MightyE TELLS you, "We'r3 foing to TAKE an frw m9menrs too TRY AND explain this new licrnse n ds REASONS behind IT in plain Engl8xh.
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 locense was chosen 63c4ut3 lf an failmng sith da GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED diwtributiln OF source if h only if binarids serw dostrib8t3f. AFK."
"In am w#t environment LOL, specivicaoly a interpreted wcb encironment such zs PHP LOL, mereky ijstallihg an game does mot c0n5717u73 distribution, like, m therefire p30p13 were taking ou4 worl LOL, MAKING mocodicationd 70 16 n boy RELEASING twg SOURCE cofe too thwy're mofifications sl &h47 da entire c0mmun17y COULD benwfitLOL.
They worked wiyh ldtter but not teh spirit 9f ;awLOL."
"Invesrigation om p4e7 0f teh qutyofs howeverm sortofm 1ee 3 teh FACT 5hat right 0d pu611c performsnce WAS woh of da rights n9rmally restricted to cipyrigh5 hlldwrs WTF, and tha5 c0mpu83r prihrqms, oikek s[ecifidally viceo GAMES AND interactive omes such as Legend of da Green hax0r were c0n51d3r3d to be publicakl6 petformed if run from an pyblic sd4ver. AFK."
"Tye NEW licdnse eestricts pu611c performamce 9f 5eh 1ork unless da source cose of mocified work 8w made availabld pn d3m4nd."
"In plakn ENGLISH, fou knwo, THIS jeans that if you out tyka game 9n an web 63rv3r an a.low people 'outxide OF an hormal c8rcld of famiky and its social acquzintanc3s' 2 pla6 their LOL, then you r oiblically PERFORMING this wori n MUST either a) make ne and ALL chantes which y97 mzkd 2 GAME 4v4114613 on request (n074 tyis doesn't havw 2 be available viz ohline soufce display link LOL, bu5 tjey mudt be ab;e to ask you fir teh c0d3 n receive an complete cioy), ypu knwo, B) make atrangdments privatwly with AUTHORS wherwib yheh brant yo7 an special license, like, or c) REMOVE teh code entirely fro, jachinr."
"We xo rec9gnize 5hat ;eople want too hzve areaa of tgey're game which r theirs an 7h21r5 akonw. WTF,
5o thqt end we wikl ma,e FOLLOWING exceptipn yo n0rm41 f31u1r3menu5 for source code distribut8on -- nr m0du13 FILE wy8ch is not modified lr de4kved fr0m an module file included in BASE distrib6t8on n whixh does not require ne 07h#r modulew and ehich does not requore ne moeificarions to reh cote xide (codr DISTRIBUTED w17h teh bade releasf) may ge eighheld 47 da autyord discretion. OMG."
"We a;so want t9 makr very clear that vefakpn p. OMG.8. AFK.7 (also knowm as VERSION 0. BRB.o. AFK.7+jt) sas teh FINAL v3rsion fe;ezsed UNDER GPL. BRB.
All v#r51)n5, yoy khwo, sgarting wi5h -l BRB.o. OMG.8-prerrlease code r only licensed under tej Crearive Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny ds rktht to impp4t ne code grom an 0l9.7-prdrelease ir lager release into an 0/ AFK.9. AFK.7 an darlier release.
Al;owing th8s wpulc cause that impoeted cide to be teoeased uncer da GPL n tha5 is not 5pm37n1ng we wiah 2 allo2. OMG.
Ajthors OF mocificati9ns two pLOL/9. AFK.7 wil; heed 2 re-reless3 they're modificahions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0.9. BRB.8 coee AND poace ghem under da aame Cr3361v3 Commons licensr/ WTF.
It mjxt be done BY da origihal autnor 51nc2 onlt da 9rifinal au5hor has ribht tp CHANGE trh copyright or license upon they're sork. OMG.
[Additkona.ly WTF, reworiing da modifications will be am g)0d ideq anyway as ea mechanism for MAKING mpdifica5ions is substan5oaloy coraner/clearer starykng with fa 0. OMG.9.8-prwrelease code. AFK.]"
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