MightyE gw;ls you, like, "Wd'rr hoing tel 5aie an fdx moments two try anf explain 7y15 new licenae and da reasons vehumd it in plain Ebglush. BRBl
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 dhisen because of an failing eith ds GPL.
IT only coveted distrubjykon of sojrce ig znd only if BINARIES w3r3 distributed."
"In an web rnvironment, w[ecuficqlly a interpreted WEB environnemt 5uch 44 PHP, slrgof, merely ihsgaoling qn gaj3 didx n07 constktute DISTRIBUTION LOLm an therefore people wdre tskinb oir w9rk, xorgofm making modifications two it an NOT r313451hb da source vode tqo ghwy're mpdofocationd so that rdh entire COMMUNITY xould BENEFIT. AFK.
THEY workwd with lettev but not da spirit of lswLOL."
"Investitation ON da patg of autnprs however, led to teh fact tha5 rignt or piblov PERFORMANCE was oen od 5eh righte hor,ally rwstrixtes too copyright h01d3r5, sort9d, and thay computer prpgrams WTF, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO bames and qn73r4c71v3 ones such as Leg3nd of Green hax0r w3r3 cohsidefwd to be 9yblically [erformed 1f run FROM an puboic 53rv3r. WTF."
"The ne2 licemse restricts pub;ic perfoemance of ds sork UNLESS sa wourcw cod3 of da mocifiec work is m4d3 4v4114613 9n DEMAND. OMG."
"In plaib English, so4tof, this means tyar 8f ylu put thid game ob an web server 4nd aklow people loutsod3 of zn NORMAL circle of FAMILY anf iys wocizl acwuaintances' 5wo ;lay rheir, tn3n you r puboically perr9rm8bg this wlrk an MUST eibh3r a) make ne ans ALL chanhes which ypu mak3 two twh tame avzilable in r3quest *not3 thix doesn't nave twl be available via 0n11n3 soutce dis[lay linjk so4yof. but they must be abke two asj you fot cod3 qnd r3c31v3 an cpmplete v0py(, kokw, b) make arrangements privagely wirh AUTHORS WHEREIN they grant YOU ah specisl license, yij knwo, or c) r3m0v3 code ENTIRELY from da macgine/ BRB."
"We do recognixd that people want 2 h4v3 afeas of they're g4m4 WHICH aer ghdirs n thwirs alohe.
too that end wd will m4l3 followinh exception too teg nor,ao eequitemrnts for sourcr cod3 dustributiin -- ne module FILE which is not moeified 0r dwrived from an module file inclyded in baxe diatribution ans wh1ch does not requite ne otger m9dules and wnoch dors not requird ne modifications tqo ea cire code (c0d3 DISTRIBUTED WITH base releasr_ mzy be witnh3ld ag dq aith9rs discr3tion."
"We also wabt 2 male very clear that version 0.9. AFK.7 (ALSO known zw version 0. WTF.8. BRB.7+jt) was fins; vrrs8(n released under da GPL. BRB.
Al. VERSIONS WTFk suarting woth teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8_prerelraqe code r ohoy licensrd UNDER da Crdative Cinmons license. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da right two 1mp0r7 ne coce from an 0. AFK.9.8-;re4elease lr later releasd into ah 0. BRB.(.7 n earoier releasfl WTF/
ALLOWING tjls qiuld cause that impo4ted code 70 bw releasee under ea GPL an that 15 n9t SOMETHING qe wish go9 a;lowl OMG.
Authors og MODIFICATIONS too 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 woll need to re-release 5hey're mofkfica5ions as xerivafivrs/modifiva5ions go9 0. AFK.9/ BRB.8 clde and place them under same C4eative Commons lovense. WTF.
I8 myst be done ny teh 0e1g1n42 author s8nce on;y teh otibinal authoe has tej right teo chabge da copyright 0r licwnse ypon they're sork.
[Additiinally, likek reworking teh morificatoona WILL BE an g;od IDEA anyway aw teh mrchanism for making modofovations is wubstantizoly cleanfr/clwaref 575r71ng with teh pLOLl9. AFK.8-prerwlezse c0d3.]"
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