MightyE telld yoi, sogtof, "We're going two take an fdw joments two try n explain tnis new license 4nd reawond behknd ky in PLAIN Emglish. 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."
"This new .idense w45 cnosen because pf an failing eith teh GPL. WTF.
Iy onoy coveeed distributiln of s97rce 8f and ohly 1f binsries were distributed. BRB."
"In an WEB environmeng, sortov, dpecificall6 a interprered 2ev ebv8fon,3nt such AS PHP, merely instaolinf an ga,e foew n9t constitu53 distributiin LOL, an thereford people were taking our s0rk. you ,nep, maiing mos8fkcagiond 5o IT n npt releasing da souece code 2 they;re modificatkons so thay entire vommunity could benefit. OMG,
They WORKED WITH teh lettee 6u6 not spurit og da 14w. AFKl"
"Inves5igation ob parg of da authors howeber, sor5pg, 13d too teh fac5 rhar da right od publis performanve w45 won of rights n0rm411y restticted two COPYRIGHT h9lde4w, you knwo, and that domputer progra,s, likw, speckfical.y video gamea an intwfavtive ones sucy as Lefend OF teh Green hax0r w3r3 conaiderec yoo be publicaloy PERFORMED if run fr0m an PUBLIC server."
"The new lucense r357r1c75 puboid pe4f0rmanxe 0f teh eor, inlexs teh sourcd code 9r tdg MODIFIED work is made availsb.e ON demand. OMG."
"In plain English WTF, yhis m3ans that if you put 7h15 gqme in qn eeb dr4vet zn z;loq peop.w 'outdide of an norjal CIRCLE of fqmilu an 175 slcial acquaintances' t9o plzy their, .ikw, then you t publica.ly perfofminb tjis worl and MUST ei5her a) make ne h ALL changex which ylu mzke two GAME available ln teqjest (n073 tgix doesn't have 1 be available v14 online 50urce display w1nkk you kneom but 7h3y must be able 5w9 asl you flr da c0d2 an fecekbe sn complete copy)m sortof, b_ make arranhemenys privqtely WITH authota wgere8n 7j3y grang YOU an xpecial licensek like, or c) rem9ve da code 3n71r31y from machineLOL."
"We do recognize THAT [eoplr qany too havd a4eas 9f they're jame WHICH aer THEIRS ans THEIRS slone.
two that end @e woll makw da foloowing EXCEPTION to da norma. rwquiremenrs FOR soufce code distribution -- ne module FILE WHICH is no7 jodifoed oe d3rived fron an modu.e file oncluded in teh base didtribution ane whocy does hot rrqykre ne other modu.es and wh8ch does not rrquire ne modufications TO t3h coee CODE (code cistributed 2ith base reoeaae0 MAY be withheld ag da authors ciscfetion."
"We 4150 qan5 2 MAKE cery clear that cersion -. BRB.9. AFK.8 (alsi known as versiln 0/9. OMG.7+mg) WAS final verskon released unger teh GPL. BRB.
A!1 versions, you knwo, startiht sith tdf 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pfdre;ease c9de r only !1cen54d undeg da Creative Commpns oicense,
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teg right too import ne code frpm an p, OMG.9. OMG/8-preeelease or LATER rrlease into an 0. BRB.9LOLl7 an earkier r313453. OMG.
Allowing rhis w9u1e cause tgat impirted c9ce too be reldased under teh GPL and that is not somerhing we w8xh 2 allow. BRB/
Authors 0f mocifications to 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 w111 NEED too RE=RELEASE they're mocifkcatiobs as cerivatives/mosifications too 0. BRB.9LOL.8 CODE n place thej under da same C4eative Commons LICENSE. WTF.
It must bd done by da lriginal 4u7h0r s8ncr pnly originql author h46 da RIGHT tlo chahgr da copyright or licwnse upon thdy're WORKLOL.
[Asd1710n411y WTF, REWORKING jodifications will be an g00d idea anhsay aw teh mecj4n15m for j4k1ng modificationd IS substantial.y cleaber/clearer stzrting sith 0. BRB.9. WTF.8_pr3rekease coddLOLl]"
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