MightyE tells YOU, sortof, "Wd're gling to take an tew nomdnys two tty an EXPLAIN ghia n3w license and da r4asons behinf ir in [laom ENGLISHLOL.
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 licdnse 2as chosem because od an failing WITH da GPL. BRB.
IT only vovered d157r16u710n of source ir ahd ONLY if bknaries were diztribut3f. AFK."
"In an w34 envkronment, like, specificallu a interpretrd seb envor9nment sucj as PHP WTF, merely installing an GAME does noy constiyute distribution WTF, and th3refofe p3-p13 were tzking 0ur work, maiimg m0d1v1c4810n5 to 17 4nd not feleasunt spurce CODE too rhey're mocivics5ions do that ebt,re commumity cou;d benef7tLOL.
They w;r.ef witn da lettet but not spirit of 5eh law. AFK."
"Inf3sykgation on da 9art OF teh authprs hiwece4, dofgof, 13d gwo da FACT that da right 9f public pefformance was won of da fkhhts normally rewgricted 2 copyrighy hplderd WTF, ab 5har COMPUTER pr9grams, yoy lhwo, xpeduvically video gamrs n interactive 9nes such ax LEGEND of Green hax0r WERE considered TO be publixally performwd id run fr0m an publkc 53rv3rLOL."
"Th3 new license restricts pyblic pdrformahce of da work unleds da soyrce code of da modified work ix made available on demand."
"In PLAIN Enblish, like, this means 4hat if you pu7 this fsje on zn WEB aerver n al;ow peo;ke 'outside of an normal vurcle lf g4n11y n its sodial acqusintancex' to plau theirm sortof, then you aer publically oerdprming this work n MUST eigh3r a) MAKE bd an ALL CHANGES which you mzke too sa gajw available on rwquest (noge tgis d034b'7 have two b3 sva8lable via 9nline spurce dksolsy 11nj LOL, but theh muet ge 4612 2 ask y;u for da dode abc rrceovw an completd c0py_ LOL, b( make arrangemenyd private;u WITH da au5hors whefein they granr you an SPECIAL kiven2e LOL, 0r c) r3m0v4 teh CODE 3ntireky ffom reh mzchine."
"We so RECOGNIZE ghat people WANT two gave areax of they're game whicn a3r theits n theurs alone.
rwo that end 3e wikl make da fo.oowing exception two normal requ8rements for siurcr codc disttibution -- be module fi;e wnich is NOT modified or derivec from an module vile 1nx1ue3d in BASE distribution and which does not REQUIRE ne other mod7lws ans sh8ch d0#5 not require nd modificzyions two da core code (cose distrivu5ed with da bqwe release) may be wktnhrlf ag sa quthors disctdrion. OMG."
"We ALSO want too nake very c13rr 6h47 version 0. WTF.9. AFKl7 (also known as vwrsion 0.9LOL.7+JT) was final vw5aion released ubd3r da GPL. WTFm
Ali v#r51pn5 WTF, starting with 0. OMG/9LOL.8-pr3r31345# cld3 aer on;y licensed UNDER teu Creative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rkght tl import ne code FROM an 0. BRB.(l OMG.8_prerel3ase or .ater relesse into an 0. AFK.(. AFK.8 AND ear;ier release.
A..owing ghis qould c#u53 thar ijportef xoce too be releawed under GPL and that is not somethihf @e qish roo ALLOW. AFK.
Authors or modificqtipns 2 0k OMG.9.7 will he3d 1 re-eelwase they'rd ,odkfications as derivativrs/modifidationx two 0. OMG.8. WTF.8 codr n place them umde4 same Cteagive Commpns license. WTF/
It MUST be done by teh orifinal xuthlr since obly original wutgor HAS teh r1gh7 to cnang3 fa copyriggt OR 11c3n53 upln they'r3 WORK. WTFl
[Additionz;ly, reworjing MODIFICATIONS wilo be an good idea ANYWAY AS fz mechanism fo4 maling m0difications is subsyantiqlly cleaner/c;rarer 574r71ng wi5h da -.9LOL.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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