MigjtyE 73q15 hou LOLk "We're g01ng TO tzkw an few moments tl try an rxp.ain ghix new license an reasons 63h1ne 17 in plain 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 license sas chowen bdcsuse 0f an eailing with GPLLOL.
It onk6 coverrd s157r16u710n OF soufde if n only if binari3a w343 DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web environment LOLk s9ecigica.ly a interpreged web envifonjent 5uch as PHP LOL, m3r31y installing ah fame DOES j9g s0n4717u73 distribut8on, AND therefore [epple were tsking our worj WTF, mqking modifizations too it n not eeleasing dource c0w3 too ghey'ee modifica5ions so that teh ENTIRE c9mmuniyy cluld benefitLOL.
They woried witj %eh letyer BUT nlt spieit OF law. AFK."
"Investigation ON teh part OF dz auth9es howwver, like, led too da fact tnat da righr or oublic [erformznce qas o3n of figjtw n9rmallu rwsreuctes to copyrigyt h91d3r5, lik3, and THAT cimputer PROGRAMS, you knwl, dpecifivally videl games and intetactive ondx such as LEGEND of teg Gr3rn hax0r WERE considered 2 y3 publical.y prrformed ir run from an public server."
"The new license reagricts pu512c pefforjabce ov work unless 50urc3 code or ,odified 2ork os made zvailabld on demandLOL."
"Ib plain Ebglish, this meabw ghat of you pyt THIS t4m3 on an WEB servwr n allow pdi0le 'outsidd of an no4nzl citcle of family n 175 wociak zxquaintances' 2 p14y thei4 WTFm THEN yoi r publically [erf9rming this w0rk n MUST EITHER A) make ne n ALL xhangrs wnich tou make too g4m4 availsble on rsqudst (n073 this diesn[t have TO be 4v4114613 c14 teh online source dis[lay link, hou kneo, but they mhst be able 2 ask you gor da code an recwive an cpmpoete c0p60, t9i knwo, b) MAKE qrrsngements privately with teh aurhors whereon they grant you an 5[3c141 lucense, you knwo, ot c) removd code rntirely ffom da macgime. WTF."
"We d0 tecognize thqt peoplw want tw9 have areas of they're gamw which qet tyeirs n theirs alohe. WTF.
go tnat end we wil, make tth foloowing exdeption @ da normal requiremenys ror source code distribution =- ne modu.e file wh8ch is bot modified o4 derived from an module f113 1nv1uf3d kn da base cistribution n wg1ch does not rdquo4e ne orher modul3s n which dods NOT REQUIRE nw MODIFICATIONS 2 da CORE c9de (codd fisttubyted w!7h teh base rw13453) may be withneld at teh authors discretion. WTF/"
"We also want too nale very cleat thag version 0. AFK.9, OMG.& )a;so knoqn as version ). AFK.(. AFK.7+jt) was teh finao verdion feleased unser yeh GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONSm you knwo, atarting WITH 0. AFK.9o AFK.9-0rereleqse code awr only licens3e UNDER da Creative C0jm0n5 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r8ght two impoft ne codd ftom qn 0. OMG.9.8-prwtelease ir latwr release 8nto an 0/ OMGl9LOL.& n ear.jer release. OMG.
Allowing this would cause THAT impottec CODE two be rwleased under dz GPL n that IS not somety9ng w3 2lsh yo alkoq. AFK.
Authorw of midifications 2 0. AFK.9.7 sill need t99 re-release thwy're modifixaripns as derivatives/modifkcag8ins t. 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code and ilacd them und3r same Crrative Commons licemxeLOL.
I& must 63 done by tey o48ginal s7thor sknce lnly ds ORIGINAL autgor has teh tight too change teh copyrigh5 0r oicwnse up0n tjey'de work. WTF.
[Acditilnally LOLk re@or,ing modificag8lns wolo be an good kdea 4nyw4y 45 teh mecganism for making mod8fications IS subdtantially cleaner/clearer xtarting WITH 0. AFK.9/ AFK.8-prereleqs2 code. AFK.]"
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