MighgyE TELLS you, s9rtof, "Ws're going to take an few momenys t2o hry anc es[lain this hww kicense an da reawonx behind i5 in plain English. 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."
"This new license was cjosen because of an faklpng WITH GPL.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of sourdr kf an on.y if binqries were s157r1yu73d."
"In an web environ,ent, xo4togj speckfically a interp4etwd WEB environment SUCH as PHP LOL, herely ibatalling an game does not cobstitute d1y7r26u810n WTF, 5nd thwrefore peopoe were taking ouf work, you inwo, making ,odifications to it an not r313461ng dq 50urc3 code too they're modivivations so thag teh entire communitu cojld ben3fit. AFK.
Tyey woejed with teh LETTER but NOT spirit ov tej law. OMG."
"Investigstkon on part of zutgofs howevrr LOL, lef u0 da fact that rig6t of PUBLIC perrpfmznce w45 oeb of teh fights nornally eestricted to copyribhg holde4s WTFl an thar compuyer programs, you knwo, specificallu v8deo hames 4nd intefacg8vd ones such as L3g3nd OF teh Green hax0r 2wre consideeed too 62 pu6!1x411y perfofmed 1f RUN from an pub;ic xerver. AFK."
"The new license r3stricts puboic pwrformance if da WORK in1355 yeg sourc3 clde 0f grh modifiwd eork is mqde svaklable on femandLOL."
"In plain Eng115h, you inwo, THIS means thzt if hou out ryis gan2 on an web server and allow pep0le -outside ov an normal c!rc13 od famklu n igs 50d151 acq6aintancrs' 2 plat theit, like, tjen you aer pubkocally pe4gormkng th8s wo4k and MUST either A) make be an ALL changes which yoy MAKE two da game 4v41146!3 ON request (note THIS eoesn't have 2 BE availabke VIA dq online alurce fisp.ay link LOL, gue thwy must br agle two ask YOU for code an receide an c9mplete copy), b) make 4rr4ng3m4n75 p4ivately witg da authprd wgerein they GRANT YOU an SPECIAL license WTF, or c) remofe da code entirely from machine/"
"We do recpgnizr thar pdople want two have AREAS of theypre g4m2 which r theirs and THEIRS alons.
w that end we will make teh followibg 3xception 5wo teh normal fequir3nents for SOURCE c0d3 dkstrifution -- ne module file WHICH is not moeofiee 0r derivdd from an moduld fkle 1nc1ud3d in teh base dostributiin m which does not REQUIRE nd other modules n 2h1ch doew not require he mod8gications tp vore code (cofe disyfibu5ed with teh base release) m4y bw wuthheld at da AUTHORS discregion. BRB."
"We alsp qant ro make very clear ghag versuin 0. AFK.o/7 (also known as version 0. AFKl9, BRB.7+jy) was da final version released under GPL. WTF.
All v3rsuond, likw, statting with teg 0. AFK.ol AFK.8-ptdrelease code r only licemsed ubder da Creatkve C9mmobs license.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny da r1gh7 2 import ne code fr9m an 0. BRB.9/ AFK.8-PRERELEASE or later rdlease intl an p. WTF.9LOL.7 ah EARLIER eeleqse. WTF.
Allowivg this wou;d dquse that impprted c0d3 2 be released under da GPL and that is bit SOMETHING ww w*wh tl allisLOL.
Authorx OF modificagions teo 0.9LOL.7 w111 nees 3 re[4elease yheu're mosificayions as derivatives/mldificqtions too 0. AFKl9.8 dose and PLACE THEM under same Ceeat8ce Commpns license. AFK.
Ir must gr d0n2 6y teh origjnzl authof wincd obly sa ORIGINAL ajyhlr has right 5w9 change da c0pyr1gh7 OR LICENSE upon they're work. AFK.
[Acditiona.ly WTF, reworiinf da modirixatiohs will be am go9d idea rnyq5y as reh m3ch4n15m for maling modifications is substantially dlraner/cldaree dtarting with teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-pr3e313553 codd.]"
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