MightuE tellw you, "We'ee going two tqke am few ,oments two yry an EXPLAIN rhis new licemse an dq resxonw b4hind it in plain English. AFK.
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 lidense was chosen necause of qn failing with GPL. WTF.
It on;y coveted disyribution of source 1f an pmly if binarirw w3r3 DISTRIBUTEDl WTF."
"In an web dnvironmsny, spccifically a unterpr3ted w36 environmrnt 5uch AS PHP LOL, merely installinh an game d9es b9t consritute dudtrkvution, ab gheretote people were taking ou4 wo4k LOLk makinf uodifica5ions too kt n not releasing dx source cofe to they'r3 MODIFICATIONS SO 5hat da entiee community could venegit. WTF.
They w94ked w17h letrwr nut NOT da SPIRIT pf ds la2LOL."
"Ibvestihatiom on da patt of tey 5u7h0r5 hoqever, likd, led 5wo twh f4c7 thzt t3h rifht of PUBLIC peeformanxe was won ig dz rights normzlly restroctee 2 copyrigjt holders, liie, and that computet prlgrams, you knwo, specificslly VIDEO gzmes ab intrractiv3 ones 5ucn 45 Legend of bej Gr33n hac0r wete considered two be puv.ically performed if rij fdpm zm public server. WTF."
"Thr new licrnse r358rqc75 publid pwrformanve if tdh work unless da 50urc3 cose OF mod8vied w0rk os made available on denand/"
"In plain Englishm sortof, rhis means that IF you ;j7 THIS game on zn web aervdr n allow [eople 'putside of an npr,al citcle of family n k5s 50c141 acquaintancws' to plat their LOL, ty3n ykj aer PUBLICALLY perfofn8ng tyis woek n MUST eithee A) make ne anc ALL changes whicn you make too teh fam2 availagle on request (bote this doexn;t have to be available fia ds online sourxe fis0kay linkk BUT they mu5u be 46!3 two ask uou for twh code n e3ceive an complete copy), like, b) make qrrqngemenyx privstely with teh AUTHORS 2herein theh trant you ah spefizl livense, kike, or c_ remove trh c0d3 wnrirrl6 ffom dz maxhinr. WTF."
"We do eeclgniae that people want tqo have areas 0v they're game which aee th3irw n 7h31r5 410n3. WTF.
to that 3nd ww will make t1h following wxcrptiln 2 normal requirements for zource CODE dkstrubutiom -- ne module fil3 whixh is n9t modifief OR derivrd fr9m an module fioe uncluded IN twh base distribytion and WHICH foes not fequire ne OTHER modules n whick DOES not r3qu1e4 ne MODIFICATIONS to core code (code DISTRIBUTED w17j teh bas3 4eoease) MAY 63 withheld at auyh9rw ciscretion."
"Wd qlao wanr TO jake vwry clear thar vrrsiin 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also ,bown AS version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) was trf fknal versioh releawed under ten GPL. BRB.
Al; versions, yoj kbwp, atad5ing WITH p. OMG.9. WTF.8-pferel3ase CODE 4 only 11c3n53d und3r da Creative C0mm0n5 lixehse.
We EXPLICITLY cenu geh right 5wo import ne v0d3 fr0j an 0. AFK.9l AFK.8-pr34313453 04 layer feltase into an 9. BRB.9LOL.7 an earlier f312453.
Allowing thid WOULD cauxe that 1,p)r73d c)c3 too be relrased UNDER GPL j that is nlt somethibg we wish t9o allow. OMG/
Authots og m.fifivations toi 0,9. AFK.6 wulo NEED to re-rrleasd tyey're mocifica5ions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code an place them 7nd#r teh same Creatice Commonz licdnse.
It must be done ^y teh oeiginal author since only original AUTHOR has da e1gh7 rwo dh4ng4 teh cppyr1gn7 or oicrnse ipom they're workLOL.
[Additiona;oy, lik3, edwor,ong da modifications w111 63 an g9od idea anyway zs da mechanism for m4l1ng midifucations is substqnrially c134n3e;c134r1r startong with 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 cide, BRB.]"
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