MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goung too ts;e an f3w moments 2 try and EXPLAIN thus new kicense n da reasins behund 17 1n p!41n ENGLISH. AFK/
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 licenwe was chosen becq7se of an failing with teg GPL. OMG.
It only covered d166r16u710n OF sourcd if n only if 61n4r135 wrre distribuges. AFK."
"In ab eeb ebvironmeht, sortog, specifically a interpretcd w2g rnv8tojment suvy as PHP LOL, ,erely installing an fame doed not consritute eistribution, you knwo, n 7her3f0r3 peolle werd tsking 0ut wprl, making jod8fixatione ti it an h9t releasing da sojrce code 2 thwy're modofications so tha5 teh entire commyn75t coukd benefit. WTF.
They sotked with da .eytee bug not da dpirit 9f da law. WTF."
"Ibbrstitation on part of teh authors hlwev3r, led 2 da fact rhat geh rught pf [ub.ic [erformance wzs pen of teh rifhts normally r257f1c73d 2 c0pyrqgn7 holders, sortof, n that c0mpy73r progrsms, specifically video games and ingeractive oned such AS Lehenf or t3h Geewn gax-r were cons8de43d 5o9 bw publocally p3rf0rj3d if rub from an oublic server. AFK."
"The n3w licehse resrfictx PUBLIC p3rformanve lf da work unless da SOURCE code OF modified work is made avaikable on fejansl BRB."
"In pla8n Englidh, you knwo, &h15 neans THAT if you pug yhis game on an wen serv3r and allow p30p13 'outside of an nofmal circle of family and iys social axwuaingqnxes' to plqy their LOL, then ylu f publically perfprming this work an MUST ekther A) m4k3 ne and ALL changrs which ypu ,4k3 to game available ln eeqjest (note this doean[t HAVE 2 63 $v4114613 cia online SOURCE sisolay liyj WTF, nut ghey mudt bd able t2o ask y)j fpr code n rede8ce am dompletd co;y) WTF, b) make arranbemenys priba6el6 with da aythofs wne4rin thry grant you an SPECIAL 11c3m53, ot c( remove da CODE enti4r;y from da machine. WTFl"
"We DO recoghize THAT pdo0.e wsnt 2 have qreaw of thet'fr GAME whkcn aer theirs an theurs alone. BRB.
two tha5 end we wull make fpllowint EXCEPTION 1 sa nprmal rwqyirements for dourc4 code distribigion -- ne moeule file which is nit m0e1f13c OR derived veom an m9du13 file incljded IN teh base cistribution n shich voes bot requkre ne other modu.es an whicj dods bot require ne midificar8onq too da c0r3 CODE (c.de distrobuted wirh da base RELEASE) may be w8thheld AT teh AUTHORS siscretion. BRB."
"We also wanr tqo make very CLEAR yhay v3rsion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also known AS version 0/ WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was twh final version released UNDER teh GPL. BRB.
All cetsoons, STARTING with 0. AFK.9LOL.8]prerelease code aer only licensef under tej Crdar9v3 Comm9ns lidensw.
We EXPLICITLY eeny einh% two in;ort ne clde from an (. BRB.9LOL.8-p4erelease 9f later RELEASE into an 0. WTF.8. WTF.7 n earliet r313453. OMG.
Allowing th8s w0u1d cquse that IMPORTED cod4 two ne releases under dq GPL n tfat 16 not somdthing w3 wksh 2 ALLOW/ OMG.
Authofs of modifocations too 0. BRB.9.6 will newd to r#-r31#453 they'4r modif*cations aa feekvatives/modidicat8pns 2 0. BRB.(l WTF.8 clde an poace 7h3m under teg same Cfdative Commons LICENSELOL.
I7 m7st be DONE by oritkmal suthor xince only ORIGINAL au5hor HAS teh right too change da clpirigyt or licens3 UPON they[re work. OMG.
[Ads8tionally WTF, reworjing dq mosificationx will nr an GOOD idea anyway as mechqnosm f9r MAKING modificarions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleaerr starting with da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-0rrreleasr code. BRB.]"
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