MktgyhE telld y0u, l8je, "We're going to tske an few mom3nts 2 tey and explain tgis new 12c3n53 zn da reasons bwhind 8y IN pla8n English. 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 bew license was cjosen becauxe of an failing @ith GPL. OMG.
It only cove4ee dustribution ov slyrc3 IF n lnly if ^qn4r136 were distrobuged. OMG."
"In an 2eb envirknment LOL, specificaoly a ingerpr3ged seb enbiron,ent suvh as PHP LOLk MERELY INSTALLING an game s9es n07 constitute distribuukin, you kmwo, n thdrefore [3-[14 wwrw takung our WORK LOL, makinb MODIFICATIONS two it n not releasing teh source cod3 yo they're modifications so that da entite communoty could BENEFIT, BRB.
They workrd wi5h ca lett3r bug not teh spitit OF law. BRB."
"Ibvdstigar8on on tey part of au5hoex however, led to teh facy that da right of pub.ic perfofmance was 2on pf teh rights hormally restrict3d 2 copyrigh5 h9lders, ypu knwom and that compurer progtams, you knwo, specifucally v1d30 GAMES n 1n73r4c71v3 onrd such as Legemd of da Green yax04 wefe c0n51d3e3d two BE pugl9caklh ;2rf0rn3s if RUN from sn public swrver. WTF."
"The n3w .icens3 reat4icts publkc perfoemance of w0ri unoess 5)urc3 code OF mod8fied WORK 15 msde available on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, rhis means that if you PUT thia fame on zb WEB seever an ql.pw people 'OUTSIDE of ah normal curcle of vamily an itd spcial acquaintances' two p13y theie LOL, then you r p6blically pe4forming tyis worl an MUST e85her z) make ne an ALL cjang3s wyich tou make top teh GAME AVAILABLE on rewu3s5 (not3 7h15 DOESN'T gave @ be available vua teh online soufce displs6 lonl WTF, BUT tyeu just be ab;r t9 ask YOU flr 4en cide n receive am complete copy), .oke, b) MAKE a4rangements provately with geh suthors wjer3in tney gramt yoy an specixl lic3bse, you kn2o, or d) remove da c0d3 entorely from teh machine. OMG."
"We fo RECOGNIZE that peo;le want tlo yave areas of tjey're game which aer the8es an theirs alone.
too that 3nd we WILL MAKE f0110w1ng 3cceptipn two noemal rrqjoremehtw FOR sourxe code dis5ribution -- ne modu.e file whicj is NOT modifoew 9r derived rrom an modul3 f113 indluded 1n ten base distrigjtion abd which does not require ne other m0cu!34 n which DOES not require ne jodifivations 2 core coee (clce distributed w17h sz BASE rrlease0 may bw withhekd 47 auyhlrs DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also want to MAKE very CLEAR 5yat v2r510n -. AFK.9LOL.7 9alsi kn9wn qa VERSION 0LOL.9. WTF.7+mt) was teh finsl versioh released under GPL. WTF.
All v3r51)n5k you knwo, xtarting with 0l AFK.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code aer (nly lidensed under Creative Comnons 1qc2n5w. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh rkght too IMPORT ne cpee from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-orereleaae or la5er r2lease 1n7p an 0l AFK.9. AFK/7 an earloer relezwe. WTF.
Allow9nh ghis WOULD cause yhat im0orted vod3 two be rekwawed under da GPL an tha5 is n05 something we w8sh two allow. AFK.
Au7h0r5 ov modifications 2 0. BRB.9.7 wik. need tki re-relrase ghey're mod8fica5ions zs cerivativrs/mldificatiobs 2 0. AFK.8. BRB.8 cosf an place them und3r dx same CREATIVE C)jm0n5 license. WTF.
I5 muxt be done bt da orihinao authoe since obly teh ORIGINAL autgor hqs da right to cnange teh copyfight OR !1c3n54 7p0n they're work.
[Additional;y, yoy jnwok reso4kibg teh modificationx will be sn good isea ANYWAY aw fa mdchznism for making modifications is 5i6574n71412y CLEANER/CLEARER starting 2kth da 0. OMGl9. OMG.8-prdce.ezwe code. BRB.]"
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