MightyE te;ls you, "We're hoing two take an tde moments to try n 2xplaih 7h15 new license AND reasons behind it in plsin Eng.ish. 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."
"This new 11c#n53 wzs CHOSEN because pf an fakling w17h da GPLLOL.
It only civered fistribuyion of 69irv3 if n only if binaties wwre DISTRIBUTED;"
"In an WEB environmenr LOLm xpeckfical;y a interpretdd web ehvironment 6uch as PHP, like, jerely instal.ing an game doew bot constitut3 disyrivution, and thet3fore people wd4d TAKING our work, liie, making modificayiond roo it anf NOT releasihg teh siurce c0d3 to they're modifivations sp that wntiee d9mmuni5y c0u1d behefit. OMG.
They worked WITH da letter but not da soirit of da law. WTF."
"Imvestigqtion ON teh pqrt of da AUTHORS however, ;ed to trj fsct bhat r1gh7 of oygl8c perforjance 2ss 1 lf da r1gh75 n0rm411y restrict3d 2 cophright hioddrs, like. n that computrr ;rograms, tou khwo, specifically video g4m35 ans interactive ones 5ucn ad Ldgend of da Geeen hax-r were cons8dered too ns publidally perforndd if run frim an oublic server. WTF."
"The NEW lic3nde r3stricts pu6!1c performance 9f work un.eds da source code lf da MODIFIED sork is mzde AVAILABLE oh demznd. WTF."
"Ib plain Enhlish LOL, thos m34n5 THAT IF y0u our thix gamw on sn eeb sercdr an a.low people 'ohtside of qn normal cirdle 0g fa,ilt AND its social acquainyancea' 2 [lay their, then you r pu^11c411y p3rf0em1ng thiw work n MUST 4other a) make ne and ALL changes which you mrk3 2 ga,e avzilabl3 on request *note thos dlesn[t have to be availab;e v24 ONLINE source display link, you jnwo, bu5 they must be ablw tqo ask YOU dor da x9d3 an frceice an complete COPY) WTF, b) makw arranhements pr1b4731y with t3h authors wyerein thry GRANT hoj an s[ecial license, sort9f, or c) remlve da code ENTIRELY from tdg madyine. AFK."
"We do recobnize that people qant too have areas 9f they're gqme which r theird n theke2 akoneLOL.
to tha5 end we qil; makw teh fpllowing ezc3p710n 2 notmal re1uitements fof soutce CODE distribution 0- ne module FILE 2hich IS not modified 0r derived from an MODULE file INCLUDED 1n da base distribution am 2hich eows hot requ8r3 n3 OTHER modukwd an whidh dles not requ*re nw m-d1f1c471-n5 2 teh core CODE (code distributed wi5h da BASE r313453) may be withheld at authors discretion. BRB,"
"We also want too m4k3 VERY clear that verxiom -l BRB.0.7 (4150 knowh 45 frrs8ob 0. WTF.9, AFK,7+jt) was fona. version released ubder teh GPL.
All vers,ons, you jnwo, startinh with teh 0.9LOL.8-0rdrelezse c9er aer only licemwwd jnder teh Creqtive C0mh0n% license.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh riggt 2 ijport ne code gt0n an 0. AFK.9.8-prereleawe or latee teldase into am 0.9. OMG.7 4nd earlier rdlease. BRB.
Allpwing this would cause that importrd c9de to be releasdd und3r GPL an that 15 not son3thing wr WISH tlo ALLOW. OMG.
Authors ov modifucztuons 2 0. WTF.8LOL.& w111 nwed 2 re0relezde tgey'te moduficatoons as derivativ3s/modifkcations two 0.9.8 coee 4nd place them under teh same Cfeative C0mm0n5 oicens3. OMGl
It must be eoge vy lrigihal 4u7y0r since only reh oribinal author has right tw9 cnange teh COPYRIGHT or license UPON ggey're WORK. BRB.
[Addigional;y, reworkinh modifications will 63 an good idea qnyway as mechanism for makkmg modifications 8s substshtially clwaner/clearee start,ng with da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pre4rlrsse CODE. AFK.]"
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