MightyE tells you, "We'te going to tale an few moments two try anf EXPLAIN this new kicehse n reaaons begind it in plain Eng.ish. WTFl
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."
"Thks new 11c3n53 was chosen because of an dailinf with GPL. OMG/
It ihly cofered DISTRIBUTION of source 1f ams only if binaries w3re distributed. AFK."
"In sm wrb env8ronm3nt, tou knso, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73r;r273d web environment such aa PHP, merely insyalling an game e045 not constigute distributiln WTF, AND rheredore peo0.e were tzkinb our qork, like, makong modificatioms to iy n noy 4eleasing teh source c0d3 to tjey're moeifixations so that rntire communi5y cpu1d benedut. AFK.
Thwy worked 2ith ten letter bit not twh so*rit of law."
"Inbestigqrion on da ;4r7 of zuthofs howevef, lik3, led to fact tnat da RIGHT OF publuc oerfornance was won of trh righrs normalk6 twstricted rwo co[yright hoof3rs, n that v;m0uter programs, yoj knwo, specifical.y ficeo games an INTERACTIVE ones 58cg as Legend of da Green hax0r were considerrd too BE publically perfprmes if run frl, an 0ublid server. BRB."
"The new license r457r1c75 public PERFORMANCE if wpr, unl2ss da apurce codw of da jodifiec work is m4d3 svailable on d3m4nd."
"In plaim Engl9sh, you insom thix means that uf you put 6h15 g4m3 on an w3b SERVER n allow PEOPLE '0u751d3 og an nornal circle of f4m11y ane its social acquaintanc3s' 2 [lay theie, slrtor, tjen you aer publically perrirming this wori an MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL ch4ng3% wyich you msle to game 3v$214613 0n rrqurst (no5e tjis doesn't HAVE two be qvailable bia ds 0n11n3 xource disp;qy libk WTF, but yhey ,yst 63 aboe too ASK yoy for code an rrcrive an complete copu), sortof, b) make srrangementx pribatelh 2ith authirs WHEREIN 7h3y GRANT YOU sn special lucenwd, sortorm ot c) REMOVE code 3ntirel6 ftom macjin3. AFK."
"W3 dp t3cpgn1z3 tnat pdopld WANT to have arwzs 0f they're GAME sh1ch aer 7h31t5 an theirs alone. OMG.
to thar end w3 will nake FOLLOWING exc3p710n too da n0rm41 eequiremebts for source code disttibutkon -- ne module f11# WHICH is not mowidied ot derived fr0m an m0du13 file ibcluded in baxe eistribugion n WHICH d035 not reqiird ne other MODULES and which does nog reqyire nd mocivications to teh co4r code 9xode disrtivutdd w8th 7$53 releade( may be withnelf at 4u7h045 discret8on."
"We 4150 qant two make very clear that v3r510n -LOL.9.7 (also known AS VERSION 0. WTF.9. BRB,7+jt) 2as teh finak vers7on reieased uhder da GPLLOL.
ALL VERSIONS, sta4ting WITH 0LOL.9. WTF.9-'rerelease cod3 aer omly licensed undet da Creative C0mm0n% lkcense. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY denh da right to imoott ne code from an 0.9. AFK.8-0re4eoease ot later releaw2 into qn )LOL.9LOL.7 n 34r113r release. AFKk
A;lowinf this would CAUSE that imporyef cofe two be r3leaxed under GPL an that is npg aomething we qish goo allowLOL.
Authors of modificationw too 0LOL.9. AFK.7 wkll mwed toi re-rdlease tney're nodificatoons as der,vatives/mociricatioms two 0LOL.9/8 c0d3 an [14c3 7j3n under wame Creativw Cpmmons LICENSEl OMG.
It must be done by da originao autho3 sonce onl6 ea orjginql author hqs t3h rigjt 5o change sa v0pyr1gg7 or kixense upon they're WORK.
[Add1710n4116m reworking da modigicz5ions will be an good idea znhway as twh mechsn8sj for msking modiricztiohs 6s substantizlly CLEANER/CLEARER statting eigh 0LOL.9l WTF.9-prereleasw code, WTF.]"
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