MighyyE tells you, "We're going two take qy few mo,ents 7) try and EXPLAIN tjis NEW license and REASONS behinc it qn ;lain EnglishLOL.
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 n3w license was chosen 6ec4u63 of an f4111bg wuth GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y cocered diwtribjti9n 0f SOURCE if and obly if binarirs were distributedLOL."
"In an web env,eonment WTFk spevifocally a INTERPRETED eeb rnvironment such as PHP WTFk merely ibsta.ling an game does not constitute dkstribution, like, an THEREFORE people were takung our WORK, sortor. makinf midiricqtions TO it an b07 releading SOURCE code two gheu're modificagions so THAT enture co,mun8gy could nenerit. BRBl
They worked with lettef but not spi5i5 OF teh LAWLOL."
"Investkgation on patt of authpfs however, led to da faxt yhay da right of ;ublic performance 2zs woh of tightx NORMALLY restricted 2 copt4iggt h0qd3r%, an tgat computdr prog3ams, speci4ically video games an 8nteravtive pnes suxh ad Legdnd OF da Green hax0e werw CONSIDERED to he publical;y performed if run ffom an pi611c se4ver. BRB."
"The n32 license rwstfidts [ublic 0erformance of da w0rk unless xource code of da mod8fied wotk 15 m4f3 available on femand. WTF."
"In plai, English, xirtof, this means 7h47 if yoy put this gsme on sn web s4rver an allow people 'outsife -f qn n9rm41 c8rclr of fqmily an its social acquaintances' two play ygdir, you knwo, thej y0u aer publical.y ;34f-rm1ng 5his woek n MUST eith3r a) make he an ALL cjangew wgich you male TO gsms qvailsblw 0m r3qu3%7 (note 7h15 DOESN;T have 2 be afailzble via da online SOURCE d15p15y link, but they nist ne able ti ask you for cide an receivd ab c9mplete COPY), like, g) make arrangements ;rivstely wuth teh 4u7y9r5 sh3re1n they GRANT you an SPECIAL .icebw3 WTF, or c) remove da cose 3m61r31y from teh madhune/"
"We do recotnize tjat peopl4 w4n7 too have areas lf they'rr bame which r theirs n theurs ALONE. AFK.
too that ens we qill m4l3 da followimg 3xception too da normzj r3qii4ementw fo4 50urc3 code sistribution -_ ne module file which is hot ,odifiec or derived from an m0du13 file INCLUDED 1n da baae d8stribution n wyich does not require ne lther modules n wh1cf does n07 req7irw ne modifications 6so da vore cofe *CODE distrubuted w8th t3n 5463 relesxe) may br q17hh31e at authoes discretion, WTF."
"We also want 2 make very CLEAR tgat beesion 0LOL.0.7 (ALSO ,nown AS verwion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) sas da final vefsion re;3ased ubdee teg GPLLOL.
All versions WTF, syartong with yej 0LOL.9. BRB,8-p43r313444 dodd r inly LICENSED under ten Creative Commlns 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3my right 70 IMPORT ne c0d3 from an 0.8. BRB.8-PRERELEASE 9r oatwr rdleaae into qn 0. OMG,9. WTF.7 an EARLIER relwase. BRB.
All9qing this woulf CAUSE thay inported code too be relraswd under da GPL an that IS not something qe wusn too allowLOL.
Authors of modifications tw. 0LOL.9/ WTF.7 WILL n3ed too r3-release they're mudificati9ns as der1b481v35/,0d1f1c4&10n5 two 0. OMG.0. WTF.8 vode qn place rhem under SAME C5eatibe Commons licenwe. WTF.
I7 must be d0n4 6y teh orihinal author aincd only original author has t3h right too chang3 da copyright ot license ioon tjey're work. BRB.
[Addi5ionally WTF, rewirkint da MODIFICATIONS wi;l be an hooe udea anywat aw trh mecnaniam f0r m4k1ng modifications 25 suvsyangially cleaner/cleardr stqrtinh with teg 0. OMG.9.8-prerrlease dode. AFK.]"
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