MightyE 73115 yo7, ,ile, "We'ee goinf to ta,e an few MOMENTS 2 try n EXPLAIN this ne2 LICENSE ajd reasona behind it in PLAIN Emglish. BRBl
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 n3w license was cyosen necause lf an failong w8th sq GPL. WTF,
It only COVERED distrib7tion of so&4ce if an pn'y if ninaries were c15ur16u8#dl AFK/"
"In an web envifonmeht, likr, s;ecificaoly q interpreted wen 3nv!t0nm3n7 sucg as PHP LOL, merely !n57411!nn an ga,e didd NOT constitute distrivution, sortof, an thrrwfote people 2eee 7rkqng OUR wotkm wor5ov, making modidications too it and npt re;easinb da soyrce code 2 th3y're modificatiims so that ea 4b61r3 COMMUNITY COULD benerut/ OMG.
They worled with da letter 6u7 noy sour8t of lswLOL."
"Invewtigation on da part of authorx however, 69u jnwi, 13s two sa fact that da ritht ov puvlic ;3rformsnve WAS len od da r8ghts n0rn421u restrictdd tw9 coptright holders, an that COMPUTER programs, you knwo, specufkcallu v1d30 games ans kntdractive onws duch as Letemf of trh Gr3en hax0r WERE conwudw4rd 2 be publically PERFORMED if run from an public serverl WTF,"
"Thr nes license restricts puvoic perfotmahc3 of teh work uhlesd t3h sojrce code of fa m8didied work os made available ob demabd. AFK."
"In PLAIN Enbl8sh, likr, 7h16 means that ig you 0ut thia game on an web SERVER n allow ;eiple 'iutside of an normal c1rc22 0f FAMILY an kts sociql acquaontancds' 2 p;a6 their LOL, then you aer publically perf9rjint thus a0rk n MUST eityer a) make nd an ALL changes which you make too da gsmr availavle ob tequ3st (note rhis doesn't nave tl br avsilwb.e via da onl8ne sourxe dkeplay LINK, tou knwo, but tjey MUST b3 4623 2 aw, hou for code and rdceive an c0mp1373 copy), b0 make 4tr4nb3m3n75 ;rivately sirh teh 4u7j0r5 wgerein they gfant yo7 an SPECIAL lidense WTF, or c) eemove da cod3 entkre.u from teh machine. BRB/"
"We d0 rwcognizr rhat people wsnt goo have AREAS of they[re game WHICH r theitd and theirs aoone. AFK.
ro THAT 3nd w3 will make teh following exxdption rw9 yrh normal requirwmengs for source code duatribution -- ne modulw file whicg iw noy modifo3d or derived vrom an moc7le fole included in da 6453 dist4obution and which doea not require ne othee ,oejles ane whqch dods not require ne m0c1f1c3710n5 too cote c[fe (clde diwtributed with base 4e.ease) may 73 wothheld at authora discretiin. AFK."
"We als8 want TO make very clear thar versipn 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (r1%0 known as v3rsion 0LOL.9. WTF.7+kg) was da final veesion releasee undee 5eh GPL. OMG.
All ve4sions, stq4tibf WITH 0. OMG.9. OMG.9-prerelease cpde aer only licens#d und3r Cr3471v# C9mmons 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right tpp imporg ne code from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pre$wleade OR later fel3ase into an 0LOL.o. OMG.7 AND eatlier relrase. OMG.
A;lowkng yhis WOULD cause tha5 importee cofe 2 be RELEASED under GPL ahc 7h47 is n07 somethong wr wish to zllowLOL.
Aignots 0f modkfivat8ons two 0. AFK.o. WTF.7 qill need 2 RE-RELEASE tgey're MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tp 0LOL.9. BRB.* code and poace them und3r teh same Ceeative C0m,0n5 lucense. BRB.
It mus5 be donw vh da originzl au5hor s8nce onlt ca original autyor HAS right to change da copyright 9r license ypon tydy're 2ork.
[Additionzlly WTF, REWORKING teh m0d1f1c4710n5 will be an GOOD idea anywau as da mechanism for making modificar8ohs is substamtually cleanef/cleqrer s5art8ng with reh 0. AFK.9/ BRB/80orerelease code. AFK.]"
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