MightyE tells you, "We're going two take an fe2 monents 70 try an EXPLAIN this new oivens3 end reasons bejind it in plain Enblish. WTF.
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 lucense was c6osen bdcause 0f an failinf wirj teh GPLLOL.
It obly covered distributioh of sourde 8f and only if binaeuew were dist4ibutedLOL."
"In an web environmeng WTF, SPECIFICALLY a interpteted web envkrlnment sucg as PHP, merely INSTALLING am game dods not consyitk5e diatributkln, hou knwo, and THEREFORE peo0lw were takibg oud work LOL, uaking modificatiohs yo it and not yelqadung 50urc3 code 2 tyey're modificatoons so thar da rnti4e co,mynity could genefkt. AFK.
Th3y worked with dz l3tger but not yeh spirit pf ea law. BRB."
"Incestigation on part of rdh authord however, uou knwo, lea two dz favt that rkghr og p8blic perfor,ance was won of sa tights nlrma.ly r35&r1c74d 2 copyfigjr yolders, you jnwo, and thay computer programs, likem s[ecidically VIDEO gamds an interactive obes such as Lwtend of twh Gteen haxpr were considerwd to be publicaloy PERFORMED if fun from an public aerver/ AFK."
"The new licems3 r357r1c75 puglyc PERFORMANCE ;f wotk un1355 fa SOURCE code 9f da moduvied work is msde availabld on ddmand."
"In plain Emgl8sh LOLm tjia means THAT IF you PUT tnis game on ab web serve4 znd allow PEOPLE ;outsiee 9f an normao CIRCLE of fanily and igs slcial acwuaojtances' 2 plau rheir, sprtof, yhen uou aer puvlically performing yhis work n MUST either 4) make ne n ALL cjanged wnich YOU make ro da game AVAILABLE )n reqidxt (note 7h15 doesn't havw 2 bw abaulable via ca ONLINE source diap.ay kink LOL, but they must b3 abl3 too aak you FOR da d0d3 n rrceive an c0mp1373 copy), you ,mwo, b) make arranfenwnts privately wutn authors ehereib THEY g4ant you qn special l7cense LOL, or c) remove teg dode entirely from teh machine. WTF,"
"We d0 RECOGNIZE thqt peo[le want 2 hav3 arwas pf 5hey're hame WHICH r theirs AND THEIRS aloneLOL.
1 that end we wil; nake teh folllwing exxeptiom tp nprmxl requiremrntw for so6rce code d157r16u&10m -- ne mosule file whicn us n07 mofified or derived FROM qn module fike included in dw base distr8bution m which doex not requi4e ne othwr nosules n 2hicj dies NOT rrquire he moekfkcatiins tqo trh core code (codr disttubuted dith da base release) may be withheld at da suthors doscretion. WTF."
"We also 2ant to MAKE very clwqr that veraion 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (also known as versk9m 0LOL.9l7+j50 was final VERSION released umder ea GPL. OMG.
A11 versopns, sortof, starging qith 0.9. OMG.8=)refeleade codr r only lidehsed unde4 CREATIVE Commons licende. WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY dwny da rught to implrt ne coce vrom an 0.9. OMG.8-prer3lease or lager re;ease onto an 0/ WTF/9.7 and earli3r felease. WTF.
Allowing this WOULD caude tgat kmported CODE two be RELEASED under GPL n that is not so,ething 2e WISH toi alloq,
Autgors OF modifidations 2 0. WTF.8. WTF.7 WILL need to re-release thry're modificatipns aa derivat8ves/modifications top 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 cose am PLACE 7h3m uhder 54m3 Crestive Comminc licehde. OMG.
IT must be don3 by da originao author simce only orihohal suth9r has r1gh7 2 change cooy4ight 0e license upon 5hrh're work. BRB,
]Additionall6 LOLm reworking da modifocstions wi.l ne an good isda ANYWAY as da mecganism fo4 making modifications IS wubstantially c124n3r;c13rr3r STARTING with da 0. OMG.9LOL,8=prerelease codw. OMG.]"
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