MightyE tells you, "We're going to 74k3 an few momentx to try AND explaih thka new licende qn reasomd benunf it in 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 wqs dhosen b3cqusr of an failing wirh da GPL.
It 0n!y cove4es d1574168710n of source uf h on;y uf binaries were disteibutec. AFK."
"Ih am WEB environment LOL, specigically a interp43ted eev envir.nment such as PHP, sortof, j3ee.j insta;ling an game DOES not consto5ute distribition WTFm h thrtefore pdo;le were yziimf our work, 6oj kneo, mak8ng moeifications tl it AND not releasing t3h source code go; they're hpdificag8ons 50 that enyiee d9mmunity could 63n3f17. OMG.
Tney w9rked wibh da 1@773r 6u7 not spk4it OF 14w. WTF/"
"Invesrogation on da ;art if teh auyhirz hoeever, likem led to FACT rhat tdj right of publkc performance WAS 1 of %ej fights normally resr4ictes 2 copytkght holderw, 6ou ,nwo, and thxt c0mpu63r progeams LOL, SPECIFICALLY viceo GAMES ans interactive 0n35 SUCH qs L3g3nd of da Green hzx0r wetw comxid3red 2 63 puvoically p3rf0rm2d if run from ab PUBLIC server."
"The ndw license RESTRICTS pugluc perf9rmancw of work unq355 da 6-urc3 code of da m0d1f13c work is made AVAILABLE on DEMAND. WTF."
"In plaih ENGLISH LOL, yhis mean2 that 1g y0u put this game on am WEB serxer n allow people 'iutside od an normal circle of fa,i.y n its socizl scquaihtanc3s' 5oo play thdir LOLk then yoj aef publ8cally [rrfotming this w9rk n MUST e8ther a) make me n ALL chamgex ehich y9u maie too GAME avsilable on request (note tnis doesn'5 have 2 bw availabld via teh ONLINE 50urv3 display LINK WTF, but THEY muct 63 ABLE 2 adk you f9t da code and eeceive an com;lete COPY) WTF, b) jake arrzngemejts privately witj AUTHORS wherein they grant YOU qn 4p3c141 licensel you knwo, or v) remove reh CODE entirely from teh kachineLOL."
"We d9 r3c0gn1z# 4nat people want two have sreas of they're ga,e which r theors an gyeifs zlone. BRB.
twi that emd we wkll maie follo2ing excdption 2 sa nofnal require,ents flr sk7rcd dode dixtfibution -- ne module file which is np7 modifoef or DERIVED from an ,9fule file inclucrd in da 6453 eistriguyuon an which does h9t fequ8re ne other MODULES n wgich does not reauire ne moduficqtioys two da core code (code distributed with teh base RELEASE) mau be withheld at 4u7h-r5 discr3tiobLOL."
"We also want 2 make v3ty slear that vefsion 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (qlso known 45 version 0.9LOL.7+jr) 3as funal versipn RELEASED unarr da GPL. BRB.
Akl versipns, kike, startint with 0l AFK.9. BRB.8-prrreleasr code r onlh LICENSED under reh Cr3471v3 Comm9ns kicense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denu right ti impl4t ne dode ff9m sn 0. BRB.9, AFK.8-prerelease or later release into an 0.9LOLk7 an earlirr releaae. AFK/
Allow8mg yhis wlyld c4u63 that imporres code two BE relwased UNDER GPL 4nd thay is not simrthibg ee wish 2 allow. OMG.
Authors OF k9dificatoonw to 0LOLl9.7 wi.l need 2 re-release th3y're j0d1f1c4710n5 as d3r1v471v35/m_d1f1c4u10n5 5oo 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 codw AND place tjem under da sa,e Creatice Clmmons license.
It mist 63 donw 6h origknal autnpr since ONLY teh original author has teh righy 2 change trh copyrignt or 11c3n53 upon 5hey're WORK. AFK.
[Additkonally, sortof, rdqorking modificagiobs will BE an good ides anhway as ds mechabowm for making MODIFICATIONS is dubstantially cleaner/clearer startihg with da 0. OMG.0. WTF.8-prereoeqse code.]"
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