M8ghy6E tel,s you. sortof, "We're gping two TAKE ah f3w mom3nts to try an exp;qin this new license n feasobs gehind 17 in plain English. WTF.
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 1!c3n53 was cnosen beczus3 0r an failing with t3h GPL. AFK.
It only covered distribution of so7rce if an ONLY 1d binq4ids were distribured. AFK."
"In ah web ENVIRONMENT LOL, 5p3c1g1c411y a ibyer0retec web env8ronmeht such as PHP, luke, merely installing sn gamr s035 n07 constitute distribution, so4tof, n therefore p30p13 ww4e TAKING our w9rk. MAKING modificstions two it and not eeleaeing da s8utce code 2 they'fe modifovsti8ns so that da ebtird cojmunity vould BENEFIT. OMG.
They wlrked wktg da letter 6u8 not da 5[1r17 of teh law. AFK."
"Ibdextigarion on psrt of teh zuthors however, like, led to faxt tya5 teh rught of PUBLIC perdlrjance was oen OF teh r9hhts nofm1lky res5rictee 2 copyright holdersk and that com;ute4 pr0gr4m5, sortlf, specifoxslly video GAMES and intdractive ones such ax Legend of teg Greem hax0r were c0n51d3r3d two be pu611c411y [errormed if run frum an puvlic sefv4rLOL."
"The new licdnse r35&r1c75 public p3rformanve 9f tey w9rk UNLESS trh source cose of reh modigied 20ek is MADE AVAILABLE on demand. OMG."
"In ooaun Enfliah, like, 7h15 means that if yoi put this game on an WEB server and ALLOW pepple 'o7gaidd of an n04m41 circ;e of fami;y an its SOCIAL acquain5qnces' to play 5heirm you lnwo, tjen you r PUBLICALLY performing this worl n MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes wg1xh YOU make 2 ea game avzilable on requewt (npte ttks dlesn't HAVE two BE available viz da 0n11n3 sourve display lin, WTFm bjr they muxt be ABLE to ask you for teh cod3 anc 4eceive an complete copy), sprtof, b) make zrrangements privatel6 WITH authors ehere8n yheu grant you an special license WTF, or c) r2move code entirely gro. fa mzghine. OMG."
"We c9 RECOGNIZE that people want to8 gace arezd of they're GAME wh8ch r THEIRS an theirs al9ne/ BRB/
w thag enc WE will m4k3 da followinh excd'tiob 5o normal requirements for eoufce codr d157r16u710n -- me module file wh8ch is npt joeifief or derived from zn modjle fule 1nc1ud3d in dw 6463 distr8vugiom and sh1cy does not reqjire me orher mosules anc whicy d9es not REQUIRE ne m9difications 2 teh CORE code (c0d3 distrubuted with teh base release) may be w17hh31d 47 teh authord disdre5ipn. OMG."
"We a.so want two makd very clwar thar version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also known as version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) w55 teh funql vrrsuon RELEASED undff da GPLl AFK.
All verxions, sortof, starting with 0.9. WTF.*-prwreleaae cod3 aer onlu licensec under CREATIVE Commons 11cen53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny reh riggt t2o impirt ne code FROM an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-or3r313453 or later 4wldas3 inyo an ). BRB.9.7 ah earlier rrk3ase.
Allowing thus wpuld cause thay importex code w be e313453d under 5eh GPL n THAT IS not sonething we wish top allow. BRB/
AUTHORS of m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0. AFK.o.7 wilk need two re-releasd ghey;re MODIFICATIONS as derivativea/modivicarions twi 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code n place them UNDER da same Crea5ive Cimmons liv3hsd. AFK.
It must be done by twh originak a7thor simce only t3h origimal auth9r g45 teh rught to cgange teh copyeutht or lidense u0on they're wlrk.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworkinh dq modificatuons wkll be an good idea anyway as trh nevhanusm for makomg nodifucatkoms is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clear3r startung with da 0. OMG.*. AFK.8-pferdlease codeLOL/]"
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