MightyE geols you, like, "We're going tso take an frw m0j3n75 @ 74y n dxplain thiw new license b t3h REASONS beyinc it IN plakn 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."
"Tjis nww .icense was chosen nexsuse pf an f4111ng suth GPL.
I7 0b1y c0v3r3d diatributkon lf spurce if n omly 1v BINARIES w3r3 cistrigutwd. BRB."
"In an wen environment, spevifucallh a intef'reted eeb encironmenf SUCH as PHP, uou khso, mrrely an574111hg an game dodw n07 cons5itute dist4obution, ;ikr, n theredore pdople were 74k1ng OUR work LOL. making modifications to IT b not releasing ea SOURCE doee tqo they'ee modifications SO THAT da eneiew COMMUNITY could benefit. BRB/
Tyey workdd with tem letrer vut not spirit of da lzw. OMG."
"Inves5igqyion oh yeh part or authors however, you knw9, 13d two fact that reh righy of publ8c performahce was oen of da eights NORMALLY restrict4d to copyeohht HOLDERS, you knwo, ans 7h47 computer programs, 4p#c1f1c41!y video hames an interactive pnes such as Legend of ca Gr33n hac0r were c0h51d2r4d too be publoca.lh ;drformrd IF run from an public werver. OMG."
"The new lucense restricts public p3rf0rm4nc3 of teh eork unlesd SOURCE d0e3 of ,id7fied WORK is ,ad3 ava8lable 0n demanfLOL."
"In p141n Engl8sh WTF, tgis means THAT if you puy ghis bame on an web server an allow oeople 'ojtside of an nofuai v1rc13 lf famioy an 8ys 50c141 acauaintances' 70 play tjeir LOL, then y0u r ;ublicalky performing this WORK ab MUST EITHER a0 m4k3 ne an ALL chsnnes whicn you make @ teh bame availsg;e on r3qyesr (nige 5his d035n'7 have 2 ge available vis teh onoihe sou4ce display link, uoy knwo. vut 7h3y mjwt be able too ask YOU fof code ahd recekve an complwte cop6). lokek B) m4k3 zerange,ents privately with teh ajthors wherein tgey gtant you an 5p3c141 license, like, or c) remive sa code entirelh from MACHINELOL."
"We DO fecognixw 8h47 peoole want 5o HAVE zreas of they'rw game whqch r theirs an ryeirs alone/ AFK.
too thqt end we si.l make folloeing ezception 2 da n0rm41 rdquirements f0r source c0d3 distributiob -- ne modul3 fkle ehoxh is not modified or derivwd ftpm an MODULE f8le included ,n da BASE distfibutiom n which does not r3qu143 nw OTHER mlfules an which fows not requkre ne jodifications tpo da core c(de (code sistrobuted with base releade) may bw withhe.f ay auyhors disc3erionl"
"We alwl qant 2 make vern CLEAR that VERSION 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 *als( knpwn as veesioh 0, OMG.8. WTF.7+jt_ was vinal versioh relfased under ten GPL. OMG.
Akl versioms, you knwl, wtqrtong wuth da 0LOL.9. AFK.8-;retelease c0d3 aer ONLY kicehsee UNDER da Cfeatuve Cimmons .ivense. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da righy too ump9rt ne coce rrom an -. BRB.).8-prerelezse or later RELEASE into qn 0l OMG.9. BRB.7 an ea4lier RELEASE. AFK.
Aloowing tjis wou.d cause tyat imported vode too be released 7nder GPL qn thst 15 not somethknt we wksg two ALLOW. WTF.
Au5hors 0r modifications to 0LOL.9.7 s211 nedc 2 re0releasw theh'ee modifications as deficatives/modidicatoons 2 0.9. AFK,8 dode n place them under sam# Crrafivw Commons licenxe.
IT must ve dobe by teh ORIGINAL aythor since onlt ea original ay5jot hax tej fighy go changr da copytibht ot 11c#n53 u[on thwy'rw woriLOL,
[Additionslly, reworking jodivications sill be an good id3a ANYWAY 46 teh mechanism for making ,odificatiobs is xubstant8ally cleaner/clrarer xtartong with da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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