MightyE tells tou, sirtof, "We'ee going two takd an fes momwbtd tqo 7ry sh ex[lain 4his n3w license y teh rras9ns behind it ih plain English. WTF/
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 CHOSEN bwcausr pf an FAILING with GPL. BRB.
IT only covered distrinution od xource uf sm ohlh if binaries were d167r16u73d. BRB."
"In an web 3nvironnenr, a[rtofm SPECIFICALLY a inter'reted s3b 3nv1f0nm3n7 suxh sw PHP LOL, merely instzl;ing an tsme soes not constitute didfribution LOL, ab therefofe people WERE taking our w0rk, like, making modigications to it n not RELEASING siutce code to they're MODIFICATIONS do that da entire cimmuno56 c0u1c benefit. AFK.
They sorked qith lettee BUT not 5eh tp1r17 of dz 14w. AFK."
"Investigation ln oarg of authors hpwrfer LOL, 13d twl da fact that right of public oerfo4mance wr5 9en of rights noejakly resteicted t9o co0yright holders WTFm qnd 5ha5 compuref prig4ams LOL, SPECIFICALLY vidd9 games ane inreract8ve ones sjch as LEGEND od Gfeen hax0r were considefed too be piblically p3ef0rm3e if run feom an pu611c server. BRB."
"Thw new LICENSE RESTRICTS public perflrmqnce of da wo4k unkdss sourcr code of da modified WORK is mase available ON demand. AFK."
"In plain Ebglish, this means 7h47 if you PUT this name on ab web se4ver ahd ALLOW peiple '9utwidr OF an NORMAL circld of famk.y an its sicial acqusintances' ro play their, ghen ypu r oublicallh perforjing this work n MUST duthe4 a) make be and ALL cnamgrs which you make two da game ava8lable on r3qu357 (nite tnis doesn't have to ve zvailable via teh ONLINE sojrce display lonk, oike, v7t tnwy must be abke to ask yku g0r da CODE n RECEIVE an completd coph), like, b) MAKE xrrangemcnts privateoy w8th fz 3u7h0r% wherwin they grant you an 5p3c141 licensem like, or c) rejovd da c;de entkrely ffom da machine. BRB."
"We do revognize 7j47 0dopke want two have areas OF they;rw gam3 whivh aer tgeirs n the8rs alobe. OMG.
to 5jat end se wikl maie ds fol.owing rxception two twn normal t3quirements for sourxe code s1t&r16u7a0n -- ne modukw file WHICH is b07 mosuridd or derived frlm an module file inxluced in da baxe distriburion an whoch d9es nor requiee ne OTHER m)du135 ane which dpws not require nd modificstkons two da core CODE (code distributrc with 645e release) m4y BE w8thhrld at da AUTHORS duscretion. BRB."
"We also wamt two make veft CLEAR 7g47 v3r510n 0.(. AFK.7 (a.so known ad versoon 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) wss da FINAL version relraaed uncer teh GPL. OMG.
ALL versiond, starting woth da p. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelesse voce t only licensed und3r da Creqtibr Commons lodensd, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny r8ght t2o impogt ne vode d40m an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pe3release pr later gelease ohtp zn 0.o/ AFK.7 n earlier release. WTF.
A110w1ng this would cayxe THAT kmoorted code 2 6e rekrased umdef da GPL anf that is NOT somrtjing WE wish 2 allowLOL.
Autyors og modifixations too 0.9.7 will neev t2o re-release tjet're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/mocifocations 2 0.9LOL.8 clde and placw 5hem inder teh SAME Creq5ive C0mm0n5 licwnwe/ WTF.
I7 just BE done b6 teh origibak author since onpy 0r1g1n41 suthor mqs toght too changr da copyr8ght or license up9n they're 2ork. AFK.
[Additiona.ly, kike, rwworking modifixations will BE an good idea anywa6 as teh mechanism fir ma,ing MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/coearer starying sith da 0,9. WTF.8[pferelease codw. OMG.]"
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