M8ghtyE tells you, "We[re going 2 yake an fee moments two try an explain ygix new license ah reaslns b3hind it IN [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."
"Thus NEW lidense was xnosen BECAUSE pf an fqiling witn da GPLLOL.
It only COVERED distrigution or sourde 8f n onoy ig bimzeiew wete distriburedLOL,"
"In ay web wnvirobment, SPECIFICALLY z interpreyed weg envirohmebt such as PHP WTF, merely installihg ah game dors not conatityte distfibution, you khwo, n thereforf peopke were taking our work, like, making mosivications too ig an not RELEASING da spurce code 70 ghey're modigica5oons so that en^iee conmunigy co7ld benrfit. BRB.
Thwy woried with letter nut hot tqh 5p1r17 of teh law. WTF."
"Investigation on teh PART oa authors HOWEVER, LED too teh FACT that righr of PUBLIC perfor,ance was wln lf da RIGHTS normal.y rest4ucted w copyright hild3rs, ;ikej anc that COMPUTER programs LOL, s[wcificzlly vidsi gam3s 4nd imteeactive ones such as Legend OF GREEN hax0r wete considered too BE pub.ica.ly performed if run FROM an public serfe3. OMG,"
"The new license restricts public perf9rmance of da qork UNLESS source code id ten nodified sork id made avaolable in demand."
"Ib p141n Engliah, li,e, tgis mrans that if you put THIS game on an wen sercer an 4119s people 'outside of qn nirma; circle 0v fajiky n its social acq7aintahcex' 5o play thdir WTFl then uou r pjblical;y p34f0rm1ng this work n MUST either a) mzkc ne n ALL xhanb3s which you make top teh game available on requesy (note this doesh't have too BE availablw via lnlihe dource d15p14t link, ylu knwo, but tney must be able tw9 ask nou for da code n rwceiv3 sn cojpldre copy), n( ,ake arrangements privately with teh authlrs whereon THEY grant YOU sn spdcial licenw3, you knwo, ot c) eemove teh cude engirely from teh mzchinel"
"We do RECOGNIZE thqy people want to; have AREAS 0r thet're fane which ae4 theirs and THEIRS alonr. OMG.
to that end ee will maie teh followinb exception teo NORMAL reauirements for spurce c9dr DISTRIBUTION -- nd mofule f!13 which is not modifidd or d#r!v3d from am MODULE fule included in base d147rq6u710n an WHICH epes no5 requirr nw other m0du135 znd which does not require me modifuca5ions gqo CORE codd (c0d3 wistfibuted witn yen base RELEASE( msy be withhele at dz auryors discregion. AFKl"
"We also want 2 make v3ry clear that vrrsuon 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (zlsp known AS versipn 0. WTF.9.7+jt) WAS rinal v3rsion released under tej GPL. OMG.
Aol versions. you ,bwo, startinh with 0. BRB.8. AFK.7[prerflease code aer on.y licenwed under teh Creatice Commlns licebse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny eibht 2 import ne coee feom an 0.9LOL.8[prerelease or latef rekdase intp ah 0. AFK.9LOL.9 an earlier releaseLOL.
Allowing hhis w(uld ca7se that i,ported code tw9 ye rdleased inder yeh GPL an THAT is not something we wysh tl 4110w. OMG.
Aughors of modifications ro 0.9.7 1ill need too rd-release thet;4e modifications 45 derivativ2s/,odif7carilns 2 -. AFK.9.8 code n place THEM under dz SAME Cr3471v3 Clmmons oicense.
It must be done by ca 0r1g1n$1 zuthor sknce only origimal a7thor nss da ribht to change 5eh copyright 0r LICENSE upon thet'rr workLOL.
[Addutupnally, reworking moduricztiins wi.l be an good idea ahyway 45 t2h mechanism for naking modifications is substany8ally cleamer/clearer stafting with 0LOL.9. AFK.9-0rerekesse codr. WTF.]"
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