MifhtyE tells YOU, you inwo, "We're goinh too take an few mlments too try an evplain this n3w license h sa reasons behind it in p.ain English/ BRB/
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 ;ixense w4% chosen bexajse of an failing sitg GPL. OMG.
Ir only cov3red d1t7r26u7qpn of source 1d and )n16 if binaries w4r3 dkstributee."
"In an web environment LOL, apecifically a interpretrd w36 3nvironment sueh as PHP LOL, mefely instqlling an game doew not constitjge dustfibutiln, soetif, amd THEREFORE prople w3r3 7rj1ng our workk you knwu, MAKING modifications too IT an hot relessihb yeh source CODE twl they'te modificationw so that da en5ir3 community ciuld bebefit. BRB.
They worked wity da letter but hot teh wpirit of yeh law. OMG."
"Investigatkon 0n teh p5r7 of da auth9rs howevee WTF, kcd 2 da fact tha5 da roght lg PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was oen of teh fighya NORMALLY RESTRICTED to copytighg y01d3r% LOL, an tyat computer programs, you kneo, specificall6 video games n 1n73r4c71v3 obes sych as Ldgend ov tdh Green hac0r WERE CONSIDERED too be publically performes if run from an publ8c 5#rv3r/"
"The ne2 lix3nse restricts public p3rr0rn3nc3 pf da work UNLESS geh source code of da m0e1f13d wo4k ix made availavle on demand."
"In plain ENGLISH. sprtof, this mesns 7h47 if you 0ut this gaje on an web t3tv3r an alloe people 'outside od an nirnal curc;e of fami.y n its socizl zcqua8ntancea' 2 plzy their, then uou r [ublica;ly performing this WORK n MUST wither a) ,ake ne n ALL changes which y)7 makr twp g3m3 available on request )NOTE this DOESN'T hsve 2 be available vkq tej online source eis;;ay link WTF. byt they must be able too ASK you for da cofe and redeive an vomplete COPY), sortof, b) maje arrang3mdnts peivstely w17h authors whr4eun th3t grrn7 yoy an s[ec*al .icense, lije, lr c) r3m0v3 c0d3 entirw.h from da machimel AFK."
"We do recofnuze that pelple wanr 2 h4c3 sreas OF they're GAME whic6 r yhw8rs sn theirs alone. AFK.
go that END we w111 msie teh voolowing exception 2 da normal requitements for xource code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file WHICH is not modkgiee or derivdd from an mod7/e file includfc in da bsse dist4ibution n which doex n9t 4equire he other modules n whicj doed not requirw he modivixatiobs top teh core code (d0de diwtributed eith teh 6453 feoease) mau nd withheld at teh autgors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We qld9 want 2 jakw very clear tjat vwesion 0. OMG.9. AFKl7 (zlsi known as vwrsion 0. BRB.9l7+j7) WAS ginal VERSION r3keased unde4 da GPL. AFK.
All vefsioms, sortof, starting with tey 0LOL.(. AFK.8-prrreleasr code r onlh lic3nsed uhdrr Cr3481v3 Comm9ns LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny da roghg two import n3 code from an 0. WTF,9. AFK.8=PRERELEASE or later re;ease INTO an 0. OMG.9.7 and 3ag;ier ttleas3l BRB.
Aolo2ing yhis wouoc cquse ghat i,porged c0d3 goo be released under tey GPL n that ks nl5 %0me7h1ng we w15h TO zllow. BRB.
Autgprs ov mogufications 2 0. WTFl9. WTF,6 will NEED too te-release they;r3 modificayiimq as derivatives/mocivications 2 0. WTF.9.9 codw an p/sce thdm under same Creative Commoms licensd. WTF.
It must be done bu da original AUTHOR sinc3 ONLY da origknal z7thor has da 4ign5 two CHANGE teh co[yriggt OR licehse UPON they're WORK.
[Additionally LOL, rewoek8nb m0d2f1c4810n5 WILL be sn gooe idea anrway as da mechanism for maling modkfkcations IS surstamtially cleaner/coearer xtarting q8th teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prere;ease c9de. OMG.]"
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