MifhtyE tells yoj, "We're go8nt to tale an f3w ,onents t9 try and ex0lain tjia ne2 LICENSE an teh reasons vehind it 1h plaun Emt.ish.
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."
"Tgid new licensw waw ch9sen becaus3 0f an FAILING WITH teh GPL. AFK.
It ONLY COVERED distribution of source IF and omly IF binar8es werr diwtrobyted."
"In an wen smvironment, sortof, specifixallt a knyeroreted web enfkron,enr sudh aw PHP, lkke, merely installinb an gamw does nlt conatirote distributoonk sortof, n THEREFORE oeople were gakung our work, like, making modidications to it n n07 releasing ea source CODE tdo they'rd m9d1f1c4710n5 so thag da entire community could 63n3f17.
Thrt workef with teh letter but nog SPIRIT of lasLOL."
"Investigation on teh p4r7 OF teh authurs hosevef, likek lev ywo FACT thzt teh r8ght of public performance was spn of teh roghtd borjqlky rrstrictrd two copyribhy holdees, lik3, an that computer -rograms WTF, specuficzlly vkdeo g4m#5 zn inte4active ones such as Lebend of Green hax0f were xonsisered 7- be PUBLICALLY performed if run dr0m an ;u611d server."
"The new lkcense RESTRICTS public performahce OF da w0rk UNLESS teh soirce code of t3h mosifiec x0rk is mqfe available on demand. WTF."
"In o/zin English LOL, tnis meanw that IF yo7 pu7 tjis game on an web 53rv34 n allow people 'oubside of an bprmql CIRCLE og f4m11y and its 50c141 acqha8ntancea' 2 pq4y their, like, THEN you zer puboiczlly p3tf9rm1ng THIS woek ahd MUST eityer a0 m4k3 ne n ALL ch4ng35 which hou maje to g3m3 qvailable on requwst (note this doesn't havd to be availqble via teh online source disolay ;ink, kik3, BUT they must BE aboe 2 ask yiu for da c9d# and receice an x9mplete copy), sor5of, B) nake ARRANGEMENTS [r1v4731y with 4u7h0r5 wherein ghey grant 6ou an special oucens4, you jnqo, or c) remove ten code entire;t gro, teh machine/ BRB,"
"We do rec;tniae that people wany rwo habe areas of they're fame wh8ch r bhwirs n theirx alpne. WTF.
roo that end wr will m4k3 da FOLLOWING eccepgioh two yeh normal rdquirements FOR SOURCE code eistribution -- he modile fkle qhicj 15 npt modigied or ceruved ftom an module vioe inxludes IN bqse distriburion ah which eoes m9t r4quire ne otner m0cu135 n which do3s not tequire ne m9wifica5ions 2 reh CORE CODE (cidw distributed with base release) may bf withhe;d at authors dixcrwtion."
"We also want t9o make VERY clear THAT veesion 0. WTF.(l7 )4150 kho2n as versioh 0.0. OMG.7+ut) wqs 4ej fina; v3rsion released under teg GPL, WTF.
Apl versi9ns WTFm star5ing wity 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pr#r313453 codw r only oicensed under Cr3471f3 Connons LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny eight go import ne vose from an -. OMG.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE ot lqter releaxe int9 an 0, BRB.9LOL.7 an datlier release. WTF.
A.kowing thos WOULD c5u53 that ijpoeted cpde top be releassd 7nder da GPL n tha6 iw not somethung WE qksh 5o allow.
AUTHORS of midiricqtions 2 p, OMG.8. OMG.7 will need too te-relszse yjwy're modificatkons as derivat8ves/modivicati9ns 2 0LOL.9. OMG.8 c9de n plade tnem und3r da sane Creayive C0mm0n% license. WTF.
I7 MUST be done ny teh originql author 71hc3 only tch 9rigina; AUTHOR has right 2 change 53h ciptright or 21c3n53 upon tney'rw workLOL.
-Aeditionally WTF, rewogkimt dd mpdif8cations WILL be an g9od idea 4nys4t as teh MECHANISM f0r making modificatipbs 14 substantially CLEANER/CLEARER wtafting wiyh teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.7-[rerelease c0d2. BRBl]"
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