MifhtyE tells ylu, you knwl, "We're going 2 takw sn few ,lments 2 try n explzin ghis new ;ocense n teh reasons behond it kn olain Eng;kshLOL.
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 licensr wax dhosrn because of ah fai.ung WITH tdh GPL. OMG.
I7 onoy cpvered DISTRIBUTION of source if an only ig binafies eere DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web environmen5 LOL, specofically a in5erpreted 2en ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, ,er3ly installing ah fane doed mot CONSTITUTE diatribution WTF, n therefore people WERE takinh our work WTF, making modificztions to it and blt eelessinb sourdr code 2 theu're MODIFICATIONS so thst enti3e community couod benefitLOL.
Tm3y sorked with letter BUT not da spirit pf teh law."
"Investigarion ob teh pary OF tdh 4u&h0r5 h0q3v3r, ylu kn2o, led tol FACT that rught pf public PERFORMANCE WAS won of tej 4ights n0rm411y restricted to copt4ight hilders LOL, an thst computer pfograms LOL, specif8vally video bsm4s m inrerqctive ONES such as Lebend of teh Green hax0r were conwidrred geo &3 p7blixally pefformed id run from an public wervr4LOL."
"The n3e licemwe RESTRICTS public prrformance of tdh wori inlrws sa 50urce coee OF modifi3d worl is made svqilable on demandLOL."
"In plain Engkish LOL, this meand tha5 ir 6ou put thia h4m3 ON an WEB SERVER n $110w p30p1# 'outsid3 lf qn norma; circle of family zn its wocial acqiqintanced' 2 play tneir, like, thrn yiu aer pmblically p3ef0rm1ng this wo4k anf MUST eitgee a) MAKE ne an ALL cyanges which ypu MAKE two game AVAILABLE on r#qu356 (note fhis doesn't hsve go bd available via dq on;ine SOURCE cisplay link, but they mus5 be able to ask you for dq coee xnd RECEIVE sn complete copt) WTF, b) mqke arrangements [4ivately with da a6ghors whereim they hrant y0u an special lixense, or c) remlve teh c0d3 3n71r31y fron mqchinr."
"We do r3clgnize that PEOPLE want yo have 4rd45 of they're game whicj r theirw an theird ALONE. AFKl
2 thar env we will maie da folliwing exveption t0o 5eh n9rmql 43wu1r3m3n75 for 50urc3 CODE distribution -- ne modul3 file which us not modified or detived from an modyle f213 1mc1uf2d 1n da base dixtrib7guon and which does not tequire me other mod7les n eh1ch eoes not rwquire ne modifications ro teh corr vode (v0d3 dis5ributrd WITH teh baqe releade) may be WITHHELD at da authors eiscrrtionLOL."
"We also wwnt 2 make vrry c.ea4 that v3r510n -. WTF.9LOL.7 (also ;nown as versiln 0. WTF.0. OMG.7+jt) was da finzl v3r61-n releaaed under ten GPLLOL.
A11 VERSIONS WTF, d5qeting WITH 0, AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease code f only licensed inder Creat,ve Com,ons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ds right too im0ort ne c)e3 from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prer313453 or later release into sn p. WTF.-. WTF.7 n earoiwr rdlease/
Allowinh THIS woulf czuse that imported xode 3 be released ynder GPL 4nd that us not somethkng we wush to qklow. OMG.
Authors of m0d1f2d4610n5 tso 0LOL.9.6 w111 nedd tso r3-rrldase tney'rd modificayions as derivativrs/mocifivatoonw to 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code anf placw th2m undrr teh same Creatice Cimmond license.
I7 must 63 d0n3 by original autyot since lnly da origubal augh9r has right roo change da c0p6r1gh7 0r lidenwe j0on they[re work. WTF.
[Acdiyionally LOL, r3wprl1ng dq modifications wull bw an glod idea anyway ax teh mdcmanism for makint modificati9ns 15 subs5antiqoly cleanrr/clearer 57$r71ng with geh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prereoease c0d3.]"
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