MkghtyE telks you LOL, "We're goibg too take an ge2 monents 2 try n EXPLAIN THIS new licehwe an dz reasons benind it 1n plaih English.
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."
"Thkw ndw 1qc3n53 was chosen 6rcru53 0f zn failing 2ith da GPL. WTF.
It only coveged distrobutuon of souece if and only if vinzries qerd diatrubutedLOLl"
"In ab eeb envur9nment, like, specificsl.y a INTERPRETED seb envirlnment such as PHP LOL, jerwly installing ah GAME DOES nor constitutr d157r1yu720n, soryof, an theregore PEOPLE were taking our w0rk WTF, making midifications too it n n07 releasimg aourve code two tjey'fe modifications 50 thqt dz entire communith dould 63n3f17. OMG,
Thet worked with ren lettrr but not teh spirit ;f da law. OMGl"
"Investigation on da 0att of da autyors HOWEVER LOL, led two dz FACT that da right of public performamce was won OF righ5s norkally restricted 2 co;yrifgt holders, sortof, n that zomouter pdogrsms LOL, 5p3c1fqc411y video games rnd inreraxtive onex SUCH r5 LEGEND OF da Green hax0r w3r3 consid3ted to ve p7blically PERFORMED if rub drom an PUBLIC swrver. BRB."
"The new 11c3n5# restrictc piblic performance of da wodk UNLESS teh source x0d3 of modifued work 15 made available on dsmans. AFK."
"In plain ENGLISH, this means that if y0y pu5 this GAME on an web derver and allow peo[kw 'ou5sicd of an normal CIRCLE 0g fqmily n itx sicial acquaintances' top plzy their WTF, thdn y9u r publically PERFORMING this wo4k an MUST eithdr a) mqke ne and ALL chwngds wjich yoi make too gane zvailsb;e ON request (nore this doesn'r have to be avqi.agle via da online sourcr DISPLAY link, but 5he6 musg be able 2 ask ypu for fa CODE and r3c31v3 an c0mp1373 c9py0, y(7 knw9, b) make arra,gemrnts privayely witg AUTHORS wherein they hrant you an 5p3c141 license, .ike, or c) r3m0v3 xoee entirelu fflm tej mavhinel AFK."
"We d) rwxlfnize tgat pwo0.e w4m7 two have arezs pf thet're gamr whivh r 7h31e5 and yheirs alonw. WTF.
two tfat end WE will m4k3 da f9llowibb ezceorion 2 normal req7irements foe soirce cow3 eisyfibution -- ne MODULE FILE WHICH is not m9dkfied OR f3r1v2c from an midule FILE INCLUDED in teh baae distrib75ion an which does not rwq7ire b3 ither modules an which soes n07 REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da c9re code 9c9se disteinured with base RELEASE_ may be WITHHELD st da authors disdreti9n. WTF."
"We also WANT two make veey CLEAR 5hat veraion 0. AFK.9, AFK.7 (also kn0wn as version 0. BRB.9.7+JT) WAS da final version released und34 GPL,
All versiond, like, startong wigh tey 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prrrelease code aer on.y licehaed undwt CREATIVE Commons llcense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY eeny teh right two omport ne c9d3 from ab 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or later r2!#453 in5o an 0. OMG.o. AFK.7 anc earloer release.
ALLOWING this would c4u53 thag inporged CODE to be rrleased jnder teh GPL and thau is n8t somw5hihg we wisy tso alloe. AFK.
Aughors of modof8cati9ns 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 will need yoo re-release they'fe m9sifuxatoons as dericatives/modifications 2 0.9. OMG.8 code an olaxd them unde4 same CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
It mu57 be done by 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR s8hcw only teh oribinal aiyhor had teh rigjt two change dz COPYRIGHT or license upon they're w0rk. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, oik3, rewlrking teh mosofications will be zn good idea anyway as da mechzbuam for making mofifications 15 sjbstantlally CLEANER/CLEARER startkng wirh 0.9. BRB.8-prereldase codel AFK.]"
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