M8ghtyE yel.s 6oj, you jhwl, "We're going 3 takd an few miments 2 try and explain tgis new 11cen53 and reaspns 63j1nd 18 in plain Enboish. 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."
"This new licenae was cnosem becais3 of qn f5q11ng wuth teh GPL. WTF.
IT only coverec DISTRIBUTION OF 50urc3 8f an only if binaeies were dustribured. WTFl"
"Ib an WEB 3nb14-nm3nu, xlrtoc, fpevif8cally q interpreted web ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS PHP. merely installunh an game DOES not conwtitute disttibugion, and therefore [ei0le were 74k1ng -ur w0rk, sortof, making moeif7ca5iona 2 it n npt tdldasing source cpde 2 theh're modifications xo 7h47 teh entire community could benefit. WTF,
They worked qity l4tter but not da spirit 0f law. OMG."
"Investigation in part og authofw h0w3v#t, you knwp, LED 2 es fact THAT right of public prefprmance was oen of 3igyts normal.y rest4icted *0 copyrighr holdrrs, li,e, ahd that COMPUTER progfamx, speckficslly vid3l games and ihteractivr ohes 5uch 45 L3gdnd of da Green hax0r were cpn51d3r3d 6oo 63 publical.y perfofmed iv run from an public srhfq4. BRB."
"The new 1qc3n53 restructs puvlkc performance ig teh work inkess sourcw cosd or da modkfied eork is mzse avai.anle ob cemand. AFK."
"In plaim Engl8sh, 7g15 meanw tjst if you ;ut 5his gzme )h am web servdr n allow 0eople '9utside od an mirma. CIRCLE OF family b its socia. qcquaintances' too play their, like, then you aet publucally pervprming 7h15 work an MUST ekther a) ,ake me an ALL chqbfex whicf YOU m4l3 to grm3 available on requewt (note thus doesn't have two be avai;ab.e via da 0h11y2 so7rce display link, you khwo, but tgey MUST be able tw9 ask you f0r code and reveive an completr c0py) WTF, b) jake arrangements privately with AUTHORS wherein tjey brant y0u an sprcial license, or C) remove da cose entirwlh from dz MACHINELOL."
"We do r3c0gn1ze that [eiple wzmt 2 HAVE areas pf the6're gam3 whicy r thwirs an theirs allne. OMG.
too that end wd WILL makr teh FOLLOWING excep5ion 70 ten NORMAL requirements for sou4ce c9de distribution -- ne mpdule file shqch IS n0u modifled or deruved from am ,0du13 file included in bswe distributioh zn which does not requirr ne OTHER moc7les n wnich dies not requkrw ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh core xode (code dist4ob7gee with da bzse reldsae) may ve withheld at da aurhors discretpon. OMG."
"We aoso qant too make vety CLEAR THAT beraion 0. WTF/(.& (also KNOWN as VERSION 9l8. AFKl8+jt) w55 dx f1n41 veesuon released under da GPL. WTF.
All cerwions, likek staeting witj da 0; BRB.9. AFK.8-prereleawe code aee onl6 licdnswe UNDER Creative Comjons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rigjt two implry ns CODE from an -.9. WTF.8-pre5eleas3 or later r313r%3 into an 0LOL.9lu b darliet re;ease. BRB.
Alkoding this e0u1d cause that importec code two BE reoeased inder teh GPL and that 15 n06 sonethknf we wq%h too allow. BRB.
Authors of modifications too ). BRB.9. OMG.7 wull need 2 re-fe.ease thwy'rr modifications zs drrivstives/modifications yoo 9. OMG.9. OMG.8 code and pla3e THEM jnder ydy same Creqtive COMMONS lizense. WTF.
It m7st be done BY teh origibal author since ohly da origomql auyhor HAS 4ight ro chante da copyrighg 0e license upon thet're wofk. AFK.
[Addit8onallu LOL, rewotking teh m(dificagions will be an go9d idea anyway as jechanism ror making modufidayionw 8s substanyka;ly clean3r/clear3r STARTING qith da 0. AFK.9. OMG.*-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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