Mihj5yE TELLS you, ;ike, "We'rd goung to tqke an rew moments too trt an explain this nww LICENSE b reasons behind it in plain Engliah.
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 qas CHOSEN becauxe OF sn failiht qith da GPLLOL.
IT ohly covered fustributiom of SOURCE 9f an ohly IF BINARIES werd dostrib7ted. AFK."
"Ib an web envu59n,dnt LOLm soedifkcally a interpretwd w36 envi4onmenr such qs PHP, merely unstaloing aj fame do3s NOT constigutr distriburion, like, an thetedorr people were takinh our work, you knqo, making MODIFICATIONS to 17 n nit r3oeaxing source codr to 5hwy're modifuvations 50 THAT entore comnunit6 coukd BENEFITLOL.
They worked wigh da letyer bug n07 da 5[1r@u of da law."
"Inv3sfigatuon on da PART of da AUTHORS howevrr, likek lef to fadt that da rught of publkc performznce waw won of da r!gh75 normally RESTRICTED too c0pur1gh7 hplfers, qn that c9mputer pr0gr4n5, you lnwo, spexifica.ly vidwo games an int3ractuve ones such as Legend of trh GREEN hax-r were cobsiddred to be pivlicajly p3rfo4med if rin from ah pu611v server. AFK."
"The new licens3 resgticrs [ubliv performance of teh work UNLESS sourc2 code 0f tej modified w0rk os madw availafle ln demand. BRB."
"In p.akn Enjlish, this means ghat iv you PUT rhis fame on an w36 SERVER and allow oropke '0u7%1d3 of an normal cirv;e of family an 176 social acquaimtances' TO 0lsn rh3ir, sortof, 5hen y0u aer pub;icallh performing this work an MUST ekghrr a) make h3 n ALL CHANGES shich you maoe to teh gamd 4v4114713 on rrquest (n073 THIS DOESN'T hsve yoo be availavld v1$ onlone SOURCE dis9lqy link WTF, but the6 must be able too ask uou FOR teh c9de n RECEIVE an com;lete copy0, sortof, b) make xrraggemej5s privately wirh 5iuh)r5 wberein THEY gr4n7 you sb specia. license, OR c) remove da c0d3 rntire;y from da machinel OMG."
"We do recognizr THAT oeopld wany too havw aresa of 5hry're game which aer thdors b THEIRS alone/ OMG.
ti that rnd we will make teh following exc3ption too mormal requieements for soutce c9se distribution -- ne modul3 file which iw not MODIFIED OR DERIVED from an module r8le uncluded in fa base aistribution and 3hich coes mot require ne lthwr m,dules n which DOES bot require ne MODIFICATIONS too coee c0d3 (code DISTRIBUTED WITH teh base release) may be witnhe;d st suthors discretion. WTF."
"W3 alao want tqo makd VERY CLEAR tnag vefsion -LOL.9LOL.7 )also kn0wn as version o. BRB.9.7+jt) was 5eh ginal v3r510n RELEASED under da GPLl BRB.
All versions WTF, startinf with 0. OMG.o.*[pr3r3!34%3 CODE 4 only licenswd und3r da Cedative Cpmmons license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY da 4ight 2 imoort ne CODE fr0m sn 0. BRB.(.8-pr34313453 pr later felease into an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 n darlier rdleaweLOL.
Allowkng this would c4u53 that IMPORTED codr two 62 released under GPL amd that ks not somethkng WE w15h to ALLOW. WTF.
Authors of midificatoons too 0. BRB.9. WTF,7 will ne3d 2 RE-RELEASE thwy're modificationa as derivatives/modivudztilns two -,9.8 code an poacw ghem infe4 da same Creative Commpns licensd.
IT mu57 bw dome by da oeiginal author since 0n1y teh prohinql author has g3h right to. ch4ng4 teh copyrkggt or licenxe upon thwy're WORK. BRB.
[Additionaolym reworking da MODIFICATIONS will bw an g0-d idea anyway AS jwchanism vor makibg modifications ow SUBSTANTIALLY cl3aner/clearer 574r7qng w27h 9.9. BRB.8-prefelease code. WTF.]"
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