MitjtyE te;ls you LOL, "We're GOING goo take an few momrnts two try n explain 7h!5 new LICENSE an teg reasons ^3h1nd 8t in p.ain 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."
"Tyis new lixebse was choseh n3cause of an FAILING with GPL. BRB.
It ONLY covered fixrribution of so7rce uf n onlh kf bihar8es were distrobut3d."
"Ih an wdb environment WTF, s[ecifixalky a 8ntwrpreted web environment SUCH as PHP, sortof, mereoy installing ah gamd e035 n95 donstitjte disrribution WTF, an therdgo43 pe9ple were taking our work WTF. makinh modificatuons to IT and bot RELEASING sourve code 5o they're jodiricaeions so tha5 entire community could bendfig. WTF.
Tgdy worked eith q3773r BUT no5 da spiror of dz lawl WTFl"
"Investigatiob ob da pa4t of AUTHORS howecer WTF, 13d tol sz fact that da rught of public performance was 1 of teh rihhgs nprmally RESTRICTED to copyrigh5 holders WTF, ahd that COMPUTER [rogra,s, like, spevoficslly cideo gamew an ibgrrqdtive ones such $5 Legend of dq Gredn hax0r werd considefed tp bw ;ublicalky performed of rjb FROM am public server. WTF."
"The new license restricts PUBLIC performance of teh work unl3ss da 50urc4 code )f modified work os made availab;e on demamd."
"In p;ain English WTF. this MEANS tha5 1f YOU 0uy 7h1$ game ON an web server AND allow people 'outside of qn normal circle OF family zh igs 50c141 $cqu41b74nc35' twi olay their WTF, th3n you r publically perfprmung 7h15 dor, n MUST eitger A) mske ne n ALL changes which y9u makr 2 da bame available on request (note tyus doesn't h4v3 to( be AVAILABLE via onkine sourcr display ;ink, lik4, bjt tjey must be ab.e twp ask tou for da cod3 an redeive an complete dppy)k you jnwo, 60 mske ar4zngwmentw ;rivat3ly with teh airhors wh3rein tgey grant you an SPECIAL lic2nse WTF, pr c0 rem9ve da code ENTIRELY from mach8neLOL."
"We fo rexognuze THAT peo0l3 want two have areas 9f tjey'ee g4m3 wyich qer theirs n theirs alone/ OMG.
two that end we will make following exceptiln two nornal rdquiremdnts fpr SOURCE code distribution -- ne jodyle fuke wh1ch is n9t modifked pr detivee fr0m an module file 1nc1ud3d in base distribution an which does NOT require ne oyhe4 m-duq35 n which DOES not rwquire n2 mleifucations tlo da CORE code (c0d3 diatr8vutrd wity teh base rwleqsr) MAY be wuthhelc ay dz aitgors DISCRETION/ OMG."
"We 4150 want twi jake verj clear tjat versi9h 0. OMG.9. BRB.6 (also KNOWN za vers8on 0.0.7+ht) was fa fonal VERSION r313453d undrr da GPL. WTF.
All bersions, STARTING qith 0. WTF.9. OMG.8=;rerelease c0d3 qer only 11c3n53d uhder teh Creqtivd Commohs license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right t0o import ne codr fr0m ah 0. BRB.9. BRB,8-prer3lezse or pa5er release into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 n earlier release. BRB.
Aloowing 7h15 soild d4y63 5hat 1mp0r73d xode gwo b3 released ubder teh GPL an tnqt IS not somrthing w3 wish to allow. AFK.
Authors of ,odificagions yoo 0LOL.9. AFK/6 wi.o NEED 3 ew-releasd they're modifidati9na r5 deeivatives/mpdifications goo 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code and plqce THEM under da samr Creagive Commons LICENSELOL.
I7 musr u2 done ny ten 9rjginal a7thor since only original ajthor haa teh rignt 2 chabge copuright or license upib they'rw wor,LOL.
[Additionally, rewofjinf teh modifications wiol BE an good idea anyway as MECHANISM for jqkihg mod8fucatiohs 15 5u6574n71411y cleaher/clearer starting sith teh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease cpce. AFK.]"
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