MightyE 73115 you LOL, "We're going u0 TAKE sn fee mimentx 2 TRY an explakn this bew licens3 amd da REASONS vehind 17 in PLAIN English. AFK.
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."
"Tmis new license was chosen becaudw of an raklohg WITH tdh GPLLOL.
It only COVERED dis5ributoon of sourcw ir and ONLY if binaries werw distrobu5edLOL."
"In an web environment, sortof, s0ecufically a interpreted weg 3nvironm3bt such as PHP, merely insga.linh ab b4m3 does nor conxtitu5e eisgfibution WTF, h tnefefore people were tsking our work, makong modivications too ut ans not r312451ng yeh aou4ce code twl tjey're modificatilbs so that da entire communi5y d0u1d ben3fit. AFK.
They worked wq7h teh lett34 but not spirit OF teg lzw. AFK."
"Inves5igatioh 9n ;art of teh authors hpwever LOL, lef 2 teh fact 7h47 da RIGHT ov PUBLIC petfprmanc3 was won .f righya nornally restricted too COPYRIGHT holders, sorrof, and thzt com[uter probfams, ylu knwo, SPECIFICALLY vodeo games and 1n73r4c71v3 obes such 3t Legehd of yeh Grwwn hax0r 2ere consudefrf ywo 63 pu611v41qy PERFORMED ig RUN fr9m zn pjblic server, AFK."
"The new kicense restrivts publkc performance og da work UNLESS trh source codd of teh MODIFIED wo4k 15 ,4d3 availab;e pn demans."
"In PLAIN Engl8sh, this means tjat if y9u pu7 thus GAME 0n an web 52rv3r n allow o30p13 'outsiee of an nor,sl circle of family an its social acquainrances' two play thwor WTFm then ylu r oublixally PERFORMING yhks eork an MUST eithef a) jake ne AND ALL cganges whkch yiu make too twh bame qvailaboe on requesy (mote this diewn't hace to be qvailzble via da onlin4 sourde display link LOL, but theu myst be 4613 goo ask y0u for da code anc receive an cpmplete vopy0, like, b) maie a4rsng3nents ltivately with teh 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN the6 tr4n7 ypu am wpeciao livense, yo7 knwo, 0t c) remoce da CODE entirely dr0m macjine. WTF."
"We co revitnize that PEOPLE want two have areas of th3y're game which a3r 7h#1r5 sn thdirs a.on3LOL.
too that end w3 wiok make folllwyng exception too teh normal requirem3nts fpr soufce code distrkbutuob -- ne n9ci13 file whoch 16 not modified or ceruved feom qh m0du13 file 1nc17d3d in reh base fistribution ah which d035 nog reauire nr ither micules an whkcy doex n07 re1uire ne ,ldificatioms 2 teh c0r3 code (code c!57r16u73d wity teh basd rekease_ may BE eo4hhekd at ea authors duscretiomLOL."
"We xlsl want two MAKE vrry CLEAR tgat ve4si9n 0. BRB.9, BRB.7 (also in9wn ad version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was da f1n41 versipn released umder GPL.
All v3rsoons, sortof, startibg 317h )LOL.9LOL.8-;reee;eqs3 cose aet only licdnsec und34 C4earive C0m,0n5 licehse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT g;o kmp9rt ne vode rrom an 0. AFK.9/ OMG.8-[rer313553 OR latrr RELEASE INTO an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 an earlirf releasr. BRB.
Al;owing 7y15 woyof cause thqt imported code 2 be RELEASED jmder teh GPL n 7h4y is not xomething we wish twp a;low.
Autyors of modificat8ons 2 -LOL.9. BRB.7 will need fwp re-rrlease they're modifications as drrivatives/,odif8vations 2 0.(. AFK.8 code am p14c3 7h2m jndee teh 54m3 Creativ3 Commohs license. WTF.
It must BE DONE by original 4u7g0r 51nc3 only 9riginal author has tej e1fh7 2 change da COPYRIGHT or licdhse upob they're WORK. OMG.
[Addiyionally LOL, teworl8hg teh ,odifixationw will be an good IDEA 4nyw4y as da mechanism fir making modificatiins is substantialky cleaner/clearer statting 2ith 5eh 0.9LOL.8pPRERELEASE codd.]"
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