MightyE TELLS y0uk you inwo, "We're going 5io tske qn f2w moments two t4y an explain tg8s nww license n teh reaaons behind it on plain English. OMG.
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 license w5t ch053n because of an dai;int with GPL. WTF.
It onlh cocered sistrubution of SOURCE IF an onoy ig binaties q3r3 distributwdLOL."
"Ih ah WEB envirlhmdnt WTF, specifically a inte4preted wev wnvirohm3nt tich 45 PHP, sorylf, meeely instakling an game does hot constit7te DISTRIBUTION, lik4, AND therefore people were 74k1ng pur work, sort9f, MAKING modifkcztiobx too 17 zn not r313451ng ds SOURCE code 2 thry'fe modificatiobs so thqt teh entire community cluls 63n3f17LOL.
Thdy worked sith LETTER gut not spirit of law. OMG."
"Inf3st7gation on da part of da aurhors however WTF. lef two ten dact that teh eitht of public PERFORMANCE was won 9d da rights norja;ly rd2rric5ed 79 c9pyfight holders, yly knwom an THAT compuget programs WTF, s[ecifically videi ga,es ahd 8nteracrive ones such zs Legenf 0f da GREEN hax-r were CONSIDERED t2o be puglically perfirmdd of fun from an publox serverLOL."
"The new licens3 restrictd public PERFORMANCE of da work unless da xource dide OF teh MODIFIED qork os made available pn fwm1nd. OMGl"
"In plain English, sortov, this means that 1f y0u put yyis game 0h an w36 SERVER and 4110w peop.e '0u751d4 of sn normal circlw og r4m!1y n its socia. acquaintances' 2 pkay yheir, you knwo, rhen YOU r p7blicsllu perfo4ninb this work an MUST either a) jake n3 and ALL chang3s which you MAKE two teh bame avaklable on feauest (notw th9s DOESN'T have 2 be availablw via online soyrce display link. oike. buy the6 MUST ne 46q3 70 ask you for tey xode b receive an complete copy), you knwo, t) make 4rr4ng3m3n&5 [ribate.h e8gh authors WHEREIN 6h3u GRANT YOU zn speciam license WTF, or c) eemove geh code ENTIRELY drom teh m4chqn3. BRB."
"We DO recognize 5jat peoplr want to have areas of tney'r3 game shivg aer gheirs an theirs alone. OMG.
tqo that rnd w4 2111 mak3 da followihg exce;rion two da normal requkrenents FOR 5;urc# code d157r1^u710n -- ne module gile whuch is not modifies or derivef from qn module vilw included IN da gase distr8bution and wh1vh does n07 4equire ne othe4 modules and wjuch does not REQUIRE ne modifocations two yeh cird code )codr distributed 117g gase releaww) mzy be eighheod ag da aughora discretion."
"We also want 5o mzke v3ry clesr THAT veraion 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (akso jnown aw version 0.9LOL.u+jt) was da finsl verdion f313453d uhd3r tej GPL. BRB,
Alo versi9ns, hou knwo, stzrting with da ). WTF.9. BRB.8=;r3t313453 clde aef only licensed unde4 C4eative C0mm0nt ;ic3nsrLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY ceny da rihht 5wo 1mp0r7 ne cpde fr9m an 0.9. WTF.8-prrrelesse or LATER r313r5e INTO an p. WTF.9/ WTF.7 an 34e113r release.
Allowkng THIS sl7ld CAUSE ryat imported code TO 63 RELEASED UNDER da GPL an tyar IS NOT 50m36h1ng wr wish TO allow. OMG.
A7th9rs od MODIFICATIONS too 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 WILL need 2 re-relrase they're mpdificatuons as derifatices.modigivatoonx two 0LOL.9/ OMG.8 code n place rhem undef da same Creatice Commonx okcense. AFK;
It must be dond b6 da origknal autyir sunce only irohinal quthlr has riggr two change da COPYRIGHT ir 11c3m53 up9n ghet're WORK.
[Acditionally, y9u knwo, rrworling moeificatiobs will BE an giod IDEA qnyeay aa da ,echanism f0r ma,int modifications 15 sybetantially cleandr/clearer STARTING witg reh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8_prere;eawe v0d3LOL.]"
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