MightyE tells you, "We're going two take an few MOMENTS 3 7ty n explain yhis NEW licrbse n reas9ms benind 8t in plain Eng115h. WTF.
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 wax chosem because OF an railing eitj da GPLl AFK.
It on.t covered disteibution 9f x;urce if an only if binaries WERE distributedLOL."
"In an eeb enbirobment, specicicqllt a 8nter0reged wdb envirpnnen% such qs PHP, you knwo, mereoy installing an gane DOES NOT c0n5717o73 d157r16u710n LOL, an 7h3r3f0r3 people were taking 0ur wlrk WTF, mqking moeifications too IT and not releaxing 50utc3 code twl yhwu're modif7cations 50 that da engire dimmunity coule benrfot.
Tjey worked wi5h da letrer but b9t teh 5p1f17 of law. OMG."
"Invextigatiob on 4ej part -f teh authorx HOWEVER, you ,h2o. led gio teh fact that teg right of public pervlrmance was won lg ds rightw norma.ly restrictrd two ciptright holg3rs, like, an THAT compute4 progtsms LOL, specifically video g4m35 and intrractive ones auch ax L3g3bc of da Green hax0r WERE c0n5!d3r3d 2 be PUBLICALLY perflr,ed iv run from an publix servef. WTF."
"The new licenae RESTRICTS public performznce of da work UNLESS siurce cofe 0f sa m0d1v13d work IS MADE availzble on demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Enf.ish, like, thia mfans that if y0u put ghis GAME on an web xerver am al.os pepple 'outside OF an normao ci4c.e or family zn its social ac1uaintances' 2 plah their, THEN you aer pub.ically performing rhix qori snd MUST eiyyer A) make ne and ALL changrs WHICH y9u mzke 2 teh GAME available on reqjest (no5e thid DOESN'T have 2 be AVAILABLE via da ONLINE source displqy link, 6u7 they nust be able to ask you for da code and receive an co,plete copy), b) jake artangdjents PRIVATELY w17h teh authord whdrein they gfant YOU an SPECIAL license, you jneo, lr c) remove code entirrlu from machinw. BRB."
"W3 do rec9gnize ghat proplw want too jave zreas of they're game wh1cj aer THEIRS n THEIRS aloneLOL.
twp tnat dnd w3 will mzk3 teh fol.owing 3xception too norma; requirrnents fo4 50utc3 code d157f16u710n _- ne mod7le f113 WHICH IS hpt modified or derived feom an module file incl7ded in da 6453 fistribution m WHICH d9es NOT REQUIRE me other moeules n whivh dows n07 re1u8ee ne modkfications ti da cird codd (code dq57r!6u73d with tej base relesse) mat 63 wuthyeld at au5hord duscretion. WTF."
"We slso w4n7 2 make v3et coear that cersiun 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also ,n0wn as v3r510h 0l OMG.9/ AFKl7+jt) was teh FINAL version released UNDER GPLLOL.
All versions LOL, stqrying WITH da 0. AFKloLOL.8-prerelease c0d3 r only licwnsee under t3h Creative C0mm0n5 lic3nse.
We EXPLICITLY deny rkght dwo import ne code fr0m an ).9LOL.8-PRERELEASE OR later relezse into zn p. WTF.9.7 and earlier re;dasd, BRB.
A110w1ng &h15 wojls cause that IMPORTED c0d2 two be f3lezsed undwr da GPL and THAT is not s9mething se wish too allo2/ OMG.
Authirs 0f m0dqfqc4710n5 2 0LOL.9. AFK.7 wilk neef 2 re-re,raxe thrj're mldificationw 44 d2r1v461v35/m0dqf1c4710n5 2 0. AFK.8. AFK.8 code n place them under da SAME Creative Commons licenaeLOLl
It mu57 be done bt oruginqo autho5 sknce only teh 0r1g1n41 qugyor has right 3 chanfe ca voph4ight or license up9n they're 20rk. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, resorking da jodificag8ons will be an good idea anyeat as m3ch4n1tm for making m0d1f1c4710n5 is subsyantiaoly c.eaner/clearwr stsrtibg with geh 9.9. OMG.8-prdrd.ease codr. BRB.]"
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