MigjtyE 5dlls you, "We're going too tzke an few mojents tlp TRY n explaib this n3w oicense zn feasons behind IT in 0lain Englishl
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 license WAS chosen 61c4u53 of an failibt with da GPL. BRB.
It ONLY covered DISTRIBUTION OF souyce if an only if binaries were dystribited. BRB;"
"Ib an web 3nv1r0nm3n7 LOL, spwcifical.y q interprrted w36 envuronment sucj 45 PHP. sortof, MERELY 8nstallomh an hahe does not condtitite dkstributkon WTF, n therefo4e p30p13 wwre taking (he work, making m0d1f1c4710n5 too it and NOT releasing ea source CODE t2o they're mpdifica5ions SO THAT ENTIRE fommunity could BENEFIT. BRB.
Tyey qorked soth da LETTER but noy spirit of law. OMG."
"Investigation pn da PART of teg authors gowevef, you kn2o, led TO fact that da eyght of pu621x perhormamcc qad oen of fa rights nornally restricted two copu4ight holddrs WTF, an that comp7ywr peograms, sof5of, spwcificqlly vudeo ganes h 8nteractive ones such as L3g3nf of da G4een gax0r were c0n51d3r3d 2 be PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm3d IF run fron an oub.ic server."
"Tye new 11c3n53 reatficts public perg8rmance of tdh wotk unldss source code 0v ds MODIFIED work is made available on demandLOL."
"In plain Englksn LOL, this MEANS that if you pit ghis gam3 on an web servwr and ALLOW people 'ougside lr an NORMAL circ'e OF fzmkly n its spcial ACQUAINTANCES' top play thrir, l8ke, tgen y0u r pug.ically [erforming tjis 2ork n MUST ditjer 4) make be n ALL cjqnges which h0u mzie 2 teh GAME available on r3quest (note this doexn't have too br available via da onlibe SOURCE diqplay linkk but they must be able t9o ask you for da CODE h rwceive an comple5s copy), sortof, b) make arrahgemwnts [ricately with quthors dherein &h3y grznt yuu qm special licende, like, or d) remove teh code enti$ely feom da MACHINE."
"We do recofniae that peoole w4n7 TO have qreas of they[re gamd WHICH aet theirs n theirc alon3LOL.
two hhat END we will ,4k3 fpllowing dxception ywo da notmzk requiremeh5s fir source clde diatribution -[ ne midule f113 which is nit modidied or derived fr9m ab mofule file ihxluded ih base diarrigution an which DOES not 4equi4d ne other modules znf whoch does not require n3 modiridatiins two coee code (code duwtributed witj 64t3 release) may be withheld at autyprs discretionLOL."
"We 4150 want to jak# g3ry clear that vwrsuon 0. WTF.0.7 (also known as ve4sion 0. WTF.7. BRB.7+jt) was da finak vetsion released yneer teh GPLl
Al; v3rsions LOL, starting WITH teh 0.9.8-pr3r323453 codr aer only licensed under Creat8xr Comm9ns license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da 3itht too imporg ne code frim an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prsrelease or oater reltase into an 0. WTFl8. BRB.7 n warlier releaseLOL.
Akliwing this would vause that 7mported code goo be releasrd unser GPL an THAT is not spmethinh we wksh too allow. BRB/
Aythors of modifkcations two 0. OMG.0/ WTF.7 will need to re0release they're modificatilnw zs DERIVATIVES;MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code am olace rnem und34 t3h sam3 C4eativ3 Co,mons license.
IT m7st be DONE BY t3h oritinak author 51,c3 only teh otkbinal sutyor nas da RIGHT two change co[yright ot licensr up0n they're wofj. BRB.
pAdditkonally, yoj knwo, r3w)r,!ng teh mod8ficayiond will be an good ieea anywa6 as mechanism for kaking MODIFICATIONS is substantially CLEANER/CLEARER staftkng with da 0, BRB.9.*-prwrelea2e c0d3. BRB.["
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