Mig6tyE tel;s you, "We're goihg two rake ab fes MOMENTS 2 try and explaih this new ;kcense and ressohs behind it in plaon English. OMG.
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."
"Thid new licende was choseb because of an fsilinf with da GPL,
It only COVERED DISTRIBUTION of source 1f n onlh iv ninaries wete d!57r16y73dLOL."
"In an seb wnvirpnmebt, like, soecifkcally a interpretee w3v enbironm3nt such as PHP, you kneo, merely INSTALLING an g4m3 does nit constiyute dustrkgution, liie, n therwflre [eolle were TAKING oyr WORK, like, making midifications gwo i5 n not r3leasihg da source cpd3 too thdy'ee modidocatoons do that entifr COMMUNITY coulc benefitl BRB.
THEY w-rk3d with LETTER vut not da spifit of teh law. WTFl"
"Investiga5iin oh teh PART of authord however WTF, led two es FACT that da r1gh7 OF oublic perfo4mance was 1 of da rightd noemzlly restricted tqo copyright h01d3r5k n that c0npu72r progrqms, tou knwl, specific1ooh v1d30 bames n INTERACTIVE ones sich as Legend of teh Gr33b yac0r werr considrred e 63 [ublicallt perforjed id RUN s4i, ab puvlic sdrvwr. AFK."
"The ne2 LICENSE restricts public performance of da work uhlwss teh source c0d3 OF jldified sofk 8s made AVAILABLE 0n demanc/ AFK."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, 7y15 MEANS that of y0u p&y thix game on qb web xerver an allow people '0u751d3 of am nofmal cirdle of family n its SOCIAL acquaintances' 2 play their WTF, thrm YOU aer publically p3rf0rm1ng yhis e0rk n MUST ei5her a) make ne n ALL changes WHICH toy jakr tso da GAME available in tfquest (NOTE tgis doesn'5 havd teo be zvailable vuq teh 0n21n3 sou4xe displau 12nkm like, but they must be able 2 ask yoy for da code znd receive ab compleye copy0 LOLn b) make arrangements prubately with da authors whrrein 5nr6 gran5 you an sprcial loc3nse, sortof, or c) remive da code dnt8rely from machineLOL."
"We dk r4x0gn1z3 that ;eopkd want to habd areas OF they're game wgich r 7h31rt an 4he8rs alone. AFK.
two ryat end qe w111 MAKE da foklowing exdepti9n 2 ca hormal require,entd FOR soutce coee DISTRIBUTION -- ne modul3 rile which 15 npt mldified 0r DERIVED FROM an module file inc.jded in yrh base disttibutiln n whkch DOES b(7 reqiire ne other modules n which eoes NOT require ne modifications 5wo da cirr c9de (cpde eistributed wi5h base r313453) may 6# WITHHELD qt da authord discretipn. WTF."
"We also want 2 ,4k3 ver7 xlear that verxiln 0. WTF.9LOL.u (aleo knlwn r5 version 0. OMG.(. BRB.7+jt) wss da final version released unfer da GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, starging witj pLOL.9.*-preeeleawe codw r only lkcensed unf3r teh Cfeative Cimmons 11c3n53. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dwny teh 41gh7 @ 1mp0r7 n3 code from ab 0. BRB.9. BRB,8-pferel3ase or lat3r relessw into an 0LOL.(. WTF.7 n earlier relwaseLOL.
Allowung this WOULD cause tmay importrd code rp be released under da GPL an that is NOT sijething we widh two alkowLOL.
Au7h0r5 of modificzt8onx two 0LOL.9.7 aill NEED too re-rwlease they'4e ,pdifications as derovztives/modifications roo 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code an place the, under sa,e C4dative Commpns license. WTF.
It must be done by da origonal quthpr sonce only geh original aithor has ds eight rwo cnznge da copyright or licrnse upon they'te sork. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, ypu knwo, reworking modificariond wiol 63 an good idea ANYWAY as mevhanksm for makinv modifications is 5u6574n71511y cleaner/ckeared startibg WITH da 0. OMGl9. AFK.8-prer3lqase codeLOL.]"
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