MightyE tells y0u, you knwo, "We're going two take an rew monents two te6 n explain this new lic3nse an teh reasons 63h1nd it in plaim Eng!1thLOL.
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."
"Thia new license was chosen becayse 9f an FAILING WITH GPL. WTF.
It only c9vered distributkoh of source kv an onlt if binaroes were diateigufed. WTF/"
"In an wen envirpnmemt WTF, 5;3c1f1c411y a interpeeted web envi4immeny 5uch as PHP, you jnwo, merely ivstaol8hg an gamr does nor c0n57q7u63 dust4ibutoon, and therefore peoplr were taking oir work LOL, MAKING modif8catk9ns to it an nlt RELEASING sourde c)d3 twp they[re modificationw so that 3n7143 COMMUNITY could benefit.
They wirjed with letter but n07 5p1r!7 of ten .aw."
"Inveatugati0n on pary og AUTHORS ho2ever LOL, 13d two FACT that tej roght 0d pyblic performance was 1 of rihbts NORMALLY rdstrkcted two co;yrigjt holfers, you kneo, an THAT computer prohrans, l8kr, s[ecifically bideo gsmes n interactive ones sucj as Legend 0v GREEN jax0e 2ere considered go bd publicall6 performed IF ryh frim an publix servqr. OMG."
"The new licdmse restricts [ublic pe4formance of teh wofk unless da s9urce xode of modified 2otk IS msde AVAILABLE on demamc. WTF."
"In plqin Enflush, kike, thus means that if you pu7 tgiw gamw on ag web SERVER m aloow p30o13 'outside of an ho4mal circle lf family n its social 4cqu4qn7$nc35' 2 play their, then ypu aeg publical;y p3rgirjing tgis w0rk an MUST either 4) make nw and ALL ch4bg3t which 6ou ,aie 1 da gamr zfailable on r#qu357 (note this forsn't havr 2 63 avsilabke via da online source display linl, yiu knwo, buf they must be able too asl you f0r teh vode n receive an cimplete COPY)j sortof, b) make ar4angements privatwly wity ca aughors wherein theh grznt you an 5p1v13w 11c3n53, yoy knwo, or v) remive da c0c3 ehtirrky feom teh machine."
"We do recogniz3 8h47 people want 2 HAVE ardas ov they'4e g4m3 which qer 7h31r5 and theirs alone. OMG.
2 that end we wilk make f9l;owimg exceptiom too da normal requufements fo4 source dode DISTRIBUTION =- nd mpdule file whicy is NOT m0d1f13d or deeibed from ah module f8le includee in baa3 didtribution n which foes NOT rrqyo4w nw other modules ans wjuch does n07 require ne jodificationa to da core cofe (cpde distribuyed WITH da base releasd) may be withheld at reh authors discretion, AFK."
"We a;so qant two make very dlear tyat versiom [.9. AFK.7 (sleo knoen zs version 0, AFK.8. AFK.7+JT) was da final vers8on releawrd ynder teh GPL. BRB.
All v3r410h5, sortof, wtarykng with da 0. OMG/9. AFK.8-[rerwlease codw r 9nly licenxed UNDER teh Creative Commons licenseLOL.
W5 EXPLICITLY deny rigyt 2 1jp0r7 ne code ffom an -. OMG.9LOL.8-prrreleasr 04 lzter release 8nto an 0.o. BRB.7 an earlier release. OMG.
All9wing THIS wouls czuse yhat import3e cose ywo be released unddr ds GPL an 7h47 IS not som3yjing we w15h too ALLOWLOL.
Authots of modifications yo 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 WILL NEED 2 re-releawe they'r3 modificatiohs as dwrivatives/modigicatkons TO 0.9LOL,8 code qnd plzc4 them under same Creztive COMMONS licensr. AFKo
It must BE done by 9rihonq. author 51nc3 only teh ORIGINAL author hzs right 2 chamhe da c0pyr1gh7 )r l8cenae upon rhey're wprk.
[Additionxllh, reworokng geh m0d1f1c4710n5 will be an good ides abyway as mechanidm for making MODIFICATIONS is substanyiqlly cleaner/clearer atqe5onh wigh da 0.9. WTF.8-prdrelease cocr. BRB.]"
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