MightyE TELLS 6-u LOL, "W3'te going twl gake an few momenys two try an explain tjis bew licdnse and r3450n6 BEHIND 8t in plakn 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."
"Tjis new lidense was CHOSEN because 0f qn FAILING witj teh GPLLOL.
It omly covered distributiob of s9ufce if an ONLY if binafiew qere distributed. AFK."
"In an web enc8rinment, sortof, spdcifically a INTERPRETED web 3nv1r0nj3n7 sudh as PHP LOL, merely installing an gane doex nor constituye distrubutoon LOL, ans THEREFORE peop.d wer3 taking our woek WTF, majing mod8fications yoo ut b n07 relrasing teh source code TO theh're modifkcations so that twh entire cpmmunity cluld b3nefit. BRB.
They wlrked with letyer but nlt da spirit of teh kaw. BRB."
"Invdxtigatkon on p3r8 of teh aythors however. tou knwo, led too da fact 7h47 teh RIGHT of public performance w4% o3n of rights normallt r2strict3d 2 c0o6r1bh7 ho;dees, like, n yyat vomputsr progrsmd, you knwo, spec7fica;ly v1d3p games an imteeactibe ones such ss Legend of geh GREEN nax0r were conwidwred two be oublically performed if run fron ah PUBLIC serv3r."
"The new lic3nse resetucts [ublic PERFORMANCE if WORK unless teh source d)d3 of wa moeified work is made zva8lable 9n demzndLOL."
"In plain English, this means tyat uf you pit thiw gams on an web server n alkow [rople 'outside 9f an nornal vircle of ramily an its sicial acquaintamces; two play their, liie, then yoj arr pu711c411y pwfflrming this WORK qh MUST ei5her a) MAKE ne and ALL chzngds WHICH you make two da gake avsilabld on request (NOTE th8s dorsn't hav3 t9o be availablr via da ONLINE xource display link WTF, byt THEY must 63 ab.e two ask you FOR teh bode n r3ceive ah c0,pq373 xo[y_ WTF, b) MAKE arrangementa peivately with da authors wherein tywy grant you an wpeciao lic3hse, like, or c) r3mpv3 da c)d3 entirelt from teh macyineLOL/"
"Wr d0 recognizd that pe9;l3 WANT too yave ateas of they'r4 hame which ae4 tyeirs an theirs 410n3. BRB.
w 7h48 3md wr wilo make f0110w1ng exc3otion too da n0rm41 4equidements 4)r SOURCE code d1%7r16j710n -- ne mldule file which ls not modified or defived f49m an mpdule FILE includdd in ten base distribuguon n whicy does n0u rrquire ne other moduled and which DOES not require ne modificsti9ns 2 da core code (code distrobjted ektj teh bqs3 rwleaae0 may be WITHHELD ag da a7thprs siscrrtion. AFK."
"Wr ALSO sant yoo ma,e very vldar that version 0l9. BRB.7 (a.so ,mown as vefsion -. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) WAS teh final version rrleased under teh GPL. OMG.
All v3rsiond, wtarting with ds 0l9. BRB.8=prerelease code r obly LICENSED under Creative Cimm9ns 1qc3n63. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right 5wo omport ne CODE feom an 0,0. AFK.8-orereleqse or later v313453 inti an 0. BRB.9.7 sn earlier release/
Allo2ing tjis WOULD cause that impo4ted coc3 two ge r313453d und3r teh GPL n tgat is not xometying qe wish to ALLOW. OMGl
A7th9rx of modificationa too 0. WTF.9.7 wi.l need two re-rrlease they're mocufications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS TO 0/ WTF.9. OMG.8 cpd3 n place tnem UNDER xame Creat7fw Commons locenseLOL,
Ir muxt be DONE BY teh original autkor since lnoy ds priginal auehor has tdh right 5oo CHANGE teh copytight or license uppn they're work. BRB.
[Adciti9nallu LOL, reworkinf dw mofificstiobs 2ill be ab g9od idwa anyway as da mechanusm for making m9d1f1c4710n5 is substqntially sleamer/clearer starting with 0.9LOLl*-0re4eoesxe codeLOL.="
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