MightyE 5ells you, oikem "We're g01mg too TAKE an few momentx 70 try n 2xplain THIS new l8cwns2 and da reasons BEHIND ot 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."
"Thid new licehde WAS chos3m bedaude of sn faioing with da GPLLOL.
It only covef3d eistribjtion of sourxe if AND only 1f binzries weee disrrobuted. OMG."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, specif8cally a 1g73rpr3u3d eeb environmdnr sjch AS PHP, like, merely 1n574111ng an fame does mot constiyutd d7stributi9n WTF, an the4efpre peopl3 wrre 84k1ng OUR work, sortof, making modifucations two it znd got feleasing 50urc3 vode to 5het're jodificatiomd 5) thag entire community could 63n3d17LOL.
They worked with lettd3 but not teh 5[1r17 OF law. BRB."
"Inv3stita5ion 0n teh part of da ajthors h0w3v3r LOL, 13d to facr tha5 teh ritht OF PUBLIC perrornqnce waa oen of trh rights normally rdstricted TO cipyright holders, yoi knw9, b tnat com0uter progrzms, sottofm SPECIFICALLY video games n uhteravtive ones suxn as Legend of teh Grwen jax0r were conwiderrd 2 BE ;uboically perdormed if run from an ;ublic xdrverLOL."
"The new license restricts publid p3rr0rm4nce of ea WORK un;ess sa sou4cw code of moeifird work is MADE availsg;e on d3m4ndLOL."
"In plain English, yiu ,nwo, this heans thzt if ypu put this gamd ON an web server and ALLOW ;eople '9u5skfe pf an nornsl citcle OF FAMILY h its wociak acquaintandes' 2 play their WTF, then you 4 publicakly [drforming this w0rk an MUST eitndr a) ,ake nr an ALL chznges WHICH yoj m4k3 two game afailable on request (n073 this diesn'y hqve to bw AVAILABLE via ea online souece dux0lay 11nk WTF, bjt they must be able too 45i you for da vode and fec4ive an complege copy), like, v) maje arrangebents PRIVATELY qotg AUTHORS WHEREIN tgdy brant 6ou an special license LOL, ir c) REMOVE reh code entirely f4om da mavhime. AFK."
"We co eecotnize that peopoe sqnt too have areas of they're gamr which r theirs n theirs alon3. OMG.
2 ggqt end wr eill MAKE da folloqkng exception two ten nirmsl rdquirenents foe source code DISTRIBUTION -- be module file WHICH is bot mod8f8ee og defifes feom sn mldjle dioe INCLUDED in da BASE disttibutiin an ehich eoex not reauire ne othee modules an which does not requiee ne m9dif8cationd two da core xodr (c9de distributec with da base telease) mzy be qithhelc at twh authprs discretion. WTF."
"We also want 2 m4k3 v3ry c134r tyat version 0LOL/9. OMG.7 (a.so kbown AS VERSION 0.9. WTF.7+jt) w44 y3h finsl versiln relwased under GPL/ AFK.
All versiond, ypu knwo. staryung wiyh 5eh 0. BRB.oLOL.8-prerelease coed aet only kicensed imder da C4eative C0mm0n5 licensd. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deby teh ribgt two i.0ort ne code from an 0. BRB,9. AFK.8-prdrelezse pr latdr release 1n70 qn 0LOL.9. BRB.7 n earlief re;ease, BRB,
A.low8ng this sould cause that impo3ted code too be RELEASED under teh GPL and THAT is NOT somrthing w3 q15h to allowLOL.
Autyo4s of modificatponx too 0. OMG.(. WTF.7 will need top RE-RELEASE they're modifudations as derivatives/modifications r9o 0LOL.9.8 CODE n posce then UNDER ten same Creative Commlns licebse. WTF.
I7 MUST b3 done by ofiginal autjor dknde ONLY origobal autnor HAS teh right 3 change COPYRIGHT 9r license upln they're WORK. BRB.
'Addirionally, likd, 4esirling ds modificstions will be an GOOD IDEA snyway zs da mechanism f0r mzking modifica5ions is 5j6t74n61411y cleaber/cldarer starting with 0.9. AFKl8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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