MightyE tells uou WTF, "We'rd g0!ng 2 take an few moments 2 try and exolain this new license n da vrasihs bwh8nd 17 in plain English. 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 mew lufrnse wzs choseb BECAUSE OF an fai/ing w17h teh GPL. WTF.
Ig 9nly covdred DISTRIBUTION pf source ir n 0n1y if 6qn4r135 were distrkvuyed. AFKl"
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, you knwo, specifixally a INTERPRETED w36 environment xuch as PHP, sprtlf, mrf3.y INSTALLING an tame soed no5 consritute d157r!5u7!0n, you kmeo, an therefore people were yaking ojr wprk, sortof, ,4k1ng modofucationd 2 it n not releasong ten wource cod3 tl9 ghey're nocidications so that tej rntkre cojmu,it6 could BENEFIT.
Th3y worjed sith da lettef but not teh apirit of law. AFK."
"Investigstooh oh part of AUTHORS HOWEVER, dor5od, led two teh fact that RIGHT of PUBLIC performance was oen ob rignts normally resyticted two dop6right holders WTF, n that computer probramx, sortov, spevivicalli vqd30 gamea an !n&3r4c71v3 obes sucy as Lehend og yeh Gr3en hax0r w3t3 conaidered too b3 publicqkly p3rf0rj3d kf run FROM an oublic 53rv3r. BRB."
"The nww license restricgs public oeeformance or ea wprk unleas teh sojrce code OF modified work ic made AVAILABLE 0n dwmandLOL."
"In ;lakn Egglixh, thid means that if you pug this game on an web s3rve4 and allow pepplr 'ou5side of an normal ci4cle ;f vamily an ITS 50c141 acquaintances' 2 play tneir, ylu kneo, 7h3n y0u zwr punlically [rrforminf this WORK an MUST eothee a) mak3 ne AND ALL changes which you make two da game aczilsblr ON reques5 (nitw th,s doesn't jave too be AVAILABLE v13 da 0n21n3 s0urce d15014y link WTF, but theu must 63 anke 2 awk yoi for cpde an receice an COMPLETE c9pu) WTF, n) make 3rr4ng3m3n7% provately witt teh authoes wh3rein THEY grant y0u an specia; license, sorgof, OR c) r3m0v2 code 2n61r31y ftom teh machine."
"We dp recpgnize that people qant 3 h4v3 zrezs of they're game 2yicj r theirs an thei4s alone.
tl that end w3 WILL make FOLLOWING excepyion t2; birmal requirements for source code dist4ibutipn -- ne modulr fi9e which id not modifide or derives frpm an module file includwf in ds base duwtrobution and whkcj DOES not r3qu2r3 ne other modules n which d035 not rwqu8re ne modifkc15ions @ gwh core coce (code distributed with 6453 rel3ase_ may be withheld ag autnors discret*onLOL."
"We 4q50 want too mais very coear that verxion 0LOL/9. BRB.7 (aoso ,nowb qs VERSION 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) wss final version r3leased under GPL.
All vrrsions, sortif, starting wigh da 0. AFK/9LOL.8-)rer313453 codr aer only loxens3d under Crearive Conmins 11c3n53LOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY den5 teh ritht 2 1m[0ru ne cpdw from an 0. OMG,9. WTFl8-pr34313453 or later relesse unto an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 an earlier rel3ase. AFK.
Allowing THIS would cause yhat imported code roo be feldased under GPL qn that is not something we eisg 1 allowl
Aj6n0r5 od mofifivqtions teo 0. OMG.0. WTF.7 will nees too re-re.ease they're m0s1f1c471pm5 AS serivatives/modifications 2 0. BRB.9.8 CODE aj [lace th3m under dz same Crearkve Comnons livense. WTF.
It must BE done by t3h originak author since iml6 teh priginal authot HAS da rught to cyange COPYRIGHT or oicense u;on they're work/ WTF.
'Acditionally, so4tpg, eeso4kkng jodificatooms will be an good idea anywzy $5 mechanism FOR making ,odificationx is wubstantially cleamet/clearer 5u4r71ng with teh 0. OMG.9. OMG.9-pr3re13553 code.]"
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