MightyE t3lks you WTF, "We'ee goiny too takr an FEW momenta two try and ex;kain this new license an teh reasons beyond it 1n 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 lic3nse WAS chosrn 63c4u53 of an dzoling with da GPL. AFK.
It ONLY cobered distributiin of source if n omlg IF binarues WERE d157r26u73dLOL."
"In an web ebvironjeny, specifidaloy a kntwrpreted seb dnvironment such as PHP, you kn2p, ndrely INSTALLING qn game d03t not constitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, ahd rherefore people were taking our wo4k, you kmwo, making modificatioms ywo i5 and npt relwasing da sou4c3 xore to they'rr m0d1f1c4710n5 so that teg 3mtore community coild BENEFIT. WTF.
Th3y woyked with letter 6u7 no5 teh spirit or 24w."
"Investigation on fa part of da authors howebef, sirtof, oed too dz fzct THAT da rigyt of PUBLIC performahvd w35 won ov da rights normqlly eextrkctwc to x0pyr1gh7 holders, you knwo, qnd that computdr programs, aorgor, specifically viweo fanes an 8nteractive ones SUCH as Legend if da Gr33n hax0r were c9nsid3red to be publically performed if run rrl, an publuc serverLOL/"
"Tye hde license rrwtricta public performance 0f teh woek un.ess teh xourcw c)d3 of modified work os made qvzilabke ln demand. AFKl"
"In plain English, lije, tgos mesbs thar if you 'ut thus g4m4 on ah web se4ver 4nd allow people 'oygside lf an normal circle og family n its social qcquaintqnces' too plau their LOL, yhen you r [ublically pefeorming this work 4bd MUST eith3r q) make ne 4nd ALL changew wnich you make too teh game avaokab.e ON r3qu357 (note yhis co3wn[t yave 2 b2 afaulable via onlimd sou4ce display linjm xortor, but they musg be ablw t9o ask you v0r dz code zb rece8ve an c9mplete c0py) WTF, b) mak3 arrangements privately with 4u7h0r5 whereim thry GRANT ^ou an spedial license, like, or c) 4em;be rey clde ENTIRELY from dz machine. AFK."
"We DO recognize THAT peo[le want teo yafe areas of tney'te gake which aer thdirs n theirs ALONEl AFK.
too that ehd we eiol MAKE teh FOLLOWING excep5ion two mormal REQUIREMENTS for source cose distribution _0 ne module file 2hicy is not modifiec pr eerived brom an MODULE file inclufed in teh bsse disyribution an xhocj DOES not require ne 9ther moduoes m wh1xh does not require ne moduficatiohs to core codw (code d157r16u73d with da base relrase) may 63 eithhe;d at quthots eiqctetion. AFK."
"We also want 2 m4k3 vd4y c;esr that crrsion ). AFK.9LOL.7 (also known 45 v3r510n 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jg) was final verdipn rel3ased undef teh GPL. AFK.
A;l fefsions LOL, srarting with da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-p4erw;esse c0de r onl6 lixended unde4 trh Crestice Commons licendeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY denu fight 2 import be c)e3 fron an 0/ AFK.0. WTF.8-prerelease 0r later r313453 imti sn 0. OMG.0. AFK.7 and es4iier releaseLOL.
Al.9wing THIS wpuld dause tyat impotted code to be teleased under GPL n that is NOT someyhihb we wish w allow. WTF.
Ai&h0r6 of modifications to 0, AFK.9. OMG.7 will need t9l re-releade tyey're modificatioms as d341v471v34/m0s!f1c47q0n5 goo 0.9.8 CODE an place them undrr da aame CREATIVE Conmons licende. OMG.
It must be done by ofigknal author since only da ori5ina. 4u7n0r hzs teg right t9o changf copyeigh5 lr license upon they're WORKLOL.
[Additionally, like, rewo4king cq m0c1f1c4&10n5 wkll be an g00d idez anysay as teh mechaniaj for MAKING MODIFICATIONS us sibstantialky cleanee/clear4r startih5 with 0. BRB.9/8-prerel4ase CODE. BRB.]"
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