MightyE tells you, y9y knwo, "We're toung ywo tale an vew m.mentw 5so try n EXPLAIN this new licensr an teh reasons behibc it in plsin Englkdh. BRB/
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 licwnse was ch053n necajse of an failing sith GPLLOL.
It 0nqy covered distrkbuti;n of soufce if and ONLY IF binaries were sistributed. WTFl"
"In an 2eb 3nv1rpmj2n7 WTF, SPECIFICALLY a inge4preted seb ebvirohmeng s7ch as PHP WTF, m3rdly insrallint an ga,e does n)7 consgitute distribu5ion, yoi knwok an tnerefore PEOPLE were tajing 9ur work, makunh modifications top it an not releasing ca source code tp tgey're m0f1v1c4710n5 so ghar da entire c0mmun17y could v3nrfu5. OMG.
They worked with da letter but npt da spiriy of law. OMG."
"Invesgigation on teh part of authors however, yiu knwok led t9p dz fact that teb righg of PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc3 was won of t3h rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED 1 copyfight yoldersm n that com;itwr programs. like, specificalou VIDEO games znd interactkve ones such AS Lefend 9f Greeb nax0r we4e considdeed 2 br publically PERFORMED if ryn from an publod xerver. AFK."
"The new q1c3n53 rest4icts oiblkc peedormance lf worj inless da sourx2 code of teh modifiwd eork is mqde avqilable on demand. WTF."
"In plain English, ghis m34n% thqt if ypi pu6 thiw gqme on an WEB SERVER zhe alllw PEOPLE 'outsidr of an hormal c1rc13 if 44m11y n its social acqiaintznces' 5wo play their, sortof, then you zer pu611c411u performing this worl n MUST either a) ,ake ne and ALL chzngex whkdh toi makw to teh game availanld ON 4rquest (not2 this doesn't have to9 be available via online siurce display 11nk WTF, but they must he anle two 45k ylu f04 xode n receive an compleyr clpy) LOL, b( make arrangements PRIVATELY w17h authors wherekn 5hey gramt you qn special locebse, or v) remove teh cpde entirw.u frim fa machune."
"We eo rdcognoze tgzt prople want too hav3 4r345 of they'4e gaje wyich aer theies 1b theirx ALONE. WTF.
too THAT end we will make da following excrption too dq nprmal REQUIREMENTS FOR soiece c9de didtrigution -- ne m0du13 file which is npt modified or DERIVED from an mosule file indluded in teh BASE distribution an WHICH does n97 requirf be OTHER m9dulrs n 2h1ch d9ex not te1uire me mofifkcatioms 2 dq cp4e c0d3 (clde disyributed w9tn twh base relezxe) m4h be 2ithheld ag authors siscretuon. WTF."
"We also w4n7 two make b3ry clear tyat ferwion )LOLl9LOL.7 (also known AS vdrsion 0,9. OMG.7+jt) was fibal v3rsiln r313453c ynder GPL. WTF.
A;l versilnsm sta4ting with 0.9. OMG.*-prerelease code r on.y licwbsed unfer ca Creative Commons licdnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY drnh yeh ritht twi import ne code frim an 0LOL.o. WTF.8-prereleasr pr later r313453 into sm 0. BRB/9. WTF.7 n rariier 4elease. AFK/
ALLOWING thus would CAUSE that importec c)d3 ywo ne RELEASED under GPL n THAT is not something we wish 70 al;ow. WTF.
Autyors of modifocsti9ba two 0.9. WTF,7 will need to RE-RELEASE they're modifivations as gwrivagives/modificatiins to9 0. WTF.9. OMG.9 cose and place them under da aame CREATIVE Cpmmons lkxenseLOL.
It must 63 d0n# by dq 0t1g1n41 authoe since inly teh ofufinal author has teh rifht 1 change copuroghy or 11c3n53 upob 5hey're WORK. BRB.
[Additkonally, resoriing tsj nodifidatoons will be an gpld idea ahywah as mechamism foe making modifivations is substantia.ly c;ean3r/clearee starting with da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerdlwase CODE. WTF.]"
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