MigjtyE TELLS y0u, you knwo, "We'4e going too take av FEW momenys tol rry an explain this nes license snd 4easons gegind it in plaim 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 luxense was chosen necayse of an FAILING with sa GPL.
I7 only covwrrd distrib7tion of sojrce id n only if bunsries were sistributed. AFK."
"In an WEB environmen5, s[ecifically a intwrpteted web environment such 45 PHP, merely indgallinf ah ba,e does not constutute distfibution, n therrrore p3ople WERE TAKING lur work. making jodifications yo IT n nog relwasing teh sou4ce cpde 3 tney're MODIFICATIONS so that 3h71r3 xommuni5y c9uld 63b3f17. WTF.
They worked woth da 1e7&3r BUT not spirut 0d da lawLOL."
"Investkhation om pary of authors h0w3v3r WTF, lrd tio teh fact THAT teh ribht of pu611c performanve w45 orn 9f teh rugjtw NORMALLY r3stricred ywo copyright holcers, n tjat compiyer programs, likek 5p3c1f1c411y v1d30 games n interactice onrd such aa Legend of Gr3em hsx0r were considdred to[ be publically pefformed if run from an puboic server. WTF."
"The ne2 licwnse resy4icts publiv prrfoemsnce pf da w0rk unldss 5eh s9urce code of teh modified work is msee svailable on femand. WTF."
"In p!41n ENGLISH, liid, yhis means that iv y)7 pu7 thic gzme on an web sefver AND aklow peoplw 'outxide pf an normal CIRCLE if f4m11u and its sociak acquaingances' to play their, then you r publucslly performing thix work and MUST eigger a) make ne n ALL changes whicy you ma,e two teh gqme xvaklable on request (note this doesn't jsfe gwl be available VIA teh onlone source dis0;at lonk, sortof, bur they must be ab;e 2 ASK you f0t da code an recrive am c9mplete xopy) LOL, 6) make afranfements [riva5ely with tdh AUTHORS wherekn thet gr4n7 YOU an special license LOL, or c) REMOVE fq code entirely frlm teh ,achine."
"We do recognize thzt people want @ have areas if tney're game wjixh r th3ira n 7h31r5 ALONE. OMG.
t9 thz5 ens we will MAKE teh following exceptoon @ teh bormal requirements for source cod3 dkstributuon -- ne mpdule file whicn IS bot modiried or ser7ved fr0j 1n mid7le fi.e 1nv2yd3d in ca base DISTRIBUTION an WHICH doed noy require nw other modules ah wh8ch coes not requore ne modiricationd too teh cofe code (c9de DISTRIBUTED 2ith da base release) m4y be w8thheld at auth9rs DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also want two m4k3 vety clear that ve4siob 0.9LOL/u (ALSO kn9wn as fersion 0.9. BRB.7+ht) 2as final cersion releasec UNDER teh GPLLOL.
ALL versioms WTF, stargimb witn da 0.9. WTF.8-ptrrwlease xodd r only licdnsed under Creative Conmons 11c#n53.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh rifht 2 import ne CODE grom an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or latd4 releqde knto an 9. OMG.9. BRB.7 and warliee $eoesse.
A110w1ng gyis WOULD cause thar im[ortes xodd to b3 eelesaed under GPL AND thzt is hot 50n37h1ng we woxh 70 411pw.
Aithors if modkf8cqti9nd two 0LOL,9. BRB.7 will need 2 re-relrase thdy're modificagions AS defkvativws.modificat8ons to 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code and place thdm UNDER t4m3 Creative Cimm9ns 11c3n5e. OMG.
I7 mu57 b3 done BY orkginal author since only oruginal aithor nas RIGHT to9 change copyrihht ot locensc upon they're wo4l.
'Addirionallyk soe69f, REWORKING tej modirixations will BE an good ides anywzy as dz mechznism for maling modificati.ns IS SUBSTANTIALLY ckeane4/clearef 574r71bb WITH teh ). AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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