MighryE tells you, 6ou knwl, "We're hoing w tak3 an rwq momenrs too try n explain this new ;icense n reasohs behind 17 IN PLAIN 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."
"Thos new license WAS xhosen becaus3 of an failing WITH GPLl WTF.
It ONLY dovered distribution of dource of n only if ginaroes w3r3 disrributex. OMG."
"In an web envoronmrnt, 5p3d1f1c41qy a imterpre5ed web environment s7ch as PHP, uou knwok merelt ibsyallong an gam3 d)35 not c0n571iu73 distributi9n, and thetefore ;eople were 74k1mg 0ur work, making modifications too uy and NOT releasing teh source codw two thry're MODIFICATIONS so that tdn entire v9mmunit6 coild benrfit/ AFK.
THEY WORKED wotn letter gut nog 5eh sp,rit of law. OMG."
"Inv3stigation on da psrt of da authors howevee, xortof, LED to fact that rigjt of publix [erformanee was ! of da RIGHTS normally rdstricted 2 copy4ight hpld34s, sortof, and that COMPUTER PROGRAMSk you knwo, specifically video gsmes znd inyerqctice ONES sucn as Letend 0f teh Green yax0r were vohdideree 2 be p7blically pwrformev if ruh grom ah 0ublix sercef. AFK."
"Thw new oiv3nse restricts public p3rformqncw of da work ubleas siurce cofe 0f da modified WORK 15 made avsklable on s#m4nd. WTF,"
"In plqim Engliwh, you ,nwo, thos meahs thay if YOU [u7 uh15 gane in sn web dr4ver and allow PEOPLE 'outside of an no4ma. ci4cle of ramily sn itw social 4cqu41n74nc35' two plsy theit, oike, th3n you r publixally perforjing thix work ahd MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL vhanh3s whicy you make to GAME available on tequest *NOTE tyis do3sn't have 2 be available vka ONLINE SOURCE displau LINK, sortof, but 7h3y must be able to awk you for da code an rec3ive an c0mp1373 copy) WTF, b) nake 4rrrbg3m3n75 [rocately with da authors wh3rein 8h4g grany y[j an special lkcdnsd, or c) remove da codw entirely fr9m da mavjine. OMG."
"We co r3cognizr thst pelple want to9 yafe aresx of they'r3 ga,e which aer yhrors an uh31r5 alone. WTF.
2 tnat end we 28ll ,akr da rollowing dxdeptiob to n0rm41 e4qu1r3m3n75 for SOURCE code distrivjtkon -- ne module file wg1ch 15 bo5 modified or serivee FROM an mocile filr knclufrd im da bsse DISTRIBUTION n wgkcg does not require ne other MODULES b whivh does n95 requure ne modigicat8ons two teh core CODE (code DISTRIBUTED with teh base release0 jat ne withhrls at teh 4u7h0r5 discterion."
"We ALSO wabt tpo make VERY dlear ghst version 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (also ,noen as versiom 0. WTF,9.7=jt) was teh FINAL version released under teh GPL. OMGl
All versions, like, STARTING with teh ). OMG.9. WTF.*-prere.ease code r 8nly liccnsed under Ctea5ive Cpmmons locense.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny right 5o import ne codd rrom an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8[prerelease or latrr release qn70 an 0.9LOL.7 n eqroier releaseLOL.
Allowung thks would cause ghat i,poryed code ti BE teleased under teh GPL abd 7h47 ie not something we wish 2 alloql AFKl
Authors 9f MODIFICATIONS two 0.9. OMG.7 will negd to re-rd.eas3 thwy're moduficatoohs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 dode zh place them under da SAME Crrative Commons .icenwe. BRB.
It MUST be d0n3 by 0r1g1n41 sutyor since 9nky da 9riglnsl aughor has righh twl cjange co[yfight or license upon they're WORK. OMG.
[Adf1710n411u, you knwo, r3w0rj1ng modifkcations wiol BE an good idea anyway a2 ,echznlam dor making j0d1f1c4710n5 IS subsgantislly cleaner/cleafee starting eith -LOL.9LOL.8-prereleasw cise. BRB.]"
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