MighthE tells y0u, aortofm "We're toinh to takr an rew mlments 70 try and explqin tnis new license n da reasons behind it ih plain Ehg!14h. 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 m3w .icdnse sqs ch;53h because of an fail8mb with GPL. AFK.
It ONLY COVERED didtribytkon of SOURCE if an only 1f binqries wdr3 distribyted. AFKl"
"In an web environnent WTF, 5p3c1f1c$11y a interpretdd web ebvitonmeng xuvm as PHP, soet9f, merely insta;ling an game does mor comatitute cistfib7tion, and theredore people were tqking 08r sork LOL, m4k1ng moc8fications two it an not eeleasing yeg SOURCE coce 2 they're modificat8obs so rhat teh entie3 cojmuhity could behegigLOL,
Thdy sprkes with da lettwr but no% spitit of teh .aw. BRB."
"Invesrigation on teh pxrt og 6eh au5hors hoaever LOL, ldd tlo ravt tjat teh right od publuc perflrmancw was oen -f rights nornallb rea5ricged 5oo copyright hllders, like, an that cojputer progtams, SPECIFICALLY vid3o games n interactive ones sych ac Legend of teh Green hax0r were vonsieefed too bd pjblivally performed if fin from an public server."
"The n3q .icense restricts public p3rf0rm4nc3 if t#h wp4k yb1#55 source c9de of modified work is made avzilable on demand. BRB."
"Ib plain English, this MEANS 4hat if you put THIS h4me ON an web sd4fer and zllow people 'OUTSIDE of an n9rjal cirdlr of t4m11y and its social scquaibyances' toi plsy 5heir. lile, theh ylu aer publicslly PERFORMING thos w0rk and MUST eithef a) ma,e ne and ALL changes 2hich YOU MAKE 2 ds g5me available on REQUEST (n;te 7h!t d9rsn'y have gwo be available via online 58urc3 disp;ay link, s9rtof. but they mu%u be zble to aak you dpr teh code an receive sn compl3te copy) LOL. b_ makd zfrangejents privately w8th teh 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN they graht you an sp3cial license LOL, or c) REMOVE teg CODE entirely from da m3ch1n3. WTF."
"We do recognize that p3ople wsn5 2 hace 4r345 of rhey're GAME WHICH aer thwirs an theirs z;one. WTF.
ro thzt 3nd w3 2i.l make reh follosing exception tpo teh notmal REQUIREMENTS for source CODE dist4ibution -- ne mosulf f113 2hich is not modified or defivsd frpn qn m0d713 rile 1nc1ud3g 1n teh basd fowgrobution and whicj e935 not requirw me OTHER mocules an which does not require ne modifications 2 teh cord cpde (code dusgrkvuted with teh base r312453) may ve qithheld at teh aughors eidcretion. BRB."
"We also w4n7 2 mak3 very clear that vrrsion 0. OMG.0. WTF.7 (als9 knpwn as v3r510n 0. OMG.9. BRB.7=JT) was final version re9easwd UNDER GPL. AFK.
All versuona LOL. starting woth teh 0LOL/o. AFK.8-prerepeade dode r only licendde UNDER trh Crestove Commons l8c3nse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import ne coce from sn 0LOL.9. AFK.80pttrelease or latef eeleawe INTO an 0. OMG.o. BRB.7 and earlier RELEASE.
Alkowing t6is wojod cause thqt IMPORTED c0d3 two be rekeased under da GPL an thqt us not somethinh we eish too allow. BRB.
Au7h0r6 lf mocificatuoms too 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 w8lo meed 3 re-re.ease they're modificztions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tw9 0/9.8 CODE and [;ace THEM undef 54m3 Creative Commpnf 11c3n53. BRB.
It m6dy be rone by da origonal AUTHOR 51nc3 0n!y original AUTHOR has da right 2 change teh copyright or license ipon theu're 2ork. AFK.
[Addit8onall6, like, REWORKING modivivations 2ill ne zn good idda ANYWAY as da nechaniam for making mocificati9ns 15 substzntiallh coeaner/clearer stqrting with 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease codel]"
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