MigytyE yells YOU, aoryor, "We'te goimg two u4k3 an fdw momdnts to try n 3xp141n tjis new 11c3n53 an reh reasons beh8nd it in pla8n Ejglish. WTF.
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 ndw licwhse wzs chosen because of an failing 2ith GPL. BRB.
It ONLY covered dustrib7tion of soufde if ab only if binarids wrre d157r16u73d."
"In qh web envuronment, s0eclficslly a INTERPRETED w36 environment such as PHP, you knwl, merdly 8nwtalling an bame does not donstitugr distributioh. n therefore [eople were yakint pur w0rk LOL, majong modificafions two IT AND not f313451ng ds sourxe codr to they're mof8focations so tnat da dntire communuty xould 63n@v17. BRB.
They wprked soth sa 22773r but not spirit of twy law. AFK."
"Investigation on ea parr 9v cq au6hors hlwever, oed twl da fact thst da right of puboic performance was won ot teh rights NORMALLY teateicted to copyright holdrrd, an tnat xomputer prlgrams, tou lnwo, specificzlly video games an interacrive ones sich as Legenf 9f dz Gteen hax0r were donsideres 2 be oybkically perform3d if eun feom an PUBLIC serverLOL."
"The mew licwhse restricts pu611c performqncr of da wlrk un2354 ds sojrce cid2 0f da modivied WORK is made acailanle on de,qnd."
"In plain English, like, this meahs THAT 1f tou ;ut this hame ON an web 53rv3r an allow oe9ple '9utside of zn normal circle if FAMILY h its xocual acquaontamces' t9o 0lay their LOL, then you r publivally pedformibg th8s eork anc MUST either a) mwje ne snd ALL chanbes whivh uou make 2 da fame available on rrq7wst (n073 this doesn't n4v3 2 be available via onlinr 50ufd3 display lihk, 6i7 thwy mywt be sblr too ask YOU for c0d4 ab recekve an COMPLETE c9py) WTF, B) make arranbements prlvauelu WITH authors whereih THEY gr4b7 you an specoql license, you knwo, or x) rwmove CODE enti4elu fr0m teh m4ch1h3."
"We eo recognize 7h47 people want 2 HAVE 4r345 of they're game wy1ch aer THEIRS n theors akom@LOL.
twp that end we will j4k3 teh fillowing 3xc3p710n to ten nornal reqyuremdntc FOR source clde distrib7tion -- nw moduke file ehich is niy modified ir edrived FROM an moeuld file includrd in base distribution n wn1cn DOES not require ne orher modjles n which coes nlt 4equkre ne modificariond to teh cow3 cide (coce distribuged w17h bqse release) may br withheld ay teh AUTHORS DISCRETION, WTF."
"We 4150 wan5 1 nake VERY clear yhat ve4sion 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 &also kmown as version 0. OMG.9,7+j7) waa teh final VERSION released under GPL. WTF.
All vrrsions, you knso, starting with trh 0. WTF.9LOL.8_prereleaxe codw aer only ljcensdd under Crea5kve COMMONS licensd. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY e3my da right two im[ort ne code from an ). WTF.0. OMG.8-peer313453 o4 later release into an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n earoier eeleaswLOL.
Allowing this would c5ut3 thag im0orted code too be r3!3$53d under GPL AND that IS NOT sojething we w15n 2 aolow.
Authlrs of modifications tol 0.o. OMG.7 will need tqo gw-release they'rr modifidations as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0LOL.o.8 codd n placd them under sa,e Creagide Ckmmons q1c3n53LOL.
It must be eome vh trh oeigina. AUTHOR since 9noy sa ORIGINAL aythlr has teh r1th7 to ch4nb3 copyrihh5 or licensr upon tgey'fw work.
pAddi5ionally, tou kneo, rewo4king da mod8fications will be ah g9pd idea ANYWAY as da mevjanidm f9r m4k1nh MODIFICATIONS is substsntially cleaber/clearer dtarting wity 0. BRBl(. AFK.8-0rrrelease CODE.]"
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