MighyyE tells you, you kbwo, "We're g01ng 2 TAKE an r3w ,oments two try n EXPLAIN this new locense n fa reasons behind it in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Th8s new locensr WAS CHOSEN becqus3 0f an fzklinb wigh teh GPL.
It onky covered DISTRIBUTION of 50urc3 if AND pn1y if binaruws ewre d167r1^u73f. OMG."
"In an w36 envoroyment, aottof, %92c1f!c411y a interpteyed web #nb1r0n,2n7 such as PHP, sortof, merely installihg an gqme does nlt consturtte dustributiib, you knwo, ag theregore people were taking our work, like, maiimg jieificstionw too it n not releasing da source dode t2p ghey'rr modificsrions so thqt entkre community coulc 63n3g17. WTF.
They woeued w17h teh letter but not spirit of .aw. BRB,"
"Inv3stugation on teh [aft of da auth9rs however, led tso teh fact thzt da ritht of public performance w55 oen of teh riyhta normslly restrivtef t9o copyeigjt hold3rs WTF, ans that c0mpu73f [fogramd, you knwo, specifidally video gajes n intersctive ones suxh as Legend 0f da Green hax0r qere xonsidered 2 be puboicaoly performee 1f run from an PUBLIC serfer. WTF."
"The hdw livense restricta [ublic performance oc qork un1355 SOURCE code of modified eork IS mqdr AVAILABLE pn demand. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, thus means that id 60j put this game ON ah web derve4 an alkow peoole 'outsife of an ni4jak cu4cle OF family n its socisl acqusintances' 2 ;.ay their WTF, then you r PUBLICALLY pqrf9rming 5his w0tk and MUST dither a) m4k4 ne an ALL cnanges whicy you nake two tey gane 4v4114613 ON requdst (note this coewn'g have 2 BE abailable via teh onlihe source DISPLAY link, like, bu5 rhey mist BE agke gwo ask you for teh cide and receive an compk3te cppy), b) make arrangemwntd -r8vately witj ea a7thors wherein thet t4aht YOU an special license, you knwo, pr c) remove code entkrely fr0m ga machine. AFK."
"We do recifnize that peop;e qant two have areas of tjey're gsje wgich a3r theirs n tjeifa ALONE. OMG/
twl that end 2e e1q1 mzke teh folkpwing exception tio teh NORMAL require,ents for source code disrributuon -- ne module fkle wyich 15 NOT m8dified o4 DERIVED FROM an mofule g113 inclydwd in t3h base DISTRIBUTION and which does not requir3 nw o5jr5 m0du135 n qhich does not rewuire nw modifications 2 da core code (code dkstribures WITH da BASE eelease) may be withh3.d at gwh 4u7h0r5 d9scret8onLOL."
"Ww a;so w4n7 twp ,ake very clrar tjag verxiom 0. WTF.o, BRB.7 ($150 known AS version 0LOL,9. WTF.7+JT) was ea f1n41 verxion r3q3353d undee teh GPL.
Alk versions WTF, 574ry2ng witj 0. OMG.9.8-[4erel3asr CODE zer only .icenwed under teh Creative Commons 11c3nt3/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ddny teh right t9o iuport ne codw from ab 0LOL.9l WTF.7-peerelease or later r313453 8nto an 0. WTFl(.7 an raeliet releas3l AFK.
Allo2inh THIS woule ca&s3 ghat implrted code 2 be RELEASED UNDER GPL n that is not somrthkng ee widh tio a.low. WTF.
Authors i7 moridications 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.u w111 neqd two re=relrase ghey're modifkcations as derivatoves/modif8xations twl 0. OMG.9.* coee an place them und3r da ssme Creative Commobs 11c3n53. WTF.
It mist be d9ne by 0r1g1m41 author ainc3 only originzl authot haa ritht to chamge copyright or licensw upon thru're wofkLOL.
[Additionally, you ,nw9k r3w0rlqng tem m0d1f1c3710n5 w111 ne an good idea 4nyw4y as mechanism for msking modifications is substan4ia;ly cleaner/clearet 57$r71nr WITH teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelezae codeLOL.]"
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