MightyE tells yl7, sortof, "We;re go8ng tqo takd an fe2 m)m3n75 too trt an explain this new licenae and tdh reaspns behihd it in plain Enb115j.
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 licende wss CHOSEN BECAUSE OF an failing wktn da GPLLOL.
It on.y cobeeed diatributioh pf xource if n 0n1y if binaries sere distributef. AFK."
"In ab s3b 4nv1r0nj2n7 LOL, specifically a inter0rwted web environmeht 5uch as PHP LOL, merely installind an game wies not conati4ure disttogution LOL, n therefire people were TAKING our w9rk, yiu knwo, makinh modificatuond 2 it an NOT r313451ng da sourc3 code 2 they're m0d1d1x4720n5 SO that da entire COMMUNITY cpuld benefitLOL.
Th3y worled with 13663r but not SPIRIT of LAW. WTF."
"Invedtigatipn on geh part of da suthors h8wever, led 2 fact THAT teh r1bh7 of public PERFORMANCE was 1 of teh rughts v0f,e11h RESTRICTED two COPYRIGHT bolders, sortof, zn that computer prlgrams. ;ike, SPECIFICALLY video ga.3s an intrractive 0n35 such as Legend or teh GREEN gaz0r wefe conxideeed 2 be oublically performed if rum from an public sefverLOL."
"The mew lufense r35ur1c75 public performance OF da work UNLESS tdh sourcw coee of 5eh modifiec wprk iw MADE available on demand. OMG."
"Im pkain Engl8sh WTF, this means &h47 if you put this g4m3 on sn wdb server anc allow people 'outside of ah nor,al vircle og famul6 sbd 175 docial 4cqu41n74nc35' tl PLAY tjeur, sortof, then you aer ptblically oerfornung thix wo4k n MUST either s) make ne and ALL changes which YOU make to gam3 avak.able on rewuest (bot3 7h15 d9esn'y have too be avai;abl3 via da lnlinw source dispkay oink, sortog, but they jy57 bd able two ask yiu for da code ah r3c31v2 zn complete c9py) WTF, b9 maie arranbemdn5x 0r*vatwlt with da authors whercon they hrqnt uou an spec8al license, xirtof, lr c) remove tej codd entire;y from da machine. WTF."
"We do recognize tyat pr0ple want tw9 hzve areas of they're gaje which aee tneurx an theirs a.oneLOL.
t8o that end we will maje flllowibg exdeption too da norjak r3qj1r3m3b55 for source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne moeule fikr whoch iw bot modidief OR derived fr9m zn module fil3 incouded in t3h vase distribution ab which e9es not REQUIRE ne other modules and sjicy does not require ne modirications too da core clde (clde diatribuged wuth basd 4el3qxe) may 63 wirhg3ld 47 teh zuthors discretion. AFK."
"We als8 w4n7 2 make VERY cleaf that v3rsion 0. OMG.9.7 (a;so iniwn ax v3r510n 0/ OMG.9.7+jt) wax da final version released 7nfer teh GPLLOL.
All verdilns LOL, stqrtkng qith da 0.9. AFK.8-prereldase c0de aer ONLY licehsed 7nd#r ea Cr3atice Commohw license. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY drny da eight rwo im0o4y ne c0d3 fr0n qh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerekease or oater RELEASE int9 an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 n earlier r313r53l
Allowing 4his 2iuld CAUSE that imported code too 63 released unedr GPL an that id n0y 60m37h1ng w3 wish 2 al;owLOL.
Authorw of modifications tw9 0.9. WTF.8 will nwed two RE-RELEASE theh're modificatipns ss derivativ3s/modificarions too 0. BRBl9. WTF.8 code snd place ^g3m under sa same Creative Cimmons 11c3n53/ AFK.
IT myst be d0n3 BY )r1g1n41 aut69r since 0m1t origimal aughof has geh right to ch4ng3 da d9pyr8ght or license upon they're work. OMG.
[Acdutiobally, uou knwo, re2orkung MODIFICATIONS w8ll be an goos 1d34 snuwsy as jecnanism for mzling mofifications is substamtkally c.eaner/c.earer 5u4r71ng witj da 9.o. AFK.8_pr4r31345e c0d3. BRB.]"
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