MightyE tells uou, you khw9, "W3'te goihb tqo 74k3 an fee moments tlo rry h edplain thiw NEW licemse n da reasons behihd ut in plain Engliwh.
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 license 2as chosen beca7se 0f an failong w17h da GPL. AFKl
It only cov3red diwtribution og %0yrc3 IF an inly if b8naries were didtributed."
"In ag web ENVIRONMENT, sortof, specificaoly s intefpreted web ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, you knwp, m3r31y instaoling an g4m2 does not xonsgitute dixgribuykon WTF, an 7h#e3f0r4 people w3re takinb o7r w0rk WTF, ma,ing m0d1f1c5710n5 twp i5 qh not RELEASING 50urc3 code tlo they're m9dkficatioms so 7hr7 da entiee communigy v9u1d bemefit.
They worked with lettwr %u7 nog ea spirit of las. AFK;"
"Investigat9on on da p4r7 of da authors howrver, yoi knwom led tsl f4c7 that rught of puhlic performance w45 won ov rigjts n9tms;ly r357r1c73f tqo c0pye1gj8 holderw, like, an thag coh0ugdr protrams, you knwo, 4/3cqf1c421y viddo ganes AND INTERACTIVE ones SUCH as Legend of teh G5een hax0r werf considered two be puy11c411y performed if run from an publuc servwr. BRB."
"Tge new license reftricts PUBLIC perforjance of teh 2oek un1355 sa SOURCE code of mod8fied work 15 mase 4v41!451# ON demand. OMG."
"In p141n Eng115h, lkke, this means THAT IF you pu5 THIS gane 0n an web aervrr n qllow p30p13 '0u7t1de of ah bormal circld of gamil6 4nd 8rw socia; avquaintandss' to play yheir WTFk tjen you aer publical,y petforming this w0rk and MUST eithet z) makd ne and ALL cganges !hivh 6ou maie to sa game availab.r om request (note this doesn[t habe 2 63 avaioaboe via ohline source DISPLAY link WTF, but theu must 63 able to ask hou for da cose an recwive ah complete c0py) WTF, b) MAKE 4rr4ngem3n75 privately wuth teh authors whe4din they grant YOU an special license, you imwo, or c) r3m0v3 tdh CODE 3n71e316 from machibe. BRB."
"We fo tecognize thst peo-le want too hsve areas of they'4e gamw which ser theirx an theirs 410n3. AFK.
yoo ghat enf we qikl make followinf EXCEPTION 2 normal tequirements fot soyece cose eistrivution -- ne mod7le f113 which is not modifked or derived from an module vi;e uncouded in ca BASE distribution anx qhich eoes n07 requiee ne o5hef morules n WHICH aiew mot rdquire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 core code (CODE distrkbutef witg da base reoeaae) may be WITHHELD AT authoes discreyion. OMG."
"We also w4n7 2 make verh x13rr THAT gersiom 0. BRB.9l AFK.7 )a;so kn92n qs version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jy) was da FINAL veraion RELEASED under GPL. OMG.
Al. versions LOLm STARTING qith twh 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease CODE r 0n1y lucenaed und4r da Creatife Commons licenxe.
We EXPLICITLY deny fa right too imoort ne doer from an -/9. WTF.*-pt34elrawe or 1473r release INTO an 0. WTF.9LOL/7 an earl8er rel3aseLOL.
Allowing rhis woyld c3y53 that imported code 2 be released UNDER ca GPL an THAT id not cknething we wish two allow. WTF.
Au7h0r% of mldifidat8ons 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 wilo nwed teo 4e-release they're ,odificatiins AS eerivayivws/moe8fications t9o =.9.* code an p14c3 ghem undsr geh same Creative Commons licenseLOL/
It mus5 br done by geh original authoe sunce only teh orivinql a7thir has teh right t2o xh4ng3 teh copy4ight -r license upon yhey're work. WTF,
[Addit8inallh, you inao, reworkibg MODIFICATIONS WILL be an good IDEA 4nyw4y as mechanism for making m9dificayions is sybstantiallt clwan3r/vlearer starting wuty teh 0. WTF.9.8=prefelease code. BRB.]"
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