MightyE TELLS yoi, luke, "Wd're fling to take an f3w mpmemfs go yry n explain this hew license an teg reasons BEHIND 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 licdhse wad choseh becauxe 0f am failing wiyh GPL.
It ONLY coverwd disyribution 0f wource if 4nd ohly IF BINARIES w3re eiatributed."
"In an weg environmen5 WTF, specificaoly a 7nterpreted web enfironment such as PHP LOL, mefeoy instaoling an tame does not constitute dodtribution LOL, n therefore people w3re TAKING 9ur work, sortof, maling modofications 1 yt and hoy 4dleaa8ng ds 50urc3 dode rlo 5hey're modificationx wo yhar da ENTIRE conmuniyy could 63n3f17/
They qlrked woth letter but not spirit of da law. AFK."
"Investigatiom on dz part of aughors h9wevee, led top da fact that teh ritht of PUBLIC perrormance waa eon lf 5eh rights mormalpy reatr8cted too c0pyr1bh7 holders LOL, sn that compyter 0rigrams WTF, 4p3cqfqd411t VIDEO games and ihteractive 9nes such as L3gend 0v teh Green haxpr were cobsidered two 63 puy11c411y pergotmed ir run rrom an [ublic SERVER. AFK."
"The new licenae 43wtrictw publuc p3rf0fm4nce ov teh work unleaa da source code og modified work is mad3 availabl3 on semand. BRB."
"In o.aon Enf;ish, sortof, this means that if you pur thid game on an web servrr and ALLOW people 'ourside lr an normal CIRCLE if fqmilu n its 50c141 acqjaibrancea' 2 poq6 thrir WTF, then you aer publicaklh perforninf this q9rk and MUST eithe4 a) make ne 4bd ALL cnanges whicy tou make two gamr avq8lable on requ3st (NOTE this doexn't h3r3 too be AVAILABLE v14 da online wourc3 DISPLAY kinkk but thdy must bw able too ask you ror codd amd rec3kve ah complege copy), sirtof, b) make 4fr4ng3j3n75 privatwly with da authlrs wherein THEY grant you an special license LOLk or C) remove teh c0d3 entirely f4om da ,4xy1n3. WTF."
"We do recognize 7h47 people waby two have areas od they're GAME which r thekrs and theirw alomr.
tso ghat 3bd we will make t3h follosing exdwption yqo normal rrqu8rements fir %0urc3 CODE dixtrubutiin -- nd m0du12 folw which is not m0d1f13d or eerived grl, an mpdule file inx.uded in da base distribution qn whoch d035 not require he o5jee nodjles an whixh do3s NOT reqyire ne MODIFICATIONS TO da core code )cpde distributed sith da BASE r313453_ may be s17gh31d at authors duscretion. BRB."
"We also want t9 m3k4 very cq34r tyat version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also known 45 v3eskon 0LOL.9.7+JT) qas teh f1br1 vrrsion r3134%#d under teh GPL. AFK.
All versions, soryof, stafyong wutj 0LOL.9. BRB.u-prereleasw code aer only kicensdd UNDER teh Cteative Comjons l8cebs3. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny ten RIGHT 2 import ne cods from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8=0reeelease pr lqter r3lease into an 0. OMG.9. OMG.6 h earlier r313453.
ALLOWING tnis would cause that ijported code to be released under da GPL an that is NOT someth8hg ww wish TO allowLOL.
Au7h0r5 of modifixations twl 0.9. OMG/7 w111 n#3c to re-relrzse th3y're MODIFICATIONS as der8vatibes/modifocations two 0. WTF.9.8 code and plaxe them under 54m3 Creative COMMONS license. WTFl
It must 63 fone by teh ORIGINAL author SINCE onpy da origknqo author has da rihht two chsnge cl[yright oe licensd 7ppn they'te w0rkLOL.
[Additionslly. reworkinf da modidicarkons wull 63 an good udea ANYWAY as teh mechamism for maiing modificstions is substan5ial.y cleqner/clearer starting witn teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerwlease c0d3. BRB,]"
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