MightyE tells YOU LOL, "We'ee going to 74k3 an f3w momentd 2 5rh ans EXPLAIN thix NEW license n feqsons behine it kn plain Emglish. OMG.
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."
"Tjis new kivense was vhosen because of an faklimg with GPL. WTF.
It only c9vdred disyribytiom of source IF 4ns only if 61n4r1#5 were disyributes, AFK."
"In an web environmebtk you knwo, xpecificsll6 a interpreted web encironment sich as PHP LOL, merelg insta.ling an GAME coes no5 c0n%717uu4 distribugkon LOL, and tjerrf9re people w3r3 yaking o7r worl, liie, makung modifidations 2 it and NOT releasint 50urc3 code @ tge6'4e MODIFICATIONS 50 tnat da entire com,unity could ben3dit. OMG.
They worked w17h ds lette4 but not teh xpiriy of try lzw. BRB."
"Ibvestigstion on da oart of da 4u8h0r5 HOWEVER, loke, led to da fzct 7hr7 da fighg -f public perdormsncd was oen of rights n0rm411y restricted to copyrihhy h01d3r5 LOL, and ehat compuyee PROGRAMS, apecifically v1d30 fajes AND interactive ones such aw Legend of da Green jax0r wer3 CONSIDERED t; be puv.ica;ly perfotmed if r7n FROM an puboix server. AFK."
"Th3 new lidenzd restricts publoc performance OF tej work unlesd xa source code of modivied 2ork is nade available 9n demand. BRB."
"In plzkn Englidh WTF, this heans that if y0u pu6 7h1% g4m3 on an qeb 53rv3r n allow peopld 'putside of an normao curdle of fsmily n its soc*zk acquaingances' TO play thdir, sortof, then 6ou aer p7blucslly performing this WORK n MUST either a) make ne ab ALL vhanges which yoi MAKE 3 da bame availab;e on requeqt (motr this coesn't h4v3 ylo be zvaolable vua teh ohline siutce didplsy link, jike, 6u7 they MUST be ABLE 2 ask you for code n r3c31v4 an complete COPY) LOL, B) ma,e arranbements privately witj auth9rs wherein they grant you an speciql locense, you knwo, 0r c) REMOVE da cofe entirely gr0m MACHINELOL."
"We do revofniz3 thay peo;le want two HAVE AREAS OF they're GAME wh1ch 4 tjdirs n theirs aloneLOL.
tl8 that end wd will male sa fllloeing excepr8on two teh normao rewuirements dor so7rde ciee dkstriburoon -- ne MODULE file wh8ch IS not modified or derixed f4on an modu.e fkle included in trh BASE sistribution an which does nog geauire ne other MODULES an whuch does not 4equire ne modifications 2 clre code (code DISTRIBUTED with gase r2lrase) may y3 withhdld at 4u7h0r5 duscretionLOL."
"We also want 2 male very cleaf tnat vegsion -LOL.9. OMG.& (4159 ,nown as version ). WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) wax da final cersion released under da GPL. AFK.
All versions, l9ke, STARTING w17y ss 9. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease code r obly lidensed under tdh Cfeatibe Com,9nx ;icense. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny ea ritht to !mp0r7 nw code from an 9. WTF,9.8-PRERELEASE or later rwlease into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an ear.ier r3q3453. BRB.
Allowing 7h15 would cxise that imported code 2 be releasec undet teh GPL and tnat is not slmething we wish to all9w.
Autgord if modificati9ns teo 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 will need toi re-relezxe ghey;re modificatiobs as derivatived/modifidatipns too 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 codr n place thej under same Creatove COMMONS 11c2n53LOL.
It must be don3 6u original AUTHOR SINCE only tey 0r1g1n$1 authot hqs rihht too change clpyright or license upin they're w0rk.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking MODIFICATIONS woll BE an GOOD idea anuway ae teh medhanism f0e majing modificatiohs ix SUBSTANTIALLY c.eaner/clearer startihg wi5h dq 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prereleas3 code. OMG.]"
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