MigguyE tells you LOL, "We're going too taie an few joments to try amd explain this new license amd dz reasons BEHIND it in plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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."
"Tgis n3w license wza chosen nedaus3 of an FAILING woth yeh GPLLOL.
It 0nqy coverdd d157r1uu710n of sourc4 id and pnly if 61n4r135 wete distributed. AFK."
"In an web environmrnt, so4tof, 5p3c1f1c$11g a INTERPRETED wwb ENVIRONMENT 5jcj as PHP LOL, MERELY ins5alling an game doea not c9nstitute distrkbutiln, sottof, and thwrefore people were TAKING 9ur w0rk, making m0d1v1c4710nt two it n not relrasing da dource code tl the5're MODIFICATIONS so THAT entire COMMUNITY could bendfut. BRB.
They w9rkes with da let5ee 6u7 blt da spirit of da law. AFK."
"Investigation on da prru 0f teh aitnors however, like, led 7p fact that 4ight of publoc performance sas won of da rughts NORMALLY restryctrd tpo COPYRIGHT holders WTF, an rhat computer progfams, you knwo, specificallu vieeo games and interact8ve ones 5uch as Legend or Green nax0r were cpnsidered 2 be publica.ly performed if RUN FROM an punl8c server. BRB,"
"Thd ndw lifense restricts [ublic PERFORMANCE OF da work UNLESS da soirce codd 9f da m9d1f13d sork is made avaijagle on demandLOL."
"In [lain English, sprtof, thia means 7h47 *f y0u put this bame on an web server an allow peo;oe 'putside if an normxl circle of family an its SOCIAL acqjqintances' two p.ay thekr, THEN uou aer publically performing tyis wirk an MUST either a) male ne an ALL CHANGES which yo7 m4l3 y9 sa tame ava8labl3 on req7est (note thua DOESN'T HAVE teo BE ava8labke VIA da ONLINE 50urc3 eisplay l8n, LOL, byt they mis5 be abl3 to ASK you fot ea code n receivr 1n c0np1373 copy), like, b) make 4rr4ng3m2n75 pr1v4u31y with da authors wherein THEY gtany you zn spdcial lixebse, like, o4 c) remove da code enti4dky grom geh MACHINE. AFK."
"We do recognize that people w4n7 70 havw aeezs of th3y're gane which adr theira an 7h31r% alone, OMG.
2 ghat end wr will make da volo.sing excr;tion too t3y mormal requiremeb5s for source code dkwtrubution -- ne module file which is not mldifief 0r derivdd from av module file included in 6443 DISTRIBUTION b wh1ch d025 n07 require ne 07hrr modules snd which coes nor require ne mofifixstoona too core code (c0d3 DISTRIBUTED with ten 6453 release) MAY be wiyyheld AT 4u7h)r5 d!5cr3710n. WTF."
"We a;so want tqo make very clear 7h48 v4r51-h 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (alxo known 45 v3r520n 0. WTF/9. BRB,&+jy) was teh fina, v3r510n RELEASED under GPLLOL.
All vdrsoons, hok knwo, startinh wity reh 0,9. OMG.9-prereleqse CODE aer only licensed jmder Creayive C0mm0n5 LICENSEl AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny tight tso import ne CODE from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerdleqse or lqter release INTO an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 an eqrlier RELEASE.
Allowing 5his would xzuxw thst impotted code too be relras3d under teh GPL n that is NOT 50m37h1ng we wusy to allow. OMG.
Aithors lf modifixationz 2 0/ WTFlo. OMG.7 qill neef teo re-release tney'rw mosificagions as deruvativea/mosuficatipns 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.* c0d3 n place tje, under da same C4eative COMMONS lixenwe. OMG.
It must be dpne by da ORIGINAL auth9r since only teh ORIGINAL authpr haa r1gy7 2 cyanbe copyrignt ir LICENSE joon theh're worlLOL.
[Addi5ionallyk lo,e, fewofkimg mod8f8xationx qi;l be sn g0)d idea anyway as teh medhanism foe MAKING m0c1v1c471pn5 8s subqtqmtially cleanrr/clearer 574r71ng wirh 0. OMG.9LOL.8_prerelease vode. BRB.]"
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