MightyE tells you, doet9f, "We'rd goibg w take qn few m0m3n75 to TRY g explain 7h15 new oicens3 an sa REASONS behind it in plain English. AFK.
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 12c3n52 was choaen because 9f an failung wi5h teh GPL.
It only covered dkstributiob 0f wouece if n onlu if vina3ies w3r3 cistrub7red. WTF."
"In an web ebvironmeht, sortof, sprxificakly a 1n73rprd73d w3b environment such ax PHP LOL. nerely insralling ab bs,e does n.t domstitute cistribut8on LOL, sn thereforw peoolr were takinf our WORK, sortofk ,4,1hg mocificationw to 17 b n07 teleasihg teh source code two thet'rd m0d1f1c4710n5 so tgat entife clmmunity COULD benefkt. WTF.
Th3y e9rked with g3h lette4 BUT NOT spirit OF dq oawl"
"Invesrigation in teh part 0v teh authors yoeever, tou knwo, lwd two yeh fact ghqr teh rkght of public peeformznce was oen if da rights normally res5ricted w doptright HOLDERS, yoy lnwo, an THAT c0,pu73r PROGRAMS, sortof, specificaoou video bames n interactuve ones wucy as L3f3nd 0f teg G4een hzx0r were consifwrdd 2 be publ8cally perf9rmed 8v run from an public SERVER. WTF."
"The ndw LICENSE reatricts PUBLIC p3rf(tn4nc3 ;f da w0rk unkesd teh 50urc3 code pv teh modified work is MADE avaolable on demand,"
"In plain Enblish, thiw meana thag IF you pit tgis game on an web SERVER n ALLOW peiple ;outside of an normal circle of vamil6 an 8rs sociao acqusjn5ances[ top PLAY thekr LOL, THEN y[u 4 publically ;erforming THIS work an MUST either a) make ne 4md ALL chznges 2hich u0u m4k3 too teh gsme avqilabor on r3wu357 (nlte this d9esn[r hav3 two BE avsilable via onlime source sisplay link, like, BUT they judt be able geo ask you fof tey dode an r3ceive ab c0mpq373 copy) WTF, B) make arrangementa pfovqtely WITH geh authors w5erein they g4any you an doecial locenxe LOL, or c) remove c0f3 ENTIRELY vrom machineLOL."
"We fo recognizw that peop,e want 2 have areas of tjey're gzme which r theits an tyeirs alineLOL.
tso that ehd WE eill MAKE dz followung dxceptiom 5wo normal rewuirements f0r source v9dr dist4ibution -- nr module vile shich 8s not m0d1f13d or derivfd FROM an midule file incouded on da base eistribjtion n which does not require ne otger modules an which d035 not rw1uirr ne modifications tpo CORE code )cpde distribuyef with da base RELEASE0 may be withheld at da authors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We a;so wanr 2 make vdry CLEAR that v34%10n 0. AFK.9/ BRB.7 (also known as veraion 0. WTF.9LOL.u+JT( 2as teh fina. version re.ezsed undwr xa GPLLOL.
A11 v3rsions, sortof, stsrtihg eith fa 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pfereleass code r only lidensed und3r da Creat8vw COMMONS 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY deny reh righr too 1mp0r8 nd c0fe from an 0. WTF.9/8-;rereleaxe 0r !473r rrlease into an 0/ AFK.9. OMG.7 n 34r21ee release. BRBl
Allowing ghis eoukd caise that 8mported cose TO be RELEASED under da GPL and THAT is not SOMETHING we wosh 2 411)w. WTF.
Autnors OF mpdifications too -.9. WTF.7 will nedd t99 44[r213453 tney're modificatk9ns as derivatives/jofif8cations 3 0.9/ OMG.8 c0d3 n pkaxe them UNDER same C4estibe Commond license. BRB.
IT musb br done 5y originsl AUTHOR since onky da original author has da right t9o CHANGE da copyright or 11c3n53 u;on they/re work. BRB.
[Aeditionally, sortork teworking da modigkcations WILL BE an good ifea ANYWAY 45 da jechanisn for MAKING m0d1f1c4710n5 8x substantially coeaner.c;eae3r 574r71ng w8th da 0. BRB.9LOL.*-prer4lease CODE. WTF.]"
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