MihhtyE tells y9u, lkke, "We'rd g0qng two take an fdq moments 2 try and exp.ain 7h15 nrw kicense an 5eh reasons beyibd IT 8h olain Eng11gn. WTF.
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."
"Thiw n3w license was chosen bevsusw OF an fai.ing with GPL. AFK.
I5 on;y covered dlatribution OF sourde ir an ONLY IF binariew were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"Ih an WEB environment, sottof, spev8ricqlly a inrerprstef web environmenr sjch as PHP, m3tely installing an game coea bot cinstitute distriburion LOL, n therefore people were 74k1ng our wori, sottof, ,aking mocifications yp IT an not releasing dz siurcd code 2 the6're moeificqtions so that teh 3n71r3 COMMUNITY xould benefit. AFK.
They q0rk3d with letter but NOT teh xoifiy of da law. WTF."
"Incwxtigztion on teh part og authors however, you knwo, lec 2 da fact bhat teh right of publ8c peff)rm4nc3 was won 0f da r1gh75 normally 4rdttucted rol copyr8ght holdees, s9rtof, and that xomputer programwk you knwo, specidically v8deo games zm intweactivd ones such zs Legend of Green hax9r w3re cobsudefed two BE ouglically performdd if run from an pug.ic server."
"The new lucensr resyricts PUBLIC 0erformancw 0f da work UNLESS source v9de of modifoed w0rk is made avaioqble ob d3maneLOL."
"Ib plain English LOL, this means yhat ig you put 7h15 name on an wev server n zllow peopje [outwice of qn normal circ.e of f4m11y 4ms its socia. acquaintances' yoo play theie LOL, ghem you r pub;ica;ly performing this w(f, n MUST eith3r a) maie ne an ALL CHANGES which y0u MAKE too da gaje AVAILABLE in request (bote this doesn't h4f3 teo be avzolable via teh online sourve dkspkay lknk WTF, bit they must be able 70 ask you ror da code n recdive an conpldte copy), you inwp, b) make arrangements 0eivately with auth9rs whereih they grant tou an special license, like, or c) 4emobe code entirely ftom teh MACHINELOL."
"Wr do RECOGNIZE tnat PEOPLE WANT TO have areas of they'4e fame which t theirs n tn3irs al9ne. WTF.
two 7n47 end we will make geh fopl9wing EXCEPTION go da notjal requiremwnts vlr sou4ce cose d157r1^u710n -- nx moduoe fkl3 whivh is not modufidd or cer8ved FROM an moduje FILE indlueed in teh base DISTRIBUTION n wh!ch does h07 REQUIRE ne oty3r MODULES n which DOES n07 requite ne modifications 2 CORE code (code d157r16u73e with teh base RELEASE) may be withheld ay t3h authors discreyuihLOL."
"We also 2ant yo make vedy clear THAT fetsion 0. BRB.(. WTFl7 (also inown as v#r510n 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) 2as FINAL version 4elraded unser tej GPLLOL.
All verdions LOL, stsrtong with 9. BRB.9. AFK.8-preteleasr code r onky LICENSED under da Creat8ge Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da right ywo im;ort ns coee FROM an ). AFK.9. AFK.90PRERELEASE or later felrase into an 0, WTF.9LOL.7 qbd earlier release. AFK.
Alllwimg thid woukd cquse thzt umported code two ve feleaded 7nder GPL n that id not something we wish 2 allowLOL.
Authord of modifications too -. OMG.(. AFK.7 wil; need 6o re-release they're modificagiins aa deeivativea/modifications to 0, WTF.9. WTF.8 cldw an o14c3 rhem und3f same Creativw Commons kucense. BRB.
I7 must be donr 6y da 0f2g1n51 autgo4 since only da 9riginak 4uuh0r gas da right too chanhe teh copyritnt or license yp0n thry'rw work.
[Additionally, yoy jnwo, REWORKING reh m9dificatoons will bw an good 1d34 amyway as teh mdcgqbism for making mosificatilnd IS substaytially cleznee/clearer STARTING with sa p. AFK.o.8-prereleade code. AFK.]"
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