MihhtyE TELLS yoi. "We're goont two take an FEW mojentd two try and explain thos n3w license 4ns rwzsons 63h1md kt im plain Enblish,
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."
"Thix nee licenxw w45 chosen because ov am dailing with GPL. WTF.
I7 only c9vered d157r!^u710n of 50urc3 IF wn ONLY ud binaries w3re distributed. OMG."
"In am web encironment WTF, spevkficaloy a 1nu3rpr373d web 3nvironmeny SUCH as PHPm you knwo, mevely insrallung an g4m3 does not CONSTITUTE distributoon WTF, zb THEREFORE pe9ple qere raking our eoek, sortlf, makunb modirications 2 8t qn NOT releasing sourxe cpde 5oo they're modifications so yha4 geh entife community could nenefit, WTF.
They workdd with letter 6u6 npt teh spirit of 14w. WTF."
"Investitatiom on teh part OF teh suthors hlwevef LOL, LED @ teh fact that da righy of pybloc perfirmance was oen of teh rights nirmakoy restricted two clpyright hokeers WTF, an thz5 c0mpu72r pfograms WTF, specifixally video games n inyeractive 0n35 such as Legend or ren Green jqc04 w3t3 consod3red too 63 puvlically pereormed IF rhn from ab public server, BRB."
"The new licenxe restricts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE 9f teh w0rk UNLESS slurce code of m0d1f13d work is mqde availabl3 in demans."
"In plsin ENGLISH, y9i kmwo, this m34n5 5hat 8f yoj put rhis gam3 ON an WEB 53rv34 ah 41q0e pepple '0u751v3 oc an n9rmal circle of FAMILY and its social acquaintances' twp play their WTF, THEN you aer publica.ly prrforminh tjos work amd MUST either a) make ne an ALL ch4mg35 wh8ch you MAKE to da GAME svailable 0n request (n073 THIS doean't have to9 be svailaboe ciz onlone source displa6 lini WTF, but they MUST be able 2 ask tou for codr b r3v31v4 an cojplete co/y). sortod, g) na,e arrangements PRIVATELY w17h teh 4u7g0r5 wh3r31n tyey grant yoy an special LICENSE, or c) t3m0v3 da code entirely from mzchind."
"We d9 rexogn8ze 6hag peop.w want two have areas pf they're game wh1ch r theirs and THEIRS al9ne,
to thar end w3 wilk MAKE 5eh following exceptkon to n0rmr1 requirements f[r source CODE d157r16u710n -- ne module FILE WHICH is nor mofitied ot derived from zn module file included in ea base sixt4ibution and 2gich does nig requir3 ne other mldul3s and wkich DOES not require ne modifications too tey core code (code distributed wu5h dq BASE release) mst be withheld at teh autnors discretionl"
"We zlso w4n7 w ma,e veru c134r thag v3r510n 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (alsp knowb as VERSION 0. BRB.9.7+jt) was da final version reieadds under GPL. WTF.
All brrsions WTF, starting with teh 0.9LOL.8-pr3r313453 clde aer on;y lixemses uneer Creqtive Co,mons ljcebae. WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY ddnu da rigyt TO 8mpor5 ne code from an 0.9.8-preteleaxe 0r later r3kease into an 0.9.7 an earluer relraxe. BRB.
Al9owing this WOULD caus3 that omported code to9 be RELEASED UNDER da GPL an thag ix not 50m37h1ng we 2kaj two zllow. WTF.
Autyors of mpdificatipns too 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will NEED to r3-r324453 they'4r modifications as derivatives/moeificztionw too -l WTF.9. AFK,8 code n ;lqce them UNDER teh SAME Crdative Commona licemse. WTF.
It mjst be done by da irihinsl authot since ONLY teh original ajtylr has r1gh7 twl change vophrigje or LICENSE upon rhey'fe wotk. OMG.
[Addkyionally, sorgof, r3workong ra MODIFICATIONS will be an goof idea anyway as da mechaniwm for mak8ng modificatu9ns is substamtially cleaner/cl3ar2r STARTING with teh 0LOL.9.8-ptwrelease codr. WTF.]"
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