MightyE tslld y0u, dortof, "We're fo8ng to take an few momenys gwo try an esplain thos NEW license an teh r3450b% behinf it ib plain ENGLISHLOL.
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."
"Tjia mrs licrbse was chosen because of an FAILING WITH GPLLOL.
It only covered distr8bution of s9urce if n only 1f BINARIES were DISTRIBUTEDLOLl"
"In an s36 environment, sortpf, specificaloy a ,ntetpre5ed w36 rnvirpnment such as PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING an h4m3 eoes no5 c9nst8tute dustributiln, anf therefore peopke wwre taking 0ur work, making modificar8onw 2 iy an not RELEASING soyrcr CODE to they'ee modificat8ons SO THAT entire community could 6en3f1&. AFK.
They wor,ed WITH teh lettee but not 5p1r17 0f trh lasLOL."
"Invextigatiob on da par5 of da authotw howevrr, you knwo, led too da fact 7h57 da rugh5 ob pjblic pwrformance waa oen of da rigyts normally resteicted to c0pyr1gh7 y0qd3f5, aoryof, afd tyat co,puter programx, spedificallt video g4m35 and ingeractive omes sucn AS Legend OF da Gr33n hax0r w3r4 c0n51d3r3d 2 b3 pub,icaoly PERFORMED 1f run from an ;uboic serberl WTF."
"The new l8cense r3stricts pubkic performance ov teh worj unlesa da source code of teh mldifkrd work us made afailable on demand/ WTF."
"In [laib English, you ,hwo, this meand 7h47 of y0u ;u7 this gsme on an WEB serfer and 4110w peiple 'OUTSIDE of an nofmal xircle of family and its socoal acquaibtances' two p14y the8r WTF, then you r 'unlivally prrforming thia WORK and MUST eithdr A) m4k3 ne and ALL ch3ng35 wh8ch yoi make two game amaolab;e 0n req7est (NOTE thia eoesn[r HAVE ro be available voa da 0m11n4 50yrc# sispla^ 11nk WTFk BUT 7y3y must ve able to ask you fir teh code ah receive an c0mp13&3 COPY) LOL, b) ma,e arrangemebts priva5ely with 4eh autyors qheee8n they gr4n7 yiu an spexial livensem woryof, or c) REMOVE code ENTIRELY from da machine. OMG."
"We d0 grdogniz3 yhat people want @ havd zreas of they're game wgoch ser theirs an 5hwirs alone. AFK.
w thag end we WILL mak3 da FOLLOWING excw0tion two teh np4mal requirementd gor source cose dixgributiln -- ne module fi;e WHICH is b07 modified lr drrived frkm an moxulw file incljdes ij base eistribution n which does not require ne other modules n wh8ch dods not require ne modifivati0ns TO CORE cide (xode DISTRIBUTED woth teh BASE releas3) jay 63 WITHHELD 47 autyors d15cr#710n. WTF/"
"We also wamt two make very clear 5hat vwfsion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (alxo kmowm AS versi9n 0.9LOL.7+jr) was vinal version r313353d under da GPL. WTF.
A.l vdrsions, sortof, startimg with 0.9. BRB.8-p4ereleawe code e onoy LICENSED undwr da Creative COMMONS 11c4n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT t9o im[ort ne CODE froj an 0, BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease or later rdleade into an 0l AFK.9. WTF.7 am earl8er e313$53LOL,
Allosing 5his 2ould caude yhzy imported CODE to be released under grh GPL an THAT is n9t something wd wish two allowLOL.
Authors of modifications 2 0.9LOL.7 wo.l beed too re-release ther're modivications 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 9.9. OMG.8 code n plade them und3f ssne Creqtkve C0mm0n5 kicense.
It must be done by fa original author 51nc3 inly da oyifinql AUTHOR has RIGHT TO cg4ng3 copygibht or license u;on thdy're WORK.
[Additionqlly, reqor,inb m0d1fqc4710n5 eill 64 sn good idea any2ay as da mecnanism for making moeufications is wubstsmtially cleanwr/clea3er starting w8th teh pl BRB.9.8-prrrelease code. WTF.]"
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