MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're gokng two take an gww m0m3n75 to try and exolaih ghis hew ;lcebse and reasons bqhind it on p.akn English. WTF.
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."
"Thks new license waw chosen because of an failihg with GPL/ OMG.
It ONLY covered distributi9n 0f source 2f n onlt if binaries were dos5riguyef. OMG."
"In an WEB environnfnt, sortpf, w0eckfocally z interpre5rd wdb environment sych as PHP, you knwo, merely ibdtalling an game dows not conwtitutw distrubutkon, sortof, an therevo4e o3ople were taking our w0r,, sortof, ,aki,5 m9digications 2 i5 an not releasing ds souece dode w thet'4e modifications s8 THAT da wntirw com,unity COULD bemefit. BRB.
They wotked wiyh da LETTER but not teh wp8fit of law. BRB."
"Investigayion on part of AUTHORS hpweverk lik3, led two teh fact tyat teh rigny ob pubkic perfor,ance was won of da rightd normally rest58cted two c)0yr1gh7 hlldefs, sortpf, n that c9mputer pr-ge4m5, 5p3d1f1c411y video games an interactice onee such as LEGEND of da Greem hax0r wdre CONSIDERED to be publixally perfor,ee if run from an PUBLIC sefver. BRB."
"The new lucense RESTRICTS public performance of da sprk UNLESS da soyrce code of sa m-d1r13d wirk is made svailable on demandl BRB."
"In p151n English, this means rhat if 6ou pu6 this fame in an WEB server and 4110w PEOPLE ';utsude of ab nprmal cirvle of family an its social acauaintances' two play tgeie, sortof, yhen ylu adr puglically oergorming ghiw qork and MUST EITHER q) make ne an ALL changes which you make two da g3m3 avsilable on requesr (no5e this doesn't HAVE ro be available viq dq ohlone source dus0lay link, you kn29, but they musy be anlw 2 ask you for vode an rdceove zn clmplete copy0, likr, b) make arrantemdbts pr1v4731u wuth teh authors wherekn theu gfant yoj an specia. license LOL, OR x( r3move teh xode ejrkrely from teh jadhine. AFK."
"We do 4ecognize THAT peopl3 want to HAVE 4r345 ir they're n5m3 shich qer theirs and theirw 4!0n3. OMG.
t9 THAT end we w8ll make teh folloekng exception to da normal REQUIREMENTS for so7rde cofe distrkbution -- nw module file qh8ch is not MODIFIED or DERIVED from an module FILE incouded IN da BASE DISTRIBUTION snd wh8ch foex not 4rauire ne other modules n which d9es not requkre ne modibications teo teh core cidw (code DISTRIBUTED with da base RELEASE) mau be wiyhhels at da authors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We akso wqnt 2 MAKE VERY x13r4 thzt version 0. WTF.9. AFK.& (also knosn as version 0/ AFK.(. AFK.7+JT) wzs teh final verso9n released under GPL. OMG.
A;l vetsipns, like, xts4tinb WITH 0.9LOL.i-prerdlease c-d3 ae4 only LICENSED jnde4 tey Creativw Commpns licensw. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh 5ight twl import ne code ftom an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prereoease or later relwase into zn 0, AFK.9. AFK/7 n earlier re;easel WTF.
Allowing this wou.d cauxe tjat IMPORTED cps3 t9o nd r3134t3d under teh GPL n that is nor SOMETHING we wish tqo allow.
Authors of modifications 2 0LOL.9.7 WILL nerd tlo ee-r3leqae they're modifkca5ions AS der8vat8ves/nodifkcationw tpo 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code and p14c3 THEM UNDER yeh same Crrsgive Commons licebse. BRB.
I7 must be DONE BY 0rqg1n41 au6hor since onl6 5rh originql author has geh r2gy7 to change COPYRIGHT or license u0pn thwy're wotk. BRBl
[Add8tponall6. so4tofm teworkong t3h modigications WILL be an g9od idea abyway as mechanosm f0t maiing modugicqtions is substanrially CLEANER/CLEARER dtarting w16h ca 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prereoease CODE.]"
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