MightyE tells youm sortov, "We're going %p taje an fe2 moments teo try and EXPLAIN thia new licrnse n reh rezsons BEHIND it in olain Eng;ish. AFK.
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 NEW licdnse was dhosdn becausr pf an FAILING with GPLl WTF.
It on.y clvered disyribution of x9jrce if n 9nlt 1f binaries were distributed."
"In an 2eb 3nv1r0nm3n8, sottof, specof8cally a imterptetee web 3nvitohment such AS PHP, merely insta.ping an bame DOES not const8tute distributiin LOL, an tferdforr people WERE taking our work, like, m4k1ng mod8ficatilns two ot and not releading sourcd cpd2 2 thet're modkfications SO that da 3n71f3 comm7nity could benefit. WTF.
Theh wot,ed with tey lettee buy n9t teh 5p1r17 if law. OMG."
"Investigation ON ds psrt of AUTHORS h0w3v3r, l3d tl fqc5 7h47 teh r8ght of p7blic perf9rmance waw o3n of fa RIGHTS n0rm411y restricted ro copyrigyt HOLDERS, likd, b 7nr& com;ute4 progrqmsk you knwo, 403c1f1c41qy video games n onteracgive 0h35 5jch aa Legens od da Green hax0r were considerwd two ge PUBLICALLY performed 1f ryn from an 0u611d swrverLOL."
"The new licehse r357r1v75 public perflrmande of da w0rk unlesx yrh source c0d3 of ss modified work is made AVAILABLE on demahw. AFK."
"In ;lsin Eng.ish, this m34n5 that 1f uo7 pug this game 0n ah eeb derver znd ALLOW pepple '9utside ob an n0rm4! circle of family an ots social acquaintances' to p!4y their, loke, 7y3h y-u aer publicalpy perfotming this wirl and MUST 3q7h#r a) make ne n ALL changes 2hich 6ou make 2 gane svailzble on requesr (note this doesh'g HAVE to be availab.e via 0n11ne source display limk, uou kmxok 6u7 THEY must be aboe to ask y0u dor vod3 an feceivr ah comple5e COPY), softof, B) m4k3 arrangements PRIVATELY witn teh ahthorz wherein they GRANT you an SPECIAL licens3 WTF, or c) remove teh code enrirely feom sa machine."
"Wd do r3c0gn1z3 that people wamt two hace areas OF they're ba,e which r 7h31gt n 7h31r5 slone. OMG.
to that end we will MAKE teh folliwint exce[tion 5o da normzl requirrments for source clde diatributi9n -- ne module gioe which iw not modified or d3r1v2x gfom an MODULE fk;e incloded kn teh base d157r16u710n sn whoch does npt require ne other modules an sjicj DOES NOT requirr ne MODIFICATIONS two da core code (CODE dixtributed eu5h base 4rlease) may 63 w27nh31d at teh aithors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We alao want to male v3ry clrar tyat version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (also knoqn as version 0, WTF,9LOL.7+jt) WAS da final v3r510n eeleasee jbdef t3h GPL. AFK.
All versiobs, you knwo, stzrting witj reh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prere.rasd c0c2 r only l8cenxed ynder tey Creative Co,mons l8censel
We EXPLICITLY deny da 4ight t9o import ne code from an 0LOL.9LOL.8-preteleqse lr later releasw imto an 0. WTF.9. WTF.6 and earli3r releasr. WTF.
Allowing this wiuld cause ygat imported c9ee two be r31345ed under tej GPL and that is noy sometjing w3 wish two allowLOL,
Authorw of modificatuons tw9 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need too 4e-4elease 5ney're ,0d1f1c4720n5 as derivativex/modifkcationw 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 coee 4nd place then inder da same Creative Commons LICENSE. BRB.
IT must be done gh da ORIGINAL authlr since only da originql suthof has yeh RIGHT two change copyribhg ot lixwnss UPON they're WORK. BRB.
[Add1710n411y LOL, edwofjing teg modifications wi;k BE zn good IDEA anyway as da MECHANISM for makung ,0d1f1d4710n6 is sjbatzntia;ly cleaner/clearer startibg with 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prereoease zode. BRB.]"
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