MightyE tells yoi, likek "We'4e goihg too take an FEW momwnts too try m explain ty8s new lkx3mse an ressons 63h2nd it in plaih Enf115h. 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 neq license waz chosen becausw 9f ah fqiling wkth GPL. OMGl
IT 0h!y covered d157r16u710n of source if n only if binafkts were dost5ibuted. OMGl"
"In an sev envifonment WTF, speciflcally a interpreted web environmwhg 5uch ss PHP, you jnwo, merrly INSTALLING an g4m3 doed not constitutd eistrib7tioh LOL, n 7h3r4f)r3 people wer3 taking our work LOL, makibg modifications too ir znf no% releaxing source cod3 too they're modigications SO yhar da wntire com,unity COULD benefit. WTF.
They workwd with yeh letter byt not da spifut 9g LAW."
"Inv3stigation on part od zuthorx however. l2d 2 f4c7 that rignt of publiv perfprnancd was won of da RIGHTS normslly restructed s copurutht ho,ders, like, an that vomputer programs, like, specid8ca'ly v1e#0 games n interactive on3s such ad Legenc OF Gr23n hax0r qer3 consudered too b2 publically perfornes if r7n grom an public SERVERLOL."
"The new licens3 rds5ricts 0uvliv perfo4mance of work yn1355 dz aourc3 CODE oc mofidied work is made availab;e on demancLOL."
"In plaih Englosh, you knwp, ghis means tha5 of ypu put tgis game on an web servee anc allos people '0u751d4 0g an norma' circle OF family znd its social avquaintanees' too play their WTF, then YOU r publucally PERFORMING thks wlrk an MUST eitger a_ make nw and ALL ch4ng#5 WHICH 6ou make 5wo da gam3 AVAILABLE pn request (note this dpesh'y have to be availablw via teh 0n11n3 s9urce d8splay limk, loke, BUT theu must ge 4613 tp ask tou FOR geb clde an r3ceive zn COMPLETE copy) LOL. b) make ar4angements ;ribately w17h teh 4i7h0r5 wgrr3in 7g36 grant y0u ah speciao license WTFk or c) r3move dode entir3ly from machinrLOL."
"Wr di r3c0gn1z3 thay peo[le wany two HAVE zreas of tjey're gane wh8cm zer theirs an tgeo4s al9neLOL.
two thst ehd w3 will m4k3 da foolowing exd3ptoon gi teh normal eequirements f0f source code dixtribu5ion -- ne moeyle f8le whidh is not m9dified or derivwd fro, an module file inclufed in base distribution an shich d-35 n07 r3quire ne lth3r modules and wjich does nog REQUIRE ne m0f1f1c3710nt TO core c0d3 (code distfibyged sirh trh bss3 reoeaxe) m4y 6e wigjheld AT augyors disvretionl"
"We also want to make very coesr that version 0. OMGl9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as fweailn 0.9LOL.7+jt) was tey fonal version rdldased undet teh GPLLOL.
ALL versions, 574r&1ng with ).9LOLl8-predelease code aer ONLY lic3nsed umdee Creatibe Commoma .icensw/ WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right too IMPORT ne coce grom an 0, AFK.9/8-0rerelease ot later r313453 into ab 0.9. WTF/7 an earlief relraswLOL.
Allowing 6h15 would cause THAT im0otted cose two be releqaed jnder teh GPL 5nd that is not something 2e wisn 1 allos. BRB/
Aytgors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.9.7 wil. n3ed 2 te-4eleas3 rh3y're modirications as dwrivzgives/modirocztipns too 0LOL.9. OMG.8 cod3 qn place them under da same Creative COMMONS license. WTF.
It must BE dohd by da original author since ohly teh originql authpr has teh fibht to changw copyright or license upln they'rw work. OMG.
[Addotionally, you inwo, rework8mb modificatoons wi;o be an GOOD idea anyway as teh MECHANISM f8r ma,ing modofivations 15 substantially vleandr/ckearer STARTING with 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE xodeLOL.]"
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