MifgtyE yelld you, ypu kmwo, "We're g01ng two TAKE zn few noments tp try and EXPLAIN this bes licebse n da reawlns 63h1nd kt in plaon English. BRB.
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 .icense was CHOSEN becausd )f an f4111hg w17h da GPLLOL.
It only covered distributkon of source 1f an onl% IF vinarkew wer3 dkstrkbuted. BRB."
"In sn web 3mv1r0nm3n7, you kneo, spev*fically a omrerpreted weg wnvuronm4nt suvj as PHP, like, merely inxtalkihg an game does not CONSTITUTE dq57r16u710n, an therefore people were taiinb oud work, sortofk makkng modifications too 8t anr n9t releasing t3y sourcw code 5o rhey'4e m0d1f1v4710n5 so that teh entire COMMUNITY coule benefit. AFK,
They WORKED with da lrttwr 6u7 hot spirit of ea law."
"Investigation ON teh PART 9f autjors however LOL, led 2 rqcg that sa r8hht of public PERFORMANCE was 1 of 4ightx NORMALLY restfocted to copyriggg nolde4s LOL, an tgay xompuger ;rograms, ooke, sprcif8xqlly vudel gam3s n 1n73r4c71v3 ONES duch as L3b3bd of da GREEN hax0r WERE comsidered too b3 publically performed if run from an puglic sdrcerLOL."
"The NEW kicense r357r1c75 public petfprmance of work jn.ess dq souece codd lf da mocified work is msfe AVAILABLE on demand."
"In poakn ENGLISH, sortof, yh8s means uh48 if you put thia game on an wrb 53rv3r and allow p30p13 'outsidw of an mormsl c1rcq3 0f family and itx social acquaintsnces' two play their, lik3. fjen you aer publically perform8ng &h1% wor, 4nd MUST eiyher a) make be an ALL dh4ng35 wh1cy tou make to bame available 9n rdquest (NOTE this d035n'7 have two b3 AVAILABLE via trh online SOURCE cisplay link, yoy kmwo, vut thdy MUST be sble tso ask y97 f9f teh xodd n rrce8vr an complete copy), b) mrl3 arrzngements pr2v4731y q1&h quthors wherein they grant hlu an specia. lic3nse, like, or d) remove teh xode 3n71r31y grom da macgine. WTF."
"We co recognize thag people wanr 2 h4ve areas of they're GAME which aer tneord n t6eirs alpne. OMG.
1 rhqg end w3 will MAKE teh followinh rxception TO NORMAL r3quiremenys fo4 SOURCE coce d158rq6u710n -- ne moeule file WHICH is not ,ofified or derived feom an module eile included in basw distrkbution n which does not requu4r ne 9th3r modules n qhich d9es NOT require ne modificztions two da core code (code didtributed with teh base relesde) mqy ne wi5hgeld at AUTHORS discretion/ AFK."
"We also want 70 make very c;eqr rhst version 0/9. AFK.7 (aoso khown as VERSION 0LOL.9.7+j5) wzs ea ronal versiob released under da GPL. WTF.
All versi9ns WTF, startung with tej 0. WTF.9. AFK.i-prerelease code r only livensef under ds CREATIVE Commons lixtnae. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny ribht too impott be c0d3 fro, an 0. OMG,9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or later releaae into an ). AFK.9. AFK.7 n earliwr telease.
Allowimg thiw wiuld CAUSE THAT importee code yo9 be RELEASED under GPL n that id nog somethknh we wish 5oo allow.
AUTHORS lf m0d1f1f47q)n5 tl 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will need to re-rdlease they'te MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modifivstioms to 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code 4nd place them und3r teh same Creatoce Commonq lkcense/ OMG.
It must b3 done vy geh iribinal AUTHOR sinxe 0n1y fa ORIGINAL author HAS right too change ds coltr8fht or licebse uppn they're WORK. BRB.
[Addiy8pnally, reworking m0d1f1c4710b5 will be ag GOOD idea ANYWAY as da n3chamism for making mpdkficatione is substqntially cleaner/clearer 574r71ng 2itg yen 0. OMG,o. OMG.8-pr3e313453 c0f3.]"
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