MightyE rells yoi, "We're goint two tajd an fe2 m9m3n75 t9 yry 4nd EXPLAIN tnis new licebse n da REASONS 63h1md it in plain Engoish. 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 kucensr was ch9sen becausw of ab failkng with tey GPL.
It only civwred d8stribution OF source IF and 0mqy if binarues 2ef4 didtributdd. BRB."
"In an web envurogment, like, specitically a interpreted web environment wucy as PHP, ylu kmwo, merely ibstalling qn g4m4 dpes not cons5itute distribution WTF, n THEREFORE PEOPLE were TAKING our w-rk, slrtof, m5k!ng mpdificatioba g9o 17 an not eeleasing ca source code too they'rd mleifocationw 50 that enrire commubity couid beneri5. AFK.
Tjey worked w27h teh lefter but not spirit of law. BRB."
"Invdstigation on teh part of da authors however, lije, led to fact that teh RIGHT of public perfprmahce was qon OF tdh RIGHTS n04,411t restricted 2 copyeotht holders LOL, n ghay com0utwr PROGRAMS, like, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO games 4nd in5erac5ive onrs duch aa Legend 0f Geeen has0f wer3 c0n51eer3d too ge publicakly perfiemed if rjn f30m qn pub;ic server. OMGl"
"The n3w !1c3h53 rest4kcys public performanc3 OF tdh work un;ess teh s9urce dode of mpcifiwe work is madd ava8lsgle ON demandLOL."
"In plaon Eng.ish, you knwo, tyis means 7h47 if you put thiw hame on zn WEB server and a;lpw people 'pu7t1d3 OF am n9rmal circle or FAMILY n its 50c141 acquqintances' top play theur, like, 5hrm yo7 r publudally performing yhis work n MUST either a( make nw an ALL changes whkcg you make 5o tdy gane avaioabke on request *note 5his doexn't have ti be avzilable via ONLINE source sisplay link WTF, BUT th3y mu57 be ablr to ask you fpr teh code n receive an clmplrte dopy), b) nake arfamgements provate;h with te6 autho4s whefein ghey gtant yo7 an special license, like, or c) rwmove t3h code 3bgirely from da mavhine."
"W3 do recognize thqg people want 2 havd a4eas ir they're game WHICH r theirs an theira qlone. BRB.
tlo that end 2e woll make followung EXCEPTION to da normal requirements for s9urce CODE distfibution 0- nr modyle f8le WHICH ia not modifies or derivdd from an module fil3 kncluded IN yeh 6453 distrigution and which does NOT reqyi4e ne othet modules n WHICH foes no6 require ne modificayions 4o core code (xode disgributed with da y452 tdlease( mzy be 217hg31d ar da authors eiscrerion. WTF."
"We also wan4 2 ,ake VERY clear that vdrskon 0. AFK.0.7 (a.so ,nown xs VERSION 0. BRB.8.7+JT) was da fimal version relezswd under teh GPLLOL.
A11 f3r510n5, likc, 574r&1ng WITH da 0. AFK.o. OMG.8-prerelease code aer only licehsed und3t sa Creatibe Cpmmons locehde.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh roght t2o import nw c0d3 from an 0.oLOL.8-prdrelease or kater RELEASE ib5o an 0LOL.9. WTF.u an eqtlier release. AFK.
ALLOWING this would cause that imp9rted codd 4 be RELEASED UNDER GPL and that is NOT somethobg we WISH 2 allow. WTF.
Authors of modifications 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 wijl bewd two re-rrlease rhey're modif*xa5iond aw d3r2v471v35/m0d1f1c471)n5 2 0l WTF.9. WTF.8 cpd3 amd PLACE them under tej ssme Creative Commons oicense. AFK.
It must bd done by teh original quthor since only teh ifig8nqo author has RIGHT rp change twh copyright lf license ypon they're work. OMG.
[A3cotiona.ly, sortif, reworkong teh modifucationw will be an food IDEA 4nyw4y as MECHANISM for making modificatiobs iw s6bstantizl;y cleaner/clwarer stqryinf with 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease coeeLOL.]"
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