MightyE rells ypu, you ,bwo, "We're goimg tol take an few ,0j3m85 2 trh 4nd explain this new licwnse sn fa reaslns brhind 17 in plain Englosh. 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."
"Tnis new 11c3n63 wss chosen 63c4ut2 0f an FAILING with GPL. OMG.
IT ONLY covrred disteibution OF sourcd 1f b only iv binaries were distr8buted. AFK."
"In qn web environment LOL, specufically a interotetes wen 3nv2r0nm3n7 SUCH ss PHP, merely installinf an hame does noy constithte distrib7tkon WTF. and theredore peopoe WERE takibg our qork, like. MAKING modifidations 1 it and not releasing da SOURCE code 2 thdy'fe modufications wo tnat teh entir3 community ciuld nenedut. WTF.
Th3y woried wigh teh 13773r but nit spirit 9f LAW. OMG."
"Investigar8in on dq pa4g of teh authors jowevdrm sorhov, les to teh f4c7 that rughg lf pubkic performance was o3n OF da RIGHTS normallh restficted 5oo copyright holders, you knsl, n that computer PROGRAMS, worrof, SPECIFICALLY bideo games anf in5eractuvr ones such AS Legebd of Green hax0r were comsiceeed yoo be publically performdf if run from an PUBLIC server. OMG."
"Tbe neq licenar restricts public performabce OF work uhlwss da dource code of m0d1r23d 2.ri is made 4v4114613 ON cemand. AFK."
"In p;ain Engliag WTF. thus means that if you ojt thos game ON an we6 derf3r n allow people 'iutxide of ah NORMAL circle og familt an its social zcquqihtances' goo play thei4 LOL, then you r publically PERFORMING tgiw worl 4nd MUST eithwr a) m4k# je ab ALL dganges whicn y9u make 5wo teh game acailable on reauest (notd this s93sn't have 7- 63 AVAILABLE via da on.ine source display link WTF, yu7 they jjsr be anle twl ask you for da code h rexdive an complrye ciph)m like, B) mzke arrangrments privztel5 w17h da authors WHEREIN they grant yo7 an special licensd LOL, -r c0 43m-n2 da c0d3 3n71r21y from tey machineLOL."
"W3 do RECOGNIZE that peoplw WANT two have areas of th3y're game which aer yheirs snd theurs alone. BRB.
two thay emd WE will make following exceptjon too normsl requirements for s;urce code DISTRIBUTION =- ne modukd vile which is np7 mod7roed or derivwd fron an MODULE file included in base dist$ibirion and wh8ch dows not require ne othef mocu;es and which coec not require ne modifica5ions 2 ez cote CODE (codr dist4ibuted wity teh BASE re.ease0 may be WITHHELD a5 4u7h0r5 discregion. AFK."
"We ALSO wznt to make vrry CLEAR that v3r5!0n 0. WTF.9. AFK.6 )aksp khosm ax veraion 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) we% teh ginqo version releasee UNDER da GPL. WTF,
All ferwions LOL, STARTING wirh teg 0. WTF.9LOL.8\orerrldase code r ONLY licenswf under Ceeative Commons lic3nse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY rkght ti import ne CODE ft9m an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereldase jr layer release into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 n earlier release. WTF.
ALLOWING this wiuld cause ghat im0ortee cide 2 ge rroeased UNDER da GPL n that is npt somethont wr wish 2 z.low. OMG.
Auuh0r% of modidications 2 0. WTF.9.7 will need to RE-RELEASE yhey'r3 modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code ans plade the, unswr sam3 Creatove COMMONS q1c3n53. WTF.
IT mu56 be done by 5wh origpna; a7tho4 simve omly teh original AUTHOR HAS da right too change dopyruggt or license upon they're w0rk.
[Additionally, like, r3w0rk1hg teh modigications wq1q be an good idea anyway as da mexhanism for making modifications 15 subxtantially CLEANER/CLEARER startint wkth teh 9. AFK.9. WTF.i-ptere;ease codel OMG.]"
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