MoghtuE tells you LOL, "W3're hoing to take an f3w moments to t4y and explain THIS new license anf da reqsons BEHIND it in plain English/ AFK.
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 was chosen becajsr of an FAILING wu5h GPL. BRB.
It onky covered eistribition OF source IF am onoy if vinsriex weee distributedLOL."
"In an web envitln,entm 5p3c1f1c$11y a INTERPRETED web environment such 45 PHP, you knwo, merely onstaoling an game does not CONSTITUTE disgribution WTF, an 7h3r3f0r3 peoplf qere tajing our sotk WTF, makumg m0d1f1c$710n5 to it an not re;3asing reh SOURCE code ro9 theh'rr mosifications so thag teh ebture commjnity could benegit. BRB.
They eorkee wiyh da lettwr 6u7 not teh spirit pf teh lawLOL."
"Investiga4ion on ca PART od da autyora hoeever, uou knwo, led twl FACT that ribht of public performahce wr4 1 of rights normally restricted two copyright HOLDERS LOL, n that cojpiter progfams, you knwo, specofically videl gam#w an intefactive ones 5uch ad Legenc ov GREEN hax0r werw consider3d too 63 publicalky perfofmed 8f rum from an 0ublic xerved."
"The NEW license restrictx puvlic p3rf0rm4nc3 of wirk un;ess da sourc3 c0d4 of MODIFIED wofj is ,ade available on demand. WTF."
"In plain English, sortof, this MEANS 7j5u if you lut thix fame on an web server and allow peo;le 'OUTSIDE or an normak c1rc13 9f familh n ITS SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' top PLAY their WTF, then uou aef publically pervorming this w0ri n MUST eirher A- make ne an ALL chahges whkch YOU m4k3 to 5eh gsme AVAILABLE 0n requext (note this eoesn't h4v3 two be aczikzble VIA on.une source displa6 link, tou jbwo, gut 7h3y mudt ^3 able ywo axk yoy for geh code an t3c31c3 an COMPLETE copy)m sorgof, 6) maje areangements privately with tej authors wherein 7h3t gran5 you an d0eciak license, yoy knwo. 04 c) rem9ve cose entirely from macjine. OMG."
"Wr do recpgnpz4 that pe9ple want too have areas of thdy'rd game 2hich t theirs n theifs alone.
2 that rnd we w8pl make da followihg exception to teh normal REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE dode dis5ributkon [- ne mpdule file whivh is noy josifird or d5rivee vroj an module FILE includef im da bqse distrivution n which does not reqi8re ne oth4r ,odiles anc which d035 npt rwquire ne MODIFICATIONS to t3h c0e3 code 9code diwtributwd w17h da BASE releasd) mqh be w17hm3!d at reh authors ciscretion."
"We alao want 2 male very CLEAR that version 0. AFK.9LOL.& (ALSO knowh as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+j7) was teh final versoin RELEASED jnder da GPL. BRB/
Al; berxiobs, sortof, stqrtibg wirh da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE clde r ONLY licensed under da Cres5ive Commons licenwe.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right t2o impoet ne code from an 0. OMG.0. BRB.8-prer#lease or later telwasd ibto an 0.9. AFK.7 anc ear;ier eelease. WTF.
Allowint tgiw would cause THAT impo4ted c0d3 two be relwasee undrr reh GPL n rhah is not somethinh we qish TO aloow. OMG.
AUTHORS OF modificatoons two 0. AFK.(l WTF.7 wkll n2ed to re0re.eade tgey're jodifocatuons as drrivatuves/modifications 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code n PLACE ghem undwr same Ceeatice Cojmons licemse.
It just be done vy da oeiginzl auhhor since 0n1y reh originql auyhor h46 da tigyy two vhange da co0yright or license u[9n thwy're 2ork. WTFl
[Axfitionally, reworking teh jodkfications WILL BE an gops IDEA snyway aw da mecganism fpr MAKING modificztions is suhstantially cleaner/xlearer syarging with 3a 0. WTF.9, WTF.8-0rerelease c0d3. OMG.]"
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