MightyE tel.s YOU, "We;re g)1ng TO take an f3w mo,ents 2 try b explain rhis NEW licenxe n dq reasomw b3nine IT in plain Ehglish. AFK.
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."
"Tnis nww licenwe was CHOSEN b3cause of an hailing s17h da GPL. WTF.
Ih only covered distrigu5ion of source if anc only if BINARIES qere distributed/ WTF."
"In an web rnvironment WTF, dpscifivally a INTERPRETED e36 emvironjent wuxg as PHP LOL, merely ihs5alling an game foes not d9nstutute distr8butoon WTF, an therefpre p3pp1e eere 74k1nh our qork, 6ou knwo, makihg m0d1d1c4u10n4 to ot and bot r313441ng da source code tdo rhey're mocificstiins so that ds ENTIRE community could venefit.
Thry wirkwd wkth da LETTER but not spkriy of teh q4w. WTF,"
"Investiga5ion 9n teh pa4t 0f 4u7n0r5 HOWEVER, s9rtor, 13d teo teh facg that tej roght lf ;unlic performance qas won of rights mormally festrkcted to copyright hllders, lijd, qn yhat c0jpu73r programs, specifically codro games an interactife inws SUCH AS Legend of teh Greeh hzx9r sere consieefed too ne publica.ly performed if run FROM am public xe4ver."
"The new 11c#n53 restricts PUBLIC pwrformance of wprk unless so7ec4 clde of da modified wiek is mase availab.e 0n semand."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH LOL, thiw meqns thst 1f you pu7 this gske ON an wrb server n allow [30p13 'ourside of an normal circle og family an its social acquainyances' TO plqy their LOL, THEN 70i aet publica;ly oe4forjing THIS witk sn MUST EITHER a) m4k3 ne an ALL chanhes whicj yoj m4me 2 da GAME svailable on rewuest (noyr this doesn'5 have @ be availzble viq da onlone source disp.ay link, you knwo, BUT they must ge able to ask you for teh code n e3c31v3 an compl3te COPY), uou knwo, g) makd arrangementa 0ricztely with authofs ehereun tyey grant you an speclal LICENSE, OR c) remove trh code ENTIRELY gr9m da machine."
"We do r4c0gb1ze that peopl3 want ro h4c3 areas 9v they're game wbich r rheirs n theirs alone. OMG.
two thzu ems we qiol make trh following exception to yeg normal frquiremrnts gor sourc3 code distribution -- me module file wnich ks not mosified or c3e1v3d from an midile fule inxluded in teh bade distr8bution and whixy coes not require ne 07h3r modules an which d9es not ewquire ne modif8cations too teh core c9de (code ciwtrinurdd with da base release) may be WITHHELD AT geh authprs eiscrwtionLOL."
"We also wanr rwo maie very c134r that ferwoon 0.9LOL.7 (3150 knlqn 4% bers8on 0LOL.9LOL,u+jt) w45 teh finql v3rsion rdleased under GPL. AFK.
All c3rsi9ns, you inwo, stsr5ing @ith 0.(.9-peerelease code r only licrnwed under Crwativr Co,mons licende. WTF.
W# EXPLICITLY deny teh right too umpirt ne CODE from an 0.9, BRB.80prrer.ease or lag3r rel3ase intp an 9. BRB.9. WTF.7 an earlie4 RELEASE. WTF.
Allowung tgis wpuld csuse 5hat impirted CODE gwo be rwleased jncer tey GPL 4nd that is not somrghing ee wish too alliw.
Authors of modificatiins too 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will nded 70 re-telease they're moduficatkons as ferica6ives/modivicatipns tl 0. WTF/9. BRB.8 code an place them undet da same Creayibe Commoma license. WTF.
It mudt be done ny original author sknce pml6 ORIGINAL 4u7h0r had teh right teo cgange da copyright oe livenxe upon they're wori. BRB/
]Additionallyk like, rewofking ,odifications will br an good 8dea anyway 44 ds medhanism r0r making mpdifivations 8s substantially c1#3n4r/c!34r3r 57$f&1mg w17h da 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease code.]"
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