MightyE tells you WTF, "We'rw going tw9 take ah fes mom3nta too TRY and explakn this new l9cenae an da reasons 63h1hs iy in plain Englosh.
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 nee licrnse was chosen because 0f ab fziling eitj GPL. AFK.
Ir onky covered distributiob of source uf m onlt if ninaries 2erf dkstrobutes. OMG."
"In an web environment, sortpfk spexifidallh z 1n73rpt373d web environment SUCH ax PHP WTF, mer3ly 1m584111ng an fame d035 not xonsgiture dowt4kbutu9n, like, n therefore 0eopl3 WERE taking oue work LOL, MAKING modificatipns yoo 17 and n07 releasing teh soutce cpde 70 yhdh'rw modifocations xo that da entire cimmuniyy coulc benefitl OMG.
They wotkwd with teh le4twt but not teh spirit OF fa la2."
"Investigation 0n ca p4ru pr teh authors howeve4 WTF, led too teh fact 5hat da RIGHT of pub;ic perfo4mabce WAS won of rights norma.ly restricted too co0y4ignt holders LOL, am yhat xomputer PROGRAMS, toy knwo, specifically video gdmes AND interactive oned such as L3g3nd og da Green hax;r w3re xons8dered 2 BE publically performed if run from an publ8c swrber. AFK."
"Tge new licdnse redtricts piblic pdrformance pf t3h wlrk unlewd 50urc3 c0d3 od teh m0d1f13s wofk 15 ,zds available pn demandLOL."
"In pla8n English, sofrof, this means THAT if you put this GAME on an web servwr an alloe prople 'outside pf ab nor,a; c1rc13 of fqmily and its socizl acqua8ntances' 5ol play their, like, then iou aer publica.ly psrvoeming this woek n MUST either A) ma,e ne an ALL changea whoch you mzke twl game avqilable 0n REQUEST (note THIS soean't hqve two BE 4v4114613 via da online source d15p14y lin, WTF, b7t tjey mudt BE able 2 aak you f0r teh coce an revwive an COMPLETE c0py), liie, b_ m$j4 at4angements PRIVATELY with authoes wherein tyey geant tpu an spevial licensem or c) remove teh CODE entir3ly ftom teh machkh3. WTF."
"Wr do r3c0gm1z2 tjat people waht ti have areas of they'r3 bame which aer tyeirs and theirs 410b3. AFK.
@ yhat end we will msle FOLLOWING 3zc3p&10n ti teh normal requirements f0f souwce code distribjtion 0- ne MODULE file qhicj is n07 moskfied or derived from an module gile INCLUDED 1b base DISTRIBUTION h 3hoch does not requit3 ne ither modulds and whuch doed n07 rrq7ire nr modificstions gwo CORE coce _cldw sostributed eith da base r31345e) may be withheld at teh authors dkscrrtion, WTF."
"We 4q50 wany TO hqke very dlear THAT verzioh 0LOL/9. AFK.7 (aoso known as vefsion 0. AFK.0. BRB.7+JT( was final version released undrr tey GPL. AFK.
All fersionsk kike, starting WITH reh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease xode aer ONLY 11d3n53d uncer tey Cr3atibe Conm9ns licenwe. OMGl
We EXPLICITLY deny da right to import ne c0d3 fr9m an ). BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease or late5 releqae into an 0. AFK.9, OMG.7 n rar;ier relesse. BRB.
Alloqing tnis wou.d cause tnat impo4ted cpde two bd RELEASED under da GPL and that is not aomrtjing we wish tw9 allow/ AFK.
Ayrhors of modigicatkons 5p9 0. WTF.0. BRB.7 will NEED 2 rr-release they're ,odificarions as fericagives/modifucations 2 0. WTF.0. AFK.8 code n place them inder ea same Cr3ayive Commona licens3. AFK.
It mi57 be donw by da orifinal aitho4 since onoy original author h45 teh right 2 ch4ng3 da COPYRIGHT or license u[on ghey're soek. OMG.
[Adfitiohall6 WTF, rewprling modificztiona wil; be an GOOD icea anywah 45 ea mechanism FOR making joduficationd is sybstanrially cleaner/xlearrr t64ru1ng w17g 0LOL.9.8-prerdlease code/ AFK.]"
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