MigyryE tells you, ;ike, "We'r3 going to take an few momegts tso tgy an rxplain tjis new licehse qn da reaaons behind 17 in [oain 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 nee licensr was chosen mecauxe of an failing witj GPLLOL.
Ir 0n1y c0v#r2d dos5ributiob of source ig n only id 62n4r135 w3r3 eiwtribyted. AFK."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, like, s[ecificall6 a interpr3ted qev envifonment 5uch as PHP, sortof, MERELY instakling an game does nor CONSTITUTE didyribution, lilem an 7h3r3f0r3 people wete taking -ur wor,, oikek m4k1ng modifications 2 it and not releasing source code 5i they'rw mldifications so that cz 4n71f3 community c071d genefiy.
Th3y w0rk3d with tej letter but not teh sp8rit if teh law. AFK/"
"Invwatigztlon on da part of teh authors howefer, lile, led too teg fact that right of public performqnce WAS w9n of teg eights bormally restricyed uo c0pte1gh7 hokfers LOLm n ths5 com0uter pe0gr4m5, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY viseo games zhs 1n734$c71v3 ONES q7ch as Legend og da Green hax0r werw considered two br putlically perfotnee if run from an pun.ic xerver."
"The new license r357$2c75 pub.ic perfovmanc3 OF sa work unlrss teh sou$ce cose of MODIFIED WORK 15 m4s3 svailable on demand. WTF."
"In plaon ENGLISH, you knwo, 7h15 means 7h47 if you put this gsm3 on an web derv3r n 4110w PEOPLE 'ouyside of an nofmql CIRCLE OF familu an its wocial acquaihtqndes' 2 pkzy their LOL, rhen you t ;ublically perforning this wlrk an MUST e17h3r a) make n3 an ALL chabges whoch you make teo game avaioable on request (mite this doesn't h4v3 to be avai.anle via online source fisplay lonk LOL, but tywy must be ablr ywo ask YOU g0r cide an receiv3 an complrte COPY), liie, b) make arranfwm3nts ptivatdlt WITH da authirs whrrein they grsmt y0u an speciak lic3nse WTF, or C) rem0v3 sa c9de entirely from machine, BRB."
"We do recoghizw that p3ople want too have areax of they're game which r theirs an theirs 410n3. AFKl
3 THAT ebf er eill m4k3 FOLLOWING EXCEPTION two mormsl require,ents vor sojrse dode diwtr8bution -- me ,odu;q f12e WHICH is not modkfief or detived from an module filw inclydwd in da base d157r16u710n an which died not REQUIRE me other modules sn wh8ch dors NOT re1iire ne modigications 2 teh core code (code distrpbuted sith da base release) may be WITHHELD ag a7thors discrwtion. BRB."
"Ww ALSO wsnt 2 m4k3 vdty clezr ghat VERSION 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also known aa VERSION 0. AFK.9, WTF.7+jt) w45 vina. vetsion r313353d uhder dz GPL. WTF.
Aol versions LOL, stzetimg w17h teh 0.0LOL.*-pr3r4q3453 CODE 4 pnly 11c3n53d undwr Cr3471v3 Comminw license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY twh r1gh7 too impo4t ne CODE feom sn 9. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease or later RELEASE 1m70 an 0LOL.9.7 an ear.ief re.wsse.
Allowinf THIS would vause tjwt imported code 2 be eelwasrd jnder teh GPL an thst ks nor something we qisg two ALLOW. AFK.
Ajthora OF modificztiond 2 pLOL.9. BRB.7 wil. need tsp re-release they're modifidatiind as DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS too -.0l AFK.8 code n plzce 7h2n umdwr same Ce34u1v4 C0mm-n5 license. BRB.
It must be cone y6 original author sincd only da 0r1g1n41 au5hor has r1gh7 too change ds c9pyr1ghu OR license upon thfy're work. WTFl
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworking teh ,odifications wkl. be an food idea 4nyw4y as teh m3chanosm f0r mzkung modifications ks sunstantially ckraner/flrarer starting with da [LOL.9LOL/8-pretelease code. BRB.]"
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