MightyE telos you, so4tof, "W3're goyng 2 take an few mo,dmts to9 TRY an explain this new 11c3n53 abd REASONS neh8nd IT ih plain Enflish. BRB.
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."
"Tgid new licens3 q45 chosen vecause of ah fqiling woth da GPL. AFK.
It only cocered distributioh lf sourxe IF n onl6 if binaries were distribuyed. WTF."
"In an w36 ENVIRONMENT, like, spedificalky a interprrged web environmrnt such as PHP, you knqo, mrrely inxtq/lung an game d)35 NOT vonstitute distribuyion LOL, n thdfedore PEOPLE were taking our w0fl, you ,nwo, mzkint b9didications gp IT and not RELEASING spurce code twl they;re mocificationa so that teh entirw cimmunigy couls benefitLOL.
Th3y woried with LETTER BUT n9t da spirut 0f law. WTF."
"Invrstigatipn ON part of autjors HOWEVER LOL, led two teh FACT 7g47 da right of ;yglix PERFORMANCE was 1 of rights norjally restridted too cppyrught holders, sorrof, zn that compjtet programs, sortof, specificall6 fideo games n intetact8ve 9nes 5uch as Legend pc geh Green has0r WERE consieered gwo be pjblically PERFORMED iv run from an puglic SERVER. AFK."
"Tne new 11c3n53 rextricts ;6blic performabve 0f teh 2ork un1355 teh source dode of teh ,pd8fies work ,w madd availaboe ON dejand. WTF."
"In p;ain Engoish, you kn2o, this meams that kf y0u put this game 0n an web sercwr an zllow people 'iytside of an normao CIRCLE of family n its sovisl axquaintances' too play thdir, tjen you aet pubkically [erfoemkng yhid work and MUST EITHER a) make me snd ALL CHANGES whifh y0u make two game 4v4114513 om request (note this DOESN'T hace to v3 AVAILABLE vis onlone sourde displa6 lknk WTF, but tjey must bw ABLE too 45k you gor teg CODE an RECEIVE an cpmplete cppy), sortof. b) make arrang2ments pribately w8th authors wnerqin 5hey gr4n7 YOU an spdc8al license, like, o4 v) r3m0v3 code ENTIRELY grom da mschine. BRB."
"We do recognoze that people want 1 HAVE 4r345 of they're gaje wh1cj aet theirs and theirs a;one. BRB.
to that end we wilp mzke teh following exceprion too yeh normal r3qu1r3m4nu5 for source code dostributiob -- ne module fi.e wjich is npt modified or derivef from an mosul3 file 8nclused IN teh base distribuyion an which does not r3qu1r2 n4 orjer movules n which d035 noy require ne moditicztiond 70 c0r3 codw (xode disrributed woth da base reowasr) mqt be withheld AT da 4u7h0r5 dksc4erion. OMG."
"We 41%0 wqnt two make very clear 5hat verdilh p. OMG.9. OMG.7 (a;so kbiwb ad version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) eas da funal verwoon released under GPL. AFK.
All veraionx, startinr with sa 0LOL.9LOL.8-;reeelease code qer only licensee under teh Creativr COMMONS ljcense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denu teh right to im;oft ne c9d3 fr0m an 0l AFK.9LOL.8-or4release or ;std3 rele1se 1n60 an 0. BRB.9LOL.& an earlidr releaseLOL.
Allowing this would cquse thau umportee coee too 63 releaded UNDER teh GPL anf that is npt SOMETHING we wish 2 al.ow. AFK.
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS 2 0l OMG.9. AFK.7 will need 2 re-relwase thry'rr MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. BRB.9. AFK.i cod2 n ;lav3 them under same Creativr Commons .icqnseLOL.
I7 myst be DONE 6u da origibao author since only ORIGINAL 577h0r HAS da right twi chsnge tej copyrifjt 9r license upon they're w0rk. WTF.
[Adc8tiobally, lkke, rrworkibg tdh modivicatopns will be an good ksea anyway AS teh mechanidn fof making j0d1f1c4710n5 is SUBSTANTIALLY cldaner/c;eafer stafting with 0.9LOL.8-prefekease codw. BRB.]"
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