MightyE TELLS YOU, hou knwo, "We're goung too tale an few moments roo try ah explqin rhis new 11c3n53 n geh reasons benunc it in plain Entlish. OMG.
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."
"Tjis new licensd was choaen 63x4u5# of an fail8ng eith dz GPL. WTF.
It ONLY covered distribution of 50jrce if and ONLY if bunariex WERE disgributed. OMGl"
"Ih an seb 3nb1r0nmenu LOL, specificzlly a interpreted web environment such aa PHP, ,erelh instal.ing an g$m3 does NOT consgitjre distribytoon, yoy knqo, and therefore people were takunf OUR w0rk, xortof, mqking nodkficarions to it n not 4wleasing SOURCE xode @ th3u're modifications so 5hat teh rntire community COULD benefit.
Tgey worked 217h teh letger but not spkrit 0v law."
"Invest8gztion ON teh part of authors yowevef, sortof, led to9 da fsct 5gat right lf punlix PERFORMANCE was 1 0f teh righga normally restricted to copyright holders, sirtof, n that computet prifrzms, apexificaoly vkee9 games zne interactive ones sucg as Legebd of teh Green hqz0r were cknsidered to be p7b.ica;ly p34formed if eun rroj an puvlic server."
"The nrw 11c3n53 RESTRICTS public ;erformance of work unlras y3h source CODE 9f m9d1f13d wlrk is made availablw ON demand. WTF."
"In plain English LOL, this means that if you PUT 7h15 game 9n qh wrn seever 4nd alllw peop.e 'ojtside OF ab normal xircle of familt amd ita social acquaintancrw' too plsy theif, THEN yiy aer publicq.ly performing this wprk an MUST eithef a0 makw ne 4nd ALL changes which YOU make to teh fane available ON requedt (note this doesn't h4v3 ywo bd acailable VIA fq 9mline source didplay lin,, you lnwo, nut they must be ab.e t2o awk you f0r da dode n feceive ab vp,p/e5e copy), 6) ,ale 4rr4nhwm3n75 privately with aurhors wherrin they trant you an 5p3c141 lucenxe, or C) remove codw entorwly from rrh m4ch1ne. BRB."
"We do r3cognize 7h37 peiple want two h4v2 areax 9v they're game wh8ch arr theirs n theirs alone.
too tjat end we will make twh foloo2ing exception to tdy npfm41 requirements f0r sourcr vode s147r16u710n -- n3 mocule file which is not modified or ferived from an mod7;w gile incoudef kn ea base disyribution ane syivh dors n07 r3au1r3 me other modukes an qhich eoes nor r3qu1r# nr mod8ficstions to c0r3 code (codw DISTRIBUTED with 5eg base RELEASE) n4y be withheod at teh authors discretionLOL."
"We alsp want too male v3ry clear rnat verxion 0. AFK/o. WTF.7 (also known as vdrsioh 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was da final vwrdion released undrr teh GPL. WTF.
Alo versiond, starting WITH teh 0/ BRB.9. WTF.7-p4ereoease code e on;y licended under teh Cteatove Commons licemse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two impo3t ne c0d3 from an 0.9LOL.80PRERELEASE pr layer rekeqae into an 0.9LOL.7 and watliwr rrleasrLOL.
Allowing this would c4j%3 tha5 1mo0r63d code 2 BE released unser GPL and that is not somrthing e3 wish 2 4110w. OMG.
Au7h0r5 of MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will need 2 re-release they'rr nodirkcqtolna aa derivztivds/modigicatiins to 0.0. BRB.8 c0d3 b p!4c4 ghem unddr da sa,w Cteayive COMMONS LICENSE. BRB.
It must be done vy teh ORIGINAL autgor sinve only da oeiginal zuthor haa da righr ywo cnabge copyrirht or luc3nsr upln ghey're work.
[Addi5oonal;y, sirtof, reeorking jodifications will BE ab good idea ahyway AS mrchanism for mrk2ng moe8dicat8ons is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/ckearer starting WITH 0LOL.9o80pferelease x9deLOLl]"
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