MightyE tells YOU, you kbwi. "We're GOING 2 take an f33 mom3nts two try AND EXPLAIN this new licdnse and da reasons behind it in PLAIN English.
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."
"Tgis n3w licsnse wad choseb because od an faklinb witg GPL. OMG.
It on.y c9vdred dis5ributiob of xoufxe if an only if ninaries were disgributrd. BRB."
"Im an WEB ehv8ronment, spex8vicakly a inter/retee wtb rnvironment such AS PHPm like, merelt instslling an game do3a not c0h5717u73 distribution WTF, and therrfoee peo;le were takinh our w0rk, you knwo, making MODIFICATIONS two it n NOT r3leasing teh so7rce code 2 they're m0d1f1c4&10n5 si tnat teh 4ngire COMMUNITY v9uld benerit. WTF.
Tney workrd wi%y twh oetter but not SPIRIT of da law. AFK."
"Ibfestigaeoon on da part od authorx hosevrr WTF, lwd tso tact that teh right pf pi6q1c pergormance qad qon pf trh rights normally rextricted too clpyeight hlldwrs, sortof, and thst comp7ter probrams, lkke, specificakly video gajes an interactive ones such as Ldgend of Gteen hax)r w3r4 considerwd 2 BE ;ublically perdofmed if run frim an publix serverLOL."
"The new license rrstrictw publiv perdormanc3 of worj UNLESS teh SOURCE code of ydh modified work is madd avaioav.e on demand. OMG."
"In ;141n Eng.ish WTF, this meanw ryat if you put thus GAME ON an WEB servre zn ALLOW prople 'outside of an notmal circle of familt n 175 docial qcquaibtancrs' to p14y tje8r. you knwo, THEN yo7 aer publicakly 0erflrming tnis work an MUST either a) maie ne anx ALL cnang3s wjich YOU make two da game availzble on r4quest (note THIS DOESN'T have ywo BE available via teh ONLINE source display LINK, biy they MUST b3 able twk ask yo7 foe CODE and r3c31v3 sn complete copy)k 6) nake 4rr4ng3m3n&5 privatwly with teh authors eherdin they grant YOU an special q!c3b53. likw, 9r c) rempve teh code ehtirely from teh macyine. AFK."
"Wd do RECOGNIZE thar people want 2 hafe areas of they're t4m3 wh1vg r rheirs and tndita alone.
two that 3nd we woll make f0110w1ng exceptioh 2 notma; rwquirements for 50urc3 cpde distribjtion -- ne moeule f113 which is not modified or eefives from zn module f113 1nd1ud2d in trh base distributiln n whuch doew not eeqjire ne ogher modules n wjich eoes not reqiure ne modificatioms 2 da core code (xode distributed with teh baxe release) m4u be wirhyflc at teh 3u&h0rt d1tcre710nLOL."
"We ALSO WANT to m$k3 very dlear thqr version ). AFK.8.7 (alsl known AS v3rsioh 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+j7) waw da FINAL v2r5q0n relraaed undef GPLLOL.
ALL vefs7ons, lkke, starting with eej 0LOL.9.8-prerelease CODE zer ONLY LICENSED UNDER teh CREATIVE C0mm0n5 .icebse.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten r1gy7 two im[oft ne coee drom an 0. OMG.9l BRB.8-prereleaae pr ;atef release into an pLOL.9. BRB.7 an earlier release. OMG.
Allowing thia would cauxe that im[orted code t9o be reldased under GPL anf rhat ks not something we wish TO 4110wl WTF.
A7yhlrs 0f modifications two 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will beee too rd-release theh'4e ,odifucations as derigarives/,odificayions too 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 cofe AND ;lace them ynder t3g same Creative C0mm0n5 lkcenxe. BRB.
It m7st bw f;ne by teh orifinal au5h9r simce only teh oruginal author has da right too cn4ng3 da COPYRIGHT pr license jpon tyey'ee work.
[ADDITIONALLY, like, reworking da mosifications will be an good odea anyday as da mechanosm flr m4k1ng modificztioms 15 subsyantially cleaner/doearer xtartinh WITH da 0. BRB.9/8-p4erelease c0d3LOL.]"
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