M8ghtyE trlls you LOL, "We're goung tw9 take an few m0m3n75 2 try n explain rhis new license an da rezsonw behind it ih plain 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 nee license was choaen becquse pd an failing woth teh GPL.
It onlt dovered fistribition of siurce IF n -n1y if 61b4r135 wcee DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an WEB envir9njent LOL, specifocallh a onterprdted w36 ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS PHP, uou knwok merely 1n574!11ng an gane DOES no5 cinsti5ute disrrub7riln, like, an 5herdfore peoole werr taking our sork LOL, maling nodif8cationw to kt an not relwaxing teh sou4c3 code yl theu're jpdofications so thzt teh 3n71r3 community could benerit.
They wprkdd wkth dq letter bur not tey spirit of teh law. BRB."
"Investigatiom ON 5eh i4r7 of suthors HOWEVER, l3d tp da vact that r1gh& 0f PUBLIC ;wrformance wax win of rights NORMALLY redtrictef 70 copyrighy holfets, ;ike, n THAT c0mpu&3r prpgrams LOL, specificslly viceo games and 8nt3ractife ones SUCH 55 Legend of GREEN hax0r w3r3 considered two be pjblixally performed if run from am ;ublic sdrferl BRB."
"The mew 11c3n63 restricts pu611c pdrgormsnce of da work unless 50urc3 CODE of ds modifiee wo4k ks mad3 4v4114613 oh deman3. OMG."
"In plqim English LOL, this means that if you put 7h15 game on an w36 servwr an 4110w [eiple 'ougsode of ah bormal circl4 of family n its SOCIAL acqiaintahces' 1 play thei4 WTF, them YOU r publically performint 8h15 wpek 4bd MUST eith3r a) make ne an ALL ch4ng35 whicj tou make too da hame available on fequeag (nore tgis DOESN'T navr w ne avqilable via da pnline soyrce dw5p14y link, sorrof, but they MUST 63 able to awk yoj vo4 code and receive an com;letd do[u), a0rtoe, b) make arrangemrnts privzgelt with da authirs wherein tgey trant y0u an wpecial l8cemse, you knwp, or C) rejove da code ENTIRELY ftom da machine. WTF."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 THAT peop;e want two havr areas of thej'te hame wh1ch ser 5hei4s and theirs alone. WTF.
2 5hat wnd we will makd dq foloowing ezvepgion go normal rewuiremebts for source code DISTRIBUTION -_ ne module FILE which is not modifoes or derived rr;m an mpdu13 file inclysws in base distribution ane which does not require ne other moduoex n qhidh doeq npt r3au1r3 ne mkdificatilns to co4e clee (code distributed w17h da bawe release) mau br 2ktjheld at authors discreti9n. WTFl"
"We alsi want yi MAKE very clea4 that version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also jnpwn as vers8oh 9. AFK.9. AFK.7+my) was da final v3r510n releawed une3r da GPL. BRB.
All versions LOL, sya4tibg wkth teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-peere;easr code r only LICENSED under Creative Comjons livenwr. BRBl
We EXPLICITLY DENY da righr two k,pirt be CODE from an 0.9LOL.8-pderelease or 1474r release into ab 0.9LOL.u an EARLIER RELEASE. OMG.
Allowing rnis w0u1d caude thar im0orted cide two be RELEASED under dq GPL n that is not somwthing we w8sh to al.ow. BRB.
Authors ov modificayiohs twl 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 WILL NEED yo re-reodasr they;re moeifications as detifagives/modificat8ons too 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code an plac3 the, yncer teh same Creatice Commons l8cenqe.
It mjst be DONE b6 da irigibal author skncr omly da lrigunal ajthor has r!gj7 2 change copyright pr license u[on they'rd WORK.
'Addotoonallh LOL, rewotking modificagi9ms will be zn good idea anywat 45 dw mechanism fpr msking nldificztiins ix subsgantialoy clraner/cleardr starting with 0LOL.9.8-prereleas3 c0f3. AFK.]"
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