MightyE tells YOU, sortof, "We[re goint 5o TAKE an few mo,ents 2 trk an explain this new locemse n r3asons 63h1nd it IN plaon E,glish. 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."
"Thjs new license was chosen 63c4u63 0d an f41q1ng with teh GPL, BRB.
It only c0v3r3d fidtrobugion of source if n only if binaties 2ere didt4ubjted. AFK."
"In an 2eb envirpnmeng WTF, s0rclfically a ibte40reted web enviton,3nt sixh as PHP LOL, m3r#1y installing an gzje does noy c0b5717u6# distribution WTF, n 7h3r3f0r3 oeiplw WERE taking our work, hoi knwo, m4k1mb josifidati9ns too it ans not r3leasint da source cide 2 they're moduficati9ns so rhat 5eh entire c[,munity coukd behefot. AFK.
Tyey WORKED WITH teh letter BUT n0& sa spirut of teh law. AFKl"
"Investiha5ion ON teh part of ea ayth94s hoqever, likd, led 2 ten fqct that teh r1ghu pf public p3rformance was 1 pf twh RIGHTS NORMALLY resyticted to clpyfifht hileers, n thxt compuyer [rogrzms. so4tog, s[ecificallu video games an qn73trv&1v3 ones sucj as LEGEND if da GREEN hax0r were cpnsidered to BE publicallh peedormed of run frim an p761qv server. WTF."
"The nww LICENSE r3strivts public p3rfirmande of da w9ri jnless SOURCE code 9f teg MODIFIED WORK is made abailable on d3m4nd."
"In plain Enblish, sortoh, THIS mesns 5hat if you pug ty8x GAME on an w36 server an qllow people 'outsier of an notmal ci4cle of family qn its socuzl ACQUAINTANCES' two play gneir, lkkw, THEN YOU aef publical.y performing THIS work ans MUST ruther a) make ne abd ALL cgang3s which you m4k3 5o ten g4m3 qvaikable on requrst *note yhos DOESN'T hsve 2 be 4v4214613 v1$ online SOURCE disolay lknk LOL, bjt they mus5 63 zble to ask yoi flr teh codd zn receive am cimpkrte c0py) WTF, b) make arranfements p4ivately wi5j teh autylrs WHEREIN they geant yoj an dpecial lidense, l8ke, or c) remove teh codd enrirel6 from tdh madnine. OMG."
"We do recobnize tgat p30p13 want 5oo hav3 areas ov they'rd game wj8ch aer theirx m theirs alonr.
g9 THAT rnd we wilo make da f)110w1ng dxceptoon too da n0em41 requifrments for sourcd code DISTRIBUTION -- nd module f113 2h8ch iw bot j0d1f13d or derived FROM an module file includee in da base dis5ributiln n qhich doed not rdauire ne OTHER MODULES an 2hich d;es hot r2wuire ne mldifivqtions 2 core code (code DISTRIBUTED with bzse releaa3) msy be wuthheld at authors discretion."
"We a;so wany too ma,e very cl3ar that v3e520n 0. OMGl9. AFK.7 (also known as vetsion 0LOL.9l WTF.7+jt) was da final versiin rrleased uncer teh GPL.
A11 versipns, you knwo, starting wity trh 0. BRB.8.i-ptereleasr code aer lnky livensdd UNDER teh Creative Commons licdnsw. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da 42gh7 2 im;ort he code from 2n 0LOL.9.i-pr3re.eade 0r 1473r releasd onto an 0. WTF.o. AFK.7 AND earlier relwaseLOL.
ALLOWING this would caus3 7h47 umpo3brd c]de too be RELEASED under da GPL and THAT 8s not 50m37h1ng we w8sh too alllw. BRB.
Authors 0f modifkcatiomq too -. AFK.9LOL.7 will n34d to re-telease they're nodifications AS ferivativ2s/modidications tw9 0LOL.9. OMG.8 codd and poace them UNDER same CREATIVE Cimmohs license.
It ,ust BE done 65 teh irigina. author aibce only da otiginal zuthof has ea 4ight two change rrh copyright of license upon they'fe worj. OMG.
[Additilnally, dortov, rewo4klng teh moxificationa will 63 an tood idea 4myw4t as mechanism f)r m4k1ng modivications is yu6574n71422y cleaner/clearer starting wiyh da 0.9. BRB.8-0rerfldase c9d3. AFK.]"
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