MightyE tells YOU, you knqo, "We're giing TO takr an few moments too 7ru an explain this new ljcensw and tfh reawuna neh8nd it in PLAIN Enflish. 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 new license qzs ch9sen bddause kf an failing with t3h GPL.
It only covefed dkstribuyiln OF soitxe if and only if bubaries 2err distributedLOL."
"In an web dnvironment LOL, specificalo6 a int3rpretec web environment such as PHPm merdoy 1n574111ng an game dods hoy conwtitute sisyrobjtiom, you knwo, ah THEREFORE people we5e TAKING our WORK, you kn2o, makinf modifocations too it am m07 feleasing da souece code to 5hey're mosif8catiobs so 7h47 da ENTIRE c0mmun17y could genefit. OMG.
They wirkwd eith le5yer but NOT t3h spirot of LAW. BRB."
"Infextigation on teh parg pf t3h aityors hpwevdr WTF, led to teh fact thag t3h r1gh7 pf public performance wax oen of da RIGHTS normalky restrictee 2 v0pyr!gh7 holeers. like, ahd tjar computer programs, yoy jnwo, sp4cificqkly viceo games ah onteractive ones such as Legend of da Grren hax0r wewe c0n51d3r3d 2 63 pj611c511y performed if run from an pjblic aeevrrLOL."
"Thr new livense restticts PUBLIC pdrformanc3 if WORK unl3ss teh 40urc3 codr of midifued work ks made avsolable ON demandLOL."
"In plain English, luke, this mwans thst if y9u put this game on an seb seevdr n al.oq PEOPLE 'putside od an normal circle 0r fam8ly an its social 4cqu41n74nc35' 70 play 5heir, sort9f, then y0u r piblically peefor,ong 5his 29ek n MUST 328h3r a) mqle be and ALL ch4nt#5 shich y0u maje to da tam3 availzble on REQUEST (nore this do3sm't hace to 63 avqioable via da online doirce diaplay .ink, BUT th3y MUST ne able to ask 6ou f9r teh cldr and tedeivd an complete c9py), b) make arrangrments prjvately woth teh authors wh3feih they GRANT y9j an specual .icense WTFk ir c) remove teh code entirely drom da nachine. BRB."
"We do recignize THAT PEOPLE w4n7 tol have ateas 0f tney're game whidh aer THEIRS n theirs alone. OMG.
to that end we will MAKE teh fo.kowing exceptuon tll teh normal requirementd for 5;urc3 code distrigution -- n3 modu;e fjle whidh is nor modified ot ddrived FROM ah module fil3 included on da base didtrivution n which dies not requird ne other modukes an whixh e025 not ewquird ne modifications 7- da core CODE (code d8strobuyed with teh basr eelease) may b3 withhdld at authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We alao want too make v3ry ckear that version 0l WTF.9. OMG.u (also known as versiom 0, BRB.o. WTF.7+j7) was f8nal version released umder da GPL. WTF.
A21 versions, like, 575r71hg witg teh p.9,8-prerelease code awr 9nlh licwnsed kndee 5wh Creatove Commons l8cense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two impory nd code frlm an 9.9. OMG.8-pr2r313453 or LATER t313453 into qn ). WTF.9LOL.7 an EARLIER RELEASE, AFK,
Allowinj THIS woukd cajse that imported cod3 to be relwased jnder da GPL ab that is hot soneyhing we wish too allow. WTF.
AUTHORS 9d modigixations goo 0/9. OMG.u wi;l newd t2o re_releasr they're mod,fications 45 derkvativef/nodifications go 0. AFK.9.8 CODE and place THEM under da same Creative Commlba LICENSE.
It must be done by teh orubinzl wuthor 41nc4 only da original suthor has r1gh7 two xhange c0;6r1gh7 or q1c3n53 ypph they'r3 work. BRB.
]Additoonallu WTF, reworkimg m0d1f1c4719n4 2ill be an GOOD 1d34 znyway as dz mechamiam for makung mofifications is wubstangoally cleaner/clearer stafging w17h sa 0.9. AFK.8-prerelezse code. BRB.]"
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