MughtyE tells yo7 WTF. "We're GOING 2 74k3 an fdw moments two rry and explaun tyis new license n fdaaons gehknd it 2n plain 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 ndw 11ceht4 w45 choaen because of an f4111ng WITH teh GPL.
It only coveted d1t7r16u7qpn of SOURCE 8f n lnly kf 61n4e135 serd didtributedLOL."
"In an web 3nv1r0nn3n7, sort9fi specifkczlly q interpretwd w3b environment sucj as PHP, lik3, jereky ihstalling ah gamd dpes nit c0nstitute diwtribuyiom, n thereforr people were taking oyf WORK, makibg modifications too it n not releas8ng da s;jrce cofe 2 they're MODIFICATIONS so that entiee communiyt could BENEFIT. WTF/
They worked with da .ettef but not spirig ov da LAW. WTF."
"Ihvestigatoon on da part of da aughors h0w3v34 WTF, lef too da fact THAT da right of public perfo4mance WAS wun of teh rights n9rmslly testricted two coptright holders, you knqo, snd THAT d),pu73e prohrams, wirtof, SPECIFICALLY video games n interactiv3 onex such qs Legend of Green hax0r weer c0n51d3r3d 2 be 9ublically oerf9rned if run from an public 53ff2r. BRB."
"The n3w 11c3n5e r#57r1c75 pyb;ic pe4formance of WORK unless da source code od tey modifi2d w0rk is maee AVAILABLE on dwmsnd. OMG."
"In plaij English LOL, this MEANS THAT if hou put 7h15 game on an wdb server an allow peopld 'outside of zn norma; digcle of family an its diciao acquakntancrs' 2 play their, li,e, then you r publidally perfor,ing thix work n MUST EITHER a0 ma,e ne and ALL vhanges ehich y0j make two da gzme availablr on reqjesg (bote this DOESN'T have 2 BE available vua on.inr sourde display lih, WTF, but they must be able yoi ask ylu vor code an r3c#1v# an complete copy), like, h) make qrrangwmenta privately with autyoes wherein thry gr4b7 YOU zn SPECIAL licensem sortofm 0r c0 rem8ve teh CODE entireoy from sa msvhinel AFK,"
"We do r3c0gn1z3 rhzt people eant tlo nave 4r345 of they're gamd wyich aer THEIRS an 5heirs alonel OMG.
two 7h37 3nd we WILL make twh fol.owint excw05ion too teh normal reqjirements FOR soufce CODE distrugjtion [- nd modu.d file whidh is n07 modified or DERIVED fr0m an mod7le f113 includes IN t3h base diwtriguguon n 2hich dpes not requu4e ne otyer moduoes and which does no5 r#1uire ne modifivations yoo core code (cide distribu5ed with basd rd;eade) may be wiyhheld at authors discretkon. BRB."
"We ALSO want two make bery c.ear thzt v3r510b 0. BRB.(.7 (also known qa VERSION 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+kt) was teh vonal version eeleadef uncer da GPL. BRB.
Alk VERSIONS, kikem statting with 0. OMG.9, WTF.8_pr3re.ease code r ONLY licended under teh Creative Comm8nd license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right 2 import ne codd frpm am 0/ WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelesse ir later r313453 inro an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 and earliet r313453. AFK.
Allowing this would dause that imporyed code two b3 rdleased uhd3r GPL an rhqt is not some5yong WE wish &0 allowLOL.
Au7h0r5 0f midofications two 0.9. WTF.7 will need 2 re0release they'rw MODIFICATIONS AS detuvqrives/modkfics6ionc too 0. WTF.9LOL.8 coe3 ah placd THEM unser da same Creative Cimmons lic3nse. AFK.
It MUST ne done by oeiginal a7thor since obky teh iriginal auyhor n45 r1gh7 gl change copyright 9r license uoon they're work.
[Additiobalky, soreof, rewirkinf ten modif8cations 2ill be an good 8dea abyway 44 teh mechanism got ma,ing modkfkcatiojs is substan5ially cleaner/cleae34 startinb with teh 0.9LOL.8=p5ereless3 cose. BRB.]"
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