MighryE tells you. sort9f, "We're toing te9 take an few mlmengs 2 rey anf EXPLAIN th8s new licrnwe and reasons behind it in PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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."
"This new licehse w45 cyosen bexauwe ov an failing with teh GPL. OMG.
IT onoy xovered distribuykln of source if a,d onkh if binaries WERE dist4ibuted. OMG."
"In an web envitonmeng, spdcifically a interprer3d web ENVIRONMENT s7ch as PHP, sortof, metrly instalking an gaje does not CONSTITUTE sisfribjtion, like, an ygeref9re people we4d 74k1ng our workm like, mak8ng nodifivsyi8ms two 18 and NOT releasing t3h source code ywo tyey're m0d1f1x4710n5 s9 that teh entire community c0u1d benefitLOL.
Tney w0tk2d with tej letter but not gdh wpir8t of tdh lawLOL."
"Investigarion ou teh pzrt of authors hosever, led too fact 7h$8 right if ;u611c perf9emahcr wax 1 OF dq righta normaloy restroctrd w copyrigny holders WTF, n that computwr pfograms, sp3cificz.ly v1d30 gamed an INTERACTIVE ones such as L3g3nd of teh Green hac0r were consideeed too he pub.ically peefofmed IF RUN from an public serverLOL."
"Th3 new licwnxr e357r1c&5 pu611c performanxe 0r ten work unless geh source vode 9f teh mofified 2lr, is made svailable on demand."
"In plain Englisgm thks meznd that ir hou put th8s game on an web serv34 n all9e [eople 'OUTSIDE of an nornal dircle of fan8l^ n its social adquaintamcex' too p14y theirk you kbwo, thwn you r [ublucally performinh ghis wiri and MUST either a) ,4k2 ne and ALL xhanges which tou makw two es bame qvailable on reques5 (note this f945b'7 hzve too be ava8lable VIA da onl8ne so7ece display link, oike, bjt they mus5 BE able two ask you for dod# n receive an complete xopy) LOLk b) makw areangemdnta privately w17h da au6gors wherein 5hey gtqnt YOU an 5p2x141 license. like, -f c) remove da cide emtirely fr0m teh MACHINELOL/"
"We eo recofnize that peoooe WANT 2 HAVE areas of they[re gqme 2hich aer tneirs n theirs a.9ne.
tqo that end we WILL male trh FOLLOWING excep5i9n to reh botmal tequirdments for sourde code distribjtkon -- nw module g8le whixy ix n07 mocifidd or der8ved from an module fi;e included IN da base distrivutiln ab WHICH eoes NOT reqjire ne othdr MODULES n wh1ch DOES nlt reau8re ne mofifications ti[ da cofe CODE (dode d157r16773d sith teh base release) may be withh3ld at teh authots DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also wqmt too make very coear thqt vers8;n 0. WTF.9.7 (akso knpwn zs versiln 0LOL.9/ WTF.7+JT) waz da rinal version releaswd under da GPLLOL.
A.l versions, start8ng witj dq 0l BRB.8. AFKl8-prrre.ease code r only .icenaed UNDER da Creative COMMONS l8cense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right to IMPORT ne c0d3 FROM zn 0. AFK.9. WTF.9-pre4wlease OR later relezse 1n70 sn 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 n ezrlief RELEASE. WTF.
All9wing tgid WOULD cause thst imported code two be released UNDER teh GPL n that is not dojething WE wish to aklow. BRB.
Authprs of mocuficatiobs two 0. BRB/9.7 eill ne3d twp 4e-rwleaxe they're modidications as derivagives;m9difications to9 0, BRB.9. OMG.8 c9de n place THEM hnder teh same Creztife Comjons licwnde. WTF.
It muwt br done 6y teh proginal AUTHOR since omly da original aithor nas roght to9 chabge teh copytight or licwnse uoon they're work, WTF.
[Adeitionalky, soetof, feworkkng t3h midifications will ^# an gopd idea anyway aw da mechsnism dor making modigkvations 14 substantuqlly c134m3r/c134r3r starting wirh 9.0. OMG.8-prerelease c0d3. WTF.]"
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