MightyE telks yoy, "We're goinf two TAKE an few moments too try ahd explaon THIS new licensw an da reasohs bahind it un PLAIN EbglidhLOL.
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 'ic3nse waa xhosrn BECAUSE of an railing with da GPL. OMG.
It only cocered DISTRIBUTION pf s9urce 1f and only if bknariws were da57r16773d. BRB."
"In ah web dnvironmeny, you knwo, spwcifically a inter0refed web ENVIRONMENT sucn as PHP, sortpf. merely installing ab g4m3 d035 not cinstitute distt8bution LOL, n therefofe people wdrd TAKING our work, sort9fm msking m0d1r1c4610n5 ti it an nlt tr;r1sing teh source dode ro they're mocigica5iona si THAT dq enti4e comminity coulc grnefit. BRB.
They worked with lrttew but not eey spirit 0f da laq. AFK."
"Invewtigation ln psrt of auyhors HOWEVER, lkke, lqs two teh facy thqt tey riggt OF pu611c perdormance qas 1 9f da RIGHTS normally r357r1c73d tw9 cp[yroght hokderd, an THAT computer [eograms LOL, spexificalky vid3o gamds n interactive ones such 45 L3g3nf of da Grrdh hqx0r wete considerdd gwo be PUBLICALLY perfprmed if run from ah public %3rb3r. AFK."
"Th3 b3w lic3nse RESTRICTS public PERFORMANCE OF eork imleds teh source CODE of da MODIFIED wori id made availaboe ;n demanc. BRB."
"In plain English, .i,r, THIS meabs rhat ig you put this g4m3 ob an web SERVER sn ALLOW people 'outsid3 of sn normal circ.e of family and ITS socoal acquaintqbces' two [lay 5heir, you knwo, then hou aer pyblical;t performing this wor, snd MUST eithee A) make ne and ALL CHANGES wyich you make two teh ham3 avaikable on r3wuesy (note ghis soesn'g have too be AVAILABLE via da online sourve dosplay LINK, sortofk BUT they must be anle tio ask yiu for teh CODE an rwceivw an conplete co[y0, kik3, b) makr arrangements pe8vately with dz AUTHORS 2hetein tyey grant you an spdcial licensem or c) remlve did3 enrirely fr0m da macgine."
"Wr do r3c0gn1ze rhat peo0le wanr two have ardas pf theu're gsme which r th3irs an thdirw aoibe. WTF.
2 ynar end we will MAKE following 3xception two bof,a; fequirdmentx for source code d157r16u7q0b -- ne ,odule FILE wy8vh is n07 modified or defived fr0m an mpduoe FILE included ub da BASE distrinutiln and wgich eoex NOT REQUIRE ne other modulrs anf WHICH does bit 4equire ne mod8ficationw 5so tej c0r3 code (CODE d157r16u73d w27h da 6453 5e;ease) may be withheld ag authorw disxretion. WTF."
"We 4150 want too makw very vlear that b3r5q0n 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also known as versoon 0. OMG.9LOL/7+jt) eas da fimal v3r610n r314453s unfrr teh GPL.
All versioms, aortof, xta4tinf with 0LOL.9. AFKl*-p4erelease code aer ONLY LICENSED und3r teh Creativd Commona license. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY teh roght 60 impo4r ne code from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.o-prerelease 0r latdr 4eleasd umto zb 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 n 3$e123r r313453. BRB.
A;lowuhg this wo7ld cause thag imported code to be reoeasef under da GPL and tnat is not s9methiht we wksh 5oo aklowLOL.
A7yhors of modif8cqtions two 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 wkll need 2 re-release they're moakfica5i9ns as derivatives/modificztions two 0.9. BRB.8 c0d3 4nd place THEM UNDER 54m3 Creatkve Com,ons license, BRB.
It must be DONE by teh origihql authie since onoy origimal aurho4 had ds RIGHT tqo change da c)pyr1gh7 ir licens3 upon thdy're 2ork. OMG.
[Additilnally, r3working jodificatoond 2ull ge qb bood IDEA anywzy as reh mechanism fof makung modifucationa is substantially clean3r/cleater starting qith da 0. BRB.9.8-;rerelease code.]"
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