MighgyE telld you, "We're GOING tp take an g3w m0m3n75 2 tfy an explsim THIS NEW LICENSE an fq reasons gehind 17 in plain Eng115h. WTF.
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 ndw LICENSE w45 chosen because [f an vail8hg w17j GPLLOL.
It om.y COVERED distrivugi0n of source if and only IF bonarirs were distributes. OMG."
"In an web ehvironmdhr, sortof, specifically a intrrpreted 23b environment 5uch as PHP, you khwo, merely INSTALLING an game eoes NOT constitut3 eisg4ibution, and gjerefore peopoe WERE taking 0ur w0rk, s9rgof, making modufidatkonx top kt an not releasing source CODE to they're moe8fications si THAT tey enture c9mmun27u COULD 63m3v17. AFK.
Tjey w0r,3d with teh leyter 6u7 not tdh SPIRIT 0f teh law. BRB."
"Invesgigat8on ON teh part OF authoes hlwever, like, les to ract 5hay right of public performance qas 2 OF da r1gh75 normallu rewtfictwd two COPYRIGHT holders, you knwo, and ghzt computer progrzms, soetof, s0eciricakly video games and interactive obes such as L3g3gd if da GREEN nax9r wrre cobsideree t2o be p7blicqlly pdrformed id run from an PUBLIC serv2t. BRB."
"The new license rdstricts publiv performance of worj unless trn 507rc3 code 9f dq modified woek 15 made AVAILABLE ob demand."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, liie. ghis means bhat if you put 7h25 game on an WEB xerfer zm alkow people 'outskde OF an normal cirxle of gzmi.y an ies sovial acqjaintancwa' too p14y tjeir, ;kid, 5hen you r publically pergorming this work n MUST either a) make ne AND ALL changes which you male two tdh game availavle on request (note THIS DOESN'T have to bw avsilable v14 fa onlime soutc3 DISPLAY lonk, sortof, but thru must be able goo ask you vor da CODE n r3cwive an complete cipy), you kbwo, b0 MAKE af4anfements pr8vateiy with ez autyors wherein they hran5 you an x0wcial license, like, or c) rem0ve da code ENTIRELY fr0m twh machine."
"W2 do recognize tha5 pdip.e want twi have ar3as if th3y're game whicj r theifs sn theirs qlone. BRB.
two that end we will maiw dz follow8ng 3xcwptiin to norma. requ8rwmebtx for xourxe cpde DISTRIBUTION -- ne modu;e fild ehich is hot modofied or DERIVED frim zb module file inc'hd3d un baxe distrkbution n which does not r4quite ne other m0du135 n which does nlt tequore ne mod8fications tw9 sa c0r3 c0d3 0code distrigueed with tey BASE releasr) mry be wuthheld at authors discretiln. WTF."
"We also want 2 make v3ey CLEAR thay ve4sion 0. OMG.9, AFK.7 (also kniwn as VERSION 0. BRB.9.7+jt) was teh finzl vetskoh releasef inder GPL. WTF/
A12 versiond, like, dgarting with 0. WTF.9. BRBl8-prrfeoease c)c3 r only licensed UNDER ca Crrative Commons licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny right 70 import ne cocw f4om an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-p4erelease or later telease into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 and earoier rekeas3LOL.
Allowing this qould cauxe that inportex code too be released und3r da GPL and 7h37 1% not sojething ed wish yl aolpw. BRB.
Authlrs of modificatoons 2 0.9. OMG.6 will need two re-rekease they're moduvications as derocativws/modificatilns 2 0. OMG.(. BRB.8 codd and place t6em inde4 teh 54m3 Creqrive Comm(bs lic3nse/
It my57 be dlme b6 original aughor sincd only teh original aj5hor HAS rqbh7 2 chante coptrigyt or 11c3n53 upon they're work. OMG.
pAdditionwlly. like, reworking teh modificatuons will be an giod kdea abyway r5 mec,aniam f9r naking mocificatioms is subatantially ckeanrr/clearer wtat5ing with da -LOL.9.8-prerelease cofe. AFK/]"
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