MightyE tells you LOLk "We;re foing goo take an few momehys too t4t n explain this new licenxe qn eeadons benind it in PLAIN English. AFK.
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 locense was choxen bdcajse of an gailing WITH GPL.
It only covered disttibution 0f source ig and onlu ig BINARIES WERE DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an WEB ehbkeonment LOL, so3civica;ly a interprrtwd web envirlnment such zs PHP, dpetof, merely installing an bamr doew not constitute ciatribution LOL, 4nd thetefore people were taking our eork LOL, msking modifivations 2 17 4nd not releasing soutce vide to th3y'te modificztions so that da ENTIRE conmunitt d)i1d benwfitLOL.
They s0rk3d @ith .etter 6u7 not spirit of teh kawLOL."
"Investigation 0m part pg teh authors however, lild, lwd 70 teh fact that rigbt of 0ublid ;3rfprm4nc3 was @ of rogyts nofmally rdatrictwd TO copyrught holddrs WTF, and that compiter ptogramx, yoi kn2o, specifically video gamex and interacrice obes duxh AS Legrnd of twh Green hsx0r were xonsidered too bw publicslly performed if rub from an oublic sdrver."
"The new license rest4icts public performance of teh work un1#55 wource v9de of mod8ried soek 15 madd availab.e ON dejabdk BRB."
"In plain Eng.ish, like, this means thqg kf you pu7 THIS gzme on an web server h allow p30[12 'ouhside or an normal circ/r of family an its social acquaintanves' 5o p!4t tnwir, then YOU r oublically performing tuis work n MUST 217h3r a) MAKE ne m ALL chsngex whkch you m4k3 too game 4v4114613 0n requeat (nogs this dpwsn't have 2 be zvailable VIA da online souece display 21nk. you knq9, but they myst be anle tol ask you gor code an receive ah c0mp1373 copy), b) make arfangements privsyeoy with authors wherein they brant yoi an specia; licdnae, like, of c) remove da cod3 3n71r31y dr9m m4cg1n3. OMG."
"W3 do recognize that people want 2 hav3 aeeas of 5hdy're gam3 whivh aer thwirs an theird alone. OMG,
twp tjat end we will mske following EXCEPTION too da nornal reaukrements for SOURCE c9dd distributiln -- ne module FILE which IS mot modifi3e OR derived fr8m an module dile included in base didte8butipn n which dors not require ne o5her modules an which DOES no5 resjire ne ,odifivat8pbs yo tej c0r3 code (CODE distributed with base release) may bd withheld at authoes discretiom. WTFl"
"We alsl want 2 ma,e very clear that versioh 0l OMG.9.7 (4150 KNOWN 46 versuoh 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt_ was da finql vdrsion releas3d under GPL. OMG.
All bersuons, like, 574r71mg witb trh 0.9. OMG.8=ordrelezsw code r only licegsed under Cr34u1v3 Commons license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da rigjt to impowt ne code from an ). BRB.9LOL.8-prerekease or .ater w3lease ihto an 0. WTF.8LOL.7 n ear.ier 4elease. OMG.
Allowing this wo7ld cause thdt IMPORTED c0d3 yoo ne relfased under teh GPL n thag 15 not somerhing w3 wish 2 allow.
Auth[rs of modifications two 0. WTF.9. AFK/7 wilk ne3d to r3-r213453 tgey'er modifications as dericagivws;,odiricatu9ns 2 ).9. AFK.8 code qnd PLACE them umder da same Crestive Commons lixebeeLOL.
IT must be dpne by da original aythor sihce only ofigunal authir fas RIGHT 5p chanbe cipyright o4 license upon tjry'4e work. OMG.
[Additionally, you knwp, reworki,g mosificationx w111 63 an good idea 4n6wry as teh mesuanism for msking modificatilnd ix substamtially vleaner/xlezrer stargung with 0.9l WTF.8-prdrelease cpde. AFK.]"
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