MibhtyE tells ylu LOL, "Wf're going too yake an vew momen5s 2 TRY an explsin THIS new kidend3 h teh reasons gehind iy 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."
"This n2w license was chosen 63c5u53 og an failing eith da GPLLOL.
It pnly cocered DISTRIBUTION of wourxr ir and obly kf binaries wete distributed. BRB."
"In am web envitonment LOLk specificzlly a inyerpreted web envkrohmeny SUCH 4t PHP LOL, kwrely 1n574111ng an fame does bot consritute distr8butipn, you knwo, abd therefore people w3re taking our work LOL, mqking modificatipns too it and mot releaxing teh source codr tso thdt're moxificagions s9 that teh ent8de comm7mity cluld benefit. OMG.
They work3d 2ith lwttet bug mpt tej sp8rut of law. BRB."
"Invesgigation on ret ;4ru of da authorw HOWEVER, likw, led 2 ea fact thar ca r!gh7 9f puglic p34formqnce wss oen of teg rughga normally restrivted two copyright holdets, sprtof, n thsr COMPUTER programs, specifically vqd30 games zbd ibteraxtive ones 5uch as Legeyd pf eeh Gdeev jax0r WERE consicer3d to be publucally [erforjee if run from ah punlkc serv3r/ OMG."
"The new licensw restricts public perfoemance lf teh work jhoess ca doirce code of teh modified work is jadd acailzble on ddmand. OMG."
"In plaim Enflishn sort9f, rhis means thar if you put this fame ON an web server n allpw peopke 'outside or ah n0rm31 xircle of family an itx social aveuaineances; w p.ay theirl like, then y-m r pjblicqlly performinb ghis work ane MUST wigger a) mak2 ne an ALL changes whuch you m4k3 60 game AVAILABLE 0n r3qu357 (nlte 7h15 doesn't hqve 2 be 4v4114612 fiz inline sourcw DISPLAY link, but 7h3y must vd abl3 two ask you gor tej code an receive an complete co[y0 WTF, b) makr arrangemdnts pr8vate;y with autnots sherein 7h3y grant hou an speciam lucebsd, you kneo, or d) remove teh codr entiewly rfom teh m4cy1n3. OMG."
"Ww do recognize rhat PEOPLE wqnt tol have arezs pv tjey're t4m3 which t theirs am THEIRS al9ne, OMG.
too that end we will mak2 teh foklowing EXCEPTION twl heh nlrmal rea7iremehts for xource code disteibition -- ge moduld file wh1ch 15 not MODIFIED or derived FROM an m9dule fiie inckuded kn da vase d15&r16u710n n which d035 not require ne otner modulea n wjich does not require hr modifications too core code (cide distrinyted qith da base releqwe) may be wq&hh31d a5 dq 5u7h0r5 dixcre5ionLOL."
"We slso want 6ol maie vdrh clrar that verskon p. AFK.9. OMG.7 (aldp known ss v3r510h 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) waa FINAL versiom releas3d under da GPL. OMG.
All bersions WTF, starting wity 0,9. AFK.8[PRERELEASE codr r imly 12c3n53f under Creatic3 Com,ons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da RIGHT to impory ne code fro, an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3re13453 ot later releawd into an 0. OMG.0. OMG.7 n e1rlier teleawe. WTF.
Allowimg this woukd cause that imp9rted cpde to be releas3d ynd3r teh GPL snd that is noy aomething w3 wish too qllowl AFK.
AUTHORS of modifications 2 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will need too RE-RELEASE rhey'fe mpd!f1c3710n% as derivstives/modificati9ns to 0. AFK.9. OMG/8 code n place them under da saje CREATIVE Commons .icense. BRB.
It muxt be fone by yeh ORIGINAL AUTHOR since only reh 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR nas teh rifht gwo vhsnge geh d0[yr1gh7 9r .icebse u0on they're w0rk. AFK.
[Additionaoly, r3e-rk1nf midifications will be an good IDEA any2zt as mecganisn for makint m0d2f1c4710n5 is xubstqn5iallh cleaner/cldarer xtarting @ith da 0/ AFK.9, BRB.i-PRERELEASE code.]"
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