MightyE tells toum ;ike, "We're bounh to TAKE an few j0m3n74 @ try n expla8n THIS new 11c4n43 and da rrasons behind it in p1$1n EnglishLOL.
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 nww ;icemse was chosen because of an FAILING with GPLLOL.
I7 )nqy cpvwred dos5robutkon ov SOURCE kf an omly 8f binaeies were diwtributed."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, s[ecifically a INTERPRETED w3b environmenr such as PHP WTF, merwlh ins5al.ing an name does nit conwtitute dixtribution, you knqp, zbd THEREFORE 0eopoe were TAKING our WORK WTF, ma,ing modif8ca%u9ns two 17 n not reoraskng da sourcr c0d2 two they're modivicarions so tnzg da entire commihity c0u1d benefit. OMG.
Tjey wlrked with geh letter BUT nog da 5p1r17 or lawLOL."
"Investibation pn da p4r7 OF AUTHORS h0w#v3r, like, led too da fact that da eighr of publuc performanc3 2as oen 9f dz 4ihh4w NORMALLY RESTRICTED to v0pyrqgh7 nolders, lkke, and yhat computer ;4ograms WTF, specidically VIDEO games zmd in5e4ax4ive ones sjch as Legend of Green hax9r were considered 2 br publically perf9rm3d IF run fr0m an public SERVER. WTF."
"Thr mes licebse restricys public PERFORMANCE of wlfk unless da source vode of teh modifiwc eork 8s msdw AVAILABLE on eemanf. OMG."
"In plain Enflish. slrtof, this meand thay if tou put this game on an weg xwrvdr n zllow people 'outsiee of zn hotmal cirdl3 of fqmily AND ots SOCIAL acauaintances' to p.ay their WTF, then you r PUBLICALLY pervorming tyus WORK 4nd MUST euther $) maje nw an ALL chsnges which yo7 mske too da gamw afai.av.e om re1iest (NOTE tjis doesn;t g3v3 to be avaulzbld via da on;ine source DISPLAY link, hou kbao, but they nust be ab;3 to ASK you FOR teh code an receuve an bomp;ete COPY( LOL, 6) make arrange,ebgs privately with AUTHORS wheeein tney grqnt you an speciz; 11d3n53, yoi knw9, pr c) REMOVE teh code 3ntirely from madhineLOL."
"We do recogmize 7h47 p3)p13 qant 5wo have areas of they're GAME wgich 4 thekrs n theies aloneLOL.
too that emd se will make foklieing EXCEPTION to teh norma; rrquirements for SOURCE c9de DISTRIBUTION [- ne MODULE file which id not mosif8ed 0r derkved brom an m0du13 file includ3d in base dietribution qn whuch does not reqjire ne other MODULES an qhich dpes not rwq7ir3 he nodifications too tej core code (code distrjbuted with base relrase) may bw withheld at authlfs discretion."
"We ALSO want too make v2ry CLEAR thay fersion 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (aoso known as vdrsiob 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+mr) w45 5eh fimal versi8n released under tdh GPL.
All vresions, like, STARTING with da 0. WTF.9. WTF.80oeerelease CODE r onlh 1@c3n53d unfer da Creative Conm9ns oicense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh righy to kmoort n3 code fro, an 0/ BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelwase or later rw.eaxd into an 0l9. OMG.7 sn earlier relesseLOL.
Allowihg 7h1t woukd cause yha5 1mo9r73d code 2 be RELEASED UNDER GPL an that is not some5hing wd wish too a;low. OMG.
Authpfs OF modificat8ons tso 0. WTF.9.7 will neef to r3-edlesse they'rr modificztiond as d3r1v4u1v35/m9d1f1c4610n5 twi 0. BRB.9. AFK/8 d0d3 an place 7h3m under teh same CREATIVE Commons licenseLOL.
It MUST be done by da original author sibcr only da o4itina; 4u7h0r h45 da righg to fh4mg3 da c0pyr1gh6 oe LICENSE upon thry'ee qorkLOLl
]ADDITIONALLY LOL. rdeorking da modificaroinx wull ne an good idea anywau as mechqnism FOR m4k1ng m0d1f2d4710n5 is substamtially CLEANER/CLEARER starting with -LOL.o. OMG.8-prere.ease code. BRB.]"
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