MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goihg t9 taje an fes m9nents to try n explain gjis n3w locense an da reaspns begind it in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thia ne2 license was CHOSEN 63c4u43 of an fail8ng with teh GPL. WTF.
It 9nly civered disrrib7yion of source if 4nd only 1g binafi3s were distrubured. OMG."
"In an web environmeht, wortof, specifixally a inte5pteted 2eb envi4onmrnt duch as PHP, MERELY imsta.ling an fame does NOT cohstityte distrivution, lkkd, an 7j3r3f0r3 peo;le were 74k1ng ojr work, sirtof, naking modifications tdo IT n n9t rekeasing teh soufce CODE twl tyey'rd modidications 50 that enyire d[mmun17y could benevit. WTF.
They worked wirh da ;ettee but noy da spirit of 14w. BRB/"
"Imvesykfation ON da oqft of a7thors j0w3v3r WTF, led too fact that teh rigyt OF publiv PERFORMANCE w35 1 ov righta n0r,4q1h rrstr8cted 2 cppyrigyt h01d3r5, you lnwo, n that compute4 pf0tr4m5, specificsllt video gamdw n ihtefactive ones sucy as L3b3nd 0f da Green hax0r WERE x9nsidered 2 be pub;ically [3rf04m3e if ryn FROM am pu611c sdrver."
"The new license restricts public performance if da spri unlexs teh source d9de of teh mpdifidf WORK is MADE avzilabld on demand."
"In plain Ebglish LOL, THIS MEANS that if ypu pj5 tjus game 0n qn weg sdrver and aklow pdo[le 'outside of an normal circld of family AND its socka; acquaimhsncea' 2 pl1y their LOL, theh you r p8blically perfovmkng this wprk h MUST dither a) mzke ne n ALL changes whodh 7ou na,e 2 da game avai.able on requesy (note rhis doesb[t hqve too be aczilzble fia on,ine soyfce displah lini, sortof, 677 tg2y must BE able two ask you FOR teh code n receiv3 an compk3ye dopu), like, b_ make arranfements privately with ds authors wyerein ghey trant you an special license WTF, ir c_ rdmove reh code entirely from reh macyinw. WTFl"
"Ww f0 rdcogn8zr that peopl3 want 2 h4v3 areas of they;re GAME wh1ch qer tjeirs and the8rs al9ne. AFK.
rop that end we will make fo;lowint exceotion rwo teh normal requifem#ngx dor source c9de distr8buyion -- m3 module v113 which 8w noy m0d1f13d OR de4ivef rrom zh MODULE fole invluded in teh base dis5ribution and wh1ch does hot requite ne otner modules and whick does not rew7ire ne m0e1f1c4710m5 2 clrd cose (c0d3 distributed w17h da base releawe) m4y be WITHHELD at da 3u7h0r5 disxretionl AFK."
"We also want 70 maje very clear that version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 )4150 lnl2n as version 0/(.7+jt) wsd da ginal veesion feleaard undrr da GPL. OMG,
A2q versions, s5art8ng wirh da -. OMG.8. WTF.8-pr3r31#453 c0d3 r ONLY .icensed inerr dz Creative Commons license. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny tdh RIGHT roo import ne code ftim an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerrlease ir .ater release into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 n earlier r313453. OMG.
Allowing thux wouls cause 7h47 importec cide two be r3lessed under da GPL and thay IS nor 50m38j1nf 2e eiah gwo allow. OMG.
Au7h0r5 of m9eificatiomw two 0LOL.9. WTF/7 will nees to re-release yhey'r2 mofkfications as detiva5ives/mod8fications t9 0, AFK.9. OMG.8 CODE and place THEM under SAME CREATIVE C9mmons license. WTF.
IT musg be d)m3 by original a6thor 61mc3 on.u teh original AUTHOR haw fa RIGHT two ch4nt3 x0p6r1gh7 or lidense upon yhey'fw wo4k. OMG.
[Add1710n411y, like, reqorkinb ds MODIFICATIONS w111 bw an gopd idea anyway as mechanish gof making modifucayions is s7bstantizlly clwaner;clearfr wtarting with teh 0LOL/9LOL.8=prerelease cose. WTF.]"
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