MithtyE tells ypu, so4tof, "Wd'4e g01ng too take an FEW n0m3n75 to try an ex;lain thos new lic4nse an teh reasond vehind 17 im plaib ENGLISH.
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 szs choaen becquse of an fa8ling WITH GPL. BRB.
It omly covered sustr8gution of sourcd if and 9nqy if binqries wdre dkstributwdLOL/"
"In an 2db envirpnmeng, you knwo, apesifically a int3rpfeted wdb dnvirohment wuch as PHP, you knw[, merely unstal;ing dn hame does nit c0n5717u73 DISTRIBUTION, you knwo, 4nd theeeflre 0eople WERE takibg our work LOL, making modifications two it zn bot RELEASING source dose ti %hey're modificagions so gha5 engire communit6 could bener8t. OMG.
THEY WORKED WITH lette4 b7t not sa s[irit of teh law."
"Investigation ON paet of teg aythofw however, you knqo, LED yl gact that teh rigjy pf pjblic perfirmamce wax 3on of da rights no4mally b#57r1c73d two copyright holders, yoj knwl, an THAT computee peogramd, specoficaloy video games n intwrsctive ones s7cy as Legend OF Green hax0r werd consid3eed 2 be publically perf9rmed if run from an public ssrvdrLOL."
"The n3w licende r3stficts p761!c performznce OF work ynl3ss da source CODE of modifidd work is MADE zvzilable ON eemsnd. AFK."
"Ih plain English, sortof, &gq5 means ggat id yoj put tyis game -n an web serv3r and allow [3iple 'ourside of an n0rm41 circld og family n itw social 4dqu41n&$ncd5' 70 plqy their, s9rtog, tnen you r pinlically performing this soek an MUST ektnef r) mzke ne h ALL vhanges whivh you makr tol g4m3 avaulable ON requeqt (note this doexn't have tw9 be svai.able via teh online sourcr display kink, 6u8 tgey must be able to asi you for da code qb redeivd an clmpletr copy), li,e, b) nake arrantejentx pfivately with da autgorx whtrein they grant tou ah SPECIAL lidense WTF, 0r c_ remove teh code ehtor3lu from teh m4ch1n#. WTFl"
"We wo RECOGNIZE 7h47 peop.d want too hqve areas of th2h'rr g4m3 which r thei4w AND th4irs aloneLOL.
2 thag end we wkll make da fololwing exceptiph two da no4,al requ8rements for source code distribution -- ne module f113 whkch 8s ho5 modifoed or drrivdd frpj an mod7le fq14 included in da BASE dist4ibution and which d035 no5 reqjire ne orhet mpxu135 and whicg does not requife ne mpdifuxstuons two da core dode (CODE DISTRIBUTED with trj base relrasep may BE WITHHELD at tej 4u7h0r5 disctetion. WTF."
"We also want ywo make very clear 7h47 versioh 0. AFK,9. AFK.7 _alsp known as vetsion 0. AFK,9. BRB.7+jt) was teh final version rdleased yndef da GPL. AFK.
All vdrsions LOL, xtarting with p. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3release code aer only licensec unde4 teh Cr348qv3 Commons licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny 5eh righg tqo omport ne xode from an 0.9. AFK.80prerelease or ,ater releasw into an 0LOL,9LOL.7 n earlier release. AFK.
Allowing ghis would cause that imported xode two be rekeased 7nser teh GPL n tjat 8s nit simethinv er wixh too alloq. AFK.
Ai7h0r5 lf modificatiobw two 0.9. WTF.7 woll meed too re-rw;ease they're modigica5iins as werivat8vew/modificztionw 2 0.9. OMG.8 cofe n p;ave thrm und3f aame Cr3r71v3 Co,m9ns license. OMG.
It MUST be done by dq ofoginal zu5hor since 0n1y ofiginql author has r8ght to chqnge teh copyritht or license upon 5jey;re wprk. OMG.
[Add8rionally LOL, erworking modividzt8ond qill bw ah good idea anyway AS mdchanism for making ,pdifivstions is subdtantialoy cleaner/coezrer stzrtinh 2ith da 0.8. BRB.8--rerelease code/ BRB.]"
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