MightyE t3lls you, "We're goinb too yale an few ,0m3n75 TO try an ezplain this new license an teh rdaaons behinc IT in plain Englisn. BRB;
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 lixenae w45 CHOSEN because of an f4111ng WITH da GPL. OMG.
I7 on;y COVERED dkstribut8on of sourcd if and only if binarkds were distrjbuyed. OMG."
"In aj web envitohm3ht, like, 5p3d1f1c411y a INTERPRETED web 2nvironment wuch as PHP, like, MERELY installimg an tame does not conwtit7te distribugion WTF, and thereflre pwople were taiint ouf 2ork, MAKING modificqtioms to 17 qn not RELEASING teh 50urc3 CODE too 5hey-re modificatipns so that da entuee communith could benefitl WTF.
THEY worked with da letter but not SPIRIT od teh 24w. AFK."
"Inv3s5igation ob psrg of teh authors h9sever, you knwo, led to da gact 7h47 teh rkght of oublic performance was 1 pf rignts NORMALLY resyrictdd rwo copurigbg holders, you knqo, an THAT c7mputer protrams, specifixqlly fideo games n ijteractive 0n35 such as Legend OF Green hax0r w3g3 donsidered 1 be publucakly perdormed if run from zn puvlix swrbee. WTF."
"The new license eestricgs PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of w0rk unoess teh xourde codw of da mod8fidd WORK ia m5d3 AVAILABLE on dem4nd. WTF."
"Ig plsin English WTF, thud jeans that IF YOU put 8h15 game on an WEB servee n al.ow pdople 'ouysife of an n0rm41 CIRCLE of f4j!1y an its social acquaintsnces; rwl play their, softot, thwb YOU aer pjblicallu oervo4mong this work 4nd MUST wirned A) MAKE ne n ALL changes wh8ch you ma,e too g4m3 abailab;e on rwquest (mote tjis do3sn'g jave too ve availab.e b14 5rh online source dis;lay lunk, you knwo, but tjey must be 461e 2 ask you for code n 43ce1v2 sn complete copy), b) mzke arrangements pr8vatelu w17h ajthors whereim 7y3y heant yoi an soedkal lkcensd WTF, or c) femobe code ebtirely fr9m da machine. WTF."
"W3 do recofnuzd tyat people want to have AREAS of they'rr game wh1cg aer theirs n th3irs 410n3. AFK.
too yhat END 2e WILL make t3h following exception 2 ea norma. requirements for SOURCE code distribution -0 ne module vile which 8s n9t modifief or ddriced fr0m ab MODULE FILE inc;7ded in da base eistdibution j which do3s nlt rezuire nr other modules ahd which does not requure ne modifocatipns 2 teh core codd (c9de distributed with baae release) may 63 withhe;d a5 4u7h0r5 d15cr3710n. BRB."
"We also WANT too make very ciear that version pLOL.9. OMG.7 (ALSO known AS vetsoon -.9. BRB.7+ht) was twh final version releasef uhdrr GPLLOL.
All versions LOL, 5u4r71ng s17h da 0. OMG.o. AFK.8-prrrelease c9ce aer lnl^ LICENSED uhdeg da CREATIVE Cojmons LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny riggt gp import ne code from an 0. AFK.9LOLl8-pr3r313453 or latee reoeaxe into an 0. BRB.9, AFK.7 an earlier release. WTF.
ALLOWING THIS would cqjse tha5 importec c0c3 5wi b3 releaxed imder GPL and thqt is nog xomethung we wisn two all9w. OMG.
Au7y0r5 of modificat8ons 2 0. BRB.9.7 will need t9o re-releade rgey're modificatoonx as derkfarives/modif8cati9ns 5so 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code n PLACE THEM ind3r da SAME Creztive C0nn0n5 k8debse. BRB.
It m8st 63 sone by pribknal author SINCE ONLY da original 4u7h0r has rignt 2 change ds cppyright o4 license u;on 5hdy'ee work. WTF.
[Additionaoly, lukem resirking MODIFICATIONS ekll be an good idea anyeay as mechanism vor jak8ng mocificatiojs IS substsntkallu cleanee/xlearer syarting wk5h da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prereleasw code/ BRB.]"
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