MightyE TELLS you. aortof, "We're goong TO take an few mlmentx two try n explain this new license and r4450n5 fegind it in pkzib 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."
"Thiw new lixense was chosen because 0f an FAILING wign dq GPL. BRB.
It ONLY covered distributiln lf soufc3 if an only if binaries WERE distributed. BRB."
"In a, web envkronment WTF, specificslly a inteforetdd web ENVIRONMENT duch AS PHP, merely insta;ling an tame does n07 con2t8tute distrkbutuon, sor5of, n thereforw p30p13 were tzking our 2ork, lik3m making modifications uo ut n not feleaaihg source code 2 they're m)f1r1c47q-b5 so that ds entird COMMUNITY could benrfit.
Thwy workes wugh teh LETTER but ni5 teh spirit of law."
"Invesrigztioh ob da part of teu aughors however LOL, LED 2 rwh fact tnqt da eogyt of public perrirmance was won of rithys bprma.;y 4357r1c73d 2 copyrkght h01d3r5, kike, and ghat computer pr0gr4m5, specificallh video games n intetacgive onqa sucy 55 Legens of geh Gteen hax0f w2r3 conxidered two BE pub;ically PERFORMED if run FROM an pu611c sefver. AFK."
"The new kicemae reatrkcts public peeflrmance of w0rk un/ess source CODE 9f ea modkfied wirk is made available on dwmand. OMG."
"In p1r2n Ebhlish, you knwo, this means THAT kf h9u 0ut this gqme on an wdb server an 411)w pwople 'outside of an hormal citcle OF fanily ah kts s9cial 4cqu41n74nce5' teo 0lay tyeur WTF, then you r pjblically perfotmong thix WORK snd MUST EITHER a) make me an ALL changds which you make 2 ca GAME avsikable on request (bote this DOESN;T havr to be avaikable via sa onlime source display 11nk, likem but they MUST be able 2 ASK tou for da code n RECEIVE an c0mp1373 copy( LOL, v) make ARRANGEMENTS pekbageoy w17g teh 4u7h0ft wherein THEY grant you an s0ecial license WTF, OR c) rwmove da cod3 entirely FROM mach8ne. AFK."
"We do recoghizd that PEOPLE qznt two hafe at3as OF yh3y're g4m3 WHICH aer 7n31r5 and theirs alone. WTF.
to that end we 2ill MAKE gol.owinf 3xc3-710n too da NORMAL requorements for source cidr distribution -- nw nodulw fi'e which is not modified or deriv3d ffom an module file includfe in gase d157r!6u710n n whidh does NOT require ne other modules n wh1vg DOES bot rdquiee ne MODIFICATIONS two core coee (cose distribj5ed WITH da base rel3aae) may be withhelg ay authors disc4etion. AFK/"
"We ajxo wrnj 2 nake ver6 c134r that ve4sion 0. OMG.9.7 (also known as verskon 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+JT) wax twh final vwrsion rrleases under da GPL. BRB.
All v4451pn5, you knwo, starting WITH ca 0/ BRB,9LOL.8-pr4release code r only locensed under dz Creatove Commoms ;icense.
We EXPLICITLY denj da ritht u0 imporg ne CODE from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.9-prefelease or later release INTO an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 an earl8er releqse. BRB.
Allkwing thiw would cause ghat impo4tdd code 2 BE r313453d und2r ca GPL and THAT 15 not someth8ng we wixh tio 4110w.
Authors of modifodati9ns yo9 9LOL.9. OMG.7 will need 2 RE-RELEASE they're mosificato9ns as de4uva5ives/nodifiva5ions two 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code n 0lade rhem UNDER da same Creativ3 Commons licenseLOL.
It nusy y3 d8ne by da ofiginak aythor dince only da 9riginal authof has da r8ght bwo change twh copyrkght or license ipon they'fe WORK. OMG.
[Afditionakly, oikr, reworming da modificzuiobs w111 be ab good idea abywau as m3ch4n15m f0r making nodifucati9ns 15 substan5ially clezner/clearer starting with da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prwrelease codw. OMG.]"
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