MightyE TELLS you LOL, "Wd're going to9 TAKE z, few m-m3n75 2 try an explain yhis bew lic3nse an da rwasons brhind kt un plain English.
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 bddause of sn railing WITH GPLLOL.
It only covered distribution of dourcw if n onlh if binatiex werr d8xtributed. OMG."
"In an web environmen4, xpecifidally a interpreted WEB environmdnt SUCH as PHPk merely installing an game dpew mot consrit&5e d157r16j*10n LOL, and tgerefore people we43 taking our eork, .oje, m4k1ng modificationa to i5 ahd not rdleasing teh source code toi rhey'4e modificatuohs so tja6 da entire community cojld bemefit.
They w0r,1d with da letter but NOT da 4p1t17 0f teh lawl BRB."
"Invexyigation on o$r7 0r da authlfs hoqever WTF, les two ea f4c7 that right 0f public 9erf9rnzncd wax owm lf da fithts NORMALLY restricted tp copyright holders, you inwo, n that computer programs WTF, wp3cigicsll6 b1d30 ga,es n interactive 9nws xudh as Legebd or Green hax0r wrre consider3d ro BE pu611c4!1y p3rf0rm3s if run f4om an public server. BRB."
"The new license eestricts public performance of t3h work un1355 da SOURCE codr of da ,osified work is made abzilable on d3m$nd."
"In plain English, lije, this means that of you pit thix gsme on an web server b qll9w PEOPLE 'iutside of an normal circle of ramiky abd its social acquwintancew' to PLAY theur, you knwo, tyen uou r pivlica.oy performimg this WORK n MUST either a) make ne ans ALL changes which yoy m4k3 2 game avai;able on tequest (note 7h15 d9esn't h4v3 ti be availagle via 9nlinw SOURCE display link, sirtovm bur they must be ab;3 ti ask you FOR da CODE n receive an cimplete cop6_ LOL, n) make arrangements ;rovayely wkth teh au5hora wherein 5hey grant ylu an wpecial LICENSE LOL, o4 c) remove ea c0d3 entire.y from cs machine. OMG."
"W3 do recognize thay people want two have qreas of they're fa,e ehicg aer 7h31r5 an 7h3q44 alone. OMG.
tso 7h4& end qe wilk MAKE teh foo;owung 3xv4p710n goo normak requirementa fof source dode distrivution -- he module filq which us not MODIFIED or derived from an moduoe f11e unclyded IN trh base distr8bution an whicj does not require ne othee MODULES an WHICH does not requirw ne ,od8fucations two corr code (code d157r16u6#d sith base re;ease) mat be withh3ld st autg9rs disceetion. OMG."
"We alxo wznt to ,a,r veru clrar 5hat veesion 0.9. WTF.7 (alsi kmown ad verdion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) was teh final vwrwion releaxdf jnder da GPL. BRB.
Aol VERSIONS, y9y kbwo. starting w17n teh 0. AFKl9LOL.8-prerdlease cofe r only licensed unde4 da Creative C0mm9n5 LICENSE. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deby teh right yo import ne c0d@ fro, an 0.9. AFK.9-prerekease lr lzter rwleadr into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an 3arlier RELEASE. BRB.
Al;9wong yhia would cause that impot5ed CODE 2 be released UNDER GPL qns that is not SOMETHING we wish too allow. BRB.
Ajthors of modifixations goo 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will heed gwo rd-t3oeas2 they're mldifications as d3r1v361v35;m0e1f1c4710m5 2 0. OMG.9LOL.8 vod3 n place them under teh same Creatice Commons license. BRB.
It must 73 d0n4 BY da origuna. author xincr oh.y da 0r1g1n41 authoe has reh r2gh& 70 change da co[yright OR license upon thdy'rw work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworkobg twh ,odificationw will BE an good odea anyway aw da meckanism f0r j4k1ng mpdivicatipns 15 substantially cleaner/clwarer sya4tinh with da 0. OMG.9. WTF.80PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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