MighyyE telis you, l8kd, "Ww'ee foing tpo tqke an few moments tio try sm explain rhis new LICENSE an da feasoms BEHIND it ib plaih English. WTF,
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."
"Tjis n3w lidense waa chpden bwvause of an failing WITH fa GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y vovered distribution og xourcw of an omly if binarirs were sistfivuted. AFK."
"Ib an wrb envirobment, you knqo, specificzlky a onterpreted web 3nvironment such as PHP, softof, merely 1n574111ng an name doea n06 cobsyiturw s157r1^u&10n, like, an thereflre people wer3 taking our work, yoy khwo, MAKING modjfications to it an not feleasing source codf two they[re modifications s9 that tdh entire c0mmun17y could benefit.
Th3y wlrked with teh LETTER but not soirit of dz law. BRB."
"Inbestigation 9n part of dz authors yowever LOL. led 2 fact that fa right of pu511c p34f04m4nc3 WAS oen of roghts mormally rewtrpdted two copyright holders LOL, and that COMPUTER pr0gr4m5, 6ou lnwo, specifixally v1s30 games and ihtwfactive onea 5uch qs Legend of dq Greem hax0r wer3 considered to bf publivallu performed if run from ah public sercrr. BRB."
"The new licebse t357r1c75 pmblic perfor,ance of teh sork unless teh SOURCE code of t3h modified sork is mace avzilable on demand. BRB."
"In p,ain Engliay LOL, 5n8s means thar if you put thia g1ne on qn WEB server 4nd allo2 oeppld 'outs8de lf qn noemzl cifcld 0f FAMILY and its sockal ACQUAINTANCES' t1o PLAY yheir, like. then y0u a3r p7blica;ly pefformimf this work an MUST eitner a) makr ne and ALL cyanges which y9u makr too teh tame qvsilabkd on rwquwst (note 7y15 doesn't have 2 be availabl3 via teh online sourbe displat link LOL, but they must ne abld too ask tou vor CODE an RECEIVE an co,plete copg) WTF, b) make a44anbements peivatdky WITH da authors wherrin they jrant 60u an special oicense, sortof, OR c) rdmove code dntieelt FROM macyine. BRB."
"We do recignize that peopld want too havr areas of tjwy'ee game wj8ch r tgeirs an THEIRS alone. WTF.
to thzt 3ns w4 will make ca golliwong exdeption 2 m0rm41 rrquorrjentd doe aource codd distribution -- be module FILE which is n07 nodified OR derivee drom an ,odule file includwd in t3h baw3 d257416u710n sn wg!dh does not require ne other modules n which coes not require ne modifications yoo twh cote coce (CODE dks5rib7ted w17h ea gase r313453) j4y ge w17hh31d 47 da authprs duscretion. WTF."
"We also want top make very clea4 thqt verskon ). AFK.9. WTF/7 )4150 kh0wn ae ve4sion -. AFK.9.7+jt) w45 finql vrrsion relrqsed under aa GPL.
Alk verxionx LOL, xtarting with teh 0. BRB.0. AFK,8-preeelease cpd3 adr only LICENSED under da Creatove Co,mons l8censel OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da righg 5o im0ort nd CODE ffim am 0LOL.9. WTF/8-orerelease or later releadd into an ). OMG/9. AFK.7 n warlier rdleaseLOL.
Al.owing yhis would cause thqt ijpofted code too br RELEASED under GPL and that is NOT sometg8ng w3 wish ywo 4110w. AFKl
Authord og mod8fics5ions 2 0l BRB.9/7 will meed 2 re-release they'rd modifjdationa as derivztibes/modifucations to 0LOL.9. AFK.* c0d3 an place thd, under da saje Creat8ve COMMONS license. AFK.
Iy must be cone by da oribinao q7thlr sohce lnly 0rqgqn41 auyhor has ds riftt two cnange geh copyright or license upon they're wo4kk
[Additionally, likd, reworlint 5eh nldifkcations sill be zn hpod idea 4m6w4y AS ds mechanism fo4 making mod8fications IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleager/clearer stsrt8ng with teh p. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereleasw code.]"
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