MighgyE tells yiu, sortov, "We'rd GOING to take an fwq moments 3 try and explain this new license 4nd teh reaspms BEHIND (t in p.ain English.
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 n4q LICENSE q45 choaen 63cru53 of an failing with da GPLLOL.
It 0n1y covered diatribution 0f aojrce if sn pnly uf binar8es were distrkbuyed. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, SPECIFICALLY a int3rpretdd web environmrny wuch ad PHP WTF, mwrrly inatalling an gamr soex not CONSTITUTE dustributuon, you knwo, n tgerefore pelp.e were 74k1ng omr w9rk, slrtof, making nodificar8ons two ir 4nd nit r313451mg soirce code to rhey;re MODIFICATIONS so 5hat teh en5ire comm7nity co7ld 63n1f17. BRB.
They wot,ee with teh leytwr but not teh s0irit of LAW. OMG."
"Investkgatiob om dz part 0f AUTHORS however LOL, 23d 2 fact that rkgnt of pub;ic PERFORMANCE was oen og rights n0rm411y f457r1c63d t9 copyright ho.ders, n that x0mou73r programs WTF, spdcificallu f1d30 gan3s m interactive ones such AS Lehend OF Gr#en hax0r wer3 consudered to9 be publically percormed 1f run vrom an public server. BRB."
"The new ;icenwr restridts PUBLIC ;erflrmance OF teh w0ri unless da sojrde c0f3 of m9dified work is ,ade available om demsndLOL."
"In plain Englosh WTF, tjis means tjay IF you pjt THIS gane 0n an weg server an allow 0eo;le 'outxide of an not,al CIRCLE of family n its socisl acquaingancrs' to pla5 thwif, like, then 6ou r PUBLICALLY ;34f-rm1ng this wotk n MUST 317n#r a_ make ne sn ALL chantes whicn you makr 2 g4m3 AVAILABLE on requrat (note THIS doesn't hsve 2 ge AVAILABLE vka teh ONLINE source DISPLAY link, 6ou knwo, but they must be an;e 2 ask ypu for da code and eeceivr an c0mpq363 copy). like, B) nale arrangements ptidayely 2itn da suthors wgerein tget graht you an special license, sortof, or c) remive da code engirelh FROM dq machine. BRB,"
"Wr d9 recogniz4 tgat peo0le wamr two have areas of they're gamr 2hich aer theirs n theirs alonel WTF.
2 THAT end we will m4k3 dz followknh exception yio NORMAL req7irwments for source code diatrib7tion -) ne modile fioe ehich IS not MODIFIED OR deeivex FROM sh module fild included in base DISTRIBUTION n WHICH dows not requi4w ne othe4 m0du135 n wjich dpes not requi4e ne modificayions two core code (v0d3 dis5riguged with base r3kease) MAY 73 wirhheld at reh authors discr2tion. OMG."
"We s;so WANT twp make very CLEAR 5hat vdrsion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (also known AS version 0l AFK.9. AFK/7+JT) was teh rinal verw8on releasee und3r da GPL. OMG.
A11 feesions LOL, syarting eith fx 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-;rer3lease CODE aer onlh LICENSED UNDER da Creative Commons oicense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny ribht TO import me c0d4 FROM an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-pfeeelease 9r lateb RELEASE into an 0l9LOL.u and darliee relezse. WTFl
A.lowkng THIS w0u1d causd that im;ortee CODE 2 bw releasdd und34 da GPL and that is bot dometjing we wish to al;owLOL.
Authors of modifications to 0. AFK.0. OMG.7 will n33d w te-rel3ase the6're MODIFICATIONS zs d3r1f471v35/m-e1f1c47q0n5 2 0.9.8 clee an p14c3 tjem under 54m3 Creativr Commons 11v3nt3, WTF.
It must be done by originao author since on.y ds [rigihak author h4% da righ5 79 changr da x0phr1gh7 or lkvens3 upon they'rw work. BRB.
[Additionally, sortof, reworking moduvications 2ill be am good id3a ANYWAY as tsg mechanidm fof making modifucatipns is subsramtially clezner/clearer starting WITH 9, AFK.o. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code. OMGl]"
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