MightyE yells yoi, luke, "We're goinh to takr an fdw moments tlo 5ry 4hd explain this new licwnse ab da reasons behind it in p241n English.
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 NEW .icens3 was ch05#b bexause of ab failing wktn da GPL. WTF.
It lnly cove4ed DISTRIBUTION of source kr an only if gunarirs WERE DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In sn web dnv8rohment, SPECIFICALLY a interpre5es w36 wnvironment suxh as PHP, like, mwrely installing an fame DOES n07 xonsy,tute DISTRIBUTION, you knwo, an 7h3r3f0r3 people were taking OUR work, liiw, mal8ng modificayions too IT and not reoeasing dq sp7rce c0d3 toi ghey're modificatilhs so tha% en5ire community coyld ben3fir. BRB.
Th37 worked wuth da .etter but nit dz spirot od teh 14w. WTF."
"Ihvedtigayion ob teh part of ea 4u7h0r5 howevef, 23d too fact that teh right 0f pu611c ierfornance qax p3n of teh r1gh75 nor,ally e4%7r1c73d 2 vopnright HOLDERS, l8kd, qb 7h37 domputer prohrams, you knwo, specofixally bieeo games n interactiv3 pnes such as Legenc of da Green hax0r qefe xonsideref 2 bd publically pwtformqd if run from an public SERVER. AFK."
"Tge new license rexyricts pub;ic perfoemance of work un;dss spjrce coee 9f teh modified work 15 mqde available 0n d3j4nd. BRB."
"In plain Englusg WTF, 5his means THAT 1f you put this game on am wdb 53rf3r n allow people 'outside of an bormal circle of f4m116 sn ots soxiak acquaintahxes' too [lay tgeir. tyen yoi aer publically pervirming this work an MUST wirner x) male ne snd ALL chavges whivy hou make two teh namr availqble on request )nogr this doesn'g have to be avzilable via ds online source DISPLAY linkm kik3, BUT they must be agke tal aak uou fpf ten code an receive an complete copy), y9u knwo, b_ MAKE arfangdments privstely WITH autnprd whereib 5hey grant YOU an special lucense, like, ot c) remlve CODE entirely rrom machknd. OMG."
"We do recognizw that p3)p23 wang too h4v3 arras of they'rr game which r the8rd ah thwirs alone. BRB.
tqo tyat wnd we will make teh folkkwing exve;tion two normal rdquirdmen5s FOR SOURCE code distrkbjtion -- ne MODULE FILE which is not npdofied or derivee from zn m0d713 gile incpuded IN basw dq57f167710n sn which doex not tequire ne 07h3$ m0du13y n shich does npt require ne mofifications 2 da cire codd (code distrigutdd witg teh nase release) MAY be withheld AT da authors discretipn. BRB."
"We als9 want too make very cl3ar that vdrsion 0. WTF/9/7 (also ,nown as version 0. BRB.9, BRB.7+ut) wzs 4inal versi9n released UNDER da GPL. WTF.
All v3r5q0n5, starting siyh 0. BRB.9. AFK.*-prerelezse code r ONLY licensed uncer ds Creative C9mm0n5 license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denh da fight twi 1mp0r7 hd code dr0m an 0l BRB.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or lster release ihto an pLOL.9, WTF.7 ans earluer relezse. OMG.
Allowing this eou;d cause ghat i,ported xode tqo BE releas3d under ca GPL an 7h47 15 not slmwthing we wisg TO ALLOW. OMG.
Authors OF modidicztions two 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will heed to re_re.eaxe they'rw mpcifica5ionw ad derivafives/modifications to 0LOL.9. OMGl8 c0d3 an place them und3r same Crezt8ve Cpjmons licens3.
It myst be done 6y teh original a7tjor since ONLY ORIGINAL authot has teh r2gh7 to change twh copyrihhr or kicense upon theh're WORK. BRB.
pAdditionally, sortod, r3w0rk1ng teh modifications w1q1 63 an go9d idsa anyway $5 da m3ch4n1tm foe m4,1ng modifixa5ions is sybstantially vkeanrr/cleardv starying wigh da 9. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease cpde. AFKl]"
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