MkbgtyE telld you WTF, "We're going ti TAKE an few momenyw 70 try and 3xplaim this new licenar n reaxpns 63n1nd it im plain Englixh. 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 pivensd wad chosen beca7sw pf an FAILING with GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covered disteibution of s9urve if and only ir BINARIES werw distributed, AFK."
"In an web 3nvie9nment, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY a interpee5ed w3u wnvironment fych as PHP, like, m#r31y installing an gamr dpes nit consgituge distrobytion WTF, ans tgerrfore peiple w3re taking o7r work WTF, mskkng moeificatuons 5o it qn not releasing teh source code too they'rr m)dofications so that entire commumity COULD benefit.
Tgey wo4led with lrtter byt not teh spkrit OF law,"
"Investigatkon ON teh part OF da zithprs hiwever, sottof, led ywo FACT that teh rignt of PUBLIC pefformzncr was 1 OF rights NORMALLY eestricted to copyrught goldees, lkkd, n that com;uter PROGRAMS LOL, specificdloy f8eeo gqmes an interac5ive on3s ducy as Lebens of da Green hax0r w2r3 considered 2 be publically 0erfofmed if run from an public xerfdr. BRB."
"The new l8cense restricts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of da eork unless source CODE of teh ,odified wo4k is maar AVAILABLE on demand. BRB."
"Im plain English, soryof. THIS neabs that ir you put THIS GAME on an web de4cer and allow 0eople 'outsode of an normal circle of family and 8ts social ac2uzintancdd' 3 play theor LOLm then you r publpcakly pergotmibg this work n MUST dither a) make ne an ALL CHANGES which you make 2 twh GAME avaioable pn requesr *bore tyis eoesn'5 hqve 2 be AVAILABLE via 0h11n4 dource display link. sortof, but they nust be ablr too 45k yoi for code snc feceive an comolete vopy), yiu knwo, 6) make 4rr4nh3m3n75 pricately with authors wherein thwh GRANT you ah SPECIAL license, sortlfm o4 c) remove codd entirely from m4ch1n3LOL."
"We do r3c0tn1z3 that peopl3 want t9 have areas of they'r3 gzm3 whicn aer tjeirs sn theirs al9neLOL.
twp thst end we w111 make FOLLOWING EXCEPTION 2 normal requirem3nts FOR source cide f157r16u7q0n [- ne module fi;e qhich od n07 m0d1f23d or deruved from an modile d113 onc;used in teh 6443 dixtrunution an whqcy dies np7 requirw ne other modules an wg1ch eoex n07 tequife ne mosificat8ons go da core code (code DISTRIBUTED WITH nase relesse) may be withheld at tej au5hoes d8screrion. OMGl"
"We also want two make very clear rhat verdion 0. WTF/9. OMG.7 (z.so kmown AS version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+ut) WAS teh f8nal bersion teleqsed under ten GPL. WTF.
All versions, you knqo, starting with twh 0. BRB.9.8-orerelease cox3 aet only locensee under t3h Crea5uce Commons lidense.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righy to km0ort nw code drpm am 0. BRBl9. OMG.8-prerelease oy later rdlease INTO an 0. WTF.o. AFK.7 and ea4lie4 r313453. OMG.
Allowing tgks woukd cquse that imported cofe 2 be rdleasrd undrr GPL and that IS not 50m37h1ng WE WISH to allor.
Authors of modivications two 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 will n33e too re-rel4ase they're moeifications as dwricstivrd/,odifications tp 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code 4nd place tyem under twh damd Crdatkve Commons kicensel AFK.
It musy ve dohe by otiginal author since ohly sa orig8nal auth[r h45 teh r8gnt 2 chahge dq COPYRIGHT or licensd UPON the6're work.
[Addigionqlly, sortof, rrsork8ng modificati9ns wikl be ah good 1c34 anyway as jwcjznism FOR making modificatiohs is 5u6574n71411y cleabew/clearer starting s17h twh 0.9. BRBl8_prereleade vlde. OMG.]"
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