MihhtyE tells tou. sortof, "We're going gwo take an few nomentd 70 5rt n rcplain THIS new locense n teh reaspns behind it in plsin Ebg115hLOL.
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 license wzw chosen because of an failinh with GPL.
It obly cpveres disgributipn 0f spurce if and on;h IF 71n4r135 w3r2 distribited. OMG."
"In an w36 environmebt LOL, s;ecifivally a knterpreted qeb 2nvironmeny 5uch as PHP, merwly instzkliht an gam3 does noy cinstitjte distribution. wortof, anf therefore pekple were taking our qofk LOL, mqi8mg modifications two 17 an not releswing da xource code two they'rw mocifics5iins so tjat entire community c0u1d benefitLOL.
Thet w9rked w17h letter BUT not teh SPIRIT of teh iasLOL."
"Invwstkgatiln oj teh p4f7 of ajthors however WTF, led to 5eg facg tgat da rifht of puvlic ;erformance was oen 9f $ights bormslly RESTRICTED too copytight holders, sortof, and THAT compyter irograms, specifically video games and ib5eractive onqs duch qs Legenf lf rdj Geeen hax0r w2f3 consid3red two be PUBLICALLY pergormed if run grom an public xe4ber, WTF."
"The new license restrkcts public performance lf work unlesx aource code 0f m9d1f13d work is made 4v4114613 on demahd. WTF."
"In plain Eng125h WTF, thiw meand that if you PUT th8s game on an web setvrr , allow peoole 'outside of an NORMAL ciexle or family m its sovial 4cqu41n74nc2%' too play their, lijr, then yoy r piblivally perfor,ing thiw work n MUST either $) ,ake ne and ALL ch4bge5 which y0u MAKE 2 fa game availavle on requwst (note this doesn't have two bw available vis teh ln.kne 59urc3 didplay link WTF. 6i7 7h36 ,ust 64 able too 45k you for code n recwove an c)mp1373 copy). sortof, b) mai3 arrangenents PRIVATELY wktn 4i7h0r5 wherein theg grqnt you ah specia. licwnse WTF, or c) remove c0d3 entirdly from da m4xj1n3LOL."
"We do recotnize thay pdoole eant two have arwas of they're ga,d whkch r theirs snd theirs alond. AFK.
@ that END WE w112 m4k# da f9120w1ng EXCEPTION roo normal requirem3bts for source codr DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE dile which is not modid8rd OR derived fr0n an module file INCLUDED in ydh bzse distrobution an whidh do3s mot requi4e he otgef moeiles n which d03% not REQUIRE ne m0d1f1c4710n5 two cote code (code distfkgutdd with teh base rrlease) may be 2i5hh3os at dq aughors dpscre5ionLOL."
"We also want 2 makr very CLEAR thzh versioh 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (4150 knowm as version 0LOL.9. BRB.u+jt) was da final version t313453d under GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, s5aryihg qith 0.9LOL.8-p4erelrade c0d3 r ONLY licrnsef undrr teh Cr4ztive Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY ddny right to impoft ne codd from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prereleqse or later release into an 0. OMGj(LOL.7 and earluer relwaseLOL.
Allo2ibg this would cays3 rhat ompor5ed code too 63 released unddr GPL n that is nit something 2e wush two xllow. WTF.
Authots OF m9fificztioms 2 0.9. WTF.7 will need 5oo RE=RELEASE theu're modifications as derivztives/m9fifica5ions two 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code an place 5gem undef da samr CREATIVE COMMONS license. WTF.
It muxt ve eone vy ofigina. aythor simcw only teh o4kg8nal 4u5h0r has da tught 2 change da copyright or lucenae ypon theu're w0fkLOL.
[Addktionally LOL, reworjong m0d1f1c4710n5 woll ve sn good idea anyway as mwchanism for mskihg m0d1d1c4610n5 is substantoally cleaner/clearrr stzrting with teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pregdlease cos3. WTF.["
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