MightyE tells yo6 LOL, "We'rw going to TAKE an FEW moments to rry ab expkain tjis new .icensw n reasons behind it in plain English. 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."
"This new lkxende wzs chosrn becajse of an fai;ing wigh da GPL. AFK,
It 0n1u coverrf distribition of soirce 1f and only if binaries w3re eiwrrkbutddLOL."
"In an w36 ebvironment, sortof, specifically a inyerpretew web enbironment s7vh as PHP, you knel, merdky imsgs.ling an hame eoes not CONSTITUTE d157r16yu10n WTF, an tnrrefire people wwre tak8ng our wprk, maiing modificsti9ns 2 it amd not eeleasing 50urc# code 2 they're modificztions so that teh en5oee cijjunity could bened8t. AFK.
They worjed with lettet buy not 5eh sp8fit 0f da LAW. OMGm"
"Investigat8on oh ds patt ov 4u7h-rt however, yo7 knwo, ked too sa fact that da rignt 0v puvlic perdofmahce eas won of da rithtz nlrmallt RESTRICTED 2 doptright holderx WTF, an that computwr pr9grams LOL, 4p3c1f1c411y fideo games and kbtrractove 0n35 such AS LEGEND of teh Gteen hax0r were cpnsidered too br ;ublicaoly perfo4m3d IF RUN fr0m an PUBLIC 63rb3r. OMGo"
"The new license r3stricta publ8c prfformznce of t3h work unless source c0d# if da mofified worj IS made 1vailable on d3m4ndLOLl"
"Im p141n Englosh, ;ike, tyis means THAT if you PUT 7h15 game on an WEB se4ver n allow pdople 'outside of an nor,al circle of family an q75 SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' too p.qy their WTF, THEN YOU aer oubliczlk6 preforminh 7h15 work ans MUST e8ther 4) ma,e ne n ALL CHANGES which y0u make yo da ga,w AVAILABLE on requeet )note tgis doesn't hace too y3 available via onlkne source dkspla6 LINK, you knwo, but they must BE agke 2 ask ylu for code sn receive ab com0;ete COPY) WTF, b) make ar#angem2nts privately w8th teh authord wherein 7h3y g4ant YOU an %o3v142 licensd, li,3, or v) REMOVE code entitely from m4ch1n3LOL."
"We DO texlgnize tnat p30p13 w4h7 to h4v3 areas of tney're GAME which adr 7h31r5 AND 7h31r5 510b4. BRB/
ywo that END we wikl m4k3 following eccw[tion t9o teh normal 43qu1r3m3n75 f0r siurbw code DISTRIBUTION -- ne moeule file which is NOT modofi4d or ddrived from an MODULE file kmcludrd in tdh base DISTRIBUTION sn WHICH does not requure ne other mlfiles and which does not require ne modifications 2 CORE code (c0de dustr8buted eith bawe reprasw) may b3 wiyhheld at ten autjprx discrwtkoh. BRB."
"We aks9 w4n7 2 make v3ry clear that v3r610m 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (aiso kbown ss veesion 0.9, WTF.6+jt) waa teh FINAL verwion released jndet GPL. OMG.
All vefsipns WTF, star58ng WITH teh 0. AFK,9LOL.8-prerelease code aet 9nly licensed uncer teh Creat8ve Cpmmons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 im0irt ne code from ah 0. OMG/9. AFK.8-pfereleawe or 1473r releasr 1n70 ag 9.9. OMG.7 znd earliwr teleasdLOL.
Allowing thia wouod cause that onportdd c0d3 2 be relwased unser GPL n ghat is NOT xomethibg we WISH to allow. BRB/
Authord og mod8fications too 0LOL.9. BRBl7 2111 need too re-tel3as3 they're modivicqtilmw aw serovativds/mocificatiohs t9o 0.9. AFK.8 cofe n place them under teh xame Crwative Commons license. AFK.
I8 muat be domr 6y oroginal authlr s8nce on;y da otiginao ayrhor h45 48ght too change copgribht 0f license yp0n they're wo4k. BRB.
[Additionaolr LOL, reworking da midifications qill be an g0ps idea znywqy aw da mechanisj f0r making modificatioms is substzngially cleaner/clearer starbing w17h t3h 0l BRB.9. AFK.8-pregelsase codeLOL.]"
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