MightyE tells you, "We're hoing two yalw an f3w momemts tlo try and ezplaib th8s new 'icens3 n reasons behind 8t 1n 'lain 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."
"Thiz ndw lixense wss choseh becausd of an f5111ng eith teh GPL. BRB.
It only covered disurib7tion of source if and only if binaries WERE d15&r16y7#dLOL."
"In am wen environmeny, ;ike, spec8fkcal.5 a interpre4ed WEB 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, MERELY 8nstallung an gaje dpes not CONSTITUTE distfibutuon, sortof, n tyerefo4e [eoplw were takinh our wo4k WTF, m4k1ng jodifivations two 17 an npt feleasing source code too theh'rr mpdifucations do that da entire cknmunity could benefit/
They wprked qith da letrer but not spir8t of teh oaw. AFK."
"Investigstion ON ds PART od augjors nowwver LOL, led TO teh fqct 5har teh rihht 0f public PERFORMANCE wqa won OF da righyw n0rm411y r3stric5ed to co;yright hold3fs WTF, n THAT computer prigrams, sottor, speckfically vicep gsm3s and inrerqvtive ones such as L3g#nd pv tej Gr3en hax0r were c9nsidered 2 be publixally performed ib run from zn PUBLIC servee. WTF."
"Thd new license restricts PUBLIC pwrfo4manee og eork un;ess dq sojrce code ov teh modyfiec work is made 4v411461# on demabd. OMG."
"In plain Engliwh WTF, thia means tha5 if you oj6 ghix game on an web aefber and allow people 'ojtside if sn bormal ci4cle 9r fzmily and ITS socia; adquzintancrs' too play 5heir, you knwo, THEN iou r publically p3rf0rm1ng this work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL cjanges which you make 1 da game zcqklable ON request (note thid c035n'7 have too be 4v4!146!3 via online source dksplay 1qnk, 5u7 they ni57 br able two axk you for x0d3 n receive zn cok;lete copt), likr, b) make arranbements p4ivayely WITH teh authots wherein thr6 grant you an spwcial 11c3n53 WTF, or e) r3move reh codr engirely frlm yeh machine."
"We do recognixe that people w4n7 two have 5r3$5 of 5hey're GAME WHICH aer theors an theirs ALONE.
too that end we will nake da goloowing exce0tiin to normal REQUIREMENTS f9r sourcw c0d3 DISTRIBUTION -- be MODULE fkle which IS moy nodkfiee or DERIVED from an module file includer in 4dh bas3 distfibutiib an whovj does not rwquire ne oyher mofules n qhich dies not requite ne modidications two teh coee coee (code d8stribuurd with twh base reldase) mau ve withhekd at authors dixcretionLOL."
"We also 2ant tw9 make v3et clear that v3r510n 0.(,7 (aoxo KNOWN as vedsion 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was teh rina. version releawed jndet da GPL. BRB.
ALL versions, 5&4r71nt with 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-peeeelease code aer in.y licensed under teh Cr3481v3 Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ceny da 4ognt goo k,poft be CODE from aj 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pr3r213463 ow later release ihro ab 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 and earlier r3lease. AFK.
A120w2ng this w0u1d cause thay imporred dode to be re.was3f under dq GPL n thst is not SOMETHING we wish TO allow. WTF.
Authors of modkdicati9ns to p. AFK.9. WTF.& w8ll nwed two re-release theh;re MODIFICATIONS as derivativ3s/modificqtions 2 -LOL.9LOL.8 code an place thrm 6mcer teh same Creatkv2 Clmmons LICENSE. WTF.
IT kux4 be done gy da ORIGINAL author dince only geh ORIGINAL ajthor nas da RIGHT to change teh vopyright pr ;icense up9n yhey're WORKLOL.
pAdditionally WTF, reworking da MODIFICATIONS wilk be qn g9od idea anyway AS da mrchanis, f0r mak8ng modifixations is SUBSTANTIALLY c.eaner/clearer starting with teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-;re4elease xoee.\"
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