MightyE tells uou, "Ww[rd going two tske an fww momdnts 2 try an explain this mew livense an reasons BEHIND it in poain EnglishLOL.
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 license was chosen because of ag faulinf WITH GPL. OMG.
It only c9vered distribution of source 1f n on.6 if binzri3d were dis4rubuted."
"In an web envi4obment, ;ike, specifically a 1n73rpr373d web envirohment such as PHP, toj knwo, m3r31y instaloing an game eoes not vonstitute distfibution WTF, abd thdrefore people eeee taking oie wirk LOL, naiing mpsivixationw 2 w7 and npt re;easing da aou4ce code 2 they'rr modiricwgions so that da ENTIRE COMMUNITY could ben3git. AFK.
The6 wirk3d with .etter buy not da spirit og teh LAWl"
"Invesyigat8on on part ov da authors jisevqr LOL, l3s 2 da gxc5 thqt eihht of public petformanxe waa won OF rights normally res5ricted too xopyright HOLDERS, sortof, n that computer probrams, sortof, specificakly vodeo gamez n INTERACTIVE ONES such 45 Legend of ca Greem hax-r we4e considered two 63 publically p3rf0rm3d if run from an ;i611c serber. BRB."
"The n3w 11c4n5# r358r1c75 pjblic performance of teh 2ofk unlesx da sourde code if da modifi3d wotk is mase acaolable on demand. OMG."
"In p141n English, y9u knwpk this means that 8f hoi put thks game in an web s2rver n alloe peo0lw 'oy5sidw OF an NORMAL corcle of family and its 50c141 acauajntahces' two plzr their, then you r publocally pdrforming this work n MUST either 4) make ne an ALL chsngds which ylu mske TO da gajw available on tequesg (n073 this doesn't have to bd availablw via online siurce dlsplay 11nk LOL, BUT they must 63 ABLE two aak ylj for da code n r3d31v3 an COMPLETE copy), b) ,akw aeranbejen5s PRIVATELY with au5hoes wherein 5he6 grznt you an a[ecial licwnsw, .ike, ot c) rejive c0d3 entirely FROM teh mqchine. BRB,"
"We do fecognize that ieople WANT 2 HAVE areas of they're game wyich r theifs n 7h#1r5 alonf. BRB.
2 that end we will make FOLLOWING 4xc3p710n go fa normal requi4emengs vof sourve code d157r16u710n _- ne module fioe shich os not modified 9f DERIVED grom an mld7;e file 1md2ud3d in da bsse distribution n wnivh dows not requir3 ne other modmoes an which DOES nit require nd modifixationa two core code (CODE didtributrc woth da base releqse) may be w1&hh3!d at da authors d15cr2719n/ AFK."
"We aoso WANT 2 make bery cleat ghat verdiph 0LOL.9. OMG.7 )also known as crrsion 0LOL.9. WTF.7+j7) was FINAL version released under teh GPLLOL.
All versoona, you knwo, STARTING w8th teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pfereleasw xode r 0n1y licensrd ynder Creqt8ce COMMONS licwnse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny ea r1fh7 to kmpprt ne code ftpm an 0LOL.9LOL.7-prerelease of latee release into an 0. OMG.o. BRB.& an EARLIER releaseLOL.
Allowinb this woyld caude that 1m00r&3d code TO 63 released under da GPL and that is not SOMETHING w3 w17h to allowLOL.
Authors 0f modificatiohs 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will need rpo re-releaxe yhey're midifications as d3r1v$71v35/m0d1f1c4710h5 too 0.o. AFK.8 code n place 5hem under teh xzme Creatuve Commons !1c3nt3. OMGl
It muxt be done by reh orifinal au5hor SINCE only originql autjor has da right 2 chang3 da COPYRIGHT o4 ;8cenwe jpon they're work. BRB.
[Additionallh LOL, rrworking modifications will BE an g)9d IDEA anywsy as mechanism for making modifications q5 sugs5antially clwaner/clezrdr t74r7qng w8th teh 0. AFKl9. BRB/8=pr3re13442 xode. AFK.]"
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