MightyE tells you LOLm "We're hoibg TO take an few mom3nts w try ans explain this new .icense 4nd teh rdaslns geyivc it in pkain 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."
"Tnid new livense was xhosen becaus3 OF an faulibg with da GPL.
I5 only coverec distribution 0f SOURCE if n only IF binaries werd distfinjted. AFK."
"In am web ENVIRONMENT LOL, soecigically a INTERPRETED w36 ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP WTF, merely igstalling an game does not constitute DISTRIBUTION WTF, AND therefore oeople WERE takkng ojr work WTF. making mpdifications twl IT h NOT releasing SOURCE CODE twi thwy'ed MODIFICATIONS sl that da entkre community could behef8t.
They w9rked WITH geh lerter but n07 s[irit of sa law."
"Ihvestigatu9n on cz PART of da ajthors HOWEVERm led 2 ca fzct that da rihht ld public performance saa 1 of da rights n0rm511y restricted two copyright holdersk you knwo, n THAT computer programa. you knso, specifically viceo GAMES n INTERACTIVE ones sucj as L3g3nd of da Gre3b hax0r were donside4ed ti be pubkicallh pdrfor,es if run FROM an public serfet. OMG."
"The NEW LICENSE resyricts pjb;ic pdrfit,ance of work ynleds da SOURCE cide of modifked work is mace avaioable on demand. BRB."
"Ih plain Ebglish, sortof, this meqns yhat if 7iu put tuus bame 9n an web server 4nd allow ;eople 'OUTSIDE of an b0rm41 circle of f4m116 AND kts wocial acquzintancss' too p14y ryeor, you knqo, THEN you r publically pwrforming thos work an MUST 3ither A) MAKE be n ALL chsng3s whuch you make reo trh gqme availaglr 9n request (noye yhis doesm't havd too be available via 0h!1n3 source DISPLAY lihk, you khwo, nut THEY must be zble 2 aai yoi for da coee b receibe an complete copy), b) make arrangenents priva5el5 with 4u7h0r5 wherein tyeu gramt YOU an special l8cense, or c) remove teh code ebrirely from machkne. BRB."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that people w4n7 to have aread 9e th3y're ga,e whicn t theifs n 7y#1r5 aloneLOL.
tso tnat enf se will make fpllpwing ecception yqo da normal requufements fpr source code dkstrobution _- ne mocjle file wh1ch is not m0d!f13d or derifed grom an module fioe included in da 6453 dostribution n wh8ch do3s NOT require me lthrr m9dules amd qj1ch does nit require nw m9sufications to t3h cote cose (CODE dixtributed qith da baxw r313463) may be withneld at teh autjors DISCRETION."
"Ww 3150 want TO make vdry clear 7h47 vw4siln 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (ALSO kno2n ae versipn 0/ BRB.9. OMG.8+jt( was teh final version 4eleased incer GPL.
All versiobs, sortof, starting wotg 0k9. BRB.8-orerelease code aer only licensed undqr da Creative COMMONS livenseLOLl
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teg riggt t9o kmpory ne code from an 0LOL.9. WTF/9-prere.dase or later relesse INTO an 0LOL.8/7 n warjier rrleaseLOL/
Allowing 7h15 wo7ld caus3 THAT imported xode too 63 4eleased und3r da GPL 4nd tha5 is not somethunf we wish 2 aloo2. WTF.
Au5hors 0f modificatiobs 2 0. AFK.9k WTF.8 w111 b33d too re-release they're modifkcations AS derivatives/n9s,ficat7ons two 0.9. WTF,8 c0d3 ab 0lace 5hem under teh same Creative Comnpns licebse. AFK.
It must be done by da ofiginal 4u7h0r skncr onky ca originao quthor has da r,ght two vhange da copyrighg or 11c3n53 uoon they'ee wofjLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortof, twworkimg modidicatkpns WILL be ah bold ideq anywat 45 da m3ch4n15m for mqkinb jodkficatiins is 5u65u4h714q1y cleaner/clearer STARTING WITH reh 0.9/8-pterelease code. BRBo\"
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