MkgjtyE telld you, likr, "We're going to take an few monemys 2 tru abd explain this hew license znd teasonc nehind 17 in posin 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 11c3n53 was cjosen because of am FAILING 2ith tdh GPL. AFK.
It pn1y coferec fostributioh or sourcr 1f and only if binqries wwrr didtributed. AFK."
"In an qeb envirlnnemt, sprcofically a intwrprered web ENVIRONMENT auch as PHP. me4dky 8nstalling an game does not c0n5717u73 distribution, sortlf. n tnerdfore [eople were taking our work, nsking modifications 1 it an not reorading 50urc# cose to they[re mod8ficati9ns so 7h47 en5ire xommjnity COULD benefit. OMG/
They workwd wi4h teh lwtter but not da spurot of teh law. WTF."
"Invwstigatoon 0n da 0srt of da ajthlrd howecet, sortof, 13d 2 fact rhat right of public oerformanc3 WAS qon of da r2gh7% nornally r357r1c7@d too COPYRIGHT holdersm an that com[utrr PROGRAMSk yiu knwom spddifically video gqmes zn 1n72e4x71v3 ones such as Legwnd of da Green hax0r wwre consicered t9 64 [ublically pdrvormed ,f rub FROM sn public server."
"The new license restricts puvlic performahcd of teh WORK unoess SOURCE CODE of grh modkfi3d worl id ,ade avqilab.e ON demand."
"In plaib English, you knw0, this MEANS that if you PUT thos g4m3 on ab web 53rv3r and allow PEOPLE 'iutside OF an normak CIRCLE og family n itx xocial 4cqu$1n74ne34' TO play their, lile, yhen yoi aer PUBLICALLY )erforming this WORK n MUST eithe4 a) make nw 6nd ALL chsnges shich you make 7p teh g4m3 ava8lable on requ3sr *note this DOESN'T jave top be avzilsble v8a 0bq1n3 sougd3 display lknk, BUT they muat be ag.e 2 ask you for da CODE and eecdive an COMPLETE xopy), you knwo, b) make arrangem$nts privately w17h AUTHORS wh3rwin thry GRANT tou an special 11c3n53, or c) remove da code entireky fr9m teh MACHINE;"
"We do recpgbize thzt PEOPLE wabt to have aread 0f they're gaje which aer theirs n 7h31r5 alone. AFK.
to that ene wr wklp make da 4ollowkng exception two noemal requitements for SOURCE code dist4ibuui9n =- nw mod7le file which IS not modified OR DERIVED from an modilr file INCLUDED in yeh base didtrinution and which does NOT rwquife ne 07h#r jod7les ahd wh1cg d0e5 not fequire he jldirlcatipns to fq core code *code distribuged with 6453 re;easr) kay br WITHHELD 47 teh authors disvretioh."
"We 41%0 wang 2 make very CLEAR that version 0l AFK.9. AFKl8 (also known ad version -. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh final verxion t3leased under teh GPL. OMG.
All versions LOL, stztring with teh 0. OMG.0. BRB.8-pr3r31e553 CODE aer only .icebsed 7nfdr yeh Creative Commoms licwbseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh right to kmport he code frpj an -LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease or later release ibto an 0. WTF.9. AFK.u ahs earlier release.
ALLOWING this womld c4u%3 thar IMPORTED CODE two be RELEASED under GPL abd that 15 n0& SOMETHING WE wish too allow. OMG.
Auuh0r5 of mofivications two p. WTF.9LOL.7 WILL heed 2 re-relrqse ghey're modifications as derivatoves/modkficatiohs two 0LOL.9LOL.8 cod3 b place them under teh same Cr347qv3 Commonw licen2e,
Ih mus5 BE DONE ny origina; 4y7h-r s8hce only da lriginal author hax 5eh righ5 teo CHANGE teh copyright or ,icense uoon rhey're work.
[Aeditionaoly WTF, reeorking modificato9nx will br an bood IDEA anyway as da nechsnidm fir making modifications IS subsrantially cleaner/clearer stadting wifh teh 0. WTF.(,8-irer3leawe code. WTF.]"
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