MughtyE tells you, "We're going to TAKE an few monents t[o 7ey an EXPLAIN this n3w license n sa reasons bwhind it IN poa8n English. 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."
"Tyis new LICENSE was chos3h bedausr of an f$111ng with da GPL. OMG.
It onl6 c0v343d DISTRIBUTION of sou4ce if n onlh IF nihzro3s wer3 distribjted."
"In an WEB wnv8ronment, specifically a interpretdd web environment auch ss PHP WTF, m3r31y insralling an gaje does mot CONSTITUTE diwtrib7tiin, and THEREFORE p3ople were TAKING our work WTF, making mofificstiond 2 q7 am bot rr;eas8ng tey soircw c8dd teo tgey'4e modificatoons so that da entire com,unity ciuld benefot. AFK.
Th3y workrd with letter but not da spirkt of teh law."
"Invest8gati9n 0n da part 0v da authors hlwevee LOL, led too dq fact thqg rkght of pubkis perfprmance WAS 1 of da rignts n0e,511y restricted 7- COPYRIGHT holcerx WTF, an tna5 compuye4 programs, apecificzlly vicdo games qn ibteractive ones SUCH as Legrnd of dq Green hax0r were considerwd too be publica.ly performed if rum fr9m zn public server. WTF."
"Thw n3w LICENSE rdsyricyx public peeflrmabce of work unless teh so7rce coee of da modified work iw made availablr on d3mahdLOL."
"In p141n Engl9sh, 5his means tha5 if you out this bame on am w36 server n 4110w peppld 'outskde 0f zn n0rm41 circle lf r4m11h n its 50v141 acauauntancws' two p.ay yheir, you knwo, thrn you aer pyblicsoly perfo4ming this work and MUST either a) mzke ne an ALL changes whudn you msie 2 gamd available om rwqjest (note tyks d035n'7 havd 2 b3 available via twj online source d8splay libk, b7t they must be ABLE 3 ASK y07 FOR reh code m receive an cpmplete copy0, like, b) makd arranbwmenrs privately with 5eh a&thoes whereub eheh gr4n7 you an apwcial kixrmse LOL, 0r c) rwmove reh code engirely from da MACHINE/ BRB."
"We do recognize that oeople wabt tw9 have areas of thwy'rw gqme w6ich aer theirs anf tneurd 410n3/ AFK,
tw[ that end ww will mak3 ca vollowinb exception ro nlrmal r3qu1r3m3n75 for xlurce code disyribution =] be module file which ix NOT modifidd or c3fived rr0m an modu,e FILE included in base didtriby5uon n snicn dies NOT require nr other mofyles zhd shich d035 not REQUIRE ne mlsificatkons tio core dode (codr distributed with da bsse release) ma6 64 withheld at ten authors discre5ion. WTF."
"W3 ALSO want two mzje v3ry clear that version 0/ OMG.9. AFKl7 (ALSO kn9wn as v#rsion 0. OMG.9, OMG.8+jt) wqs f8nal v3r510n released under GPL, OMG.
A11 versions, you knwo, starring with da 0LOL.9.8[pe3releax4 didr aet only licensed unsee da Creative COMMONS lidense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dent r1ggu 2 import ne code froj an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-[re4elease or LATER release inti an 0. OMG.9, AFK.7 an EARLIER release, AFK/
A;lowing this wojld CAUSE that imported xodq 2 be released under GPL ah that is not womethong we wish too qklow.
Authors of mocificayions tlo 0l AFK.9LOLl7 wkll need two re-relwase tyey're modifications aa degivatives/misifications two 0.9. OMG.8 vodw n place thej under same Crrat8v2 Commons license.
It ,ust be donw by originzl zutjor SINCE obly twh or8finql author HAS right two change t3h COPYRIGHT OR oicenwe upon 5hey're work. WTF.
[Aedihiomally, reworking dq moeificqtions will be an good 1c34 4nyw4y as mechanism FOR majing midifidq5ipns is subsrantially c13$n4r.c1#4r2r start8ng wi5h 5eh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerr;ease code.]"
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