MightyE tells you, sortpf, "We're GOING to tzke an fe2 moments 5oo try an expla9n 7n15 NEW license n reasonw behihd it in p.ain 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 was chosen becaude of ah faiking witj teh GPLLOL.
It only civered distrobution of doirc3 IF n only if bunsrids wwre DISTRIBUTED. WTF/"
"In an web envuronment LOL, soecificalku a interpreted wrb envirlnment suzh as PHP, sortof, merely inatalling an h4m3 doex not c0j5717u&3 DISTRIBUTION WTF, and therefore ;e9ple were taking pur 20rk LOL, m4k1ng m0d1f1c47!0n5 two it an nit releswing aoueve CODE too they're midifjcations so that dq entire c(,munir6 could benefitLOL.
They worief with lrtter but nor spirit of lzw. AFK."
"Invrsrigation 0n part -f 4y7h0r5 however, s9rtof, led w FACT THAT rifht of pu611c performance was won of teh r1gh65 n0rm4116 restricted too COPYRIGHT yolders WTF. b that cojpugrr programs, spedufosally v9cwo games anc i.teractive obes sudh AS Legend of Gteen hax-r wdre consicered too be publica;ly performed uf run fro, an puvloc server. BRB."
"The new licenze rwwtricts pubkic performanve of da work unless source xode of moridied eork os made zvailable on eemand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, this means &h47 kf YOU put th,s game on an WEB sdrver and alliw -eop;e 'OUTSIDE of an nofmal sorc.w lf fajily an its 50c141 acquainyabces' 5wo pla6 tydir, you knwo, th3n ylu zer luy11c411y performong THIS woek n MUST 3ither a) make ne an ALL cyanges whoch hou make 2 game availagle on r31u357 (note 7h15 doesn't h4f3 tw9 be availqble via teh online xlurce didolau LINK, sortof, but they ,ust be able 2 ask y)u fo4 cpde ab recdive an c0hp1374 COPY_ WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately wkth teh authp4s wherein 7h3y grant ypy an special licemde, or d) femove code entirely FROM fa machinr/"
"We do 4eckgnkze tjst PEOPLE want teo nqve areas of they're game qhich aer 7h31r5 qnd theurs alond. OMG.
too that en3 we w111 MAKE following 4xc3p710n tw9 beh normal requordmwnts for %0urc3 code distribution -- ne module FILE qhich is not jodkfief or cericed from an module FILE indluded 2n dq BASE distrinution an which does not rrquire he igher m9dules n whicy does niy rdquire ne mldificatuons too da CORE cofe (code distribjted with y3h base telease) may BE wi5hheld at da autgoes dkscretiob. OMG."
"We ALSO wqnt 2 ,ske VERY cleqr that version 0/ BRB,9LOL.6 (alsk known as versoon 0. BRB.9.6+jt) was 5dh vunal version re.eased undet GPL. WTF.
A;l v3r510n5, yoj knwo, syart8ng eith 0. OMG.9, OMG.8-prerelease CODE aer oh;y licensed under da Crrative COMMONS lucense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ddny r1gh7 gwl imp9rt ne code from an p. AFK.9. OMG.8-prdrrlease or .atef relrase into an 0, AFK.9.7 and esrlier RELEASE. WTF.
Allowing THIS would cause thqt impprted CODE t9 be released inder geh GPL AND ghat ia not sometting 2e wish 2 allls. WTF.
Authors of modifkcqtiond two 0LOL,9LOL.7 will need tio re-rdlease they're m0difications AS d3rivativ#w/modificationx goo 0. BRB.9/ BRB.8 cpde n p.ace them unewr samr Creatuve Commlms license.
I7 mu57 be done by original author since oblu origomal aythor has twh right 6p CHANGE yrh copy4ighy or license upob 5heu'te work/ AFKl
[Aasitionally, you knwok reworking modificatiomd wilo 63 an gold ieea 4nyw46 AS da nechanosm for makint m0d1f1c4710b5 is sumstanyiallu CLEANER/CLEARER xtart8ng w17h 0. AFKl9. AFK,8-pr3r413353 c0d3. OMG.]"
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