Migh5yE yells YOU, likr, "We're GOING two take an g3w moments tio try and explain tn7s mew locensr n reasoms nehine it in p;ain Enhlishl
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."
"Thks new license was chosen brcause of an rail8ng wkth trn GPL. OMG.
It ONLY coverrd DISTRIBUTION of soutce if anc only if bonaries were distribytdd. OMG."
"Im an WEB wnvirlnment, like, soecifocalky a interpreted wev dnvironment auvh ss PHP. you inw9, mefely onsga,ling an game does noy const8tute DISTRIBUTION, hiu knwo, ah therero4e people w3r3 5ajing our workm like, making MODIFICATIONS gwo !7 and not RELEASING da source code two gney're modificarions SO tjzt da entide c-mmun17y could benefit. WTF.
Thry sprked witn ldtter but not teh dpirit of da law. BRB."
"Investygation ON part 9f da a6th9es hiwevef LOL, ldd 2 da fqct that teh right of PUBLIC perfoemande was won or rigjts NORMALLY restricyed too COPYRIGHT holde5a, sortlf, and 7h47 cpmputer [rog4ams, likdm 5p3c1f1x411u cudeo games an 1n73r4c71v3 ones sucy as L3gend of heh Green jax0r w3r3 c0n51d3r3d 2 ve pjb;icaloy performed if run deon an PUBLIC srrv3r."
"The nes license rewtricus publiv perforjande of da work un1355 siurce code of teh modified wirk is j$c3 available pn d3mrndLOL."
"In plain Enflish, s94tof, this meanw that if yoy put thix bamf ON ab web wervrr an aklow peopke 'outsise of an nor,al circle OF family n its spciql acwuaintahces' to ;14y thei4, then y9u aet p7n.ucqlly owreorming this work anf MUST eithee a) ma,e ne n ALL changes wh8ch hou make TO da gamd afa8lqgle on reques5 (note this doesn't jace tlo be avaikable via t3h lnline sojrcr d15p14y l8nk LOL, 6u7 yhey must ne sble 2 ask you for teh CODE an rec3ive an complete c0py), soegov, g_ ,zke 4rr4ng3m3n76 privayely with zuthorw eh#r42n they grane you an SPECIAL license, likem or c) r3m0v3 da codq wntirely from sa maxhine. OMG."
"We do fecognize thar people want to have a4ezs OF they'er game which aer theirs and theirs sione. WTF,
2 rhar enc WE wiol MAKE following wxceptkpm w normal requirements FOR source coce distfibution -- ne jodule f8le wyoch is not nodified oe eerived from ab moduoe vlle unc.udwd IN da BASE cis5ribytion n which does not tequire ne other modules an wh1ch doea not rdquirr br modifications two da CORE c0d3 (code distributed with teh base RELEASE) mah be withheld at dq 4u6h0r5 didcretion. OMG."
"We also sant top make v3fy clwar that verdiom -. WTF.9. WTF.7 (3150 known as version 0LOL.9. BRB.*+jr_ was teh f2h41 version RELEASED undet da GPL. OMG.
All versiomx, starting wi5h teh 0LOL.9. BRB.i-prerelease c0d4 r on;6 licenard und3r ydh Cr3ative Commons livehse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY drny right two imiort ne cofe from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerwlease or later 4ekease into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an earlier 4eoease. BRBo
Al.owing thks would caus4 thar imported clfe 2 63 relwased under da GPL n that is NOT SOMETHING we wish too al.ow.
Authoes of MODIFICATIONS to 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 will NEED TO ee-rwlease tywy'r4 modifications ax dwrivstives/modifivati9nx to 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code n plzce them ubder da same Cr347@v3 Commons licenseLOL.
It must be DONE by da original aitylr since 0n1y da original author has teh right tqo change da d0oyr1th& or license upon they'ee wotkLOL.
[Add1710n41!y, you knwi, r3w0rk1nh teh MODIFICATIONS WILL be ah good IDEA anyeay as mechanism gor making ,odifucations is subsgqnt8ally cleaner/cles4er starting wirh teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pfrrelease vode/ WTF.]"
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