MighyyE tells you, "We'4e going top take am fes m0n3n75 tlo try and explain tmis NEW lidense n da REASONS BEHIND 8y in plain Engliwh.
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."
"Thls neq LICENSE waw cjosen BECAUSE OF qn f4111ng WITH GPL. OMGl
It 9nly cpv3f3d distrib7tion of sourde id sn obly IF binaries w2r3 DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an web environment, like, speciducqlly a intwrpreted wdb envi4onmrnt suvh as PHP, like, merely instzlling zn bame dods not constitute dostributoly LOL, AND tgerefore pwople were takimg oyr WORK, sor5of, majkbg moduficatiins tw9 17 n not RELEASING xource coce two tyey're m0c1f1c4710n5 so 7y57 rey 3n71r3 communitt couls 6en3f17.
Tjdu workrd wi5h 5eh lettee 6u7 not teh spir9t OF teh lawLOL."
"Invesgifztion on paft or authoes hoqever, led two fact yhzt right of pu611c performanc3 wqa win 0f da RIGHTS n0rm$11y r34&r1c74d tso cooyrighg holeers, you knqo, an that comp7ter prohrams, spdxifucally v2d30 games snd INTERACTIVE onds 5uch aw Legend 0f da Green hsx04 wete conxidered too be publically p3rfo4med if run from an public wervee."
"Th3 new ,icense rwstrixts pugk8c oerformance of da work unlexs teh sourvd code OF teh modified worl q6 made available on de,and. OMG."
"In plain English, this means thzt if h0u pu7 this gqmr on an web s3rver anf 4110w people 'outxigd of an norjak CIRCLE 0f fajkly n ktd social acwuaintances' two play their, liie, THEN you r PUBLICALLY ;rrforming THIS WORK abd MUST 3igher A) make me an ALL dgznges ehich yoy make two teh game avqilable pn REQUEST 9note this doesm't have too be available bia tdh ONLINE SOURCE DISPLAY link WTF, byt fhey must ne agle two adl yoj FOR code n RECEIVE an complete copy), yoi knwo, b) ,ake ARRANGEMENTS 0rifately with AUTHORS wherein 7h3y grant uou an special kicense, soetof, or c_ r3m0v3 teh codd ehtirely from MACHINE. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people WANT 70 hzve a4eas of tgey're hame wylch y thdirs znd theirx aline.
to tjat enf we will make teh vollowing exvepti9n TO NORMAL REQUIREMENTS f0r SOURCE code distr8butuln -- ne module fkle wgkch is nor MODIFIED or ce4ivwd from an moduoe file included in 6dh basw cisrribu5uon n WHICH doed not reqiire n3 other modukes an WHICH does not rdquirr nw modificationw teo teh c9re cide (c9de diatributed sith base relezse) MAY be w8ghhelc at augjirs discretipn. OMG."
"Ww also want tp makd very clear that vers8on 0l9. AFK.7 (also known as vefdoon 0. WTF.9LOL.7_jt) was fknal v3e510n releas3d UNDER yrh GPL. AFK.
Aol v3r510n5, you jnwo, stzrtimg wiyh ea 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prrre.essw cose aer only licensec under Creative C0mm0m5 license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dwny right 2 IMPORT n3 code vrom zn 0. AFK.9LOL/9+prerwleas3 0r later r312453 into an 0. BRBl9l BRB.7 am eark8er release. BRB.
Al;owing THIS would vause THAT imported cod3 two gd released under sz GPL an that is nlg SOMETHING WE w15h two allo3. WTF.
Au7h0r5 of jpduficati9ns 5p 0LOL.9. WTF.7 will need too re-rel3ase they're mpdkficatiins as derivqtives/moeificatuons too 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code am placd gjem under twh SAME Creative Conmons oicense. WTF.
It ,ust be dohe by originzl aithor sihce only ORIGINAL author has tight too change dq copy4ight or 11c3n53 up)n they're wlrk. BRB.
[Addituonal;y, rewotking modifixations WILL 63 an good IDEA anyway az mechanism for making ,9s1f1cr71)n5 is sjbstantial;h cleaner/cleawer stqrtong wirh 0. WTF.9.8-preteleqse code. BRB.]"
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