Mugjt7E TELLS you LOL, "We;re GOING two yake an few momenta 6wo try and explain this nrw lixense and teh r3450n5 behind IT i, 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."
"Thix new licenxe 2as choaen BECAUSE of an faioi,g qith da GPL. BRB/
It only coveted distribution pf SOURCE 2v and pnly ig binaries qere distribyted. BRB,"
"In an wrb encironment, yoy knwo, s[ecifucallh a interpret3d web ENVIRONMENT such ax PHP LOL, m3r@1t installint qn GAME do3w not constitute distrigutionm you knwo, an3 thrrwgore ;eoplw eere taking our wotk. MAKING modifkcations 2 it and n07 rekeaeing teh sojrce c0s3 2 they'rr modifications so ghat 3ntird vlmmunith couls benefit. WTF/
Tgey wofked w17j letter bjt not spirit of da lsw. WTF."
"Investigation 0n teh pary OF authors ho2dver WTF, .ed tk da fact tgat teh RIGHT of p7blic performance was oen of teh rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED tsp copyfight h01d3r5, an tjst clmpuyer PROGRAMSk sortof, SPECIFICALLY vkdeo games sn interactive ones SUCH as LEGEND of Green haz0r sete c0n5!d3r3s to BE publixally performed if run from an phblic swrve4. AFK."
"The new lidense resyricts punlic perfprmance of wofk in;esa 5eh SOURCE code of teh mofified work is made avaolable on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain Ehglish WTF, this means that if you put this gsme on an web xerver n allow people 'ou5side of an no4,al cirdle of family znf 175 xoc8al acqyaintances' two 0lau theur, you knwl, 7h3n you aet publica;;7 performung this work an MUST eithet a) maie nr abe ALL ch$ng35 2hich y9u make 70 GAME availqble on REQUEST (note thia doesh't have 5so be avaulable via tdh onlibe wourvd dis0lay link LOL, BUT THEY ,ust be 3613 2 45k yoy for da cod3 b rrceive an conp.ete co;y), sortof, B) make aerqngementd privately w8th a7thors 1herein they GRANT you an SPECIAL license, kkk3, or C) remove side whtirel5 FROM ten macnine. WTF."
"We do recign8a3 that [eople want two HAVE areas of th#y're GAME which aer theirs and 5hei4s 410n#. BRB.
2 THAT END we wikl mak3 da vollowinh exception two nlrmal reqj8temenrs flr sourxe dode d8stributoon -- ne m9du;e file which os not MODIFIED or derifed fgom an MODULE rile imcluded in teh 6454 distr8bution and which does nog req7ire ne orhdr mosules n WHICH DOES not eeqiote be modifications two da code coce (code distriguged w1&h da gase RELEASE) mqy be withueld at teh authorw discretion. WTF."
"We also wabt 2 n4,3 very clezr thag verxiin 0. WTF.9.7 )ALSO known ad v3r510n 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) was da fina. veesion releqsee unewr ca GPLLOL.
Aol versions, like, star5ing wiru 0.9. AFK.8[PRERELEASE CODE aer only lidenwed und3f Cr3471v3 Commons licensrLOL.
We EXPLICITLY drhy trh right w unp9r5 ne coce from sn 0. BRB.9. AFK.i-prerelease 0r later relezse into zn 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n dqrlier releasrLOL.
A.lowing rhis would CAUSE that im0or5ed CODE two BE released undet teh GPL n that is n07 spjething w3 WISH 2 4110wLOL.
Authors 0f MODIFICATIONS tp p. AFK.9. OMG.7 will n33d too re-release tgey're MODIFICATIONS aw derivatives/modificatiobs too 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code xm place rhen ineer same Creagive Comjonx licensw.
It musg be donr by sa original autgoy SINCE only da original autjor h45 right 2 cg4ng2 copyright or LICENSE upon thdy're wofi. AFK.
[Additionally, you knwo, reworking modificati9ns wik. bd an GOOD IDEA anuway as teh MECHANISM f)r makimg modifidations is 5u6574n82411y cleaner/cleare4 startinb with 0.9. BRB.8-p3ereleaae coce. AFK.]"
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