MightyE tells you, slrtof, "We're going 2 74k# sn few momenyd yo TRY 4nd esplaij 7h24 new license and da reasons behind it 1n ;lain English.
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."
"Thia NEW license was chosen b3xause of an fai.ing with da GPL, BRB.
It inly coverrd disttibutiom of so7tce IF n onlt if binaries were distfib7tedLOL."
"In an web envirobment, you jnwom wpecif7cal;y s intwrpretef WEB environmeng such 4% PHP WTFk merely installing an gaje dors not cohsy9t7te cistribut8on, you knao, n rhetefpre owople WERE taking oue worj, softof, making m0d!f1c47!0n5 to it ahd NOT r313451ng teh source cose 2 they're modkficationa so that teh ent8fd community could BENEFIT/
They WORKED with da lwrter but noy geh spirit of 15wLOL."
"Inveshigayion 0n part pf teh authirs however, led too da fact THAT 4oghe of public p3rgornance was oen of teh eights horma.ly restricted too co[ygight holders LOL, qnd yhat cojpute4 pf0gr4mr, you kbw9. SPECIFICALLY video games qn interactkce ones such as Legend OF da Grern hax0r were vonsideres 2 be p7blkcally [erformed 1g run from an pi611c seever. AFK."
"The ndw license RESTRICTS PUBLIC pe4formanve OF teh work unless da sourcd code OF mpdifued work IS msde 4v4124613 in demand. BRB."
"In [lain Englush LOL, this m35n5 that ig uou put this fame om an web serve3 an allpw pwlplr 'OUTSIDE or an mormal xifcle od f4m11y n iya sociao acquaintances' to9 play thdir, sortof, thwn yoi zet punlica.lu perr9r,8ng t68s woek n MUST eitgwr a) MAKE ne n ALL chznhes qhich YOU make 2 ga,e avaikable ON re1uest 9bite this doesn't habe w be available via online SOURCE dis;lay l8nk, gut yhry must br able two 45k yoj for cife an RECEIVE an c0mp1373 xo;y) LOL, b) m4ke arrangements orivately wuth authors qherein 5hey geznt tou an special livense, sortof, OR c) remove code entirely f40m da madhine. OMG."
"Wr f0 rdcpgnize yhat ;e9pld want two have areas of thry'te g4m3 wh1cj r the8rs 4nd thdirs 420n3.
too that 3ns we wikl mzk3 da rpllowing 3sc3p710b t9o da hormal requirements for sourcw code distribution -- ne modyle f114 whivh is n.t midified or DERIVED from an jodule file includes in BASE eistributiln and 2hich does n9t t3qyire ne other modules j wh!ch does not tequire ne nod8fications two teh core clde (cide DISTRIBUTED sith baxe 4elease) MAY be withheld at teh auyjors discretion."
"We xlso eant 2 make very clear thzt VERSION 0.9LOL.7 (qldo known as version pLOL.(. AFK.7+k7) was FINAL vr4sion releades undef da GPLLOL.
A.l VERSIONS WTF, sgarting wuty da 0. BRB.9.8-prdre.ease CODE aer only licensed UNDER teh Creatkve Commons kic3nsd. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY seny teh right too import nw cpde froj an 0.8. OMG.8-PRERELEASE OR LATER RELEASE into an 0/9. BRB.7 an 3$r113r rdleade. OMG.
Allowimt this wo7ld causd that umpoeted codw t2o be re.eased UNDER ten GPL n that is n07 sojethinf we WISH teo allowLOL.
Authora of modificationd 70 pl9l BRB.7 will NEED w fr-release they're mofificztions as d3e1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 yo 0/9/ OMG.8 codr n place them under tdh same Creatibe Commoms 11c3h53LOL,
It nu57 vw sone by teh original author sihce onl6 teh 041g1n41 authot gas ds rigyt to xhange teh copyfight OR license upon tyey;re work.
[Additionallt, reeorkung da mocifucations qil' be qh GOOD idea an6wzy as mechamism ror making modirications is substsntiall6 cleaner/cl3arer STARTING with trn 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease code.]"
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