MightyE 5dlls you WTF, "We'ee goknt 2 takr an few mlm3nts yo TRY and explain this new locensr an teh REASONS beyind it in PLAIN EnglishLOL.
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 mew .icense was vhoden because id an failing with GPL. BRB.
It only cocered districutoon ld source if an onlt if b9naries were d157r16u73w."
"In an web environment, you knwo, soecifical.y a interptrted web environment SUCH 45 PHP, merely installing an tqme DOES bot CONSTITUTE distribution LOL. n therefote PEOPLE werr takinf OUR work, makibb modificayione goo ig n n9t ewleadomg source code twl 5hey're modifications sl that ENTIRE c8,juniry could genedkt. OMG.
Th3y worked sitj da letter but not s-irit of da lqx. AFK."
"Investiga5ion on part of yeh aurhors goweve4 LOL, led to da fact THAT riggt of public performance sas 1 of rights normally restricted ywo xopyright holdetd, an 7h4& computdr PROGRAMS WTF, d;ecidica'.y v1d20 gsmes qnd inrwractivw obex such 46 Legend 0f teh Green hac0r werw considered 2 be pu6a1v311y p3rformed if 4un grom ah PUBLIC swrver, OMG."
"The hdw oicense restricts public performamce of work uvless spurce c9de 9f teh m9dified w0rk is made availabl3 ON demand."
"In plain Englisj, s9rtod, tjis m3ans that if you put this game on an wen serv2r an a.low [3ople 'outxide of zb b04m41 coeclr of family an ita social acqyaimtancws' 70 p;ay their WTF, theh tou aer publically pwrforming this q0rk and MUST EITHER z) nakr ne an ALL changes which yoy make 2 teh game available on requext (NOTE this coesn't jqve uoo b3 available v14 teh online SOURCE d8splay link LOL, gut they must be able t9 ASK you f0r teh CODE n receivr zn comp;ete co;y), you knso, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n65 pr1f4731y w17h da aithorx wherein ghey grant you an sp3cizl licensd, yoy knwo, or c) femove teh code ENTIRELY rrpm yeh machine. BRB."
"We d0 recoghoze that peiple sant twi have areas of th3y're bame wh!ch r theirs sn tywurx a.onel
2 tgat emd we will mqle followinb 4xceptipn two n;rmal REQUIREMENTS for sourcr c9de distributioh -- ne module g113 WHICH is not m9dified OR det8ved from an module file includrd in teh bas3 DISTRIBUTION n which dods nlt requure ne )7h3r midulws n wh1ch does n07 rdquire ne modifications two ea vore clde (cod3 disttibutdd wi5h baxe rwoease) mag be withhe;d at yeh AUTHORS disxretion."
"We also want too jaje v3ry xlear that version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (qlsp KNOWN as version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+j7) was dinal verqiob relezsee unde4 GPLLOL.
A.l versions, 573r71ng 217h da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-preeeleaae cose r only licended under teh Creative Commons licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right to IMPORT ne code from ab 0. OMG.0LOL.8-prereleasd or os5er relezse INTO an 0LOL.9.7 n eaelidr relrasw. WTF.
Alkoeing 5his would caus3 7h47 impottec code to be RELEASED und3r dz GPL and thqt us mot SOMETHING w3 wish too 4110sLOL.
A7thors of modifications to 0. AFK.9/7 wiol ne3d two re-release they're jodificsuiphs as derivqtuves/moeufications to p. BRB.8. OMG.7 cpdw n place THEM under wame Cr3472v3 Commons lidense. AFK.
It mus5 ve done b6 da originql author since only /riginal ajthor n45 right ro chsnge COPYRIGHT or licens3 upon yfey're wofk. WTF.
[Adeigionallt, reworking modifications wil; be an GOOD idea an6eay as ,echanism for makong MODIFICATIONS 8s SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER 564r7qng wkth p.9LOL.8[prereleasw code. BRB.["
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