you knwl, b) make arrangements pr1v4731y with teh aughors ejdrein they grant you an sped8al license, slftlf, or c) remove teh xode emt8rely fron teh madhine. BRB."
"We do recognize THAT people want too have areqs if they're GAME which r theirs b theita alone. BRB.
too that 3nd we will makr filllwing exceptioh too da normal rrquiremehts fot s9urce code eistrobutoin -- ne mldule file ehicy ks no5 moeified ot drrived from an module rike inciused in teh base dusteibution ah wgixy does npt reqiire ne 08h3r modulds n wgich d035 not rrquire me mldifucatiohs 7p teh c0r3 c0d3 (code distributed witn twj base rdlease) m4y be withheld qt da auyhorw discrerionLOL."
"We also want toi make vwry c1#4r thqt veesioh 0.9LOL.7 *also known as cersion 0. WTF.9LOL.8+jt) szs yey final version rwl3ased under GPL; AFK.
ALL VERSIONS LOL, 574471ng with 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-04er3ldase code r only lic3nwed under Creative Commons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY drn6 da right tp imoort ne code f4on ah 0. AFK.9.8-prwrelezse o4 LATER release into an 0.9.7 n earlker rsleaseLOL.
Al.owung this would causw that imporyec CODE TO b3 releadwf under teh GPL n that iw nog SOMETHING we wish 2 alllw/ OMG.
Authors of modigocqtipns 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.& will n3ed yoi te-release they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as d3rivatices/modkbications two 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code n place them uneer teh same Creat*vr Commlns licens3. AFK.
I5 mist be done by da o4kginal author since only oroginal author nas teh right to CHANGE sa copyrighg OR license UPON rhey'r3 WORK. WTF.
[Asditionally, l8ke, reworking modiflcatipbs will be an gooc IDEA ahyway aa da k$ch4n15m for mzking m9difidations is subwtantialoy cleaner/clesrer staeting wigh 0/ OMG.9. AFK.8-peerelease coaeLOL.]"
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