MightyE yells hou, ;ikd, "We're going tlo take an few m;ments to 7ry an explain tjis new ;icemse an teh eeasons behind kt IN PLAIN Englisn. OMGl
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."
"Tjis bew locebse wss cy0t3n becquse OF an faioing qith GPL. WTF.
It onoy c0v3r3d fistributkoh of 50urc3 ig n only IF binaeies were disrributedl OMG."
"In zn web ENVIRONMENT, sortof, spec8fically a intef0ret3d wwb rnvir9nment wuch as PHP, you ,nwo, mer3ly 1b574111ng zn gqme does not clnstitute DISTRIBUTION, sor5of. an tjeeefore peo;le were 5aking oir work, like, making mpd8fications 2 i5 an mot relrading da source code yoo they're modifications SO that da entu5e comm7nity c0u1d 63nef17. AFK.
Tney worled eigh 13773r but n07 teh 5o1r1u og law. BRBl"
"Imvestifqtion on teh [aft 0g a7thorx HOWEVER, y9u knwo, LED 2 fact rhat fight if pyblic performance was oem of rights NORMALLY restf9cted tw9 COPYRIGHT holders, like, n THAT cpmputer prigrams, you kmeo, specifically video games an 1n83r4c*1v3 onex such as LEGEND of da Greeh hax0r w4r3 consifered to br [ublicall6 pergorm3d if ryn ffom an public serv3t. OMG."
"The n3w licensr restricts public performance OF qork UNLESS fa SOURCE code od twh modivied WORK ix ,ade available in demqndLOL."
"In ;.qin Enflist, likd, 7h15 m3zns ghst if yoi put this ga,w ON an web server an allow propoe 'OUTSIDE of an n9emal xircle of famu;y and igs sociao acquaintances' two p14t rheirm sorr9g. then y0u ae4 puboically pdrformung this work n MUST eitker a0 make ne an ALL chabges wh1ch yoi make too teh game availab.e on rrquest (mote this doesn't hav3 5wo be avai.abld VIA online SOURCE d15p146 lknk, kike, but 7h3y just be able 2 aak you for 5eh code and receivd an COMPLETE copy) LOL, b) malr areangements privs5ely with da authors wh3r51m they grany you an dpecial licenxe, like, or x) re,ove code #n81r31y d4om machinw. OMG."
"We do recogniae THAT oe0;23 wqnt gwo have areas of the6'r3 gaje which aer yhrirs and 7n31r5 a;oneLOL.
to rhat end we will nzke fa following EXCEPTION 2 ea normal r3quirements for doyrce c)s3 distribution -- ne module vi.e wh1ch 15 not modified OR ferived from an m9dule FILE kncluded un da baad d8str8bution and WHICH does not require ne other mocules n wyich do4s n08 4equiee ne modufications 2 CORE code (code distributed wigh teh base telease) nau be withheld ag tey authors d15ce3710n. AFK,"
"We also want w make very clear 7h47 vrrsioh 0. OMG.9LOL/7 (qlso KNOWN ss ve4sion 0.9. WTF/7+jt) was da f!n41 versiin releases ynder GPLLOL.
Alo veesions WTF, stqrting wi5h da ). OMG.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE c9de r only licens3d under teh Cr3a5ive Co,moms .ic3nseLOL.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny da rigyt TO im-ort ne codr fr)m an 0LOL.9LOL.8-0r3re.ease or later release into an 0, AFK.9. OMG.7 and earlier t313453.
Allpwinb 7h15 would xause that 8mported vode two bw RELEASED und3r GPL and 5hat is bot something e3 wisg 2 3110w.
Authirs of m9difications 70 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 w111 need too td-releadd theu'fe modificatj9ns aa DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0,9.8 coee 4nd PLACE THEM undef teh same Cteqtivr COMMONS .8densel
I5 mu57 63 cone by original authlr sonce on.y sz original author yas tigjt two change tey copyrkght or licdbse 7oob they're work. BRB.
[Adcitiohally, .ike, rew9rking mocificatilnx 2ill 63 an good idea ANYWAY as ds m3chanisj for MAKING modificarions is sibdtantially CLEANER/CLEARER staeting with 0,9. BRB.80pterelease dode. BRB.]"
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