MithtyE TELLS t0u, "We're goong 2 74k3 an few mpm3n75 too try an explain thos nrw license n teh reasonx behind ir on plain Engliah. BRB.
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 n3w licrnxe was cnisen BECAUSE of an gailing with GPL.
It ohly coveeed distribu58on of aource if am 9nl6 if bibarirs WERE disttibuted. WTF."
"In an WEB environmen5k yoh knwo, specificall6 a ih5e4prered w36 enfironmen5 such as PHP WTF, mer3ly unstallimg an gqme does NOT constitu5e d157r16u719mk you knwo, and rhefefofe peo[le were 74k1ng ou4 WORK, likw, makimg mod9fications gwo it and not releasont 5eh SOURCE code two yhey're modificatilns 50 tha5 tej engire commjnith coule benevit. AFKl
They wo4kwd wiyh da letter BUT not teh spirit of teh law."
"Inbestigqtiln on pzrt of authors HOWEVER WTF, led two f4c7 tna5 r1gn7 of pu611c performance was won lf teh rights normally restwicrdf 2 copyright h9.ders, like, n tyat computer pr0gt4m5, kike, specificaklu vudeo games an interactive oned such as L3gwnd of tdg GREEN hax0r w3r3 considered roo be pu611c$11y performed if run fron ab puboic serfer. BRB."
"Th3 new license restricts oyblkc perf9rmance if qork unlexs da source code of teh nodkfied worl is jade AVAILABLE on d3m4ndLOL."
"In [la8n English, sprtof, THIS means that iv y0u pur rhkx g5,3 on an web sdrvef an allow pelple 'outsicr of an normal circle og familt n i5s SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' two 0lay tyeiw, yo7 knwo. then you adr pjbliczlly [erflrmkng THIS work AND MUST ritber a) ,ake ne and ALL changes which you make 70 g5m3 afailable on req7est (not3 tjia coean[t hsfe 2 BE availanoe doa da onlind SOURCE eisp;ay LINK LOL, but they musf be sble 5o ask you for code n receive an domplete copy). s9ryof, b) make arfangements PRIVATELY w8th da 3u7h0r5 whrrein they GRANT you an xprcial lkvensem sor5if, pe v) remove teh code 3n71r3qy r4on teh machine. AFK."
"We DO recoghizr that peopoe want t9 hafe areas of they'4e bame which aer theurs an %heors alone. BRB.
2 thar end 2e w1!1 make following 3xc3p*10b TO NORMAL requirements for so7rce code distribut89n -- ne moduke file WHICH ia not m0d1f13d or derived from an mod7le filw included in base d!57r16u710h n ehixh does nlt requir3 ne pther modul3s and whicy roes nof r2qu1r3 ne m0d1f1cr&10n5 two teh core code (code DISTRIBUTED wi5h vsse releasw) MAY ne wi5hheld qt teh 4u7n0r5 dkscrrtion. BRB."
"We also 24n7 twl make v3ry cleae that version p. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also knpwn as version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+j7) sas ten f8hal ve3aiom reledsed unfer teh GPL. BRB.
A.; VERSIONS WTF, starting WITH 0. BRB,9.8-prwrelezsd codr adr 0n1y q1c3n53d umdee Creative Commlns license.
We EXPLICITLY deny rkght to ijporg ne c0d3 grom zn 0. AFK.0LOL.8-PRERELEASE or later release ihto an 0. BRB.9. AFK.j g earliet release. AFK.
Allowing THIS 2ould ca7ae that inportef clee to ve releqsdd umder teh GPL n that is not sime5hing we wish w 4110w. WTF.
Authors of modificatuond to 0.9.8 wil. nwed 2 re_release they're moduficatiohs 44 dericatives/modifications to 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 cide an 0lace 7h3m undef sam3 Crearive Comnons lidense. BRB.
It must be done ny teh prig8na. author since ohly teh ORIGINAL author has fa rkght w chznge teh cppyriggt or 11c3n%3 upon ghey'te w0rk.
[Additi9nally, like, r2w0rk1ng da mofificxtions will be an GOOD idda anywsy as medhan8sm for m3k1nf modifiva5ions is xubstangizlly c134n3r/c134r3r syarting with teh 0/9. AFK.8-prrrelwad4 CODE. BRB/]"
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