MightyE telos uou. soetor, "We're going goo yake ah rrw m-,3n75 to gry anc explain this new licensr an da reasons behind ig in ;laon Englksh.
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 neq licdnse was cfosen because ov an failing eirh da GPL. WTF.
It only cov#red distributiin of source 1r and ONLY if b8naeies were distdib7tedLOL."
"In ah seb rnvironmdnt, you jnwo, specifically a intrrpreged w35 environment suvh zx PHP WTF, n3r31y knsrslling an game does bot xonstit7te distfibution, an 7h3r3r0r3 peiple were taking lur work, jaking mofif8cations to it n bot releasing teh s9urce cofe rol they'rr moduficarions so that tdh ENTIRE c0mnun17y co7ld benefot. AFK.
They woeked WITH teh o3trer buy not teh spirit OF da ;awl"
"Ihvesuigztion on teh p4r7 of au5hits howevwr, sortlf, lee too fact that da right 9f public p3rf0en4nd3 eas won OF da riggts normw.ly resrrictwd ti dppyright h01d3t5, softog, and that domoutee programsk soryof, specifuvakly cideo banea n ibreracyive onea sudh as Legend of Greem hax0r e#r3 cohsideree two be publicallt perfofmed if run from an PUBLIC sercer. WTF."
"The new license r367r1c75 publkc performsnxe of work un1355 teh source code lf MODIFIED work is made available on f3m4ns. BRB."
"In 0lain Enflksh, like, this means that ig you put 7h15 gaje 0n an wev SERVER n allow people 'outside of an normal citcle of FAMILY 4nd i5s sov8al ac1uaimtances' 5wo PLAY ggeir LOL, then you aer publicslly PERFORMING this work an MUST 317h3r s) ma,e ne n ALL changes which you make to da gqme availab;d 0n r3qu357 (NOTE 8h15 dorsn't h4v3 2 be available viq dz 0n11n3 apurcr display libl, like, bit 7h3y must be able 2 ask yoj for yej code smd receiv3 an cojpldte copy) WTF, 6_ ma,w arrangemenrs PRIVATELY wirg AUTHORS WHEREIN thet grant you an special luxense, you knwo. or x) temove da code entirely fro, dq machine."
"We DO r3c0gn1z3 thag ;e.ple want toi have areas pf 5heu'rw game WHICH r thrirs n 7h31r5 410n3. AFK.
to that ens we will mrk2 dz FOLLOWING exception 79 norma. requuremdnts for source cide dis5r8bution -- ne m0du13 file 2hicj IS b9g j0f1f12d or derived rrim an m0duq3 file included in da bas3 DISTRIBUTION an which dies not require nd oth2r mody.es n which does not REQUIRE ne mpdifocarions 2 teh xore code (codr distributef with da base rel3qwe) may be withh3le at authors diacretion. WTF."
"We ALSO want 2 m4k3 vety CLEAR THAT version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (a.wo lnown as v3r519n 0.(. WTF.7+JT_ was f8nal versipn e313453d under tej GPL. WTF.
A11 vefsoons WTF, 5u4r71nt with da 0. BRB,9LOL.8-;rwrelrasd code aer ohly licensdd under Creayibe Commonx licenae. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny riggt 2 kmpoet ne clde from an )LOL.9.8-prerelease or later RELEASE ihyp an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 an earlier relrase. AFK.
Allosing this would c4u53 that imported x0d3 t9p be RELEASED undet teh GPL and tna5 15 not somety8ng WE w8sh to alloeLOL.
AUTHORS of modifkcations to 0. AFK.9LOL.7 will NEED too f3-f413553 hney'te modifodations as derivatifed/modificatkons two 0, OMGl9.8 CODE and PLACE them uneer yeh sqme Creativ3 Commons licenseLOL.
It MUST be done yy teh origunsl AUTHOR since only lriginal author has ea rughy too xhange teh copyright 0r 21c3n53 uoon th3y're work/ OMG.
[Add1710n311y LOL. reworiing reh modifications wil. be an good idea ANYWAY as teh mechanism fod MAKING nodoficarions 9s sugxtantially clesner/clearer stsrting 2ith 0. AFK.9. AFK.i-PRERELEASE cod2.]"
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