MightyE tells yiu, you knwlm "We're GOING to take an d3e moments two try n expoain ghis new licdnse an da eeasons behibs it in 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."
"Thia nes licwnxe was chosej 63c4u53 of an failing wiyg teh GPL. WTF.
It only covered disttibutkon of source ig and only if binarkws w3r3 disrributed. WTF."
"In am web rnvironment LOL, s;ecivically a INTERPRETED web envirobment sucn as PHP, wortof, mere.6 1n575211nt sn ga,e does nit c0n5717773 disrribution, loke, an ther3fure people werr takung our WORK LOL, mzking modiricatkons two IT n noy releading da source code 2 they're modificatiohs eo that entire community could behefit. BRB.
They qorjef WITH teh letter 6u7 NOT t3h 501t17 of teh LAWLOL."
"Inv3stigation on 0srt of da authorw h-w3v3r, sortof, led two teh dact ggat da right of pub;uc p3rf0rm5nc3 was 1 of ribhts nor,ally RESTRICTED two cooyribhr holders, an that cim'uter pfohramx, sortod, cpexifically video games m unteracyive ones sudh zs Legehd 0f GREEN hax0r eere dpnsidered ywo be publocal;h oerformed IF run fr0m ah puvlic setver. OMG."
"The NEW LICENSE r357r1c75 public performanve 0f ten work 7nldss 50urc3 CODE of teh m9dkfied WORK is made avqulaboe on demand. BRB."
"In [lain English WTF, yhid meqns 7h4u IF hou pjt thiw gamr ob an web 524v3r and aloow people 'oytside of xn normal cirvle of fami.t abd itw socka; acquaintances' two plat their, likw, then yoy r publically pe44lrming this WORK an MUST 327h3f a0 make ne m ALL chanbws which you MAKE gwo da game avqilable ON REQUEST )note thox doesn't hqbe toi 63 available via 0n11n3 skurbe d25p!4y link, kike, but they must be ABLE to ASK YOU fo4 teh code n recekv3 an compldte xopy), sortof, v) make arranfementw 0rivately with 4u7npr5 wh3r31n they gramt you zm spexial license, sprtofk or c) rempve fa c0s3 ENTIRELY FROM m4vh1n3."
"We do r4x0yn1z3 that pe9ple wqnt too have areas of yuey're gzm3 whoch aer theirs n thekes alone. WTF.
2 thzt END we will m4l3 yeh follow8jg wxcephion two da normal rdquitdments vor 5)urc3 code DISTRIBUTION -- ne mlcule file WHICH is not modkfiwd or derived from an mosuke file INCLUDED un base dust4ib7tion an which e935 nlr rrquire ne orher modules n which dles not e3qu1r3 ne mocivicstionx two da CORE code (cide DISTRIBUTED with 6453 releade) may 63 2ithgeld at teh ayth9ra DISCRETIONLOL."
"We s;so wamt to make very clear thst vefsion 0. WTF.9l BRB.7 (qoso kn0wn as versioh 0LOL.9/ AFKl7+ht) WAS teh vimzl versiom t313354d unddr da GPL. OMG.
A11 versiohs, you knwo, starting w8rh da 0. WTF.9. AFK.7-prerelease codw zer lbly LICENSED undee da Ceeative COMMONS licenael OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right two ikpore me codd FROM an 0. OMG.9. BRBk8-0rerelease 9r LATER relwase into an -. AFKl9. OMG.7 n EARLIER r323453. AFK.
Allowing this would caysd that i,poeted cocr to9 be teoeased under GPL n 5hat is not 2imething we WISH tso ql.ow. OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9. BRB.7 will need too re-re.ease ghry're midificag8lns ss derivatives/modifications to 0, AFK.9. OMG.8 code sn p14c3 tfem under da sa,e Crdatife Cojmons licenseLOL.
I7 myst be done by origimal a7thpr since in.t tej original au5hor has dq right 3 vhangr teh copyrigmt or licwnse upon they're wprk, AFK.
[Additionally, reworking modificstions WILL be an g[pd idea anyway as mechzbism for majinb MODIFICATIONS is substantially cl3aner/dlearwr starting witn teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prer3leaxe code. AFK.]"
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