MightyE TELLS ylu LOL, "Wr're going two ga,e an few ,oments to try an EXPLAIN this new license and teh reasohs gehihf it IN plain 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 waw cg053n 63c4u53 9f an faioing wi5h GPLLOL.
It only covered dixyeibution OF slurce if n only if binaries 22r3 distribu5edLOL."
"In an wev environm3nt, slry9f, specifically s untecpteted web 3nv1r0nm3n8 suxh AS PHP LOL, merely ibsralling zn game eoex not consyitute DISTRIBUTION, sortlf, n thegefore p30p1e were 74l1nh ojt wprk, softof, mqking modificarions too it an nir releasing so7rce c0d3 2 they're modificatiobs so that 3ntire community coulf 63n3r17. OMG.
Tyey w0rk4d with letyer 6u7 hot s;irit of dz law."
"Investigation 0n da p4r7 or augho4s hoqdver, you knso, led tou da fact that teh 4ight lf public PERFORMANCE eaa q kf da RIGHTS normally r3strivted yoo copyfight holders, n that COMPUTER 0rogtams, lile, specifidqlly vieeo gan3s qnd inteescyive ohes sucj AS Legend of teh Green hax0r werd coneidered tol be ou^11c411y performed if ruh ft9m an pu611c SERVER."
"Thd new license RESTRICTS p7bkic perd9fmande of da work unlesw source code of 53g modified WORK is MADE available 0n dwmqnd. WTF."
"In PLAIN Englidh LOL, thia means that if you [ut this tame on an web 53rv2r snd allow people 'outside of an n0rm41 c8tcle 0g famiky n itq SOCIAL acwuaintances' 2 play their, sortof, then you aer puvlically PERFORMING 7h15 wirk qb MUST eigher q) ma,3 hw 4nd ALL changes whicg you ,ake twi gajd 4v41146!4 ON request (note ghos d0#5n'7 h4v3 tso be availanle via da obline source dis;lay ooni, BUT thdy must be 461e too ASK you fo4 teh code n receive an complete c0py), like, 6) makw zrrqngements pfivatrly suth dq authlrs rherein yhdh grant you an special license LOL, OR C) remove xode entorely froj reh m4ch2n3. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE 7h57 pwople want top have AREAS of tyey're gamr which arr 5heits n theirs alohe. WTF,
to that END we will make da following exception yo twg normal r3qj1r3m3n75 for sojrce CODE distrig7tion -- ne moful3 file whicn is not modifued or d3r1f3d from an jodile f8le INCLUDED in yeh bas3 disteicution and which coes n07 r3qu1r3 ne other modules snf whixh does not REQUIRE n3 modificqtipnx too da core CODE (cose DISTRIBUTED w17h baxe rel3ase) may be withheld at dz quthors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We 4150 2ant 2 make v3ry clear that vdrsion -.9LOL.7 (akso known as vrrsion 0/ WTF.9. OMG.7=JT( waw teh fibsl ve4xion 4wl3ased undet da GPLLOL.
A11 versions, wtatting wigh p. AFK.9. WTF.*-prere.ease code aer only livensed under sa Cr3471v# Commons 1!c3n53. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY denu teh fight tso im[ort ne code fron an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pre4dlease or later relezze into an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 an earlier r3ldase. WTF.
Allowing this wouod cause that imported cod3 @ be releaaed unsef da GPL n tha% is not aomdthing we wisu to allow. AFK.
Autjors of modificatoons 2 0. WTF.9LOL.7 wq11 ne3d t2o re-release they're mocifications ax derivatibex/mpdifications @ 0/ BRB.9. AFK.8 CODE n pkace tnen jnd3r teh 54,3 Creative Commons licemseLOL.
It MUST be dine by trh 9riginal author sonce onoy 5eh original aurhor has tifht teo chsnge da copyritht or licenwe upon th#y're wo4k. BRB,
[Additionally, like, reworkinh dq modivicwyions will be an g00d idea anyway ax da jedhaniam FOR makint modifivations 15 sjbstsntially cleame4/clearer STARTING w8th da 8. AFK.9. AFK.8[0rerelease code/ AFK.]"
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