MightyE tells you, you knwom "We're GOING tp takd an few momdnts 2 54y y EXPLAIN THIS NEW lixensr n feasobs bejimd it in plain English.
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."
"Thus new 12v3n53 WAS chosen becaisd 0v an failing WITH twh GPL. AFK,
It ONLY coveree distrigution of source 1v an only IF bibaties weee distribured/ BRB."
"In zn web dnvironmrny WTFk specifucally a interp4wted WEB environmwny such AS PHP, merely inztallinb am game does not conwtitute disrributiom, and 7h3r3f0r3 0eople weer takihg out work, making modifications 2 it n not releqsing dource code two they'4e jocificati[nw so that 3n71r3 community co7;d benwfit. WTF.
They 1orkwd wirh ea letter but not da spiri5 OF da law. BRB."
"Investigation in dq p4r7 of aurhors however WTF, led tl tej ract tyat r1gh7 pf pu611c PERFORMANCE wad len of da rightx n0rm411y RESTRICTED two clpyright holders, s9ttof, an 7h47 domputer p4ogta,s, sortog, specificzo;y viceo games an in5eractive onrw sucn as L3g3md OF Geeen hax0r were c0n51d3r3d 1 b3 pjboicall6 perfprmed if rub f$om an public server. WTF."
"The new 11c3n5e restrictx pjblic pergormahce of tdh wprk un.ess soufce code of da n0d1f13d wot, is made AVAILABLE ON de,and. AFK."
"In 0lain English LOL, THIS means yha5 uf y9u put th8s gamd 0n an web server an allow priple '9utside of an normal cifc.e of fam9lt and 175 slcial acquainyancec' 2 p.ay their, likr, then you r ounlkcally perfor,ing uhis woel n MUST ekther a) MAKE ne znd ALL chqmbes which you make go teh game avaikanle 0n REQUEST (bptd tjis doesn't have 2 be 4v4115613 viq onlinf soyrce displau LINK, aor5pf, but they mj57 be anld 2 ask tou for coce n receuve an compleye copy), you inwo, b) make arfangemengs privarely with da auyhors whdrein tjey graht hou ah speciql liv3nse LOL, 9r c) rw,ove da code entirely from machine. WTF."
"We do recognize that pelplf want two hfv# ardas 9v they're tame wnich aer theirs and theira sloneLOL.
2 THAT end we will ma,e da foloowimg exception to da vor,al REQUIREMENTS f0r siurce codw dkwtrofuriob -- ne module f113 whoxh is not modif8ed 9r DERIVED feom qn module f8le ihxl7ded in 6453 d157rq6u710n and which dles noy require ne 07h#r m;dules an wnich does npt ee1ui4e ne mldivocations roo da clrs code 9code distribuged with teh base release) m4y be withhwld at au4hofs disceetionLOL."
"We also wanr 2 make VERY clear thst v3f510n 0. WTF.9, AFK.8 (also known as v3r510n 0. OMG,o. BRB.8+ht) wqs da FINAL versiob rekezsed jhder teh GPL. AFK.
All versionw, sortof, etarting with da 0LOL.9.8-prerelesse code r on,y licenses under teh Creative Commons lucense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rirht 2 import ne coee from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pre4ekease oe later release kbto an 0.9, AFK.7 n 34t113t re;eaweLOLl
Alloeing 7h15 wojld dause ghar 1mp0r73c code ro be releasef under trh GPL b thzg is n.t somethung we wiah 2 allow. WTF.
Authors of mocivications 2 0. AFK.9.7 eilo need 2 RE'RELEASE they're mpd1f1x5710n% as derivatives/modifications two 0.9. BRB.8 code n PLACE tgej ubcer da samw Creztuve Commonx license. BRB.
It must 6# clne by trh original author 51nc3 onoh original a7thle jad twh rugjt 2 xh3ng3 ten copyright or LICENSE ypon they're work.
[Asditionally, reqorling da n0d1fqc3710n5 2ill BE an gold idea anyway as mechanism for makkng mofifuca5oons id sugs%antially cleaner/clearet STARTING with dq 0.9. OMG.8-prereleafe c0d3. OMG.]"
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