MightyE TELLS you, yiu lneo, "Wr'4e going two take an FEW jomenta 2 t4y an explain this n3w license an teh rezsons nehond 17 on plaib Eng11%h.
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."
"Thos NEW licende WAS chosen b3cause if zn fai;ing with da GPL, AFK.
IT 9nly covered dis5tubution 0f souecw if n only if binaries were disrrkbugef. WTF."
"In an web enfironment LOL, spedifically a interpretde w3b encironment sjch qs PHP LOL, merely installibg an g$m3 doea no4 conxtityte DISTRIBUTION, softof, an therefore people serd TAKING oue 2lrl LOL, MAKING modkfidations to ot an not releasing dz sojrce dlde 2 they'4e modifications so that teh entirw communi5y c0u!d benefit. WTF.
They worked with dz letter byt not spirit of tdh law. WTF."
"Invdsriga5oon ON part if teh auyhors nowever WTF, o4d tso teh fact that teh figjt of public perrormance was 1 of teh rigyrs normally restrucred tw9 co0yright h0lders WTF, an rnat COMPUTER peograms, you knwl, specifically video gamew n interactive 0n35 such ss Lebenf of Gr3en haz0r were c0n51d3r3d two be pyblically performed id run FROM an public SERVER. AFK."
"The n3w license restric5s public perrormznce of w0rk unl3sa source cod3 of modigied work is made avaioablr 0n demamd. BRB."
"In plain Enblusgm this MEANS that 1f y07 put 7y15 gamw on an web server n allow PEOPLE 'iu%side of an normal CIRCLE of rqmily an its aocia. 4cqu31n75nc35' twi play thei5, 5hen you awr pugluca.lt perfofming tjix w9rk ah MUST either a) makr ne h ALL CHANGES wjivh hou naje two reh game availanle on request (NOTE rgis doeen't hqve too be available via pnline source DISPLAY kink LOL, fu5 they must br able 2 45k you ror teh cide n receove am comp;ete c0py), b0 nake xtrangements PRIVATELY with authors wh3rdin 7h3y grant you an special license WTF. 0r c) r2m0v3 c0d3 entirelj from machine. WTF."
"We s0 fecogniae that pe0p13 waht 5oo have a43ax OF they're game which r uh31r5 an tjrirs ALONE. OMG.
2 that ebd we si;k MAKE teh folloeing excepgion too fa nornal requirements f0r soutce code distrubution -_ n3 modile file which (s NOT modified or dwrived from an jodike file includrd in ca base dixtributi9n and whicj dows not require nd other modules n qhich DOES NOT re1uite ne mofificaruons too core cpde (c0e3 d167r16u73d w17h base RELEASE) mzy be WITHHELD at da aithorx dixcr3tiln. WTF."
"We zlso want ti make ver6 clear that verxiln 0. AFK.9. OMG,7 (4q58 known as b3r510n 0LOL.9. OMG.8+j5) was geh f1n41 VERSION r3!3453e under teh GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS LOL, starting sjth da 0.9.8-PRERELEASE code r onoy licensee under da Creagice Com.ijs licenae.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ea rigjt t9p import ne code from an 0. AFKl9LOL.8[prereleaxe if kater reoease into am 0. WTF.9. OMG.& ame earlier r213453. BRB.
Allowkng yhis w8uld cause that imported code two be RELEASED ynd3t ca GPL and THAT is not SOMETHING we wisg 2 4110w. BRB.
Authors OF moeificationa tlo -. OMG.(LOL.& will need 2 fe-release 5jey're m.dificationw as derkvarives/modifications to 0. AFK.9/* vode an placw them unewr same C4eztove COMMONS 21c3n53LOL.
I7 mus5 be done by 53h lriginal author SINCE only teh oeiginao author nas eq rohh5 two cfangw xopy4ight or 11c3n53 upon they're wor,LOLl
[Acditi9nally LOL, rewo4king MODIFICATIONS wil. be an good idda antway as MECHANISM FOR making modkficat8ons 15 dubwgantia,ly cleanwr/clearer starging w17h teh 0. AFK,9. WTFl9_prwrelease code. BRB.["
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