MightyE tells you LOL, "We're gopng 2 rzke an fes momwnts 70 74y znd 3zp141n this ned LICENSE n teh reasons behind IT ib 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."
"This new license w$5 chosen gevause of an failing 2ith da GPL. OMG.
It only coveeed d8sur8bution OF 50urx3 if n onlu if BINARIES were distribut3d/ OMG."
"In sb web envuromment WTF, specificallh a ihtrrprrted seb environment such as PHP, lilw, merely installong an ga,e does NOT CONSTITUTE distributiob, lilem and therefure p3o[le were taking OUR work, liie, makinb modifucations to it an n06 feleasing da sourcd codw yso tkey're nodificationa so tnay teh entire commun8gy c0u2d 63n3f17.
T6ey woeked w17h tfh ldtter buy noy SPIRIT 9f da law."
"Investigation on teh part 9f ds authors h92ever WTF, led ro da FACT yhat da righr od pjvlic perfl4mance wax won of da rights normally testricted g9 cophrigyt holderx, ahc that cpjputer progrzmx LOL, specivica.ly VIDEO games n inreractkve ONES such 45 Legens if trg Gfeen yax0r werd xonsideeed 2 ve publicallu pdrformed if tun fr0m an public servdr. WTF."
"Tye NEW license RESTRICTS pun;ic perfo4,ance 0g wptk unkess da soirce code of teh modif8ed w0rk is madw 4v4114513 ;n demand. WTF."
"In plaih Engl82j LOL, yhis mrand that if you PUT tnis gsme ON an wwb sefv3r h allow people ;iutside ov an nor,a; c1rc13 of fq,ilt amd its social acquaintances' two 0lay fheir, then tou r publically performing tyus wo4k an MUST either 4) ,ske ne and ALL changes 2guch you make to twh gzme avqilable on rrwuest (note this doesn't have 2 vr 4vr114y13 v1# da 0n11n3 dource displan link, kike, but th3y must be aboe to aqj h0u for da code amd RECEIVE an c9mplete xopy) WTF, b) jak3 arrangrmwntw private;y wigh teh authors wherein tyey frant you an 5p3c141 license, like, or c) remove teh CODE entifely dr0m ten machine. BRB."
"Ww d9 recifnize that people wanr too havw arwas if they're g4m3 wgich arr 7h41f5 n theirs aline.
too 7h47 END we will MAKE da doll9wing exception TO normal reqiirwjen5a for sojrve cod2 d157r16u710n -- ne MODULE gile qhich is not ,odified or derived from an MODULE FILE incljfwf in teh base disgribytion an 2hich DOES not f3qu1r3 ne OTHER modulew n shqch does not requite ne mod8ficqyuons two dore code (clde dlsrributed with 6453 release) may be withheld at da AUTHORS disceetiinLOL."
"We also wanr 2 mzke ve4y CLEAR 7h47 versioh 0. BRB,9. WTF.7 (alwo kno1n AS version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+j5) qad teh final v3rsi;n releaded und3r GPLLOL.
A11 beraionsm lije, STARTING witg 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease code r only 11c3n53d undet Cr4471v2 C0nm0nt lic3nsel AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1hh7 1 1mp0r7 ne code from qn 0.o.8-prereleawe or latet releasf inrp an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 and earlkdr rrlease. WTFl
Allowing this WOULD c4u5# 5hat imported vlde ti9 b3 RELEASED under GPL qn THAT ks not somwthing we WISH 2 qllow. AFK.
Ajtho4s of modifications two -.9. AFK.7 will nedd two re-relesse tney'ee modificatoonw as ewruvatives/modidicatuons two 0. WTF.8.8 code n plzee them une3r samw Creat8ve C0mm0n5 .icenseLOL.
IT MUST be done by originzl author sinve only 5eh origumal ajthor hax right two change ca c0[ur1hg7 ir lixense upon rhey'te work/ BRB.
[Aeditionally WTF, reworking t3h modif8cations wull be an goof idea qnyqay as trh mechaniwm foe MAKING mocificatioms 8s SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starting wuth teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.80PRERELEASE cofe. BRB.]"
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