MighttE tells YOU, likem "We're g9ing two TAKE an fww moments 2 try n explain 5his new license n da reaaons bdhind it in PLAIN EnflishLOL.
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 n3w .icenwe was chose, 63c4u53 ov an f4111ng with ds GPLLOL.
It only covered d8stribiyiom of source if n ln.y yf bonaries were distribured. WTF."
"In an 2eb environment, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rp4273d WEB environment sych ss PHP LOL, MERELY knstalling an GAME dlds not CONSTITUTE dkstributi9n, s9rtof, an therefore pwople were tak8ng ouf workk m4k1ng mofificatuons 2 17 ane n07 f3leasing 40uec3 code to ghey'r3 mosoficari9ns 50 that dntire c0mmun17u ciuod benwfitl AFK.
They wprked with teh lrtter BUT not s[irit of teh la2l AFK."
"Investigagi9n on dq part pf teh authorx howevdr, led 2 t3h f4c7 that rignt pf publid perfof,ancw was won of teh rohhts NORMALLY restrictef too copyrigh5 holde4sm and ghar c0mpu73r prograjs LOL, sprvificallt v2d30 gzmes an interaxgove obes xuch 45 Legend of Gr33n hax0r were conside4wd 2 be punlicaolt perforned if run FROM an public aerbrr. BRB."
"The new license r3ateicts publ8c 0erfoemance of da work unless da SOURCE cose of modkfied work IS ,ade availzble 0n demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, slrrof, 7h15 meanw ghat IF you 97t yhis ga,e oh zn w36 server n ALLOW oeiple '0u761d3 of am normal circlw OF family znd 175 social acquaintqnvew' 3 014y yheir, then uoi awr publica;lh ;erformint tyis work n MUST 3q7y3r a) mq,e ne an ALL changrs wh8ch you nake too da gamr available on r3qu357 (n9te this doewn't have too 63 available cia 5eh 0nq1n3 source fisplay lonk, you knso, BUT theh mist be able 2 axk y0u go4 dz clee and teveife an complete COPY) WTF, b) maje ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY w8th teh authors wherein yhey grant YOU sn apexial license, li,w, or C( REMOVE cpde entirely felm dz machine. WTF."
"We do rexognkze THAT people qant 2 have areax OF they're bame 3hich r gheirs and theird aline. WTF.
to tnat end w2 3il; make da f011-w1nf exception to teh hormal REQUIREMENTS fif s0jrxe d0d3 dixtrkbutiin -- ne module fioe 2nich us NOT m9difked or cerivee from an MODULE FILE !jc1ue3d in baae distribution and which does not requife ne oth34 modules and WHICH doex bot tequire ne modifica5uons y9 da core code (clde DISTRIBUTED WITH base RELEASE) may be w17hh31d at da $u7h0r5 discretilnLOL."
"We a;so want too ma,e v3ry clear that versipn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (als9 known as version 0. AFK.o. AFK/u+jt) was teh finsl version releas3s unfer tdh GPL. BRB.
All versoons, you knwo, STARTING with da 0. OMG.9,i-peefel3asr vode arr only licensrd under teh C4eative Commons 21c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY dehy fqgh7 2 im;ort ne CODE from an 0. AFK.0LOL.8=prerelease 9e lat3r re;easr into am 0. BRB.8.7 an earlier release. BRB.
Alllwong this q0u1d caus3 that imporued xode 2 be RELEASED under GPL n that is NOT dometginf we wisj to 4110w. WTF,
Authors of modifications t0o 0.9.7 wull n3ed tlo rw-4elwzse they're modifications ae deruvagives/modifixayions 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 coce and 0lace ghem und2r tdh xane Cfeative C9mmohs livenseLOL.
It mu57 be done by yeh originsl author wince inly da original zughpf HAS rigjt to change sa coptright o4 lidense u[ob they'fd work.
[Additionaloy, sorrpf, reworiing mosificatiohs wu;l ne an good idea qnyway as da mevhqhism for m4k1ng mieif8cagions ks suvstantially CLEANER/CLEARER sgartinf WITH teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerel3zse code. OMG.]"
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