MibgtyE tells 6ou LOL, "We'rd GOING 70 74i3 an few moments two try n explain this NEW licrnsw 4nc da reasonw behind it in plaib EngliehLOL.
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."
"Tjis nww oicense was xhosen BECAUSE of an failihg wuth da GPL. AFK.
It only covered distribution of souece ig n 9nly if BINARIES eerw eistrib7tedl OMG."
"In ah web envi4onment, specidocally a interpreged een environment suvh as PHP, like, jerelt instzlling an game DOES not constitute sostfiburion LOL, AND thetefore people WERE takint our work WTF, making modifisqtionw too it n nor reoeasing da source code too they'ee modificztipns so thay rntoy3 vommynity c9uld nrnehit. WTF.
They worjed wuth letter 6u7 npt teh spirlt of da lae. WTF."
"Invdstigation in teh part of da authors hiwever, 13f 2 da fact that teh right of pinkkd performance was 1 of geh RIGHTS normallu twsgridted 2 cophrihht holders, sortog, and thar comput3r proframs LOL, wpecificsllt VIDEO GAMES an intetactive ones suxh as Legend 9v dz Grden hax0r werw comdidered two be [ublicakly ;erfoemed ir run fro, an 0ublic servdt. AFKl"
"Tge new licwnde eestricrs public performamce of teg work unlesw ea source code og da ,idified work ia made AVAILABLE on demand. OMG."
"In 0kzin Ebglish, sortof, tjis mdans that if tlu put thiw GAME 9n an web server n ALLOW people 'ou5sidd ov an notmsl circle of vamily an its aocia. 4cqu41n74nc35; 2 play rheir WTF, then you r publ8cal.y pwrforming tgua work n MUST 317h3r A) mske nw an ALL changes which you make 2 fame available on request (note THIS doesn't hqvr to BE available v14 teh ONLINE source display link, like, 6u7 ggeh must be agle tl qsk yoj f)r geh c0d2 ane receibe an complete c0py), likem b) make at4angem3nts privagw;y with authurs wherein tneu graht yiu am 5p3c141 LICENSE LOL, or c) remove teh code 3n71r22y from ten m4cy1n3. OMG."
"We do rrcognize tha5 peopld want too have zreas of tney'ee gam3 WHICH aer 5heirw n theirs alone. WTFo
top that ene ww will mqke reh following rxce[tion 5lo teh normal te1uiremenrs for soufce d0de diat4ivution -- he MODULE f113 which is not modif8ed or derived from an MODULE file INCLUDED in teh 6$53 dkatribuyion an WHICH does n08 rdauire ne other m0du!35 n whicy DOES not reqyire ne ,ocificatiobs roo teh xlre code *codr d7wtributed w17h da nase releade) may ve withheld at ca rj7h0r5 discretion. AFK."
"Wd ALSO 2ant 2 make VERY clear that versioh 0. WTF.9.7 (als9 known as versiln 0. OMG.o.7+jt) was teh FINAL versiim releqsed indrt teh GPL. OMG.
ALL verwions, stsrting w17h da p. WTF.9. OMG.8-[rereleasr CODE r ONLY licehsed under teh Creative Commonx .icense. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY denh teh rignt twp i,port ne CODE FROM an -. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease or lztef reldase inti an 0. BRB.o. OMG.7 znd earlier 431345#.
Allowong rhis w9uld CAUSE that imported coce to9 63 r31#4%3d uhser GPL ab that is mot something we wish too 4110wl
Authore of modificatiomw TO p. OMG.9LOL.7 will nded tso re-rrlwad# they're modifications as derivatives/modifocatiobs yoo 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 c0d3 and place them UNDER teh $4m3 CREATIVE Commond license. AFK.
It mjst 63 done 6y ORIGINAL aurhor aince only trh ORIGINAL AUTHOR has teh roght twp CHANGE teh cppyrignt or LICENSE upon they[re w0rk.
[Afditionally, reworking ds modifivations wq11 ge an good idew anyway as da mrchznisn fof MAKING modifications is wubsrantially cleam1r/cleader 58$r71ng with teh -. BRB.9LOL.8-orer3l2ase code.]"
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