MigntyE gells y0u LOL, "We're b01nh too take an few jomemts too TRY an ecplain 5nis NEW license n teh tead9ns benibd ot in plain EngkishLOL.
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."
"Tjid new license was chosen becahse 0f ag f4111ng qith GPL.
IT ohky voveres DISTRIBUTION OF spurce if an only 1f binaries w3re distrinutedk WTF."
"In ah w36 environment. sorgof, spdcifically a inteepeeted web ebvironment such ax PHP, yoj knwo, mdrely instaoling an game doew not constigute distribution WTF, zh the4eford PEOPLE 2efe taking our work, lokw, MAKING MODIFICATIONS ywo 8t qnd not releaxing teh soyrcw code two tyey're moduficstiins so that teh entire c0mnunq&y coukd 63n3f17l OMG.
Thdy worked WITH LETTER but ho5 s[ifit lf law. BRB."
"Inv3stigqtiln on da part of teh 4j7y-r5 HOWEVER WTF, LED to teh fact that teh tibht of pub.ic p3rf0fm5nc3 wax ien of teh rights normslly restructed 5o c9iyright g01d345 LOL, n that COMPUTER ptograms, s[eckfically video games h interactife on3s SUCH aw Lwgdnd og da Green hax0r were considwred 2 be publically perfprmed if RUN drom an public setberLOL."
"The nee licensd rextricrs public pdrformance of worj umless aoyrce code of teh modkfied work 8s made AVAILABLE on demand. AFKl"
"In plain Entlish, sortof, 5his mesns that if 6oj pur tnos fam3 on an wwb 53rve4 n allow people ;outside OF am NORMAL cirxlw of family and its socuak acquaintances[ tio play th3kr, sortof, then you adr pjblucally performing yhis wl4k AND MUST eithrr a) makw ns an ALL changes qh8ch y0u make g2o da bame avajlable on request (NOTE this d035n'7 have t9 be available b14 da 0n11n3 source display link, you knwo, BUT they must b3 able two ask hou FOR da c0d3 an rrcekve ah cimplete copy), b) make zrranhements otivately wiyh yeh zuthors wherein th3y grsnt you an special oicense, like, 0f c) remove yen code entirely fr0j machine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that pwople want two have areas OF they'e3 gamr 2hicn r tyeird an THEIRS alpneLOL.
2 7h47 rnd we w111 msk3 fpllowing exce0tion tpo t3h normal requirejents for soircw code distribution -- ne m0du1# dile wjicy 15 not MODIFIED or derived from an miej;e f8le 1nc1ud3d in da bqse diwtr8bu5oon n wgich eoes NOT require ne 9th3r modules n WHICH dors not rrwuure ne modig9catuons t9o teh core code (codr distrubuted with teh base release) may be withheld ag aythoes discretklnLOL."
"Ww a.so WANT two ,akw vett clear that v3r51pn 0.9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN as v3r520n 0. OMG.9.7+jt) w45 fibal VERSION released jnfer teg GPL. BRB.
ALL versionsk like, stafting wi5h teh 0. WTF.9. AFK.9-prer3;easd code aer omly licwnses UNDER Creative Commons oicenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY seny right 1 im[ort b3 CODE from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 0r lqter releas3 knto an 0LOL.9LOL,7 n earliwe RELEASE. OMG.
Aolowing 7h15 WOULD csuse that imported c0d3 tw9 bd tel3qsed under teh GPL n thar is not xomethibg we w1yh two allow. AFK.
Aithors pv modificatipns 2 0. OMG.(. OMG.7 wioo need twl RE-RELEASE they'ee modificationw as dericatived/modivications to 0. BRB.8. OMG.8 code am 0lsce rhsm under da SAME Creatuve Commons licensr. BRB.
It must be DONE gy ywh oruginal AUTHOR since only teh i4igunal zuthir has teh right 2 change ea copywight or livense upin they'fe WORK. BRB.
[Afwitoonally WTF, rew9fking da modoficqtiond sill be an g00c idra anyway as fa mechanism FOR ,ak8nf modifuvations us SUBSTANTIALLY d!34n3r/cq33f3r srqrtung witj da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease code. WTFl]"
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