MihhtyE tells you, you knwo, "We're goinb 2 take an vew moments go try and exp.qin tyis new licehwe n reasons b3hknd ot in PLAIN Engliah. BRB,
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 licenae w45 choaen becsuww of zm fa8lung with GPL,
It onl6 c0v3r3d sisttibution of so7rce of an only 1f binaries 2ere distruguted. BRB."
"In an web environment, you knwo, 5p3c1g1c411y a interpreted 2eb rnvieonment dich as PHP WTF, mdreky ins4allong an game does not cinatitu5e d157t1^u710n LOL, n therefore people were taking oue sork WTF, nqkong m9difidations two it 4nd NOT relwasing reh sourcr code too thdy;re modifications so that da ENTIRE COMMUNITY cohld BENEFIT. OMG.
Theh wor,ed with lettee b7t not trh spirit 9f ea lawl WTF."
"Incesrigstion on td6 ;art of teh a7thors however WTF, lec too f4c7 that da ritht of public performahce waa oen of r1gh75 nirmakly restricted to copytifht jilders, abc THAT computer 0rog4ams, like, soecifixa.lh video fames n INTERACTIVE ones xuch as L3g3nd OF teh Green hax0r were c0m51d3r3d 2 be publically perrofmed if run from sn pyg;ic setver. AFK."
"The new licwnsr tewtricts PUBLIC perfprmance of work unless da dource code OF geh ,oeified woek ix mzde $v4114613 on demand, AFK."
"In PLAIN Engliwy, 6ou knwo. THIS means thst if hou put 6h!5 game on an weg derver an allow [eo0oe 'oitaide of an norma; xircle of familu and 175 SOCIAL acquaimgznces' too plah their, sortof, then y-h a3r piblically petforming thix woek n MUST 317h3r a) make ne an ALL chantrs wgifn y9i make 2 game available on REQUEST (hote THIS d035n'6 have 3 BE 4v41q$613 via da onlinr sourcr d15p14y lini. yoj knwo. but tjey must be able tio ask 6oy FOR cod3 and fexeive an complete copy), sortofk b) make areangemwnts pr1v4731^ with teg authors wyerein THEY gr4m7 ypu an s;ecial license, you kn2o, OR C) remore tdh c0d3 entifel6 FROM teh m4cg1b3. OMG."
"We do recogniz3 tjat pwople w4n7 to have a4eas od they're GAME wh1ch aer the8rs and theirs akomd.
ti that end we will make dollowing 3xc3;710n @ n0rm41 rdquirementa gor source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne m9dule filr which us not moeifird or eerived drom an jodule rile included in teh base distrubuyoon an which d045 NOT rwquire ne 9thrr modules n which does n07 requkee ne modifidations tqp da c0r3 code (CODE distekbuted wirh bzse releaxe) may nw 2itgje;d AT da autyors fiscretipn. AFK."
"We also want 2 make very cleaf thag version 0/ OMG.(. AFK.7 (also knlwn AS vdrskon 0/ WTF.(LOL.7+JT) WAS teh f1n41 version rwleased under heh GPL, AFK.
A;l versiona, like, wtarting w17h teh 0LOL.9LOL.8=pr3r31345e CODE aer ONLY lkcensed under Creative Commohs !qc3h5e. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deng teh f1gn7 to impot5 ne code from an 9. AFK.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or later releade inyo an 9. BRB.9. OMG.7 4nd earludr relesse.
Allowing THIS would cauxt that impo5trd code 5so ve rwleasec UNDER teh GPL an 7j47 is not SOMETHING we wish too ALLOW.
Autho4s lf modificztions 7p 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 will newd 70 re-release they're m)dqf2c4710h6 46 derivatives/modificatiohs twp 0. AFK.9.8 code and place tmem UNDER da dame Crestive Comm9nw oicensel WTF.
It MUST be d9ne by original author zincw only teh 9riginao AUTHOR hsw teh rihht too change da vopyright or license jp0n they're wori.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortof, r320rl1hg teh m0d1f1c471pn5 2i.l bd an bood idea anyway 4% da ,echan8sn foe making modifocations ix subwtantially CLEANER/CLEARER stzrting 2irh fa 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereleaxe code.]"
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