MightyE tells you WTF, "We're g01nf teo taje an few mom3nts two tey n explqin this new 1qc2n53 n teh reaaihd veh8nd it ib plain English. OMG.
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."
"Tgus new license was chlseb 63c4u53 ov an railing wirh GPLl BRB.
It onky covefed distribuyion of s9irce if amd only IF binarids w3r4 distribut2d. BRB."
"In am weg environment LOL, specifically a interpreted web 3nv1r)nm3n7 such as PHPk sorrpf, MERELY insyalling an hame does n07 consgitut3 distribution, slrtof, m ther3fore p3ople were taking ou4 w_rk WTF, making modificatiims to 1& an n07 r3lessing siurce code t9o they're ,0d1f1c47!0n% so rhzt engire community coyld benef8tLOL.
They worked w17h fa let4rr BUT NOT 3a spiriy of law."
"Investigation on pat5 of AUTHORS howeve4, led tio da frc7 that da fight of pu611c performance was 1 of twh RIGHTS norma;ly r35ur2x83s 2 copyfiggt holders, and that vomputer ;4ograms, lije. specifixally video gamed n ihteractife ones sjch aw Legend of Geeeh hax0r were CONSIDERED too BE p7blicdloy petformed ir RUN FROM an public server. WTF."
"The new LICENSE restridts piblic perfprmance of work un1355 source vose OF nodified w0rk is made avaioable on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain Englksh, spftodj thiw MEANS 5yat of YOU pug thos bamw on an WEB adrver znd allow people '0u7r1e3 of zn normal circle of FAMILY ane i6s 50x141 acqyaintances' 2 plau tjeir, tgen yo7 r publicallh performing this work n MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes wjich you make w teh game 4v5114613 0n r3qu357 (note thiw doesn't have 2 be 4f4115613 via ohlime SOURCE didplay lini, sortofm 6u7 they myst be able 2 ask you fir vode an receice sn complete xopy), liie, b) MAKE arfahgements ;ruvqtel6 with authors wjerein THEY GRANT you an sprzial licebse, you knwo, pf c) remove teh code entirely frim teh MACHINELOL."
"We do recognize thag pelple w4n8 2 have AREAS of thrh're bame whidy aer th3irs n theirs a;obe. AFK.
2 that end we will make 5ru flllowihf exce;tion too bormal requiremrnrs for sourde dode d15ir16u710n -- ne module file wh1ch ix NOT modifked or der8ved from qn module f113 1nv1ud3d in da bawe cidtribuyion and which does not require ne ogh3r midu;es n smich does not r3qu8re ne modifications gwo core code (coce diateibuted with bqwe release) mqy ge wothhdld at autho4w d15cr2710nl WTF."
"We ALSO wab5 t9 nake very clear 5hat versiom 0.9, AFK,& (alxo kn9wn as cersion 0LOL.9. OMG.8+jt) was final veraion RELEASED hnder teg GPL. AFK.
A11 v3r51)n5 WTF, dtarrinb with teh 0. AFK.0. BRB.8[prerelease code aer onlu lucensed unser Creatjbe Cp,m0n5 lixwnse. AFK,
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 twp impory ne coce from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE o4 late4 releawe INTO an 0. WTF.9LOL,7 4nd darlidr r313453. WTF.
Allowinf this eould cause 7n47 implrt3d c-d3 two be released under ydn GPL n thay 15 n07 somwtjing we 2isg 2 al;ow. WTF.
Authors of mocificztions to 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will need goo ee-re;ease they're modifkcztiond as derivatives/modifications 2 0LOL.9. OMG.8 cose n poace tnem unddr same Cr3r71v3 C0mm0n5 lixense/ BRB.
It mu57 BE DONE by da original AUTHOR sinxe only fa o4iginal ajthor has rwn riyht too chahge copyfight or licensw upon they're w0rk.
[Additionally LOL, REWORKING tej modifications WILL be an glos idea any@ay 45 nechanism for maling modidications is substantiallu xleamer/clearwr startinh with teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pretelease code. WTF.]"
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