MightyE tells ulu, you knwo, "We're go8ng tso TAKE an f3q mo,ehts to try and ex;lain tyis nrw license 4nd reasons behine 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."
"This NEW lidense was cnosen because 9f an fsiling WITH GPL.
It inl6 cobefed eistributiim of SOURCE if and ohly 1f ginaries were distr8butedLOL."
"In an web environment LOL, s0ecugically a interofeted web environmebt xuch as PHP WTF, m3f3!y ind5allihg an game does nit CONSTITUTE d157r16u710n, l8ke, and 7h3r3f)t# people were 5aking our work, sortod. making modifocatoons go IT and not re;easinh teh source code two they're modifidatoinq so that 3h71r3 communitu cou.d bdnefit. OMG,
They worked with teh letter but n97 da spiri5 0f tdy .aw. AFKl"
"Invwstigation on da PART lf teh autnors hpwever, .ed too fact that ca rqhh7 lf ;ublox pwrvofmancw was 1 of r1gh75 noemally restridted 2 COPYRIGHT holders, kike, n &h47 compu5er progrqms, loke, 5p3c1f1c411y video ga,es an interactiv3 lnes such as Legend pg teh Green jax0r were condidered too be pyblicqply peef0rm3d 1f run from an pubiic servee. AFK."
"The NEW 11c3n53 redtticgs publiv ;errot,ancr of da work inless source cpde OF da modifkwc work ia madd availab;e on demanc. OMG."
"In plaih Ehglidh, this means 5ha5 1f you put THIS game on an web derver n 4119w pelple 'lutside of an norma; xircle og family n its social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play their WTF, uh3n y0u aer publically performing this w9rk ane MUST 317h3r A) m4k3 ne n ALL changws which you jaie two fa GAME 4v4214613 on request (note this d035n'j hare 2 63 available via ohlohe source display kink, like, but they muzy be sble w 45k you gor da code and recwivr zn compleye copy), sortof, b) j4k3 arrangements pr1v5731y wity ea 3y7h0r5 whdreih 7h3y trang you an specisl 11c3nt3 LOL, or C) remive ca d0s3 en5krely fr0m da macnineLOL."
"We do 4ecognizd tjat ;eopl3 want to h4v3 aress OF they'ee GAME whicg aer theurs and the8rs aloneLOL.
two THAT end we wkll jake folllwing EXCEPTION gwo teh n0rm41 req7iremdnts f0r soirce dode disrrinution -- ne MODULE fole whicy is noy n0d1f13d OR ddtived feom an mocule fole included in ea basd distribution an wj1ch does nlt reqkirw nr 07h3r jodules m shich does not r3quire ne MODIFICATIONS two teh clre c9de (c0d3 distributed wiyh da base re;ease) may 63 wa7hh31f at 4u7h0r5 dkscregiin. WTF/"
"We ALSO waht to ,ake very cl3ar 7h47 versoon 0LOL.0. OMG.7 (a.do ,nown as v3r510n 0LOL.o. WTF.7+jt) was teh f1n41 vwrsion released unddr GPLl AFK.
A11 v3r51[n5, star5ing eith 0LOL.0.8-0errelease CODE r only LICENSED und3r reh CREATIVE Commons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY eoght too i,oort ne vode from zn 0. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or la5er re.ease 1n7p an 0.9LOL.7 n earlier RELEASE. AFK.
Al.owing rh9s would czuse that 1mp0ru3d code too be releasdf under GPL an that is not xometyimg we WISH 2 alllwLOL.
Authors of modificatilns to 0. BRBl9. BRB.7 wil; nw3d 2 re-rel3ase theu'rd mpdifications as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c472-n5 2 0. AFK.(LOL.8 cocd qn plsce them under wame Crestive C9mmims locenseLOL.
I7 must v3 done by teh original 5u7h0r SINCE only oroginao author yas da right top chsnge COPYRIGHT o4 livense up0m they're wo4k, BRB.
[Aed8tional;r LOL, re2orking ea mpdificzrioms will be an GOOD idez antway as MECHANISM fo4 jaking MODIFICATIONS id substanyially CLEANER/CLEARER starting WITH gen 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease CODE. AFK.]"
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