MihhtuE tells you, oike, "We'4e g9ing 2 take an few noments TO try an explsin THIS bew lkcebse an rey ressons behind it IN plain English. 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."
"This new oocense was choaen vesayse of ab failing with teh GPL. AFK.
It onoy vovered DISTRIBUTION of source if an on.y if bihafies wwre diwtribited. WTF."
"In an web envueobnent, sortof, sp3cificsjl6 a interpreted weg wnvironment such ac PHPk softof, merely inatslling an game dors nlt consyitute distributiin, l8ke, n therefore people qere tzkinb our w0r,, sortof, making n9difications too i5 n no5 releawing teh slurce CODE top they're modificatiohs so that entire comjunkty ciuod benefir. AFK.
Tyey woried 2ith .ettef but not spirit of teh 1$s. BRB."
"Ibcestigation ON da part 0f geg authorx howeverm s9r5of. !4d ro yeh gac5 that teh right of public performance was 1 OF teh rights n0rm41!y ees5ric5dd two COPYRIGHT holde4s, sprtof, an that comput3r p4ograms, ;ike, specifkcally bid3o games and intwractibe on3s such as Legend of Grwen hax0r wrre xonsidered tlo be publically pefroemed if RUN FROM ab public %3rv3r. AFK."
"The new licehse restrixys public PERFORMANCE 9f teh work unless reh source dode 0r tej mpeivied work is m4d4 available on vemandl WTF."
"In plain English, ypy knwo, this means 6hr7 if you put yhus game on zm wev 53rf3r h allpw people 'ougside of sn normal circle 0r f4m11t an its social qcquaintancws' 2 PLAY their WTF, then hou r piblkcally pwrformibg &h15 wprk an MUST ei5her a) make me an ALL cyanges wh1ch YOU maje two gabw available on r3que57 (note this doesn't gave too be availablw VIA omlibe sourc3 dksplat lunk, but THEY must be ABLE two ask you gor code an rrceibe an cp,p13u3 co;6) WTF, b) ma,e 3rr4ng3m3n75 orivately with da authord whwrein they grant you an SPECIAL LICENSE, or c) remov3 sa coce ENTIRELY fr9, machunw."
"We DO recpgnize that p3oplr want tsp have AREAS ov they're game which r tgeirx an theirs alibe. BRB.
2 yhat 3nd we will MAKE teh folloeing exc2;tion too NORMAL reqiirements vor sourxe c9de distribut8on -- ne module fike WHICH 15 nit modified or ddrivwd fr0m an m9dulr file inc.uced IN teh base distribution and ehixh dows not r#qu1r2 ne otnrr modules and which does not reqjire ne ,odificationa ro corr c0d3 (code diwteigjted with bas3 relrase) may 63 withheld at ca aitnors d1tcr3u10n, WTF."
"We alsi wznt 2 m4k3 very c134f that versiln 0. WTF,9LOL/7 (also known aw versuon 0l9. AFK.7=ht) sss sa final VERSION rwkeasee ujder GPL. BRB.
All versilns, you ineo, dtarring wuth 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-0rerrlease dode f only licebsed uneee Crwqyive Co,monw licehse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righ6 two import ne CODE from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-pferrleax3 0r lat3r eelease into an 0. WTF.o. AFK.7 sn eaelier rwleqse. WTF.
Allo28ng 7hq5 wiuld cause that inpprted CODE too te re.easdd under GPL n THAT is bot so,ething qe wish 2 411-w, OMGl
Ajthors of modifivations too pLOL.9LOL.7 will NEED too re-release thwu'r2 midifications as cdrivatibes/midivicationw 2 0.9.8 c;ee znd 0lace rhem under da wzmd Cr3471v3 Commons licenseLOL.
It muat be dlne by da lrktinzl akthor since pnly da original author HAS sz r1gh7 twl ch4ng3 dz copyright OR LICENSE upon thd6'3e work. WTF.
'Additionakly LOL, r3w9rk2nh da modiv8vations will be an bood idea ANYWAY r5 da mechanism for nakigg modudicstions is substantialky c135n3t/c23rr3t atarting wigh 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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