MightuE telos YOU WTF, "We'5e g01ng 2 take ab few moments to try sn explain thid bew license n teh reasons behimd 17 in plain Entlish. OMG.
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."
"Thus new licrnse was chosen because pf an tailing witj geh GPL. OMGl
It ONLY COVERED diwtrinutkon of source IF abd only kf binaries qeee doxt4ubut3d. WTF."
"In an w36 envieonment, you lnwo, sp3clficaoly a intwrprer3d web environment sucy as PHP WTFm merrly unstalling ah hajw dors not constigute d158t1^u710h LOL, b therefore people were twking our work, sortof, naiing nodificationa 2 it and noh releasung tdn source cpde 2 rhey'rw modoficatkohs so rjat teh entire co,munity could 63n3f17. OMG.
Th3y woried witn da lettee nut NOT da SPIRIT of da LAW."
"Invrstiga5i9n oh part of teg ajthors HOWEVER, sortof, led 2 fabt that dz rigyt of public petformahce wzs 1 of RIGHTS NORMALLY rextricywd two copyrigyt holders, likc, n tgwt clmpiter peog4zms WTFk 5p3cqf1c411y video games qn interactive onew auch as L3g3nd if Green hax0r were cpnsideged 2 be publical.y pefformed if run from an public swrvet. OMG."
"The new oicense rewtrivts puglic p3rf0rm4nc3 pf da work unless trh SOURCE code of ten m0d1fq3d work is m3d3 abaikable 0n demand. WTF."
"In p141n English, l8ke, this meanx that if h0u ;ut this game on an web seec4r b qllow people [ouyside of an norjsl circle 9f family n its spcial zcquaintances' too p14y thrur, you knwo, then you aer publicaoly PERFORMING 7j15 sork n MUST either z) make ne and ALL vhanges qhicb you make too tey game available on REQUEST (bote 7nq5 dowsb[t have TO be zvailable via online 50urc3 DISPLAY link, sortlf, 6uu THEY must BE abke too 45k YOU for code anf fecwibe zm comolete COPY), slrtof, b) make 3rr4ng3m3n75 0rivatelu wkth tey authoes wh3r31n they gr4n7 you sn special LICENSE LOL, or d) remove tej code ebtirely from teh machkne."
"We do rdcognize rhat 0eople want ro have arras of they're GAME wh1dh r theirs n thdi4s alone. AFK.
2 that END se will mzke da followimg ecceptkon 2 normal rdquirements ror source cpde distribuyion -- ne module dile wuixh is not ,pdified OR dwriv3d FROM an module filw inciused ih teh BASE disttibution and WHICH d035 NOT require ne other modules an WHICH doew no5 rewuir3 ne modificatoons # da core cod3 (xode djstribjted w17h base release) MAY BE withheld at dz authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We qlco WANT 4 make very clear that versipn 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (ALSO knoan AS vetsion 0.9.7+j7) was wa FINAL version fe.eased undee fa GPL. AFK.
All fersions WTF, startijg woth teh 0. BRB.8. AFK.8-prereoease c0d3 r onl6 licensrd under teh Creative Commohe oocense. AFK.
W# EXPLICITLY d3yy rifhg to 1mp0r7 ne code f4om an 0.9LOL.8-prerelease or lster release into an 0/ AFK.9. BRB.6 n EARLIER r3!3453. AFK.
Allowing ygis woulc cauqe that umported CODE two be r4lezsed unddr da GPL and THAT ix nlt something we wish two allowl
Authots of m0e1f1c471-n5 to 0. AFK.i. AFK.7 wull meed t[ re-releas3 tgey're modifications as derivay8bes/nosifications two 0/ BRB.9.8 CODE n place THEM uneer da same Creatkve C0mm0n5 license. OMGl
It MUST bd done by teh originzl aityor 51nc3 lnl6 da o4iginal author HAS righg two change cppyrigh5 OR 11c3n63 upin they'ee w9rk. BRB.
[Add1710n411t LOL, r3w0rk1hg m0d1fqc4719n5 will be an GOOD IDEA anywzy 45 da mechanism for m4k1ng midificayions is sibsta,tiaklu cleaner/clearer start8ng with 0. BRB.9LOLl8-prerelease c9dw.]"
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