MibhgyE t4l;s y0u, "We'ee going t2o take ah f3w m9memts to try n explain THIS new license zn reasond behind it 1n plain Englisg. WTF.
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."
"Thid NEW 11c3n53 was chosen because of an fail8ng WITH teg GPL. AFK.
It pnly covered dosteibutiln og source if n only @f binaries were sis5r8buted. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1rpnm#n7 LOL, dpecificall6 a intefpreted web environmeny suct as PHP, like, merely INSTALLING an GAME d035 mot cpnstit7td diwt4ibution, woftof, an thetdrore pdople were taking OUR worl. sottog. makinh m0d1g1xr710b5 two it an not r3lrasing t0urc3 code to thwy;re modifications so THAT ehtire comjuh8t6 could nenefot. BRB,
They wprked with sa letter but not trh soirit of da LAWLOL."
"Investigation ON da part of teh authors howeverk yoj kns9, led toi da FACT THAT teh eignt of public 0evfirjance was oen 0r tqgg7t nofmally restricted to copyright holders, sortof, and that d0mpu73r PROGRAMS LOLm specifically video gamds n interactive ones such 45 Legehd of Grden hax0r were cpnsid#red 2 be oublically performed if RUN frin ab public serverl AFKl"
"The new license fwstricts public PERFORMANCE of teh w0rk umlesd souece dodr of teh nodogied work id m4d3 available on cemand. WTF/"
"In plain English LOL, this mrznw thzg if you put this bame om qn web server and 4110w people 'outside 9f ab normal circle OF family n its sociao acquaingances' 1 poay their LOL, thrn you r pyblicallu perfoe,ing this work n MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL chanhes wnich yo7 make tio teh gzme available on request (note thux doexn't have two BE avaolable cia online source siaplay LINK LOL, 6u7 they must 63 ablw ti axk you for cldd and recekve am comp.ete copy), yo7 inwo, b) uqke qr4angemenys pf1v4731y w8th tdh aithors s63t31n they GRANT you am soecisl license LOL, or c) remoce da code entirely drom mxdhine."
"We do fecognize that people want 2 hav3 s4eas lf tmet're game wh1cn r 7h31r5 an theirs zlone. AFK.
two THAT end we 2ill MAKE da followonh exception gl teh nirmal requieements for source codw disrribution 0- ne module f!13 WHICH os nlt m0d1f13d 9r drrived from an module file included un ten bawe distrivution and wh1ch does not require mw 0thet modules n which does n07 require be npdificstpons two da core xode (code distributed with base re;easw) mqy be witjheld at ds authofw discretion,"
"We aoso w4n8 go make very cl3ar THAT vers8on 0. WTF.9;7 (4q50 known as versiom 9. OMG.9.7+hg) w45 da finak version r313453d UNDER dd GPL. WTF.
All versions WTF, starying w17h 0. BRB,9. WTF.8-prerelesse xode aer only licensed undwr teh Creativd Commons kicdnse.
We EXPLICITLY den6 da righ5 7) import ne code grom an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prere.eaqe or latrr telease into an 0. OMG.9/ OMG.7 and ea4lier relrase. AFKl
All9winf THIS WOULD causw that IMPORTED c8de 2 y3 released undwr teh GPL and that is not somethinh ww sish too slloe. AFK.
Aurhors of mpdificatuons too p. OMG.9. OMG.7 will NEED too re-reowaae they'fe MODIFICATIONS aa derkvatives;modifica5ions TO 0. WTF.0. OMG.8 code ah place 8h4j under da same Cf3471v3 C9mmons license,
It mjst ge DONE by da original author since only teh originzl author has reh right 2 chsnge teh xo0yrufht or lycense upon they'rr WORK.
[Additiobal;y LOL, reworking m0d1f1c5710n5 will be an good 1c34 abywa6 as da mechaniam for makknt mod8ficqrions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clesrer STARTING with 0. BRBl9. AFK/8-prerelease c0d4l AFK.]"
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