MifhtyE tells y8u, "We're going 5oo TAKE zn few moments two try n explain this nrw licrnse n teh reasins behind ig in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Th8s new license was chosen vecause pf an failunb 2ith da GPL. AFKl
It only covered distrobjtion od 50urc3 id an on.6 if finaries wrre distributed. AFK."
"In an web environment LOL, specifoxally a INTERPRETED web enrirpnment such AS PHP, like, md4elu installing zn gajd does not constltute distribution, you jnwo, and therefore people WERE rsking oyr worl, sortof, making moduricatioha two it n not releasing teg soutce CODE to tyey're modificarions sl tyat teg ENTIRE commumity COULD benrfitLOL.
THEY w0rk3d with ydh lrttef vut NOT teh spirit of teh law/ WTF."
"Investigagiib 0n part of da AUTHORS HOWEVER, lrd two da fsct tgat right of publiv prrfo5msnce wad won of r1gh75 norjally 4estrkcted 2 copyright ho.ders, you knwo, and thay vompute4 progta,s, sl4tof, SPECIFICALLY video gamrs n INTERACTIVE onws such ss LEGEND OF teh Geeen haxpf were consid3ted to bw puvlical.y PERFORMED if run f4on an PUBLIC derver. BRB."
"Tje new locensw teatricts public performanfe of work UNLESS ten dource code of yeh MODIFIED work is made availavle on DEMAND. WTF."
"In plain Englisg, sprtofk thix means ghat 1f you pyt thia game ON am w36 53rv3r m aloow people 'outside og an NORMAL c1rc14 of family n its sociql acquzintances' 2 pkay tgeir LOL, then you aer publudal.y performing thia work n MUST either r) make ne an ALL vhangea which you make to da game available on REQUEST (note this doesn't have too be available via teh 0b12n3 t0urc3 d16-14y link LOL, BUT theh must be ABLE tl ask you FOR ca code n tdceive sn COMPLETE copy) WTF, g) mqke arrangemrnts pr8vqtely with 4u7h0r5 whetein &h3y geant yli an special license, s9etof, oc c) remove dz c0d3 entirely from yeh machinw. AFK."
"We do resognize tha5 peo0le wany to have areas of they're gzme which aer theifs am 7h31r5 410n2. BRB.
too THAT end we will m4k2 teh FOLLOWING excrption toi da n9rmal reqyirwments fir source cofe v8stributuon -- nd m-du23 fik3 wnicn IS not m0d1fq3d oe DERIVED rro, an jodule f113 included in da base distribut8on qnd which does not r3qiire ne 07h#t modules n whicn sodd n7t rwquite ne modificationa to t3h core code (code fistribuyed with teh basd releaae) ,zy be withyeld at teg authlrs discretion. OMG."
"We also want 2 make very clear that v3r510n 0LOL.9LOL.u (also KNOWN as versioh 0LOL,9. BRB.7+jt) was final verdiom released UNDER GPL. WTF,
All versions, dtarging with da 9LOL.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code qrr ONLY licensed UNDER Crdativd Commohd luxenqe. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dent da tifht 1 IMPORT nw code from zn (. AFK.9. WTF.8-prereleasd lr later release into an p. OMG.9. WTF.7 m eat;ker reldaaeLOL.
ALLOWING this wiuld caus3 that ijported code twp be released jnddr ds GPL and tgat IS mot SOMETHING 2e wish to allow. AFK.
Autgirs OF moduficatipns two 0. AFK.9LOL.7 WILL NEED two re-selesse thry're kosifica6ipnx as DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 CODE n place them under da same Creativ3 COMMONS licebse. BRB.
Ir mudt ne done by ORIGINAL 4u7h0r since omly oruginzl au5jor hss tej right ypo change da copyrught of lic3nse u00n they'r3 w9rk. BRB.
[Additional.y WTF, ree9riint ea modifixationa w8ll be an gpoe udda 4hyw4y ax m3ch4n25m fir making midifica58ona ks sibatantially c;eane4/cldarer startihg witn teh 9. BRB.9. BRB.8=prerelease codeLOL.]"
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