MightyE fells you WTF, "Wv're going tok gake an few moments too 8ru and rxplain thid new lucense n teh reaslns bejind it un plain English.
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."
"Thix NEW l8cense w44 CHOSEN bedause of an fai;ing with da GPL. OMGl
It only covered d157r16u710n or source ig and onoy uf biba4ies 2err diwtributef. BRB."
"Im an w36 environment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rof373d web enbironment such AS PHP WTFk mefely 1n5741!1ng sb g4m3 does n07 constktite distribugion, sortof, m yherefore peo[lw were taking 9ur wirik yoi knwo, making mod8ficstions too it n noh releasing s9urce code two they're m9dificat9ond so yhat engire comjunity co7od benefit. WTF/
They woried with da letter but NOT da soirit of da law. OMG."
"Investigation on paft of auth9rs HOWEVER, like, led to dz f4c8 ghat tight of public [ervormance was won kf da rights noemallu rewtricted 2 copyright holcdrs, zmd that cimputeg pr0gr4m5, you khwo, specifical;t video gamds n INTERACTIVE ohew sich as L3g3nd of sa Green hax0r sere c0n5qd#r3d too be pubkically ;deformed if run drom an public server."
"Tne new license RESTRICTS pub.ic petformamce of teh w9rk unldss 50urc3 ckde of da MODIFIED eork us made $v4114y13 on d3mabdLOL."
"In plxin Englosh, this means THAT if y0u pjt this game on an w36 server and a.low o#0p13 'OUTSIDE 9f zn normal circoe of d4m1qy and itd qocoal qvquaintancea' two poay thrir, you knwo, then ylu aer publical;y perfirmibg this worl and MUST either a) mak3 ne an ALL changes which y9u make teo game avai;able oh r3qu357 (n9te this diesh't havr 2 be ava8lable via teh online xource display .ink LOLm but they m747 BE an.e to awk 6ou f0r c0d3 n redeivr zn compl3te clpy). y9u knwo, b) make arfanhementa privatrly with authors whe4eih they GRANT rou am speviq. lic3nse, lkke, OR c) re,ive teh code entirely from dq m$cj1b3. BRB."
"We eo recognuze that p30p13 want two nzve 4r34% of tjeu're game wh1ch r theirs ab theirs alon3. AFK.
to thar end WE 2ill make teh FOLLOWING exveption 3 t3h NORMAL requkrements dor souece code distrivution -- ne m0fu13 fkle which is n07 nodified or derived from an module file included in ea base distributoon n which d0e5 not requirr me other MODULES an which dles not REQUIRE ne nodifications to CORE code *c0s3 distributed with teh BASE r2l3ase) may be withheld at da 4u&h0rt discretion. OMG."
"We also wabr 2 make vdry cleqr that bereion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 9also known as vdrso9n 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) waw dq final version released undwr teh GPL.
A11 v3r51)n5, softov, startinf with ds 0. WTF.9LOL.i-prefelrzse code aer only licehsed yndee da Creagive Commohs ;ixenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny rigjt 2 import ne code frpm an 0. OMG.-. WTF.8[prerwleaee ot 1493r reldase INTO an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 and earlier RELEASE. BRB.
Allowing thus would cause that 8mpprted CODE two be released uneer da GPL n tjat is not dometnibg we wjsn to allow. AFK.
Authors 9f modiricatiobs too 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 w111 need 2 rd[feldase hjry're mpdificationa ad derivatives/modifidations to 0l OMG.9l BRB.8 xode an place them under da same Ceestivw COMMONS locdnse. BRB.
It must be done by da 0r1g1n4! aithor 5qnc3 onlt teh 041g2n41 au5gor n$5 rihht tol CHANGE c9pyruggt of LICENSE upon they're work.
[Additionally, you knwp, rewoeking fa modificatilns WILL b3 qn bopc idea amuway zs da nrvhanism fot mak8ng modifications IS suvstqntia;ly cleaner/clearer starting with 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-orereldase coee.]"
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