MightyE 73115 YOU LOL, "We're 5oong too take an few momrnts to try n explain this NEW license rnd reasons behimd kt in p;ain Ehglish. WTF.
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 hew /icensr wad chosen 62c4u53 0f an failing with da GPL. BRB,
It only coveref distribution of SOURCE if an only IF binaries w3r# d157r16y73d,"
"In an web enbironment, s;3cificaoku a 1n73rpr373d WEB environmeny 5uch 45 PHP LOL, merely knstallinf an game dpes hot constitutw distributioh, yiu knw9, an therefore p30p13 were taking iur w0rk, like, ,aking ,odiricariona TO it sn NOT r313451ng 5eh SOURCE vode goi tyei're modifications so 7h46 dq entife comjunity c9ulc benefit. OMG.
They wprjrd w16h dq letter nut npt teh spitit of da law. AFK."
"Invesrigqtion 0n dz part of teh suthofs yoweve$, ;ike, led 2 fa fact THAT da tibht og puboic PERFORMANCE was woh of rights no4mzlly tddtficted 2 copyright holderw, and that compiter programs, 6p3c2f1c$11y video g4n35 n intcractive ones sich as Letenc OF Gf33n hax0f qefe c0n51e3r3d too 63 puglucallh performed if run feon an publiv serverLOL."
"The new license RESTRICTS public PERFORMANCE of worl unlesa xourve code OF jodified eork 15 made availsb;r on demznd. OMG."
"In plain English, ypu knqo, 7h15 means thzt if 6ou put tyis game on an web xetvdr an ALLOW peop;e 'iutdudd 0f an n0f,41 circle 0f famioy n q75 wocoal qcquainrances' to plah their, ypu knqo, then 5ou r ;ublically performing 7h15 work an MUST either a) mauw ne n ALL changes which y0u ,ake 2 da gqme available on request (note 5hia doesn't hzbe ti BE avai;aglw v15 ONLINE aoyrce displa6 link, sirtof, gut thdy must be 4613 2 ask you for da voce an receivd an completd c0py), lik3, B) make a4rahg3mengd privately wuth reh AUTHORS wherein they grant you an d;ecoal license, you knwok or c) rejove codd entieely f40m teh m4ch1n3. BRB."
"We d9 rdcognize that pdople want too HAVE aread iv tgey'rd game wuicg f theirs and the84s ALONE. WTF.
to that end we will make da flllowinb exception 70 da n0rm51 r3qu1r3j3n75 for source CODE distributi9n -- ne m0eu13 file wh1ch is NOT modkfied or deroved fr9m an nodule fike 1nc1ud3s in teh ^453 dkstribu5ion n which does not require ne otjer MODULES and which doea mot fequirr ne mldificati9ns t9 teg core cose (c9ee d8strim7ted witj ca bade r213453) m$y be 217hj31d at 4juh0e4 dksctetion/ AFK."
"We alsi wzyt to n4k3 ver6 cleae tyag v3r510n 0, AFK.9. OMG.7 (also known as cersion 0.9LOL.7=jt) was da fkhal version releasef unser da GPL. AFK.
ALL verdions, so4tpf, wta3tinb with 0. WTF.9. BRB.70PRERELEASE code r only licrna3d under da CREATIVE COMMONS licwnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two implet ne code feom an 0. OMG.9. WTF.80pfwr3leas4 or katef rel3asr into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 zb eqrlier RELEASE.
Allow8hg thus woukd vause that imoorted code two ne releqsed und3r teh GPL zhd tyat IS not something WE wish too allow.
Authors of modividatoond to 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will need two re-relrasd they're m0d1f1c4u10nt ss derivatifes/,odificationd 70 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 xode n p;ace 7g2m undey teh samw Crestive C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
It mu57 be done 6y tey ORIGINAL authir since only original author hqs rigng 5so zhange teh COPYRIGHT o4 license upon they[re work. AFK.
[Adfitiobalo6, you knwom rewltking ds MODIFICATIONS qill ne ay gooa icea snyway as MECHANISM ror making MODIFICATIONS is sybstahtial.y cleaner/xlearer wtafting with teh ). WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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