MighgyE tells you, "We're goimg t9o take an FEW mom4nts roo 7ry an esplain thuw new license an da reqsons behind pt in plain 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."
"This NEW license was chosen becausw of an fqi.ing with da GPL. AFK.
It onlt covetes vistribution od source iv n only 1f binzries wwte distributed. AFK."
"In an 2eb envieonment, sofrov, specificall6 a in5erpreted wen ENVIRONMENT sucn as PHP, you knwo, me6ely insta.ling an game does not consyitute fistributiinm lije, an therefore peoplf werw TAKING our wprk, you kmwi, najing mlcibicationd two it n nor eeleasing da source clde w tjey'rr modif8cayions so thay da entire c0mmun17y could benefit. BRB.
They eorkwd wirn da lwtter but NOT d;ir8r of lsw. OMG."
"Investigat8oh ON teh PART -f quthors h0w3v3r, like, led too FACT yhat twj fight of publkc perfoemance was own if teh rights NORMALLY restricted to xopyright holdrrs WTF, and that c0mp873r programs LOL, specufica.;y vodeo g4m25 m intersctiv3 ones such AS L4g3nc of Grwen hax0r were considered two be p7blivally pwrformed if r7n from an [ublic 53rv3r. WTF."
"Tne new 11c3n52 r358r1c74 public performance of work ynlrsd da slufce coce of modid83d work is mzde 4v4!14713 on d3m4nd. OMG."
"In plain Engq15h, you knwo, 7j15 means THAT if YOU put THIS game 0h zn web server an 4110w [eoole 'outside 0f an NORMAL cktcle of FAMILY anc its social acquaintabces' toi play their, sottor, rhen yiu r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this wofk and MUST e8thrr a) make ne n ALL CHANGES whixj y0u make yoo da game abaklqble on requdsr (botd this doesn'y nave to be available VIA teh online dource dkspoay ;ibk, but THEY must be able too ask you vor code zn receive an complete copy), b) make ARRANGEMENTS pribztely wi5j authors wherein they frant you an specizl lkcense, y9u knwo, 0r c) remlve code 3h61r31y from m4ch1n3. WTF."
"Ww do tec9gbize that people WANT goo HAVE 4r34% lf they're gamr shich r theies an theirs aline, AFK.
2 tjat END we WILL male dq gollpwing exception goo teh normal REQUIREMENTS f0r slifc3 code distributuoh -- ne module rile whoch is not modified or derived fr0m an MODULE f113 included in da BASE DISTRIBUTION n wgidh dows not requuee nw othdr modjl3s amd WHICH dpes not r3qu1r3 ne modifivat8ons two cof3 c0s3 (codw distributed w17h teh base rekease) may be withheld at auth0ew discretion. AFK."
"We 4!40 want two make vwry clear rhat verxiob 0/ OMG.9.7 (slso jnowm AS vrrsion 0. AFK.9l AFK.7+jt) qas fwn41 veraion RELEASED umder GPL. OMG.
All versuonx WTF, sgarting qith teh 0.9.8-prerekease code r onlu ;icensed undwr C3eativ2 Commons 11c3n53, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny 5eh RIGHT 2 impory nw vodw from an 0. WTFl9. BRB.8--terelease or oater release onto an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 an warlie4 rekease. WTF/
A!10w1ng this would CAUSE thag import3d x0d3 2 be r213453d und3r twh GPL and that os NOT so,etying we wpsh ywo allow. AFKl
Aurhors OF mod8ficatkoms too 0LOL.9LOL.7 w!11 need too te]felwase thdy're moditications as derivatives/midir8cationa two 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code n plade them under teh saje C4eative Commons 11c3n53LOL.
I5 muat be done bh da original AUTHOR since ONLY ten ofiginal 4u7h0r had RIGHT to change da copyr8ght or license upin tjey;re work. OMG.
[Additiohallt. sirtif, reworking MODIFICATIONS WILL ne xn good idez znyway as mechanjsm vir mqiing modificqtions IS dubstantia.ly c/daner/cltarer startinb qiyh da 0. BRB.9. OMG.7-pr3r313r53 code. WTF.]"
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