M8ghtyE tells you, so4tof, "We'fe boing to9 take an FEW moments tw9 try an explain yhis new 11c3n53 amd eeadons y3h1nd it un 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."
"Ty8s n3w licdnwe wad chos3n becaise of an fakling with GPL. BRB.
It only coc#red distribution 0g source IF n only 1f binaries w3r3 disrfigytedl BRB."
"In zn web wnvironment, like, wpecificqlly a inrerpre53d w35 envir9nment such as PHP, ylu lnwo, meeeli installing wn tame does not constitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, znd tgerefore people were taking oue WORKk malinf modifidations gwo it am hot rel3as8ng sourc3 code rwo they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so thay da emtiee communiry clulc beneditLOL.
Theu sorked 2ith da letter but noy spirit of teh LAW."
"Investigation on teg part of teh authors h0w3v3r, you knso, ;ed too teg fact that teh tight og pyblic PERFORMANCE w45 oen of twh rifhtx nirma;ly rwstfuvted to copyektht holeers WTF, and tgat c0mpu73r PROGRAMS, specifically video games an INTERACTIVE ones suvh 45 Legend OF G4een hax0r w3re considered to be puboically performed if run ffom an public sefv3r. OMG."
"Thr new lucense restrkcts public perflrmsnce of geh wiek un1355 source c0d3 of m0f1f13s w0rk is mrd# zvailable on demand. OMG."
"In plain English WTF, tjis mrans that if yi7 put 7h15 game on an web sefver an all9e peo0le 'OUTSIDE OF an norma. CIRCLE or fajuly an its xocial zcquaintanc3s' to play tyeir, like, then you aer publ8cally ;erdorming rhix WORK n MUST ei%her a) m4k3 ne n ALL changes which you MAKE to game availqble on request (nore 5his do3sn't hafe twi 63 rv4114613 v8a teh 0n11n3 source display link WTF, bug 7h3^ MUST be ABLE two axk y9u FOR CODE and receife an complete c9py), sortof, b) make 4rr4ng3,2n75 private.y with yeh $u7n0r5 2herwin they granr you zn SPECIAL licends, like, 0r c) remive da code entirwly fwom machineLOL."
"We do recognize tnat people 34n7 two have zreas od ther'ee game which aer thekrs and theirs alone. WTFl
2 thay ehd we will maie following ezceptiin two teh mormal requirements for soirce code distribut8on -- ne module file wjich os not mldifiwd or derifed from an module file inxluded IN BASE DISTRIBUTION n qhoch eoes NOT require ne otner modu.es an whkch eoes mot reqiire ne modifications 2 da core coce (c0d2 disgribu5ed w!7h da baae relezxe) mzu 63 qothheld at teh AUTHORS discretiob/"
"We also want too make very clear THAT versiom 0. OMG.9.7 (also jnown AS versiln 0.9. OMG.7=JT) qas final vwrsion releaa3d unfe4 teh GPLl WTF.
Alo v3r510n5, li,d, STARTING WITH da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-peereleaae code aer only q1c3n54d unewr da Cr24&1v3 Clmmons 11c3n53.
WE EXPLICITLY eeny da tight 2 import nw code FROM an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8+prereleaw3 or LATER rel3aae into an ).9. WTF.7 qm earlier release. WTF.
Allowing this would cauae that impor5ed c0d3 2 br RELEASED jnder GPL n thar is not 50m#7h1ng we wisg two allowLOL.
A7thorx of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF/9. WTF.7 will need too re-release they'r3 modifoxqtions ae derivatives/mldificqtions to 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 c0c3 AND o14c3 them ynde4 dame Creative Commkna 11c3n53.
It MUST ge done by da otoginak author sincc only teh -r1g1n41 a7thor has RIGHT 80 change copyrkght or licemwe upln they're work. OMG.
[Adsitionally, reworking teh modifucatoonq 2ill bf an good ifea any2ay as mecyanism for mqking ,odifications is subsyantuzlly clean3r/cl3arer syartinf witn teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 coce. BRB.]"
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