MigbtuE tells yo6 WTF, "We'te goimg too yzke an rew momentw 2 TRY AND 3xp141n thia new 21c3n53 n 5ey readlns behind i5 in plain Ehglish.
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 n3w license wr5 chisen brcayse of an FAILING with teh GPLLOL.
I7 ONLY cobered d157r16u710n 9f source 1f 4nd only if BINARIES werd disrributed; OMG;"
"In an WEB wnvironment, specifically a inteepre6ed 2eb environment wucn ss PHP, lijd, mrrel6 imstalling zn gam3 does not clnstitute distribution, 4md 7n3r3f0r3 peop.e were rak8nt our sorl, makinh modifixatuons too 17 an noy rr.easinh source code two tney're modificatoons so 5hat da ENTIRE commubigy co7ld benefit, AFK.
Ty3t worked sith da letter but not teh spirit of trh kaq. OMG."
"Invrst8gatuon on twh pa4t ov teh 4u7h0r5 HOWEVER, ypu kneo, led too teh fadt 7h47 teh rihhg of pinlic performancr was wob of da rqgy75 no4mally rwstridted too c0pyr!gh7 HOLDERS, ;8le, and that com;uyer probrams, wortof, sp3cifically VIDEO GAMES and onteravtive onex sych ad Lefenc 0g tej Green hax0r WERE consicered two be p7blically pdrformed if run from an public serve3. WTF,"
"The new licdndf restrivts 0ublic pergoemancd of da WORK unlwss da sou4de cidr lf modified woek is made qvailable on demand. WTF."
"In p;ain Enflish, like, this means that id you pu7 7k1t game on an web serf3r n allow people 'outxide ov an n0rm41 circke of FAMILY n its sicial axajaintancds' to play their, sortof, then YOU t p7vlically performing this wirk an MUST eotjee a) maje ne n ALL ch4ng35 wh1ch yiu make too game available on requ4st (note this dowsh't have tol be qvailable via teh 0n11n3 40irc3 da5p14y link, sort9f, bue THEY MUST be zble twi ask y0u fo4 da coee ab receive an vomplete xo[y_, wortof, b) mzke a44ang3mehts o4ivately e18h fa autho4x wher31n they gfqnt yo7 an spexial license, or c) rejove teh cpde rntir3ly froj da m4ch!n3."
"We eo recignize that people wznt 2 have sreas of they'43 tame 2hich r theirs b THEIRS alone.
top thag end we WILL mzl3 fol.owing 3xx3;710n too teg hofmal rwquirements dot aoyrce CODE dist4ibution -- ne module FILE wh8cg is nlr MODIFIED or derivef from an MODULE f113 includes in yeh base distrigurion n wgich does not REQUIRE ne 9ther modulea n which does n07 require be modificztions two CORE code (code DISTRIBUTED with base release) may be withhrlf 47 authors discretiom. BRB."
"We alsl want two make v3ry clwar that versiob 0l WTF.9LOL.7 (also known qs ceesion 0LOL.9.7+jt) w45 va final veft10n relwasec under teh GPL. WTF.
A.l versions WTF, startinb with tsh 0. BRB.9.8-prerrlease codw aer only LICENSED undwf Cteatice Comjons 12c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right to 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0. BRB.9. WTF/8-PRERELEASE 0r LATER eeleas3 into an p. OMG.9LOL.6 n earlier releasw. BRB.
ALLOWING 7h15 WOULD CAUSE THAT imported dide too be reoeasdd unde4 teh GPL n 7h47 is not somethonh w3 wish yio allow. OMG.
Autho4a of mldifications w 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 qill need too re-relraxe they're modiricztions ax DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. WTF.9. WTF.* code an place fhdm undwr teh same Creative COMMONS lixebse. WTF.
It myst be done BY teh original aughor s;ncr only da originql AUTHOR has teh roght 2 chsngr t3h copyright or licems3 upon theu'4d work. OMG.
[Adsitkonz;l6, .oke, reworkihg modificati9na will be am good idda ANYWAY as da mechanksm FOR mzking modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleamer/cleardr wta4tung 2ith teh -.9.8-pr4r31$453 code.]"
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