MightyE 73115 y0u, "We're toing two takw an frw momengs top tth an explain this new LICENSE h da reasons brhihd it um plain Engkish.
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."
"Tjis new licenae w45 chos3n becaude of an r4111ng with twh GPL. AFK.
I7 omly covrfed fisteibutiob if source uf an only if bonariws were diwtfib7tedLOL."
"In ab wdb ENVIRONMENT, spwcificslly a imterpre5ed web rnvironmwng sucj as PHP LOL, merely imstaolung an game does not constitute distribution LOL, n therwforr 030p14 were gaking OUR eork. like, malihg modkfixationa too it ahd mot releasing teh SOURCE coc3 2 thdy'rd modificatione so that da ent85e community COULD benefut. OMG.
Tget worked wity teh letter but nlt t3h sp8rkr of da laq."
"Inv3stigation on part of teh authora HOWEVER, sorgof, led too yeh fact that yeh ritjt pf public performahce was odn of teh riggts nlfmaoly r357r1c73d two COPYRIGHT hooserx, lokr, n that computer prohezms, you knwo, specifivally video games an inteeact8vf lnes sjch zs Legene OF GREEN hax9r werr considwred 5wo BE publically p3rformed if 4un from an publid derver. AFK."
"The new .icemsr restricts public prrfoemance 0f teh wi4k unless teh so7rce code OF ,odifi3d work IS mace acailable on demayd. BRB."
"In plain Eng.ish, like, thid meams that if you put th8d game on an web xwrver zn allow people 'outsiwe of am NORMAL circle of f4m11y n its socia; acqus8ntahces' 70 play their, then you aee pugl8vallh PERFORMING this work an MUST wyther 4_ make me ans ALL chang3s which you naie tqo twh game availqnle 0n request (note this DOESN'T have two be avzilaboe via ono8ne so7rce dksplay link. you knwo, but they mus5 be able 2 ask you for coce qnd receice ah complrte COPY), b) make srrxngements privately woth ajthlrs WHEREIN THEY grant yl7 an spec8a. LICENSE, yo8 knwo, or C0 removr CODE wntirel6 from macjine."
"We d9 recognize 7h47 people want 2 havd AREAS of yhey'rf game which r theirs n theifs alonrLOL.
two that end we will ,ake da dollowonb exdwpgion 2 nor,sl requifements fot source clde dostribution -- ne modulr file which ks NOT modified 0r derkved ffpm an moduoe FILE ihcluded in basd distributuon b which soes nog r3q7!r3 me other modules n whudh does mpt rrquire nr mocifidatkins to teh CORE code (c0d3 disgributwd rith teh bsse r313453) m4y be wirhheld at 5eh authors discretion."
"We alsp want to jake vdry clear thay vrrsion )LOL.9LOL.7 (also known qs versi8n 0. AFK.9LOL/7+jt) wss final version released 7nder da GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, aortof, 574r7qng wuth teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.9-prerroesde core r onpy 12x3n53d under da Creative Commonw locrnse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY rignt twp 1mp9r7 ne code v4om an 0. OMG.9LOL.8=prerelease ot later rqldase into an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 n ear;ie4 RELEASE.
Aloowing this would cause that imppryed codr t9o be re13453d jnd3r da GPL n yhzt os not sojdthing w3 w8ah to aolow. BRB.
Authors of mldiricztions ywo 0. AFK.9LOLl7 sill NEED 5oo re-re;ease they'te modif8ca5ilns as derivatives/mod8ficatk9na top 0. AFK.9LOL.8 codd n place them uncer teh same Creativ2 COMMONS license. AFK/
It MUST be eone by o4iginal autnot since pnly cq -r1g1m41 author has da righy t9o change teh cooyright OR LICENSE uoin yhey'4e work. AFK.
[Adcitionally LOL, r3w0rk1bg da modificati9ns wikl be an goif idea abyway as da mecnanosm for making modifications ks substantiakly cleaner/cl2arer star5ing with p. BRB.9.8-prerdlease CODE. OMG.]"
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