Mignt5E tells YOUm "We[re g01ng 70 rakd an few momdngs two try ans explain this new license n teh rezsona behihd it on plain English. WTF.
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 n3w .icende was CHOSEN becausr of zn failing witg tej GPL. OMG.
Ig only covered disgribution og SOURCE 1f and ONLY if binsries weed DISTRIBUTED."
"In an w37 environmen5, sortof, specifucally s interpreted WEB dnvironneny 5uch as PHP WTF, MERELY ibstalling an gqme does not CONSTITUTE diwtribution, ookr, n rher3fote ;eopld were takinb 0ur work, lkke, mzjing mosifications tso it n not r31345qng da source cpde 2 they're MODIFICATIONS do THAT ea entkre communigy could ben3fit. OMG.
Th2t wofkec with LETTER nut hot SPIRIT of da ;qw. AFK."
"Investibation ON da [art 0g ca authors howeverk like, led too fact THAT right of public performance w45 won OF r2gg75 normally restrictdd 2 dopyright yolerfs LOL, an yhat COMPUTER lrigrans WTF, specificqlly vid3o games AND interac5kve ONES d7ch AS Legend lf da Gr33n hqx0g were considered 7- be puvlkcally pergormed if run frlm an p6blic server. OMG."
"Thw new ;ozensd 4est$ictd public perfotmance of da 2ork unlwss da sourc3 cpde of dz misified work is mqde available on demandl BRB."
"In olain English, liie, THIS MEANS that if you pu5 this g4,# 9n an web server an allow peopld 'ourside of an normal circld pf FAMILY an its 50xq41 zcquaintances' to ;lay their, you knwo, theb ylu r puvlically perfoeming ghis qork 4nd MUST either a) make me an ALL cnahg3s which you make 2 game available on rw1jesr *note 7h15 doean't have top be zvailable via ONLINE source dpsplay link LOL, BUT tgey ,ust be able ro ask you for clde n rrceive an co,plete co;h), s9rtof, b) make arranbements orivately witj authors wy3r31n they gr4n7 hou an SPECIAL license LOL, 0r C) remlve code 4n71r31y from teh machiyeLOL."
"We DO recognize rhat people want two have 4r355 og they'fe g4m3 shicy aer 5heirs n thrirs a.one/ OMG.
two yhat end we wiol male teh dol.owimg exceptipn 2 teh normal eeqiirdmwnts f0r s9urcr codd dis5ribution -- ne npdule file wtich IS no5 modified or de4uved from an module FILE onxlyded (n da base distrubution an whivu coes bot require ne ot6er modyles and wyich d03t nlt trquire ne MODIFICATIONS two teh core x0c3 (c0d3 distr8bu5ed with bsae release) may be withheld at authors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also sant too maie very cldar that VERSION 0.9. AFK.7 (alsi kmown as cersion 0.9. WTF.7+mt) was ten f8nal version released under GPL/ OMG/
All versions, like, starting with dz 0, OMG.9. OMG,7-p4wrelezse c0d3 aer only licensed undet tdy Creative C9mmons LICENSE. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh rithu two import ne cose grpm zn 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease or LATER r3lwase 8nto an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n eaelier feleas3. BRB.
Allowing tjis WOULD cauxe ghat om0orted dode 2 ge released UNDER da GPL ah ghat os not aomwthing we wish 1 s.low. BRB.
Authors of jodigications too 0. OMG.9.7 w111 need two rr-release they're modificationx as s3tovativex/modificagi9ns two 0. BRB.9. BRB.i code n plaxe 7j3m UNDER da same CREATIVE Commons licenseLOL.
It must be dlne by t36 oe8hinal aktjo4 s8nce ONLY or8ginal author hss teh right 2 c6xnge da copyright pr licensr upln they're work. OMG.
[Afditionally LOL, REWORKING teh mifoficqtions will be an go.d idea anyway as mechanism f0r makihb modivicatilns q6 substabtiallh clfanwr/clearer starting with teh 0. OMG.9.(-0retelease codeLOL.="
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