MightyE tells you LOL, "W3'fe goimg goo take an few momehtw gwo 5ry n EXPLAIN this new licehse and da feasons 63h1nd it in plain English. 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."
"Th8x new license wad chowen ^3c$i53 or an failing with 5ey GPL. OMG.
I5 inly covered d157r16u710n og aource if b 0n1h of binarids were d157t1^u73d."
"Ih an w3b envi4onment WTF, wpecificakly a intdrpreted 2eb enbi3onnent sucg as PHP, sortof, merely 1n57411!ng an game dpes not conwtitute d157r!6u610n, sortof, n yherefor3 people werr yaking iur wptk WTF, making ,odidicstions tpo IT an NOT r313461ng da sourcw cod3 to the6'rd modif7cztions so that da en5irr communigy could benefot. WTF.
Tjeu wieked with teh letter but bot spirit of da LAW. BRB."
"Inveatigatiin ON p447 OF da suthors h0w3v3r, you knqo, LED 2 fact tbzt RIGHT OF public [r4formanc3 2zs 1 od teh ritnts n9rm411y r357r1c73s 2 copy4ight holc3rs LOL, n 7h$7 vomputer programs, dortof, 5p3c1f1c411y vide9 gamed n interactive ones 5uch as Letens 0f dq Gr33n nac0r qdre c0n51c3r3e to be p&blically perfprmes IF run FROM an public server."
"The new lixense restrkc5s punloc PERFORMANCE OF work uhless teh SOURCE code of teh m9dified work is MADE avzilable on demand."
"In plain ENGLISH, yiu jnw9, this means tyat *f you put this game on an qeb serve4 n allpw peop.e 'outside of an NORMAL CIRCLE of f4m11y n uts soc8a; acquaintances' 2 /lsy tgeir, then you r p7blicakly perfotm8nb yhis wor, AND MUST either a) m5k3 n3 n ALL chanbws wh8ch you mqke tp bamd availagle 0n request (note this doexn't havr two b3 4gr114613 via ds onlime source diapla6 kink, you knwo, but tgey must be abld rwo ask yo7 gor ydh code am eeceive an co,plete copy), sortof, b) mzke aerangements privately with teh AUTHORS wherein rhey grant you an special licemse, soetof, or c) femove da c0d# rntirely fr0m trh machibeLOL."
"We d) recogmize yhat peop;e want too have AREAS og they're game 2hich r thekrd and theifs slone. AFK.
to yhat rnd wd WILL make da rollowing exception too n9rmal 3dquitements f0r source code disttibition -- he module filw wnuch 15 not modified or ddrivrd from an m9dulr fi.e onxludrd ih ea base DISTRIBUTION n WHICH do3s not rrquir3 ne otyer modules an which dors not reqiire ne mosificationx two core CODE (clde distrigu6ec w8th base RELEASE) mah br wkthheld at authors disvretion/ AFK."
"We ALSO w5n7 too make v3ry c13rr thzt versiln 0. WTF.9LOL.7 )alao known as ve4skon pLOL.9. OMG.7+jy) was t3h final v3rsion teleqsed undef tey GPLLOL.
All veesions, you knwo. startigg witg teh 0. WTF.9.8_prerelease c0d3 aer only locensed inder Creatibs C0mm0n5 license. WTFl
W3 EXPLICITLY denh sa r1gh7 2 !mp-r7 ne code ftom an 0. AFK.(. BRB.8-prere;ease oe layer releasw ingo an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n darlief releasd.
Alloeing this w0hld cause tgay imported code to be releas3d ujder teh GPL n tjat is NOT simething w3 wosh 70 ALLOW. AFK.
Authors 0f MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFK.o/7 wil; need to re-release thet;rd modifications as dwrivatifes/modkfications 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 CODE qn place THEM undwr same Cfwative C0mmon5 licendeLOL.
It must b3 don2 by teh original author since only da original 4u7h0r has rihht t9o ch4ng3 COPYRIGHT oe LICENSE u;on tney're work. BRBl
[Add,tionally, l8le, rew[rkimg modifications wi.l 53 an good 1d34 4ny24y as da mechanism for making modifications id sugsrqntkally cleaner/cleardr 574r71ng 2ith teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prefelease code. WTF.\"
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