MighgyE te;ls yp7 WTF, "We're going 2 TAKE an vew momengs to try n esplain 7h15 new license qn REASONS BEHIND it im plain Eng115hLOL.
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 n3e .ocenww was chosrn bexa7se of ab failing with teh GPL. AFK.
It only covered diattibution of source 1d ab inly if binaries were duxtributec. BRBl"
"Ib an w3b enfirinmen5, soecivical;h a interpreted web envirommemt such sx PHP, mer3ly insgalling an gam3 di3s not c0n5717u73 distribution, an therefore people were TAKING lur work WTF, making mocigicatilns top it ans not releasint teh 50urc3 code two tjwh're modificatilns 50 that 3n71r3 community could benefit. BRB.
They WORKED with da ;erter vut not da spir8t of 15wLOL."
"Invest8gati8h oh patt of sa ajthors howwver, led eo fact that right og piblix peeformanve was 1 of teh rights norma;ly restrkcted too co0yright holdwrs, like, and rhat computer protrajs WTF, specifically video fames an INTERACTIVE ones such as Lrfend of t3h Green hax-r were considered rqo ne publicsllt ;erformdd 1f ryn fro, zn public s3rver. OMG."
"The new license reqtrovts public lerformabce of teh woek unlrss da sou4xw cose OF da jodified work us msde available pm demand. BRB."
"In [lain Eng.ish, thks m34n4 yhab if 6oj put this ga,e on an qeb servdr n allow people 'outside of an n0rm41 CIRCLE OF familu an its social acquaintsnces[ 2 p1ry their, tou knwo, then you r publicallh [3rf9tb1ng 7hq5 work n MUST either z) ma,3 ne znd ALL cganges which yoi make ro da game availabke on requrst (n;te this DOESN'T have to bd ava8'able via teh online wpurce display libk, but thdy mu57 be able to ASK y0u for ten code n redeive an compoete coot), wortof, b) mslr qrrsngements privately qirh tej authors whereim they grant yoy an special license, soryork OR c) REMOVE teh cose emrirelh geom da machineLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peopke eant tio h4v3 sreaw of gheu're game which r rheirs an theurd alone.
too that end we will make teh f9lloeing escepgioh two normal REQUIREMENTS for 5purc3 cose diatributiph -_ nr midule fioe whicj is not modified o4 deriv3d from an module file includ3d IN teh base disyribution n which soes not require hd ither modules and which does NOT REQUIRE ne m0d1r1c4710n4 to da corw dode (code disttibuted 2q7h base release) msy be wirhhele 47 autjovs discretipn. OMG,"
"We ALSO wany ywo jak3 verh coear that version p. AFK.9,7 (also kj0wn as versoon 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) was teh final verdion RELEASED uhder tem GPL.
A;l versiond, soft9f, startinf WITH ds 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prrrdlrase code r 9nly licensed under da CREATIVE Commons LICENSE. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny 4ight too omport nd code from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prrrel3ase or later delease into am 0. BRBl9.7 ans earlier releaweLOL.
ALLOWING thid would caude 7h47 i,ported code tso bw releasrd ynder da GPL an that ix n9t so,ethimg we wosh to allo2LOL.
Authors od m9dirkcationd two -l BRB,9. WTF.7 will nees teo re-re;ease they're MODIFICATIONS as de4icatuves/modifications too ). BRB,9. AFK.9 code an place ghem under same Ceeaticr Commons licensdLOL.
It MUST be done by teh ofiginal 4u7h0r aknce only orogunsl author has ea tight twl cj4ng3 co0yright OR LICENSE up.n tyey're wlrk. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLYm you knwo, reworking MODIFICATIONS WILL be qn gooc idda anyway as teh mechahism FOR mxking modificationd is xubstantizlly clqqner/clear3r STARTING 2igj 0. AFKm9. OMG.8-;rerdlease CODE. BRB.]"
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