MightyE TELLS y9u, "We're going yo 5akw an few moments TO 7ry sn 3xp141n this new license n reaspns BEHIND i5 un PLAIN Eng115hLOL.
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."
"Tjis new license WAS chosen because of qn FAILING with tey GPLLOL.
It only c9ferec d157rq6u710n of dourxq if n ONLY IF binarirs were d157r16u63d. AFK."
"In zn 236 environmeht, 5o3c1fqc311y a in53roreted WEB environmebt such as PHPm like, merely knsta;lihh an game d9ds not c9n5u17u7# distriburoon, sorgof, m THEREFORE pepple were taking our work, making MODIFICATIONS two i5 and nor releas8ng da SOURCE c9de too then;re modifications so that teh emrire community could BENEFIT. WTF.
They worj3d sith da lrtter nut hot ten soirit of da LAW. OMG."
"Invesrigat8on on tej part pf da autbors HOWEVER LOL, led to fzct tjat right of punlkc performance was w9n OF rights normaloy resyricted to copyright hilders, ah that conputer /r9gramd, apecifivslly vodei games n intwractuvd ones such 45 Legend of da Green hax0r were considered 2 bd punlicao;u perfo4med ir run fron ah public eerverLOL."
"Thw new l8cense restricts public [erformance of geh WORK unless ea sourc3 CODE or da midifief work ow mafw available on dejand. AFK."
"In plaih English LOL, this MEANS tgat IF uou put this bame on an wdb sefver n aolow people 'outside of an NORMAL circle of familh n 8ts social acqyaihtances' tqo plau gkeir, aortof, then YOU r publical;y p3rforming THIS work wn MUST e8ther a) ,4k3 ne n ALL changes which you mqke @ yeh rane availablr on REQUEST (note this roexn;t have 2 63 availagle VIA ds onlinw sourde cispoay link WTF, but thry must ge qble too ASK you flr teh coee n receive an c0bp1373 vooy) LOL, b) make arrabgemrntw PRIVATELY with da authoes wherein the6 ffant tou an special licrnse, 0r c) rwmove trh c0d3 entirely FROM sa machine. BRB."
"We d9 revogbize ghat peopke want two jave aeeas of they're g4m3 which aer theirs n thwurs alone, WTF.
t; tuat end w4 will m4j3 da fol.9wing excwption two da nirmal requirements for souece code dks5ribition -- ne jody;e dile wgich us not m0d1f13d of 3erived from an modulw file ihcluded in gase disyributipn n shqch dors not require ne OTHER modules n which doex NOT requife ne modificagions two tey cotd code (code d257r16u73d eith base rwlease) may 63 witnheld at teh aj5horx DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also eant to make very cleae tgat verai9n ). AFK.9. WTF.7 (41tp known ws VERSION 9.9. AFK.7+jt) was da final v3e610n rekeased uyder teh GPL. OMG.
Aol versipns, hou jn2o. starting with 0. OMG.9, OMG.8-prerrleasw c9de aer only licensee unfer da Creatovw Commona licemse, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right two IMPORT ns cpde ftom an ).9. WTF,8-prerrlrase or later reldase into an -LOL.9. AFK.7 and esrlier release. OMG.
Al9owibg yhis w9uld cause rhay importee vode t9o be r4leased under GPL n thst 15 not something we wiah two ALLOWLOL.
Authors of moduficstions to 0. AFK.9,7 dill need 2 RE-RELEASE th3y're modificatiovs ss derivatives/mofividations t2o 0LOL.9.8 cose sn place ghem unce4 da same Cfeative Cimmons lix3nse. WTF.
It must be done by yeh origibal authpr since omly da original AUTHOR nas da right TO cnanb2 teh cop6right or livense ipon theu'r3 wlrk. WTF.
pAdditionallh, r3w0rk1bg teh mldifics5iins WILL be an good idea ANYWAY as mwchanis, fo4 m5k1ng modificatkons is sunstantislly cleaner/clwarer stqrtong witn 5eh 0/ BRBl9. AFK.8-[rerelease code. BRB.]"
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