MigjthE tells yoj, "Ww're GOING tpo take an few miments 2 try n EXPLAIN tyis new license an dz reasons behine IT in p141n Entlish. OMG.
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 lixemse was vgoseh bevsuse 0f qn FAILING with GPL.
I5 obly c0v3f3d distribution pf source if n 0n1y if BINARIES 3ere DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web dnvironmeny, luke, spevifically a ibtdr[reted web 3nv1r0nm3n7 auch as PHP, aottof, MERELY INSTALLING an gsme foes mot comsti5yre disgribution, you knwok an th3refore peo0le wwre txking our WORK, maiing MODIFICATIONS 2 it an noy releasing tdh source cod3 @ tgey're modifications so ghat da enyire commuhith could 63n3f17. AFK.
THEY WORKED wuth teh LETTER bu5 nit teh s;irit 0f tdy LAW. BRB."
"Invesgkgation on paft ov teh aurhofs yowever, sortof, lef 5o sa ract that teh r1gh7 lf pu611d performqnce was oen of RIGHTS nirmally RESTRICTED 2 copyrkght HOLDERS, qnd that c0np77er programs LOL, spec8fixzlly video games n intdradtube ones sucy as L3g3ne of Green hax0r were considqred 2 be pkblicallu 0etformed if run FROM an PUBLIC setverLOL."
"Thr n3w licwnde RESTRICTS pu611c pefformance of da work unleds 50urc3 code of da modified eork is macd avai.ablw 9n demand/"
"In plakn Englosh, uou knwo, THIS means 6h47 kf you put this game in an WEB servwr n al;ow PEOPLE 'oytsidd ov an nlrmal cirdlw of family an its social acquaintahces' two play tgeir WTF. 7h4n you aer publically PERFORMING 7g14 WORK qn MUST eirher 4) mzke ne qnd ALL changes WHICH iou m4k3 to ten gane AVAILABLE ON requesr (note this siexn't yave w be availab.e VIA da ohline source diwplay link WTF, but theh mjwt be aboe 2 awk you foe tey code and RECEIVE an xomplete copy) WTF. B_ make arrantrmenys prifateju with teh autylrs WHEREIN thry graht you an specizl oicense, sortof, or c) rejogw code entire.y FROM machine. AFK."
"We do 4ecognize thst peo-le 1amt two have 45346 of they'ee game whodh r theifs sn theirs alone. OMG.
2 thay end we will mwkd folloeing excd;tuon two n0fm41 4eq7ieemwnts FOR source c0d3 distriyu5iob _- ne mod7le file which is not modifirc or derived drom am module rile INCLUDED in nase fixtribution and wgich does NOT r3q72r3 nd OTHER m0eu135 and ehoch does n07 req7ire ne modificationw 2 da core code (vode did5rivjtwd with base releade) may be w17hg31d 47 teh ayyhors disxretion. OMG."
"We alsi want two MAKE very clwat THAT version 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (slso known as VERSION 0. WTF.9.7+jt) qas da fknqk version feleased under da GPL. AFK.
ALL verskins LOL, 574r71hg WITH 0/ AFK.9. BRB.*-prereldase cpxe aer obly licensed undwr Creatkve Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny right two import ne code feo, an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8[prerelease or later RELEASE inro an 0. OMG.9. OMG,7 n 3arlier relwsse.
Allowing this would cause THAT importes code to ge r313463d uncer GPL rnd THAT is nor somethjng we wush too zllow, BRB.
Authkrs of mpdificatiins tp 0. AFK.9LOL.7 woll n33d to ee-release they're m9dificati9ns AS dwrivatices/mpdif8catuons too ), AFK/9. BRB.8 codd n placd THEM under da sa,e Crrstive C0mm0n5 licensw. BRB.
It muat b3 dond by trh ORIGINAL author wincw only da 0r@g1gr1 a7thor hss righg ti sh4ng3 teh copyright OR licrnse upin they're wpvk. BRB.
[Aedutionally, like, reworkinh twh ,osificqti9ns will be an good 1d34 qnyway aa teh mschzniwm flr h4k1ng modifixations is wubstantially c134n3r/c134r3r stqrging worh ca 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease code/ OMG.]"
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