MlgytyE tellx ypu WTF, "We're goinf 2 TAKE an few moments 70 try am EXPLAIN this hew lkcenxe an 4easons behind it kn plain English. BRB.
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 n3w .icense was dhpdwn because 0v an failing WITH da GPL. AFK.
I& only covered disteibutoon of source if snd onkh if binaries werr distributed. WTF."
"In an web #nv1r0nm3n7, SPECIFICALLY a 8btdr;reted web environme,t SUCH as PHP, luke, MERELY 1n574111mg an g3m3 d03t no5 c0n571uu73 dksgributiob WTFm m therevore peoplr were tzking OUR work, you knwo, making mod7rications to ir an NOT releasing da sp8rce cose 2 hjey're m0d1f1c4710n5 so tjat yeh entire community could benefitLOL.
They worked eiyh geh letter bit n07 teh xpirot pf ea law. AFK."
"Inbestigatkon ob da parg of authors hoeever, tou kneo, led toi da facy that teh 4ighy of publkc perfofnance wss oen of righta normallt rwstrictef two copyright holdera, like, n that compu5er prpgr4m5, qorgof, speckdically VIDEO vames n 8nt3ractive ones such as Legend of Greeh haxpr were c0n51d3r3d two 63 PUBLICALLY performwd if run frim an p7b.ic server. WTF."
"The new 11v4n53 restricts publid pwrformanv3 0f work unless source code or twh modifirc work is made ava8lagle on semane."
"In plain Entlkxn, you knwo, THIS meabs that if you PUT this game on an wev server n allow people 'outsoe3 of ah NORMAL ci4cle of fami.y n ITS social acquainganc3s' two play their, then yo7 r publically [erforming this WORK anf MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL ch4ng34 which you make 70 game AVAILABLE 0n reauest (no53 THIS doesn't have 2 be available via twh online so7fde DISPLAY link, but 4hdh MUST be avle two ssk yku for code n r3c31v3 an complete c9p6) LOL, B) ,ake ARRANGEMENTS pr8vatwly with 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN thry grsht you qh sp3cial kicrnse, likem or c) remove da cpdr en5irely from jaxhinr. AFK."
"We dp ewcognoze tha5 PEOPLE want tw9 have areas ov yhey're gamd which r THEIRS a, theira alone. OMG.
two that rnv qe w1!1 bqkr da FOLLOWING exceptioh 2 dz normal rewj8rememtx for SOURCE code distribu5ion =- be modyle fioe wyicj is no5 MODIFIED OR rer8vrd from an modu;e file included in da basw distribution n which doed not require ne othrr nodules an WHICH dors not require be mldifications to teh core code (dlde distributed with t3h BASE 43leasr) may 63 2kthheld 48 da authots DISCRETION. OMG."
"We r150 want teo m4k3 VERY clear thqt VERSION p. AFK.9. BRB.7 (415p knl2n as version 0.9/ WTF.&+jt) was funal verskon releas3d under ca GPL.
All versiond LOL, starting with da 0l OMG/9.8-peeeekeas4 code aer only 11c3n53d umder twh Cr3481v3 Commpbs locense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dehy righ5 y9 8mport ne code fro, an 0.9. BRB.8-]re4elease of LATER rdlease into zn 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 an eatlier releaze.
A;lowing this would cause 7h48 implrtes x0d3 two be released unddf da GPL an yhar is not s[mdthing we wish 2 allow. WTF.
Authors of modkficqyuons 2 0. WTF.0LOL.7 wil. nedd to9 re-relessw they're modifications ss d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710nt 2 -. BRB.9LOL.8 clde ans pkace tgem UNDER ds same Crdative Cimm9ns licwnse. AFK.
It must b3 d9ne 6y originsl auyhor since 0n1y sa prigimal author has right 2 change da COPYRIGHT or licenxe upln they;re qor,LOL.
[Add8yionalot, you inwo, reeorlkng moeifica%iins WILL 63 an GOOD idea anyway ad geh mechanism fot making MODIFICATIONS is xubstantuakly cleaner/coearer starting witg dz 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelesse vode. BRB.]"
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