MightyE t3l.s yoi, "We'te going 2 yake an few moments two 7ry an explain ghis nww license n da re450n5 brhind 17 qn plaih 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 new licensd wss cnos4n 63c4u53 of an failing wi5h da GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED disgeibutiin of soirce if n ONLY if binaried were diatributed. OMG."
"In an wsb dnvi49nment, sortof, SPECIFICALLY a intef0reted w2b ebcir9nment sucj as PHP. sor5of, merrly instqlling an game fies not CONSTITUTE disgribution WTF, n gherefore pwople were taking oue w)rk, likem mak8ng modifidatipns 2 it 4nd not releasing source cose too they're MODIFICATIONS so tnat da dntife communkty could BENEFIT. AFK,
They wotied w17h da LETTER but nl5 sp8rit of kaw. WTF."
"Ihvestigation on part of authors howevef, led two fact that right of public performance was 3on pd dz rughtw normally rewtric5ed 2 copytight holde4s, like, n 7h4u com;uter [rograms LOL, specifoczl.y video games n ihterav5uve ones SUCH as Legend OF t3h Green hax0r were conxideree 2 BE pu611c411y pervormed pf run fe9m an publiv server. AFK."
"The new lic3nsd 4estricts public PERFORMANCE of wotk UNLESS 5eh SOURCE code of da mosified work 15 made 4v41136qe on dejand. BRB,"
"In plain Englisn, you knwom this means rhat of you put 5his gane on an web se4vsr n allow peop.e '0u75qd3 of an normz. circle pr ramily sn itd social acquaintances' 2 play theie, soryof, then you r ;ublicaloy PERFORMING 7b15 wo4k n MUST 317h3t a) make nr ab ALL changes wh8ch you jake 5o da g4j# available on requext (note thos d-35n'7 havw too BE AVAILABLE VIA dz online sojrxe display 11nk, but tney mudt be 4513 5oo asl you fot ca c9dr and receive an vom0lege cipy), you inwo, B) make arrangemenga p4ivqte,y sith tej authors WHEREIN they grant 60u an special license, or c) rdmife xode ENTIRELY rrom teh nacyine. AFK."
"We do recognizw that people wany two have areas of tyet-re game whoch aev theird n thdirs alone.
too that end qe wil. make da following exceotion yoo eq normal REQUIREMENTS fod 5-urc3 codr dustribution -= ne mofulw vole whucb 1% not modified or ceruved from an mldule file included in dq BASE diatrjbution and wh8cj doex nog require ne othef movul3s an wjicj DOES no5 require ne modificayions roo dor3 code (cod3 distrivuted wirh da base release) may be WITHHELD at teh authors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We 4150 WANT t1o make vwry clear tyat vetsion 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 )also known as bersion 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt0 was final versiog released under teh GPL. OMG.
A;l versionsm sortof. starting sith teh ). AFK.9LOL.8-prere.eaae c-e3 r 0n1y licensed under dq Creqtive COMMONS licenxe/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT too kmpory ne CODE from an 0.9. WTF.8=pretelease or later repease into ab 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 ah eatluer releaae. OMG.
Alklwing tjis would cause that impirtrd cpde to bd r313453d undef GPL an that 8a not somethibg w3 215h 5o a.low.
Authotx of m0d1f1c4610n5 to9 0.9. OMG.7 WILL need too re-releaae they'fe modifications 45 derivatkves/nodifications roo 0. AFK.-LOL.8 xode am place THEM ind3r da same C4earive Commons lucense. BRB.
It MUST be done by sz irigonal author wince only da original authir hzs teh right tol chanbe teh co;ytight 9f iicense upon tgeh'td work. WTF.
[Additionallu WTF, rewor,ing y3h modoficatiins will be an good 1d34 znyway as mechsnism fof makinh mpdifications is substantiallu c13rn2r/c13$r3r dtarting w17h da 0. WTF,9. OMG.8-prerel2asr vode. BRB.]"
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