MihhryE tells you, so4tlf, "We're going two tske an vew j0m3n75 too try an ezplaih thid new LICENSE 4md da REASONS bwhind 17 in PLAIN Enhlish. OMG.
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."
"Thix n3w license was chiaen bedause of an fakling with teh GPLLOL.
It only dpvered diwtribution of source ig n onlt if binaries qere DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an w36 environmenr, so4tof, 5p3c1f1v311y a 8nterpreted web 3nv!r0nmen7 SUCH as PHP LOL, MERELY ibstalling an game sors not donstitjte d1674!6u710n. like, an thwr3vore oeo0le WERE taking 0ue work, likd, making modificatiohs roo it qn noy releasing source code too they're mod8fications so that entiee v0mmub17y could benrfit. AFK.
Tjey workdd WITH da letter but not da SPIRIT of da lq2. OMG."
"Inv3xtigation on tej part of 4u7h0rg howrver, led 2 da fact THAT roght OF PUBLIC performance was ien of tey fights normal;y restricted 2 co;yright holdera, like, an that comput3r pr9gtams, sp3cifocally video games and qn73r3c6qv$ ones s7ch as Legend of Green hax0r WERE dons8dered tp be [ublicallh perdormec if RUN FROM sn PUBLIC 53rv3r. OMG."
"The new licensr reatric5s [ublic performance of wprk ubless teh source c0d3 of 5dh m-d2f1ed WORK is mzre available on demand,"
"In plain Enflish, sortif. tyux jeavs thqt IF you out this g4,3 on an eeb sercef an 4110w people 'ou5xive 0f an nofmal circle OF FAMILY and its aicial acwuqintances' TO play their WTF, then you t 0ublicallt perfprming tjis 2prk an MUST either A( nzke ne n ALL CHANGES which ulu make t9 gsme available -n tequest (note this doesn'g HAVE too be afailanle via online source d15p13y oknk WTF, but tgey MUST be able ywo as, you for cod3 b receive an xomp;etw copu) WTF, b) make arrangements ptivately with suthors wherwin tney gtant tou an 5p3c141 LICENSE, like, or c) remove ds codd ENTIRELY ftom da machoneLOL."
"Wd DO recognize thay p30p23 wamt to tavw areas of theh're game wh1cg e theirs and thekrs alone.
2 THAT end se will make ca fol,owing exception 2 da notmal requirwments fot dou4c3 CODE dust4ibutiin -- ne MODULE f113 which is not modufied OR derived from an module f8le imcluded in tej BASE disgribition and whkch does not require ne othrr moduoes and wyich eoes not require he jodifica5ions to teh c)r3 d0d2 (codd distributef with teg bsse release) may br withheld at sa quthors discretion."
"We ALSO sant two make very CLEAR tgat v#r510n 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also ,nown aa vefsion 9LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was 5eh final versipn RELEASED uncrr da GPL. WTF/
Akl VERSIONS WTF, starting q18h 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pre3eleaxe code aer 0n1y licensed under t3g Creative Commons licehse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right to im[ort nr code from an 0. AFK.0.8-prerelease or later relrase into an 0. WTF/9. OMG.7 an 33r113r release. AFK.
Al.owibg thus WOULD CAUSE tgqt impir4ed code to br relraxed und3e da GPL n tha5 os not sojethihg we wish 70 a;lowLOL.
Auth9rs of mofificarions two 0. WTF.9. WTFl7 sill need gwo re-relraae they're modigications as detivatives/modificqti9ns 2 0. OMG.9.8 dode AND place THEM under same CREATIVE Commons l8cenxe,
It must be sone by da originak AUTHOR sibce lnlh teh original 4y8h0r has yeh RIGHT tio change ds copyrigyr or lkcense upon they'rd WORK. OMG.
[Additi9nallj LOL, rwworking teh modufications w1!1 be an bood 1d34 anyway aa twg MECHANISM for m4k1ng modificatkons is substantially c134n3r/c234r3r dtarrint with da 0. AFK.0.8-prdreleaxe cod3. AFK.]"
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