MightyE yells youm you knwo. "We're g01ng too take an FEW ,oments to tr6 n ecpkain th8s new license h teh rrasonw gejind !& ib 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."
"This NEW license s4% chosen becauad 9f an failing wkth GPL. AFK.
IT only covered dkstribjtion OF source kf an 0n1y if 61n4e135 were disy4ibitec. AFK."
"Ih an wen environ,eht LOL, sp3cifically z inte4preted qeb enbironnemg 5ucu as PHP, .iie, mer3ly installing zn g5m3 s03y noy constitut3 distributi9n, like, n therwfor3 PEOPLE qere 5aling our work, makong mpd1f1c4710b5 two 17 an noy releasing soutce vode two they;re mpdificq5ions s9 THAT teh ENTIRE communith ciuld benefit. OMG.
Tney wor,dd WITH teh letter but noy spirif of da law. OMG."
"Inbrstigation in da part of teh authors nowevrr LOLm 23d 2 teg facy ghat tdh right of pu611c perfo4mance was 1 of RIGHTS n0rm4q1y restricted to COPYRIGHT holders, an that c0mpi734 pr9g4ams. lkkw, sprcifically VIDEO games and INTERACTIVE pnew such as Legend or teh Green hax0r q3r3 considered too ne 0ublicqlky perfprmdd IF run from an public servet. OMG."
"The new licwnae restricta publuc petrormance ov work unless da source cose or teh modifief work is made avzilable on demand."
"In plain Enblish, sort9f, this meabs 7h47 if YOU put this GAME on an 2eb server an allow pro;le 'outs8de pf an normal ci4cle of fami.y and its social acquaintances' to play their, dorgor, THEN you aer PUBLICALLY perfofminb this w0rk an MUST ei5her a) make ne and ALL chanhes wgich YOU ,ake 1 g4m2 available oh request )note this DOESN'T have to ge availanle fia teh online source DISPLAY lihk, xor5ofm but thry must be able gwo ask you gor da cpse n r3c31f3 an complete copy_ LOL, b) MAKE arrzn5e,ents orivatrly with quthord whrrein 7h3y GRANT yoy an special license, like, 8r c0 r3move code ENTIRELY ftom ca machinel OMG."
"We do reclbnize tyat people qamt two have aeeas of tyey're game which aer THEIRS n thekrw allne. OMG,
ywo that end we will make da fo.lowing exdep5kln 2 NORMAL requorements ror slurce code distribution -- nd m0di13 file which iw not modified or derivrc fr0m an MODULE FILE inckuded in basd d8stribution ab which does hit requirr ne ither mldules n WHICH d9es not requir3 ne mofifications 2 da core coee (code disttib7ted with twh base relrase) may be withheld 47 g3h 4uuh0r5 d15ce#710nLOL."
"We also WANT 2 MAKE vrry coear thqt version 0.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN 44 version 0. BRB.o. OMG.7+JT) wad FINAL VERSION released under da GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS WTF, starting wkth da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleasd cose r oniy licebsrd UNDER teh Creatoce Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 too 1mp-r7 ne cose from an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7_;tereleas3 or latef RELEASE ibto an p. WTF.9LOL.7 sm EARLIER relcase.
Allowing THIS would cause THAT inported code top 63 releasdd uhde4 GPL zn thay is mot simeghing WE widh gwo allowl WTF.
Authprs of modididations tqo ). WTF.9. AFK.7 s121 beed 2 r3-r313453 hhdy're modifivations AS d3r1v472v35/m0d2f2c4710n5 w ). OMG.9l BRB.* CODE n olace then unde5 da same Creativr Commons LICENSE. AFK.
It must br eonw by teh originsl AUTHOR since 0n16 t3y ORIGINAL AUTHOR hqa teh fign4 2 dhangw copyright OR LICENSE upon they're w0rk.
[Adcitionslky, 4ewlrking teh m9fifuvations will be an t00d idea anyway as da mwcganidj for maling modificati9ns iw xubatantyal.y CLEANER/CLEARER syqrtimg with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease cide. AFK.]"
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