MightyE tells you, "We're g-1ng hoo tak3 an rew momenta two try n explakn 5his neq license and ca reasons beninf it 8m plain English. BRB.
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."
"Tyis new livense wzw chosen vecause of an failihh witg teh GPL/ WTF.
Ig only covered distributiin of sojrce if h ONLY 1v binaties were d157r16773dLOL."
"In an web envuronmrnt, sortpv, 5o3c1f1c511y a inter[r3ted wev environment SUCH as PHP LOL, merely inztalling an gane f9ea not constitutr DISTRIBUTION, like, n theredore PEOPLE e3te taking 0ur work, making modivications too it and n07 feleasing source code too they;re modiricqtions so that ehtire community coyod brnefit. WTF.
They worked wuth da ldytrr ^u7 not da s0irit pf da las. AFK."
"Infestihation ON teh ;art of da aithors h0w3v3r, LED 2 fac5 thar RIGHT or PUBLIC perfor,ance was 1 of da rignts norma;ly restricted @ co0yright HOLDERS, and THAT c0mpu74r programa, slrtofm specifically video ga,es and interactive onew sjdh as Legend OF geh Green hac0r were donskderew 70 be publically [erf9rmed if rub fepm an publkc server. OMG."
"The new LICENSE r357r1c75 public petfornance 0f ea work unless da sourxe cod3 of da jodified work is mad3 avaolable oh de,ane. WTF."
"In PLAIN Enflisg WTF, this means that 8f yoi put thos game on an wen dwrver n all9w people '0u751d3 of am hormal circle OF FAMILY m its social axquain5ances' 70 play their LOL, tjeb tou aer puy11c411y p3rv0rm1ng this work ane MUST 317h3r a- makr be and ALL ch4ng35 wh8ch you ma,e tol teh faje svailafle on requws5 (note THIS DOESN'T have 2 be 5c4114613 via onlune source dospoau link, but they mu57 ne ab;e 2 ask tou f0r da coce n recwkve zn com[lege copy), like, b) mak3 4fr4mg3m3b75 privately eity da authors wjerein THEY grant 6ou an s[ecial license, softof, OR z) remove teh code 3n71r31y ffom macninw. OMG."
"We do rwcogbize thay ;eopld WANT 2 hace areas 0f ghey're gqme which aer theirs 4nd thekrs alone. BRB.
t2o that end ww will jakr f0110w2ng ezception 2 normal REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE code diatribugion -- nw module dile wnich is nor modified [r derived frlm zn module file inc.uded in baae distributuon an WHICH d035 not re1yire ne other mofules n which does no5 reqjite nd midifications toi teg c0r3 cide (code DISTRIBUTED WITH tdh base release) may be withheld a5 da authots eiscretion. OMG."
"Wd zls9 want @ m4k3 very clrae thqt versoim 0. BRB.9. OMG;& (also known AS version 0LOL.9LOL/7+mt) was da final VERSION releaswd under GPL.
ALL v3r510n5, sortofm stattong with 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE coce aer only 11c3n53d unfet Creative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny tey tight to kmport nd code from an -. OMG.9.8-prerelezse or later release int9 an 0LOL.9.7 m earlier re.3ase.
ALLOWING THIS qould cause that impoeted code tio be rekessed uneer da GPL n thsy is n07 wlmeghing wr wish tio allow/ OMG.
Authorx of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9l AFK.7 will need 2 re0feleadw they're MODIFICATIONS as ddrivatives/modifications TO 9/ OMG.9/ OMGl( cide and place then under da same Creativw Cijmons lic3nxe. BRBl
Ir mjag br dond by origimal auth9r SINCE only origibal author has tight to9 change copyrignt or kicense up0b theh're qk4,LOL.
[Additionalpy, sottofk reworkkng modigixatoons w111 nw an good idwa abyway as t3h mechanism gir MAKING ,odkficagiohs iw substantislly cl3anet/cmearer starting witj teb 0. OMG.9. OMGl8-prereldase code.]"
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