MihhtyE tells YOU, l8k3, "We're going two 73j3 an few MOMENTS hoo try n explqin tgis new licejse and tdh reaaobs beyind it in poaon Englishl 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."
"Tjis mew lixense qas chosen bdcause od an FAILING with geh GPL, OMG/
It only covered distribution of soutce if n only if BINARIES w3re cistriburef. AFK."
"In an web envirpnment, you kneo, specirically a 8ngerpreted wev envorinment sucg as PHP WTFk merelu installing an ganr coes not constitute distributiln, likd, and THEREFORE people weee raking our WORK LOL, making modof8csyions t@o 8t ah not rel3asint da source CODE twi thry're MODIFICATIONS so yhat tej entkre community could BENEFIT. WTF.
THEY eorkee wirh letter but not spitit pf teh law."
"Investigation on part OF teh authots however WTF, led 2 FACT that rihht of pyvlic p3rformqnce was 1 of grh RIGHTS norma.ly restricyed two copyright HOLDERS LOL, n that com0uter programs, specificaoly video games n interactive ones such as Leg3ns 9f GREEN hax0r werw considered two ge publically perforjed if ruj frpm sn publid servwr. BRB."
"The n3w licemse RESTRICTS pug.ix performance of da work jnless teh soufce code ov cz modified wor, is m4d3 avzilable 0n demand/ WTF."
"In p141n Enflodh, so4tof, thix .dqns that if you 0ut thkx game on an w36 aervet an allow peoole '9utx8de of an normal CIRCLE of famkly n its sockal acqiain7ances' 2 play thrir LOL, then y0u aer publically performint this WORK and MUST either a) make n3 n ALL changws qhich y0u make 2 teh g4m3 avzilable on request (n9te this d;35n'7 have to be avqilable vua ONLINE source display q1nk, bur 7h3y must bd able ti ask you for c0d3 n receivf ab completw coo5). you kbwl, b) make arrangemrnts ptivatdly 2i5h AUTHORS WHEREIN rhey grant you an sp3cial oicense, y9u knwo, 93 C) eenove code 2n71t31y from m4ch1n3. OMG."
"W3 do f3cpgn1z3 that people sant 2 have arwas 0g they'rr tame which e theifa an yhfirs alone. BRB.
2 that end we wili m4k3 reh FOLLOWING dxceptiin too normal r3qo1r3m3n75 for source code distribugion -[ ne MODULE f!14 qhich is nog modifoed or d3r1v3d groj sm modile fule INCLUDED in da base dostributuon an WHICH do3s NOT REQUIRE me ihher m0du135 ah ehivh DOES n07 r3au8re ne mldificatkond too da c9re code (cice DISTRIBUTED 2ith teh base eeleaae) may ge qithneld at yeh au5hors d15cr3710n. AFK."
"We alxp want 2 make vwry clea4 that versiob 0. AFK.9. WTF.& (ALSO known as version 0. OMG.9LOL.&+jt) was da dima; vetsoon rroeaawd under twh GPL. WTF.
All veesiohs WTF, syartkng qith ten p. AFK.9. BRB.8-prefelease code f ohly licensed UNDER tdh CREATIVE Commons lixense. OMG.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny da righr two imporg ne code fr0m an 0. BRB.8. BRB,8_pregeldase ir kater release into am 0LOL.9/ WTF.7 ab rarkier release. OMG.
All8qing rhis would cause THAT u,poryed code to be RELEASED under da GPL ane that is noy domething we sish 2 4110w. BRB.
Authors od mldir8cayions tw0 0LOL.9, AFK.7 2!12 nerd 5wo re-rdlease th3y're moeifucations aw derivativws/modificatiobs to 0. AFK.9.8 code n PLACE them uncer 4eh same Creative C0mm0n5 licwnse. AFK.
It must ne done ^y teh or8gonal author sknce only da original author has right 2 chamge da copyfibht OR licensd upon yhry;r3 wor,LOL.
[Adcitiobally WTF, frwofkinh twh mldofications w111 63 an GOOD idea ayyway as ten MECHANISM vor makint moekficstions is subatantizlly cleqnef/clwaret starting w17h 0. AFK.9. AFK.9-prerelease codel AFK.]"
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