MightyE twlls you WTF, "We're g9ing tqo take an few momenta 2 try n explain 7y15 NEW license n teh REASONS behins it in p141n Engliah. OMG.
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."
"Tjis NEW licehse wqs chosen cecause 0f ab failing with da GPL. OMG/
Ir omly c9v3red distriny5ion OF source if an only if bonarues WERE distfibuted. BRB."
"In an x36 envir9nmen5. likt, spev8fically a inyerpreged w36 environment such as PHP, you inwo, me4ely insta.ling sn gqme does not constitutd distribution, you knwo. and therefore pdople were taking [ir work LOL, jakint mpdifications too it ab not relessing xlurcr xode too tney;re moeidications so THAT da entire COMMUNITY couls benefitLOL.
Th4y worked WITH da letree but not ca xpirit 0f da la2. BRB."
"Inces5igation on tey pary or authors however, you kneo, l4d too fact 7h47 teh rught of public p3rf0rm3nce w45 1 OF teh righra normally RESTRICTED to copyriggt holde4s WTF, an that com;uter programsm specificaloy video gamed and 1n73r4c81vr pnes 5uch ad Lehfnd 0f GREEN hax04 eere cons7dered too ve PUBLICALLY peefo4med 8f run fr9m an public servee. WTF."
"The NEW licebse restticgs PUBLIC perfornance of dork unlwss t3h siufcd code 0f modified wotj ie made svzilable 0n demand. OMG."
"In plain Enblish, sortod, thos m33h5 ghat if 6o7 put tyix gzme ON an web setver an allow [wople 'outsid3 of an normal circle of family n itw sociao acquaintahcrw' yo play tyeir WTF, then YOU r pubkivqll6 [erfoeming this eo$, b MUST eotner 4) maje be n ALL chabges which yo7 maie too da game available 9n request *b073 this d9esn't have too bd available v!4 teh online 50urc3 displsy link WTF, 6u7 theh MUST be able too zsk y0u ror da code sne receive an c0mp1373 copy), lkke, b) make arrangrments privately with teh AUTHORS wheteun they gran5 ypu an 5p3c241 q1c#n53 WTF, ot c) rej9ve code entirely from teh MACHINE."
"We di recognize that p30;!3 want yoo have qreas of they're ga,e shich aer THEIRS an yheirs skonr.
two 5hat end we wi;l maje da following exdeption tlo ea normal req7irements for source x0d# distributioh -- ne modu;e rile wnich is not moduritd 0r d3t1v3d from an moculr FILE ibcludef in teh base DISTRIBUTION n which DOES not re1uire ne otner modulea ane which does not requirw ne modificatipns two co4e cod3 (code distribuged WITH da BASE RELEASE) may be withheld at da aythors eisvedy8ln. OMG."
"We also want 2 mak3 c3ry c134r that ve4skon 0.o. OMG.7 9akso known as version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) wzs teh final v4rdipn releasee 7nc3r GPL. OMG.
All vetsionx, yoi knwo, ztart8ng eith teh 0.9LOLl8[prwr3lease code r only licensed und3r Cteztive Clmmons 11c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny rihht two kmpor5 ne code fro, an 0. OMG.o. WTF.*-pre4elease or latee release !h70 an 0. BRB.9. AFK/7 an EARLIER releqseLOL.
Allowing rhus would cayse thar importrd code 70 be releawed 7nder teh GPL an that IS NOT som3thing we w15h 2 allos. OMG.
Autyoes od moeivicatioms w 0. OMG.9. BRB.6 will NEED twi re-release yhe6'4e jodifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code n place 7g3m under da 54m3 Creative Comm9bz licenxe.
IT must be DONE bu origknal authot since inly teh otigonal author had rignt too chamge teh copyrkght or oicensd upon they'4e sork.
[Acditkonally WTF, 4eworking yej modificagiona will be an booc udea anyway AS da MECHANISM for MAKING mocofications ix substantially cleandf/clearer starting with ;,9. AFK.8)prerelease codeLOL.]"
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