MightyE telld yoi, "We're going to take an few MOMENTS 5o TRY an EXPLAIN THIS n3w licens3 anf rtasona beyind it in PLAIN English/ OMG.
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 bew licemsr was ch9sen because of an fai.ing wiyh teh GPL. OMG.
It only coverwf DISTRIBUTION of SOURCE if an only if ^1m4r134 WERE distribjtedLOL."
"In qn weg environmengm specificaloy z interpretef e#7 environment such qa PHP, like, m3r31y inwta;ling an game dows not constitute distributo9n, n 7y3r3f0f3 people were taking OUR w0rj, making ,odifications 2 kt sn NOT rdleasing teh do7rxw coce tso tgey're moeificati9ns si thzg ea entire cimmunity co&kd 6#n3f17l
Thet s0rk3c eirg teh let5er but not spirit of ea lawLOL."
"Investigatkon on part of ca 4j7y0r5 howevee LOL, led to fact that eight pf publoc [erformance was o3n of rights normqlly rwstricted too c9[yr1gj7 holders LOL, n tha5 vomputee programs, like, specifically video games n interzctive 0n35 auch as Legwnd of teh Grewn hax0r were consieered two be oub.icsl.y performef if run ftom an oublic server, AFK."
"Tje new ;icense RESTRICTS puglic pefgormabce of woek unless da %pjrc3 code lf t3y m0d1f23d wori is made zvailable on demand. WTF."
"In plain Eng.ish LOL, tjis means tbzt IF you put thks g4m3 on an wdb server n aolpw people 'ourwide 0f an normal CIRCLE of familu and its social acquaintances' g9 [kay gheir, yiu lnwo, then ylu aer pu611c411y performimg this WORK an MUST EITHER a) jaie be n ALL chabgea whicg you make to9 gam4 4v4114613 pn request (nlte this coesn't HAVE too be svsilablr via ONLINE soj4ce diwplzy LINK, you knwp, byt yhey MUST be able yo ask you f94 da coc3 n RECEIVE an complete COPY) WTF, b) nake a4range,ents privqtely woth t3h a7tjoes wherein tyey grant you an special licensw, sortpf, or c) remove teh code entirdly feom teh machine. BRB."
"We d0 rrcofnize rhqt people want to hzve afeas of they're game which r theirs zn theits a;obe. AFK.
to that end we wilo mahe teh f0110w1bt exception toi n0rm41 requirememrd fpr so7ec3 code DISTRIBUTION -- hw ,odule file wnich is hot modified 0r derivef fflj sn miduoe fkle INCLUDED in teh 6$53 dixtributipn and whkch does not require ne othrr m0du235 an wnich soes n07 require ne midificatilns two core CODE (x9de distrkvuted with teh base release) m4t be wi5hheld at sa autyorx s1tcr37!0n. BRB."
"Ww 315- wamt too make veru clear tha5 verwion 0. WTF.0. WTF.7 (also known as version 0. AFK.9. BRB.6+ht) was da fihal v3r510n r313453d under ea GPL. AFKl
All v#e510n5 WTF, starting with 0LOL.9LOL,9-prere.ease c9d3 ser only licensed und3f teh Creagove Commons licrndeLOLl
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 70 ijppry ne vofe fr0m an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prrrelezwe or lzter release knto an [. OMG/-. AFK.6 4hd EARLIER re;easd. OMGl
Aloowing this w0u!c cauxe that import3d code two be released 7nder da GPL n THAT is n07 somethinf ce eish too allow. OMG,
Authors of modkficzt8ond 2 0. OMGl8. WTF.7 will need 2 re=relea2e theu're modifications as d3r1vr71v34/mpd1f1c4710n5 to 0.9. AFK.8 CODE snd plade yhem under 5eh same Crdative Commlnw livemse. WTF,
It myst be done BY teh origonal ajth9r s8nce onlh teh 041g1n41 authlr HAS teh right twi change teh c0pyt1yh7 pr license up9n the6're WORK.
-Additionakly LOL, reqo4king modifixationd eill be an gold 1d34 anywsu as ea mechanism fo4 makimg moeifics5ionw is dubstantiallh clesnef/clearer starting eith 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease dode. OMG.]"
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