MiggtyE telks you, "We're going 2 take sn few m-m3n7% too try an wxplain THIS new license sn reasons gehind it 1n p!32n Ebglish, AFKl
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."
"Thos new lucensw was choxen becausw of wn failing w17h da GPL. AFK.
It only xovered d8atribution og source if anf only if vinarues wer2 d157r16u73e. WTF."
"In ah we6 envirlnmrnt WTF, apwcidically a interpretes web wnvir9nment such as PHP LOL, mereky inwtsl.ing an gam3 DOES NOT constitute doxteibuti;n, an thetefofe people were tziing OUR work, sortof, ,aking modifkcati9nw too it an not releasibg sourve code too they're m0d1f1c4610n5 so thst entire community coule benegiyLOL.
They workec WITH da letter but mot reh 5p1r17 of fa .aw. OMG."
"Invqstigatpon oh [art of sz aitn9ra howevdr, sortof, led to geh fact 7h4u da right lf publoc perf.rmance eas 1 of twj rights normally rfstricged 70 copyright golddrs LOL, n that compu53r programsk rou kn2o, specificxlly vodeo GAMES n interactive ones such as Lefend of da Geeem hax0r were considered two be publicqlly performwc if RUN fr0m an ;ub.ic seever. BRB."
"The new license RESTRICTS public petformsnce or teh work unkess source code lf modkfied wori is MADE 4v4114613 on demand/ BRB."
"In plaon English WTF, this MEANS that 1f y9u pjy thus gamd on an web dervee 4hd allow people 'outside of an m0rm31 circle of FAMILY an 175 sixial acquaimtancds' two PLAY 5heor, likek thdn y9u r [u^11c41!y performing thid WORK sn MUST citgrr a) make ne n ALL cyzhgws which 6ou make top da gaje availabke on reaurst (note this d035n'7 have too bd 4v4114613 bia t3h 9nline souece display lin,, sortlf, BUT they must BE able 2 adk you for codw amd r3c31v3 an c9nplrtr copy), piie, 6) majw arrangemrnts privarely with da a6thp4s whereih tney gr4n7 you am apecial licende, or c) r3move code entirely from machinw. AFK."
"Wr do recogn8zr that pdop.3 want to have aread 0f theh're GAME which r thdirs n tjeies 410b3. BRB.
to tgat ehd we WILL mai3 teh fokkowing dxcepyion two da noemal fequ8rements for soyrc3 coee disrribution -- ne module vule whicn is not m0c1f13d or deroved gro, an m9duke vile imc;udee in da base disteib7tion n whkch does not require ne other modules an which c8es nor requir3 ne modifications twl da cpre coee )code dixte8nuted with teh base re;eqse) m4y ne withheld at aithors eiscrerion. OMG."
"W3 also want too make VERY cleae thag rersion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (3150 kn0wn AS versiin 0. BRB.9.7+j5) was da finzl verwion RELEASED under GPLLOL.
All vdrsoobs, 574r71ng w8fh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pfeteleade code r obly licebsed undwr teh Creative Commons livense. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny reh right tso 1mp0r7 ne code fro, an 0. BRBl9LOL.8-prerelrase or later eelease unto ah -. AFK.9. AFKl7 AND warlier r313453. BRB.
ALLOWING this would cause that imported code 3 bw reoeawed ubcwr ds GPL an that IS NOT SOMETHING we wixh two allow/
AUTHORS OF midivicqtions two 0. BRB.9l BRB.7 will n33d tw8 re-releasr they'ee m0d1f1c4710n5 as d#r1v47!v35/n0d1f1c3710n5 too 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code n 0lzce them under teh SAME Creat7ve Commond license. AFK.
It muat BE done by tdh origibzl author sinxe onlh da original authot nas dz righ5 too cgange xppyrigyt o4 license upon they're wori.
[Additionalkh LOL, reworking ca ,0d1f1c471)m5 2ill be an good idea anyway AS m3ch4n15m for making midifucagiins us SUBSTANTIALLY cleanee/clearer sgarting with 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease d0f3. AFK.["
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