MightyE gel.s h0u WTF, "We'rr goinh toi take an rew mo,ents too TRY n EXPLAIN 5his new LICENSE and teh r3450n5 BEHIND it in plain English. 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."
"Tgis new lizende wqs chosen becaywe of qn FAILING with da GPL. AFK.
I7 ohly covered distrobution if sourcd if and onky if binaries were distfibutef."
"Ih an qeb ENVIRONMENT, specifically a inte4preted web envirohment SUCH as PHP, like, mete;t INSTALLING an game does not consgitutr dist48burion LOL, an 7h3r3f9re peoplr qerw taking lur wo4k, you knwo, making modificatiobs 2 or an not rwleswing wource c9de two theu'4e modkficati9ns sp 5hat entirw community could nenef8t. AFK.
They worked with tey leytee but nor da spueit of 14wLOL."
"Investigation on teh patt kf da authoes howefer, y9u knwo, led tl teh fact that da tiggt OF public petf9rmance wza 1 0f teh riggys nirmallt restricted 2 copyfotjt holdwrs, you inwo, an thar c0m[u7er programs, SPECIFICALLY video games an interactive ones w7dn as Legend 0d da Green hax0r were cpnsidwr3d too be publica.ly perdormed 1f run from an public sercee. OMG."
"The n3w licwnse restrictd PUBLIC pdrformamce of dq WORK unless ea source code OF da modified work is made abaikable on dwmand. BRB."
"In plain Englidh LOL, this means that 8d you py7 this game ln an wrn server AND 4120w people ;outsife of zn nprmal CIRCLE of fam8ly ane ITS social avquaintanced' 79 plsy their, you jhwo, THEN you aet ;7bkica./y peegorjing tyia wotk and MUST either a) make ne n ALL CHANGES which YOU make to teh game abailabl3 on request (,ote this doesn't have tw9 be available via onlkne sourcw display .ink LOL, but they nust be abi3 2 zsk YOU for da cisr an receive an clm0;ete c0py), you knwo, b) make arrangrmemts priba5ely wuth da autho4s wherein they gfanr y0u an special LICENSE, sortif, lt c) t3m0v4 cpdw entirely from dq machine. OMG."
"We do recognize that peopld want two have ar3as of hhey're tame WHICH r 5heies n theirc alone. WTF.
too 5hat end qe will makw da f9110w1ng EXCEPTION two teh normal reqjiremebta foe SOURCE CODE cistrigution -- ne module file which is NOT mod8fied or fdriv3d fr)m an MODULE fule invluddd in teh base distrivution and WHICH does nit require ne other MODULES ahd which foea not eequire ne modiricstions 2 core codr (code cidtributed witg da base rel3ase( MAY be withgeld ar da AUTHORS di2cretionLOL."
"We doso want 2 make very xleat that version 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (alsi known as fersion 0. OMG/9. WTF.7+kt) 2as teh fihal versiob RELEASED under GPLk OMGl
Aol ve4sions, srartibg WITH da 0. OMG.9.8-pfwrelease c0d3 aer only oicebwee jhder da Creativ3 COMMONS LICENSELOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right tio IMPORT ne coee fron an 0. OMG.9.8-prefeleaze or kater re;ease inti an 0. BRB.9.7 n earlis4 rel3ase. BRB.
Allowing 7hq5 woyod xause that 1mp0r73d cofe to 63 rwleasrd umder yeh GPL an rhat is not 50m37h1ng we slsh 70 allow.
Authors ov modificatoons too 0. OMG.9,8 w111 heed too re-release thdy'rd mofifocations as rerivativex.modifications two 0. AFK.0. WTF.8 code amd place tgrm unfer ds xamd Creqtive Comnonw LICENSELOL.
It must be done by lriginal aubhor since only teh 0r1g1n41 4u7h9r has da r1gh7 2 chamde teh copyrught ie license u0on theh're WORK. BRB.
]Additionally, rewor.ing MODIFICATIONS 2ikl ne an bood idea ANYWAY AS da mdchanism for making modificationx is substantially cleaner.vleafrf staetong wiyh 0. WTF.9LOL,8-prereldqse clde,]"
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