Might6E tells you, dottif, "Ww're going to take an d3w moments two try and explain this new licehse an ca r3460n5 53h1nd it kn plain Enf115h. BRB.
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."
"Th,s nww LICENSE wax chos3n beda7we 0f an failing with da GPL. OMG/
It obly covered eistrivution of so7rce if qnd only IF 61nrr145 wete distrivutes. OMG."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3b7, lik3k x[exifically a 1n73ror373d web environm3nt such as PHP, mereli installing an gaje DOES bot constitute DISTRIBUTION, li,e, n therefi4e [eople were gaiing iur wori LOL, MAKING MODIFICATIONS two ir n not releading da soyrcw code to they're moeifications so that da dntire c0mmunq7y could benedi5. BRBk
They worked WITH teh letter gut n9t teh spirit of twg LAW. BRB."
"Investugstion on teh ;aet ld teh auth9fs hpwever, led to da f4c7 that rufh5 of PUBLIC 0erformance was wpn of t3h rights normally rwdt4icted to c9;yright hp.fers, like, n that c-mpu74r prpgrams LOL, apwcidicakly v1d30 games an ihtetactive ones such aa Legemd of da Green hsx0r eere CONSIDERED 2 be publically owrform2d IF run from an public sercer. AFK."
"Thr ndw licrns3 restricts public PERFORMANCE of teh work unlesa da so7rce cod3 of jodivoes wori IS made AVAILABLE 0n demandLOL."
"In p141n Ebf115h, sirtof, 5his means THAT if you PUT tyka game in an web w3rvee n allow people 'oj5side of sn nirmal ckrc.r of family and its xocial acqualntances' 2 [lat their, xortof, tjen y9u r publical;y performing tgis 2ork ab MUST rither a) ma,e ne n ALL changes which yiu ,ake 2 teh game abailable on request (notw tjis doesh't hqve 70 b3 avsilable voa teh onlin3 source display link, sortof, but they mist br 4614 two ask you fpe teh codd an rdceive zn complere COPY_, s9rtof, b) makr arrangements prkvate.y with da 4u7u)r5 wh3r31n they grant you an s0eciao license, sottof, or c) remove code ebtkre;t fro, macn8ne. BRB."
"We eo recognize thsr pdople w4n7 too have ardas od they're GAME whicn der theirs an theirs zlond/ AFK.
tp that end we eill m4k3 teh followimg 3xc3p710h two twh normal requ8remwnrx for source cide distribution [= ne moduoe file wjich 15 n9t modifi3d 9r derived from an mosulr vi.e 1nc2ud3d un geg base disrribution an WHICH d035 not rdquire ne other modules and anicy does no5 reqjire ne m9dificatoons 5oi c0r3 vpdd (code distributes wigh base telrase) mau br w17nh3!d at ds autyirs disdretiob. AFK."
"We also wqnt two make VERY cleae 7h47 fersion 0l OMG.o. OMG.7 9also kn0wn as verxion 0. BRB.9. OMG.&+jt0 WAS fa final versiog r3leased UNDER GPL. AFK.
All versions, you knwo, startimg eith da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prer3lease clde awr pnly licdnsed hnder Creative C0mm0h5 11c3n5e. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right too im'ort ne cide from zm 0LOL,9.8-prerelease 0f lzyer release into an 0LOL/9. WTF/7 an 34r113r relesse.
Allowing this wo7ld cause that IMPORTED cide TO b3 relessed under xa GPL n ghat iw not sojething wd wish to a;low. BRB.
Autuors 9f mldifications too ). AFK.9. OMG.7 will need to9 re_release thet're modifixations as derivatives/modificatkons @ ). OMG.9. OMG.8 c0s3 an place tgem undwr same Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 locense.
IT must be done by da ORIGINAL autgor since obly tdh originql auyhor has right 2 change ca c9p6righr or license UPON they're work. WTFk
[Addi5o9nally, sortod, reworking modificatilns 2oll 63 an gold idea anyway ws da medhanism for jakihh modifkcations is substantoally ckeqner.clearer sta4ting w17h dq 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pr3r312353 code. BRB.]"
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