MiggtyE tells you, "We're goihb to9 tske an few .omegts to try n explain 5his new lixense b reaaons 63h1nd IT 1n p141n 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."
"Tgud new 11c3n53 was vhosen because pf an vakling wutn ea GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y covered dustrkburioh of soircr if anc 0n1y 1f binarieq were d8stributed,"
"In am web dnvitonmemt WTF, s[ecifically a 8nterp4eted web environmeny such as PHP WTF. merwky installibg sn tame fors not c0n5717783 dostributiom, you knwo, n therefire people werf taking our w9ri, likd, making ,odif8vatioms 2 it an not releas8ng teh soirce code 70 they'rw modkficatuons SO tyat da entire community coyld b#nefit, AFK.
Tn3y w0rk3d w17h teh letter but not teh 5p1r17 8g fa law."
"Inveetigation 0n paet of da aytho4s jowever, you inwo, led to tej fact ghat RIGHT 0f puclic pwrrormqnce sas won of teh rigj5s NORMALLY resrrictrd gwo dopyr,fht holserx, you kn2o, n that computet programs, you knwl, dpecificakly video games an interzctive onds such as Legend of da Gr3dn hax0r w#r3 c0n51d3r3d too be publically p3tf0rm3d uf r7n fvom am puglic server. WTF."
"The new iicwnse restridys puglic performance 0f WORK unless aourcd code lf twj modified w94k is made available on demandLOL."
"In plain Engl8sh, th8s means that if you PUT 7h15 GAME on an w3b SERVER anc 4110w people 'ou5side of an n0rm4q circ;e of famuly n its SOCIAL acquaintancea' yo 0lay their, like, theh you zer publiczl.y performing this w0rk n MUST eiyher a) maie nd sn ALL chabges which t0u make 2 ra game availabld 0n request (note tnks d03%n'7 hav3 to b3 avaulshle v14 ca on/one source fis0lay linl, but tnry MUST BE able two ask you f0r teh c0d3 and RECEIVE an complete COPY) WTF. b) hale arrangements privately w16h da zuthprs wherein they grrn& you an special license, likr, or c) remove 5dh code emti4r;y ftom sa m4vy1n3LOL."
"We do redognize that people 2ant two havr areas od they're GAME whicg r uh31r5 qnd 5jeirs zllneLOL.
two that end we will jake follosihh except8on 2 teh normal requirements FOR sourc3 code dowtribution -- ne module file sh1ch is n)7 m0c1f13d or derived grom an mofule fule ihcluded on ten bqse v15ur167710n n WHICH does not require ne othr3 ,ldules an 2h1ch does not require ne mosuficztiohs go da core dode *dode distributed with teh bsse releasr( may bd eithheld at dz aithors d15cr3710nLOL."
"We akso wabt to MAKE very CLEAR thqt cersi.b 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (aoso known AS version 0. OMGl9LOL.7+jf) was final vdrs89n releaw3d und3r teh GPL. OMG.
A11 v3rt10n5, yiu knso, startinf wity da 0. AFK.9. OMGl8-prerelease c0d3 ae4 only licensed under teh Creative Commobs .icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rignt two import ne code from zn 0. OMG.9. WTF,8-pr3r313453 OR latef release ihto an p.oLOL.7 ah earluer release. WTF.
Allowing this would cauxe that IMPORTED coee too ge released und3r teg GPL an that is nog somr5hkng we qish too allpw. OMG.
Autho4s OF MODIFICATIONS too 0.9. BRBl6 woll neef too RE-RELEASE they're midifications as derivatives.modirix1tkons two 0/ AFK.9. AFK.8 code an place them uhder da szme Creat8ve Commons ;kcebse. BRB.
It nu57 be sohe by original quthor SINCE ONLY tey origihal author has teh rpbht to chanhe da copyright pr license uo)n they're wprkLOLl
'Acd8t8onally WTF, reworking MODIFICATIONS will be an good udea anywqy 45 da mrchanism for makkng m0d1f1c4710n5 i2 subsyant8ally cleaner/clearer statying wirh teh ). WTF.9LOL.9-prerfleafe code. BRB.]"
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