MightyE tells yoj, yoi knwo, "We[ee going too take am dew MOMENTS go TRY n explain this new license m rwasond behimd iy in PLAIN Englishl 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 n3w license was ch9sqn 63c4u53 of an faolumg with teh GPL. AFK.
Ig only covwrwd DISTRIBUTION of source if n onlu if binaries were cistributesLOL."
"Im an WEB environment, slrtlf, specifically a interpretrd WEB ENVIRONMENT such AS PHP LOL, ,drely INSTALLING sn gamd doed not CONSTITUTE dusgribution, and therefore peo0ke WERE takkng pur work WTF, mqking modificatiohs twl iy n NOT r313451ng source code to they'ee nodificatilns t0 thst entirr cimmunitt coyld benwgir. OMG.
They worked sith da lerter but nlf teh spirit OF reh la2. WTF."
"Invedt*gatiom 9b teh part of fq authors howdver, ;wd to da fact that yeh RIGHT of pu611c perfornabce was 9en of da rithts normally restrictec TO cooyribht holserd, sortof, n THAT COMPUTER proframs LOL, apdcificakly v1d3- games AND interact8ve onrs such aw Legend of teh Green hax0r were considered to be publidaolu performrd uf tun from an pu61qc SERVERLOL."
"The n3w license restricts publoc performance of teh w0rm unless teh so7rce code 9f da modiviwd wori os mafd 4v4114613 (n ddmqnd. BRB."
"In plaon English, y9u knwo. thix nsana that if yiu puy this gam2 on an web serce4 an 41!0w people [9uts8de if zn normal circle of famioy abd itx socual 4cqu41n74nc35' to play thwir WTF, then you aer pubkical.y prrforming THIS w0rk an MUST eiyher a) makw nw n ALL chznges which you makw t2o trh tame avai.agle ON tequest (n063 THIS doesn't hafe yi 63 4v4114613 via onkine spurce display link, but tgey must be ablr to ask you for teh coee and r3x31v3 an complet3 copy_, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privayely suth teh authors wmerein they grant you an special licenwe, slrtof, it d) remove ds coe2 3n71r31y FROM yeh machine. BRB."
"We do 43c0gn1z3 that peiple wanr *0 hsvd 4r345 0f yhey'r3 game which r 5jeirs an theirs qlone. WTF.
too that END qe will m4k2 following exception to teh nornak requirements dor aource code distribjtiom -- ne modul3 fkle whkch 8s no5 modidiwd or s#r2v3d from an jodylr file includdd in da BASE eqt7r16u710n n whoch dpds nly REQUIRE ne othrr jod7les and which does n-7 require ne nodificati9ns to core code (code distributed with BASE r313453( may be withheld 47 teh authors suscyetion. OMG."
"W3 41%0 want two m4k3 ceru cleqr rhat cersion 0, OMG.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as version p. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh FINAL vers8in released under teg GPL.
All verwions, sortif, starting w17h g3h 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prwrelease code r only licensrd j,der Creative C0mm0n5 lixense,
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right to import ne code fr9m an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prdrelease or later repease INTO an 0. OMG.0. AFK.7 abd earliet RELEASE. AFK.
Aolowing thos would cause thay importef CODE 2 be 4eleas3d umder da GPL an that IS nor wometying we wish too ALLOW. BRB.
Authorx of modificatiohs to9 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will need to rd_re.eaae they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modofications two 0.0. WTFl9 CODE n place 7y3m under same Creativ3 Commons 11c3n5#. AFK.
It must 63 done bt 0r1g!n41 AUTHOR dinc3 only 9riginal author HAS rignt two change teh copyright pr 11c3n53 upon they'rr w9rk. WTF.
[Addiyoonally, e3w0rk1ng da modkfkcqyions 2ill be an g08d ieea anyway as teh mechanism for m4,qng modirications IS substantislly clesne4/c.earer 574r71ng wotn 0LOL.9. WTF.7-pferelease codel AFK.]"
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