MkthtyE TELLS you, "We'fe GOING tei take an req m0n3n75 two try an ex;lain 6h15 new 1!c3n53 n reasons BEHIND 17 in pla8n EnglushLOL.
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 chosen b3caude of an failinh w17h teh GPL,
It onl^ cove4wd distrinution of source if n 0n1y ir binaries werw f157r16u73dLOL,"
"In am w36 3nb1rpnm3n7, sortof, 5p3c1f1c$11y a interpreted web emvironment syvh as PHP, you knwo, ,erely installing an gsmr does not CONSTITUTE distributiin, yiu knwo, sn tgerefore people were 5akihg our w-ri, ylj knwo, making modificatiinc 2 8t ah n07 RELEASING clyece c0d3 5oo they're MODIFICATIONS SO tnat tdh ENTIRE commuhity could benefit. OMG.
THEY w9rked WITH teh 1377#r BUT mot da spitit or teh law. OMG."
"Investigation on da ;art of da aughors however, you knwo, led two sa fsct tyat teh right 0f publkc ;erformance was oen of da rigytd mormally teatricted rwo copyrigmt holdtrs, you knwo, ah that compu5er ;rogramsm likr, specificallh vkdeo games and ihte4actice onex sucy as LEGEND of tej GREEN jax0r werd consifered too BE piblkxally performed if run rrom an publiv s3rver/ WTF."
"The new 9icense r357r1c75 p7blic perfornance of wor, jnless teh so7rce code of 5eh modifued q0rk is mafe abailabkd on demand. AFK."
"In plain Ehgli2h LOL, this mesnw that ig you put thix ga,e ob an wen SERVER n allow people [outs8de 0f an NORMAL circle of family and its sociao acquaib5ances' to play tjeir, y9u knwo, then you r publically perfirmung 5his work n MUST 3i5her a) ,qlw ne n ALL changew whixh ulu make two da game zvailable ob request (note this foesn't HAVE two be available vka da inkkne slurc3 display libk WTF, buy they must be zble to ask you for da codd aj 3eceive an complete copy( LOL, b) n4,3 arrangemdnts privatwly with teh authors wydreib they hr4n8 you qm sprcial lic3nse, soerot, or c) REMOVE CODE rnti4ely fr0m da macnine. WTF."
"We s0 recohnize thag [eo0le want too HAVE arwas pg they[re g4n3 which aer theirs and tgeirs ALONE. BRB.
2 ghat 3nd we will m4k3 da FOLLOWING ezception tw9 geh normal rsquiremrntx gor SOURCE code distributiln -- ne modu.w file WHICH is not modified or dericed fr9m an module fild included 9n base disttibution and which does n9t require ne OTHER mpduoes n whoch does not reauire ne MODIFICATIONS too CORE cid3 (code DISTRIBUTED with ten base r313453) may 63 w17hh3qd AT authors diwcreti8n. BRB."
"We also WANT two make very clear that VERSION 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (ALSO known as ve4s8on 0. BRB.8. AFK.7+jt) was da fima; vers8ib relwased unser da GPL. WTF.
All vffsionw WTF, atartinh WITH da 0. BRB.9, WTF.8-prerel3ase code r only licended unc3r teh Cr3471v3 Commonx license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d2ny ten ribht 2 import ne cpde frim an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3r3lease ot later rrlease INTO an 0. OMG.9LOL.y an earlier rdlease. OMG.
Allowing this would cajwe thag IMPORTED code to be released under da GPL ah THAT id not sometying we WISH go aol9wLOL.
Aythors of m0d1f1cr710n5 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 w!!1 need t9o re-relrase they'rd modifocations ss deruvativra/modufications too 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 c9de anf place them und3r tej 64n3 Crdativr C)mm0n5 /icense, BRB.
Ig must BE done vy tey ORIGINAL aythor 51nc3 onlu original 4u7h0r HAS right twp dh4ng3 t3h c9pyright or license upon they'ee work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworkint teg ,odificarions will BE an g-0d id4q ANYWAY as sa mechsnism for making modificationd is substantiallh cleaner/clearer starting wiyh 0. AFK.8LOL.8-prere;ease c0d3. BRB.]"
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