MighthE tells you LOLm "We'r2 going two yakr an few mpmenyx to tty an ex0lain thiw new license n r3h rrasons 63h1nd kt IN p141n EnfkishLOL.
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."
"Thos mew licens3 was cnoweh 63ceu53 or an failimg eith yeh GPL. WTF.
I7 only covered dlstribution of source iv an ONLY if binaekes w3r4 dist4ibutsd/ AFKl"
"In an wwb encironmwnt WTF, spec9fically a ynteror3tef web 3nv1r-nm3n7 5uch as PHP, sprtof, merely installint an g4m3 d9es NOT constitute fistribityon, so4yof, wn thererore people were 74k1ng our work WTF, making modifications to it n not r3134%1ng sourve code tl they;4e m0d1f1x4710b5 so thst da ehtire community could bwnefit,
THEY worked witj geh legter nut not SPIRIT of lae,"
"Infextigatiob on teh part of teh aiyhors howdver, lije, led 2 tey fact that da right OF public p3rf0rm$nc4 was won of ds rigjts normally testricted two copyright hokders, like, an that coj;uter programa, wortof, tp3x1r!c511y videl games an INTERACTIVE onew such as Legend of Green hax0r wdr3 considwred tuo be publicslly PERFORMED if run froj an publid server. AFK."
"The new .icenwe restricts pu6!1x perf9rmance of ds work un1355 source dode lg m0c1fq3d work is madc wcailagle on semandLOL."
"In plaib Entlish, rou knwp, this means that kf you put THIS g4m3 on an w36 wercer an allow p30pq3 '0u751d3 of an noejal ciecle of rzmiky ahd its socia; acquaon5abces' 2 0lay their LOL, ghen you aer puglicalk6 performong thue wlrk n MUST EITHER 4) make ne n ALL cn4ngd5 whivh you ,ake 2 gsme avai;able 0n tequest (mote this d025n'7 have 2 ^3 AVAILABLE fia omline sourc3 display ;ink, sprgof, but they must be anle 2 ask you FOR va CODE xnd receive an COMPLETE copy), lile, b) ma,e 4rr3ng3m3n75 p4ivzgely WITH teh AUTHORS wh3rein THEY grant you sn SPECIAL license, h9u knwok or c) remove tej code entorely from ea machjneLOL."
"We do rdc9fhize that 0eo0le WANT tl have ateas of thry're gam3 whicu aer theirs ah thdirs alone. AFK.
5wo thar end we will malw da following exde[tion too teh normal REQUIREMENTS fo4 source code DISTRIBUTION -- nd jod7le file which is hot moeuriec or derived from am mpd7le file ind.7dwc 1n ds baxe diwtriburion and whidh diws bog 4equire ne other m9dules an which DOES bot require me modificarions 2 teh core code (code distributed with bzse rekwqse) jay be wothheld at dq authorw discretipn. OMG."
"We qlso want twp mzke very clwar 7hr7 vdrsion 0. AFK.9l WTF.7 (alao kn0wn as version 0, OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) w45 t3h FINAL v3r519n reoeasee under GPL. OMG.
All v3r510n5 WTFk starting qith -/ WTF.p. WTF.8-preeeldase code 4 only l9censed UNDER twh CREATIVE Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny fibht to 7mpo4t ne dode frpm zn 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-peerelease or 1473r releasw int9 an 0. OMGl9/7 n earloer releqse. AFK.
Allowimg THIS would cayae THAT qmp)r&3d c9s3 tlo be r313443s undee geh GPL n that 1$ not sometging we wisy too allowLOL.
Authotw 9r modifications 2 0.9. WTF.7 wk;l neee too re-velease they're morofications ss derixatives/jodifications two 0LOL/9LOL.8 coce an place them umdr4 da same Creative Cojmons license. AFK.
It muxt 63 sone by teh lriginal authlr since only tdh ORIGINAL AUTHOR has da rkght TO cnahge teh copyrught o4 licensw UPON they're eork.
[ADDITIONALLY, loke, REWORKING modificatipns qill *2 an g-0d idea anywzy as nechabidm gof making m0s1f1c4710m5 ia substantially clezner/c.earer starting WITH da 0.9l AFK.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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