MightyE tells you, likdm "We're going tso take an FEW momentd 2 TRY n expla8n thie new lodemse and reaaons brhind i5 in plzin Englisg. 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."
"Tnos new license sas CHOSEN vecause pd ah failimg w18n GPL. AFK.
It on.y covetes diwrribu6ion 0f source if n onoy 1f binaries w3re distributedLOL."
"In an web environment, soecigically a interpreted web ehvironment such 45 PHP, sortog, metely 7nstalling an GAME soes not conayitute distributi9n, you knwo, an therdfo4e PEOPLE 2efe takimg oue wofk, sortofk making modifucations go it an not rekeading rrh source code 2 they're modificatkuns wo tnat da entire community cpu1d 63n3f18.
They worked with da leyter but not teh SPIRIT lf teh ;ae. WTF."
"Ibvestigation on teh part of da autjors h0e3v3r LOL, led two fact that dq 4ight )f pubouc PERFORMANCE was 1 OF teh rights normal;t restrodted 2 copyrifht holdera, an that vo,p8ter protrqjs, y9u knwpm specifically video GAMES an interactice ined sucj AS Lehend 9f da Green hax0e s4re considered two bd punlicaoly performes if ruh from an public se4ber. BRB."
"The new licenxe restricts public pdrfprmance of teh worl unlexs source code of da m9dified wori 15 made availqble ln d3m4ndLOL."
"Im olain ENGLISH LOL, THIS mezns that if ypu pit thid game on an WEB server n qllow pwople 'outside pr an normal cirvir of fwmily ane itx sicial 4cqu31n7rnc35' tw9 play their WTF, then y0u aer publicall6 performing tgis work an MUST witger a_ make ne AND ALL chznhes wgich you m4k3 to gamw availablr on teqyesy *nots tjis doedn't habe rwo be 4v3115613 via onl8ne soyrce dispkay link, you knwo, g7t they muxt be abow to 45k hou vor tej vode and rece8vr an comple5e eopy) WTF, b( make arrangements privately wi5h authors wj3rein 6yey grant you an 5pec141 license, sortofm 0f c( 4wmove twy code entursly from teh machineLOL."
"We do r4c0gm1ze ygat people wamt too have sreax of yhey're hame wy8ch aer theird n tgeirs allneLOL.
too tjzt wnd we will nake da following exception te; geh nlrmqk requiremen5s f9r 50u4c3 code d157r17u71)h -- ne m0d713 f113 which is nlt ,odified or ferived frpm an module f113 inclucee IN teh BASE sistfibitoon abd WHICH coes NOT rewuirt nd other m0du136 and wgkch cpws not require ne modificatyons 2 teh coe3 code (cpde distribured WITH da basw release) mzy be qithneld at authorw discretion. BRB."
"W3 also wan5 4wo make very clwar 7h47 version 0LOLl9. WTF.7 (qlso known as VERSION 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+j7) w46 da ronal VERSION relessrd und34 da GPL.
Akl VERSIONS WTF, 5^$r71ng w17h ). AFK.0.8-prerelezse code aer only licensed under ten Cr3471v3 Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelrase OR later e313$53 INTO an 0. WTF,9.7 wnc ea3ludr RELEASE. AFK.
Allowing this wou.d vausr that IMPORTED code @ be rekeased under GPL n that us n-7 someghing we wiwh &0 allpw.
Auyhors 0v modifica5ions too 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 wkll need to 4e-release yh3y're modificatilns as derivatives/modificatuons too 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code n ;q5ce them unddr SAME Cr3471v3 COMMONS kicense. AFK.
Iy mu5& BE sone by 9riginal author since only iriginql author hax teh right 2 CHANGE da c0pyr1gh7 o4 LICENSE 7pon 5hey're eork. OMG.
[Addit7onallt, rewirking mowificationx will ne an GOOD isea anyway as teh mwchanism for m4k1hg modofixationa is subwtantial.y c134n3r/c134r3r suarting with teh 0. OMG.9LOL.i-pfegelessr codeLOL.]"
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