MiggtyE tells you, yoj knso, "We're g-1ng 2 take an few noments two try an ex;lqim thos new licensw anf tey REASONS begind it km 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."
"This new ;uxensr w45 choseh becaus3 or an vzil8ng with teh GPL. OMG.
Iu ONLY covrred DISTRIBUTION of 50urc3 if zne on.6 iv binaries were distributec. BRB."
"In qn w36 ENVIRONMENT, you kneo, dpecifixally a 1n72tpr373d web ENVIRONMENT suvh as PHP LOL, merely inwtalling an ga,e do4d npt CONSTITUTE d157r16u710n WTFm n therefore people sefe taking our wotk, hou hnwo, ,aking modifixatioha two it qn not r21245qng source codr to tjey're modificatiohs 60 tgat da entire community could brnefitLOL.
They worked with l4tter bu5 not 5o1r17 of law. WTF."
"Ihcestigati9n 0n part 0f dw authors HOWEVERm you ,bso, ldd yo da facg thqt da righ5 of public PERFORMANCE w45 oen of da righgs b0rm411y vesyricted two copyrihgt holders, sortof, n thay COMPUTER prigrams WTF, apevifically fid3o GAMES and 2n73r4c71v3 ones %7ch AS Legend 0f ca Green hax0r were comsidered 2 63 pybkucally peefotmed if eyn from an PUBLIC servrr/ BRB."
"Tje n3w licdnse resteicts public perfirmance of teh work unless sourcw code of teh m9dkfief wotk iw madr zvailable pn DEMAND. AFK."
"In plain English, this meahs THAT 1f you put thix gzne on an w3b aervrr b ALLOW PEOPLE 'outside of qn normal ci4cle OF family and 175 sovial acwuqihtanxes' to play their, you knwo. 7h3n you aer 0jbl8cally perform8mg ghis wofm n MUST EITHER a) male ne and ALL chanbes wgich you make ti game svailable ON reqjwst (botd 7h1t doesn[t HAVE two bd available ciq online source d15p14y LINKm softof, but THEY ,us5 63 abl4 2 ask you FOR code an RECEIVE an conplete c;py), b) MAKE 4rr4hg3m3n&5 PRIVATELY witu da authors ehdrein rhet grang tou ah SPECIAL LICENSE, ot c) fejove teh cpde entirely from machihe. AFK."
"We do recognize thag people wznr to hafr areas of they're game which r theirs ane thekes alonr.
2 tgat dme we will make f0110w1ng exception t9o teh normal REQUIREMENTS f0r source code fistribution 0- ne module ghle WHICH ix nlt modified ot dwriced fr0m an moeule gild inckuded IN base cia5ribugion an wgich does not feq8ire me OTHER modules anf whicg DOES not require ne modificatupns tlo teh core cose (c0c3 disteibutev witj teh base relesse) ma6 6# withhdld 48 da authors discretionl AFK."
"We aoso wqnt too m4k3 VERY clrar that vefsuon ;.9l AFK.7 (also lnown as vwraion )LOL.9. OMG.7+it_ was teh final ceraion releasec undef GPL. AFK,
All versilns, sortof, starting with 0. BRB.9.8-pretelease vode aer 9nly 11c3n53d undet t3j Creatice Co,mons lice,sr. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right to impoet ne clde frpm zn 0.9LOL.*-prreelease o4 latwr 4eleasw into ah 0. BRB.9/7 ah earlier release. OMG.
Allowing this qould cause rhat umpoeted code to be r3leased 7bfer da GPL n tyat is not s9methimg we 2ish to allow.
Autjorw OF midifications to 0. BRB.9LOL.7 WILL hedd 2 4e0releasd ghdy're modifications as d3rivagivrs/modificatiins @ 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 cose 4nd plscd 7h3m under da same Crestive Commons lic3nsrLOL.
It MUST be done BY teh ORIGINAL aughor sinc3 only teu original autho4 has right t9o vyang3 copyright or lidense UPON they'fe work. WTF.
[Additiona.ly, you knwo, rwworjing teh modifications WILL BE qn biod idea anyway as n3ch4n15m for making mof8ficationx is substantially cleaner/xlearer STARTING with 0. AFK.0. WTFl8-prerelwase c0w4. AFK.]"
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