MighttE 5elos ypy LOL, "We;re glohg to 74k3 an f3w m0m3n75 to tr7 n explain this new ;icense n teasobs behind it un plain English. 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."
"This nes license sas vhosen BECAUSE of an fai9ing WITH tey GPL. BRB.
IT ob.u civerwd distrigition ov SOURCE if an only if binari3d weee DISTRIBUTED. BRB/"
"In ah web dnvironment, spedifivally a inter[reted web envitonjwnt sucg as PHPk cortof, merely inxtalling an tame DOES not c9nstitute diat4ibution WTF, an therefo4e peoplr WERE taiing our work, MAKING MODIFICATIONS two it n m07 releasing teh spurce codd 2 they're mpdifications so that da entire cimmuniyy coule benefitl BRB.
They 2orked wuth ds letter BUT NOT spirit of ten lzw. BRB."
"Investigation on da pset 0f da authors howefer, io7 kneo, 'es 2 teh fact THAT teh right of puglic peefotmance was 1 OF righgw nptm4!1y restrictdd to clpyright nolders, dortof, and that computer prograns, sortof, specifically video fames n ibteractove ONES such aw L3g3bd OF GREEN hax0f were considered go be PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm3d if run from an public s3rver."
"The new licensr rexgeicts publue PERFORMANCE of dz work un1365 teh source cpdr of 5eh modified work is made availanke oh demand. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, so4tof, THIS MEANS tjat if yoj pur THIS game on qn w36 xerve4 n ALLOW pe]p;3 '0u751d3 OF qn nirmal cirxle 0f fsmi.y and igs 5pv141 ACQUAINTANCES' 2 PLAY their, then you aer puvlixally performinh this work an MUST either a) ,ake ne AND ALL chanhes whicy y0u make 2 da game ava8lavle ln requedt 9note this doesb't have TO BE avao;able vix 9nline source display oink, liie, but they muwy be able too afk yiu for da xose n recwive an domplrre copy) LOLk b) ma,e a4tange,ents privarely with trh 4u7h0r5 qnereih 7h3y frant you an 5p3c141 licenae. yoy knwo, OR c) r3move da code engirely FROM da mschinw. WTF."
"We d; r3v0gn1z3 tjat o30p13 WANT 2 h$v3 areaa of they're game which aer tgeirs h theird alone. WTF.
2 THAT end we will mzke fo9l9wing exception two t2y np4mal REQUIREMENTS for slurce vode distributiln -- nw MODULE file which is not ,odigied or derived from an module fole oncluded im ten baxe distriburion and whicn coes not require nd othef modules an which does nit r3qu1r3 ne modificagiohs two teh corw code (code fidtributed with base release) may be ditnheld at teh quthorx diacretuobLOL."
"We also w$n7 too m4k3 vdry c134r tyar vefsipn 0. OMG/p. OMG.7 (also KNOWN qs versulb 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) was teh final vera8ln rdleasee undee teh GPL.
All versioms, uou knwo, startong with 0LOL.0. WTF.8-prerelease codw aer only licenses under da Crrative Co,m9ns licehse. OMG,
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da righ5 to 1mp0e7 ne code FROM an 0. OMG.9l OMG,8-prerelezse or later release into an 0.9.7 and eqrkief releasw. AFKl
Allowing this would caise tyar importee code 2 be released under GPL an tjat 15 n07 somegjong we wish 2 a;l9s. WTF.
Authora of modifications two 0. OMG.9, BRB.7 2!11 nrdd t9 ee_release they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modjfications two p. AFK.p.* code an PLACE them incwr same Creative C0mm)b5 license. WTF.
It must be eone by teh original authoe SINCE only teh originzl auyyor jzs r8ght two change twh COPYRIGHT OR ;icense upon fhey're work. WTF.
[Additi9nallt, you knwok rewirkint teh modificatiobs will me sn good 1d34 ANYWAY as da mrcyanism for ma,ong jodifications 15 subsyantislly cleaner/cleaeer stzrting w8th dz 0.9.8-prerelease codel WTF.]"
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