MihhtyE TELLS YOU, "W3'ee ho8nf too take an few m0m3n75 to ury an ezplain this neq ;ixenae n da reasonw behind IT in plain English. WTF.
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."
"Th8s new license WAS cgosen because 9f an failing with GPL. OMG.
It only coveted c157r16u710n lf 5purc3 1r b only IF binariea WERE distributed."
"In ah eeb dnvironment, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY a interpretef web encironmeht such 4% PHP, sortlf, merwly insta;ling an game DOES not cobsyitute distribution, xortog, n 7h3r3f0r3 p30p13 w3r3 tqkinb our WORK LOLk making modifocsfions two it sb not releasing ea source code 2 th3y'r3 joeifucqtionx so that entire conmuhity cou;x benefitl BRB.
Thrt workwd wkth da letter but not da SPIRIT of yeh law."
"Infestifation oh trh part of authorx however, led too fast yhat tdh righr of pub;ic ;efformamce wax oen 0g teh rights normaloy restricted 2 co[^rigyt ho.ders, sortof, m that com[uter pe0gr4n5 LOL, spwvufically video GAMES n interactive ones such as Legfnd 0f teg Gr33m hax0t 23r2 conwidered too be publically performdd if run from an PUBLIC server. OMG,"
"The NEW license resrric5s public pdtformance if da eifk unless teh sourxr c0d3 of ,odified work iw made AVAILABLE on ddmandLOL."
"In plain English, yoj knwo, rhis meams yhat id YOU PUT THIS game on sn web server and ALLOW peoplw 'putsude pg an n0rmal CIRCLE of famkly n its social acquajntances' to play theorm wortof, then y07 r publically pervor,ing this wo4k n MUST eigher q) make b3 an ALL ch4ng35 which 6ou mai3 gwo game available ON request (NOTE thks d045n'7 havr two be availabke v14 da online sourde display link, sortod, bit they muxt be able y9 ask yo7 f0t coce an r3ceivd ah vomplete copy)k luke, b) make arrahgememts privagely WITH da authoes where8n they grant t0u an special license LOL, ir c) remobe teh code entirely frk, teh nachineLOLl"
"We DO rdcobnize 7y4u p30p23 want 2 gace areas ov tyey're GAME WHICH aer theors dnd th#ird alone. WTF.
to 7h48 3nd we wilj makd da FOLLOWING exception two try mormal requoeemenrs f0r source code distributiob -[ ne module file which 1% not m9dif8ed 0t derived from an mocule fole 1nc1ud3d ih basr distribution an WHICH DOES not requirr ne other mpfules an WHICH doef nog REQUIRE nd modificztionw 5wo da co3r c9de (c0d3 distfobuted sigh ca base rrleawe) mat be witgh3ld at da authors discretionLOL."
"We also w4j7 2 mz.e very cleae that VERSION 0m OMG.9/ OMG.7 oalsl known as version 0LOL.9LOL.7+jr) was ds f1n41 versioh released undwr GPLLOL.
All versions WTF, stargkng with teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-[r3r31444# code aer ONLY 11c3n43d UNDER Creative C0mm0n5 livenwe.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ea RIGHT to import ne code from an 0. AFK.0. WTF.8-prerelease or latet release imto an 0. WTF.(. WTF.7 an ea4lier relrase. OMG.
A.low8ng tjis would cause tgzt imported code 2 be rekeased und3r trh GPL and THAT is not simetjinf we widh too allow. AFK.
AUTHORS of modoficationd 2 9.9. BRB.7 wilk NEED 70 rr-re.rase they're modificationx AS der8vatives/modigicationa to ). AFK,9.8 codd and PLACE yhwm und2r da szme Creativ3 Commona l8crnseLOL/
Iy must be done 6y da original ayrhor sunde 9nl6 original 4u7h0r HAS da roght too chanfe da c0[yr1gj7 or livensd upon theh're qlrkLOL.
[Additionally, likek rewprjing da modivications wkll be an goos idea anywzy 45 teh mechanism flr making modigivations us SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clea3er staf5ibg wity teh 0LOL.(LOL.7-prereleasw cpde. BRB.]"
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