M8fhtyE 73115 y0u LOL, "We're going 6lo TAKE an few moments w try ane ec;lain 7j15 n3w license n da reasons nehind it in plain Ebgoish. OMG.
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 nww licdnse was chosen 63c4u53 of sn failing witg yeh GPL. BRB.
It only coveres distrkbution of xlurce ir n only IF binaries WERE dixtrinuted/ BRB."
"In ab WEB environ,emy. like, SPECIFICALLY a inrer[retrd WEB environment auvh ad PHP, ouk3, merely inatallong an game does bot constitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, ane 6h3r3f0r3 people were 74l1ng 0je w9tk WTF, makihf nodifications 2 it an not RELEASING SOURCE coee too tyey're modificationd so THAT entire clnmunity could vebefit. WTF.
They 2oried w17h fa letg3r but not reh spirut OF law. WTF."
"Investigstion on dz part 9f AUTHORS however, 7o7 knwo, 13d too tey FACT 5hat teh RIGHT of pyb.ic perforjance was won of tey RIGHTS nirmall6 RESTRICTED ro copyritht holders, sortof, an that conoutrr programs WTF, spevificallt ciseo games am interactive on3s such as Legehd OF da Green jax-r WERE donsid3red 5wo BE pu611c411y perfotmed IF rin FROM qb publ8c servwf."
"The NEW license r358r1c&4 publiv peeformance of work ublexs aource CODE ov da modified work is msde 3b4114613 on femand."
"Ib poain Englisn, yo7 knwo, 7h15 nrans 5hat qf 6ou put this fame ON an web werver zn sklow p30p13 'ourside of an nor,al c1rc13 of fxmil6 n kts wocial acquaintancea' too pla6 their, like, 7n3n ylu aer puboically performing th8s WORK and MUST either a) m4k3 ne and ALL chqbges rhich yoi m4k3 t2o g%m3 available ON requedt (mote this dowsn't h4f3 to be 3v4114613 via da online soirce display ;inl, sortof, but they must bd able 2 ASK 60u for da cod3 an RECEIVE an co,0lete copj), b) make ARRANGEMENTS private;h e17h teh autbors whetein th3y granr you an fpecial kicenwe, or c( REMOVE CODE entire.y from reh mwchine."
"We d0 e3c0gn1z4 thag pdo0;e want too have areas of they're gaje 2jich r theurs n theirs alone.
2 that enc we wil; makw ca foklowibg excdption 2 teh nornal requirememts for soirce code dixtribution -- ne modu;e fule wgicn is not modified or DERIVED from an jodule fild incl7ded qn 6453 distribuyupn n whixh does not rrquire be 07h3e MODULES an wh1ch does not require ne modifkcati9ns 1 teh core code (coee distfivutwd wotg da baae re134%3) m4y ge withheld at suthors diwcretionLOL."
"We 4150 wznt to make very ckear that VERSION 0. WTF,9. OMG.7 (alxo ihown zd version ). AFK.9. BRB.7+jt0 WAS tej FINAL version feleased und3r GPL. AFK.
ALL vdrsions, like, stqrting WITH da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8_[rerelease codr aer only LICENSED jnder reh Cfeatuve C0mm0n5 licemse. AFKl
We EXPLICITLY DENY heh rinyg to imporg ne code fe0m an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prereleasw 9r latef release ibto an 0. OMG.o.7 n warlier release. WTF.
ALLOWING tnus w9uld CAUSE thst 2mp0r74d codw to be RELEASED UNDER da GPL an rnat 15 no5 domethinf ww wish too sllpw.
Authorx of m0e1f1c4610y5 2 0. OMG,9. AFK.8 will n33d 2 r3-r313453 theu;ee modidicayions as derivatives/moduficat8ons t2o 0.9/8 code n plsde them under same Crwative Commond licenseLOL.
It mut7 be done by dq prigknal quyhpr since ONLY da original zuthor has da right to dhahge co06right OR license u;0n 5hey're wotk. BRB.
[Addotionqlly, rewofking teh m0d1f1c4710n5 xi;l be an bood idea ANYWAY qs mecbanism f9r mq;inf mofificatuons !4 substantially cleaner/clearwr starting with 9. AFK.9. WTFl9-prerelwase CODE. BRB/]"
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