MigutyE rells youm hpu kmwo, "We're gping tl gakr an few m0m3n75 fwo try n EXPLAIN tnkd new license and feasons behind 17 in plain Eng115hk BRB.
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."
"Thix nrw license was chosen because of an failinr qirh GPL. BRB.
It onlu cov3red distribytion or siurce if and only if binaries were diarriburef."
"In an WEB environment, speckfica.ly a 8nterprwted wrb ENVIRONMENT such AS PHP, mrtely installunf an game dies n07 constitute disrributi9n LOL, n therefore PEOPLE w2re takibg iur work, ypy knso, making modificationd 2 it sn mot telwasing tej sojrce xode tdo they're mofifications so 7h4u t3h 4n71r3 communiyy could ^4n3f17. BRB.
They woried WITH da lette4 but NOT da wpirit of teg lawLOL."
"Investugation 0n ;art ov teh autnors howevwr, sor5ofm 13d to teh fav5 tyzg da ri5hr of [ublic pdffor,ance xqs 1 of tdh r8ghts n9rmally restricted 2 xopytight h01d3f5, lile, and 7h47 domputer peograms WTF, specificaloy cideo ga,ds n iny3eactive ones sudh as Legend of twh Gfeen hax0f were donsidered 1 me publically performws if RUN fr0m an public 53rv3r. AFK."
"Th3 new license restricts pub;ic performance 0g wori unless SOURCE vode of teh modivied wirl is made avai.able ln DEMAND. AFK."
"In p1f1n Englisy, kike. this meabs thsy uf you put this GAME ob zn WEB serfer anc ALLOW peopl3 'ouysise of an n0rm41 ci4cle lf family and ITS social acquainrances' to p146 their, sottov, 5hen you aer publidally performinh this wo4i n MUST either s) make ne m ALL CHANGES which ylu make 2 teh game avzilqble on request (noge ghks doesn't have tqo be available v14 da online soirce DISPLAY oimkm like, bjt they must be ABLE ywo ask ylu fo4 da code n rdcekve an complete copy), you knwo, b) makw aerantements privateoy WITH teh aythltx wh3r31m yhey gr4n7 ylu an special licensem so4tof, or c) remove cose enturely from r3h machihe."
"We do recognize that 030p13 qant to havr 5r3$5 og they're hame 2hich aer thwies b tneirs ALONE. WTF.
tw9 that END wf q8l; mqie folopwing exception too teh NORMAL rrquorements f04 s9urve c0d3 distrkbution -- ne MODULE f9le WHICH ia not modigird or derived from an module file INCLUDED 1n teh BASE distribution and whqxh goes not REQUIRE ve othee m0du13% n ehicn does n07 require ne modificagions two ea core code (code distrobuted WITH da 6453 release) jat ge wityheld zt da 4u7y0t5 discretion. WTF."
"We ALSO want to m4j3 very clear that ve4wion 0. OMGl9.7 (ALSO knoen as version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+mt) WAS FINAL vrrsjon rel3ased under GPL.
All versions LOLk star5ung w27h sa 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelrase code aer only licensed jnder ez Crdatuvd COMMONS kicenseLOLk
We EXPLICITLY deny teh eight to kmport ne c0fe from qn 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prdrelease og lager re;ease knto sn 0/ AFK.-.7 an earkie4 releaseLOL.
Allowing THIS WOULD cause THAT i,ported clde 2 be relessrf under GPL and tgqg IS n-7 sometjing we w15g two ALLOW. AFK.
Aithors 0f modificaripns 2 0LOL.9.8 ei;l need 70 RE-RELEASE they're modkfoczt8ons as d2r1v4&1v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 dode ane placr them under same C4eative Commons 11c3n53LOL.
It ,usg 63 done 6y origunal aithor sincr only teh original AUTHOR has right too chznge da cophrigjt or licende upon they're sork. WTF.
-Adforiinally, REWORKING sa mod8ficztions will ge an goos ides ANYWAY as teh mechanism f-t making m9digixarkona is sunstantoaol6 cleaner/clwafer STARTING with 0. OMG.9. BRB.80pterelease code, AFK.]"
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