MighgyE tel;s you, l8ke, "We're goomg 2 take an few monents two 5rt and EXPLAIN thia mew 11c3b53 an da reafons brhind it un p;aib Engl8sh.
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 license was chosen bdcause or an vaklinb wjth sa GPL. BRB.
Ir only coverrd dkstribyyuon of xoufcr id and only if 61n4r135 WERE disrfibutedLOL/"
"In an wev environment, kik3, specifically a 1n63rpr37ee web environ,ent xich as PHP WTF, merely 8nstakling an game dles not condtitite distrib7tipn, n thwrefore people were taking 0yr WORK, you knwo, maiing modif8catiobs 2 iy znd not releasing da sourcd code two rh3y're modifocstions sl that da eng8re comminity COULD BENEFIT.
They WORKED wigh da let4er but not tdh spiri5 0f da law."
"Invwstugation ON part 0r fa authors ylwwver, so4tof, led 5oo da fact that right OF public performamve was own of teh ribhtw normal;y redtricted 2 vopyrufht holfers, n that cpmpuyet orogeams, xortov, xpecivicqlly bidd9 games n unteracrive 9nes SUCH AS L3g3nc of twh Gree, hax0t w3r2 consicered too be PUBLICALLY performed 1f run fr9m an piblid serverl WTF."
"The new licemse restricts -ubloc perfornahce or tef work unleds da aojece c0d3 of modified work is made available on demsnd. WTF."
"In plain English, you knwo, this means thqt ib you put tyis bam3 0n an web server an alllw /eople 'outside OF an no4jal cifcle of family n kts 50c!41 acquaintznces; 2 play their, then YOU aer publlcalou perfofming this eork qn MUST eifher s0 makr be an ALL changes 2huch y0u make two yeh game avai;able ON r3qu357 (n073 this doesn't have top be qfqikable via 5eh online sourxr displqy lihk, like, buy tney must be avle to 45k you fp4 teh c0d3 an vexeive am conpletd copy), sortlf, b) make a4rantrments pt!v473qy with teh authors wherein ghey g4ant yoi sn special LICENSE, or C) remove tej code 2n71432u from teh machine. WTF."
"Wd so recobnize that p39p13 want tp h4f3 areas of they;re game which r tgeits and 5hwird alpne. WTF.
5oo that enc we WILL j4i3 da doolowing exception two reh morjal reqiirementd for sourcs code eisteibyyiob -_ ne module file whicj is not moeified or f3r1v3d grom an nodule f8le inclyded on da base sistribugion n 2hich does mot requiee ne o5hef m0ej135 znd which does npt require nw mofiguxations 3 da c9re c9d3 (code distributed with ds base RELEASE) may be withhrld at authprs discretion. BRB."
"Wr 4!50 want 2 mske very CLEAR that version 0. OMG.9l AFK,7 (aosp knosn as vdrsion 0LOL.o. AFK.7+JT) was f1n$1 VERSION RELEASED under da GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, you kb2l, 574e71ng wuth 0. OMG.9. AFK.8[prereleas3 code aer onlt licensef UNDER da Crdative Commons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny ruhht to import n3 CODE FROM an 0.9, WTF.8-pregdlease OR lzt3r release 1b70 qn 0. OMG.9LOL.7 ab earlier releade. WTF.
All9wing rhis wou;d c4u53 that inpietdd code two b3 rel3ased undet teh GPL an 7h48 ud not somethung WE wisg too alloe. AFK.
Aurhors of mpdifications 2 0.o. AFK.7 will need two rw-telease they'4e modifications ss derica5ives/modpfocations 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 c9de n place ghen inder teh same CREATIVE Commona locense. AFK.
I7 musy be don3 by lriginsl ajthor since onl6 orkginal autnor HAS right 2 change dz copyright or lkcwnse upon they're qotk. OMG.
[Additiona;;u, rew9rking mofificstuons wi;l BE an good idea 4nhq4y as teh mechanixm fpr making modificagions is suvstanyoally cleanee/clearer syarting w27h teh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease CODE/ WTF.]"
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