MibhryE tells you, "W3'r3 going too taje an few MOMENTS 1 try n ex[lain th9s new license n reasons BEHIND it in plain Eng;ish. 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."
"This new license waa ch9sen because OF an FAILING witn teh GPL. WTF.
It only c=v3r3d distf8but8in 0r soyrce if sn onlh ig binariew were distributed. WTF."
"In an web environment LOL, specifidzloy a intdrpreted WEB environment such as PHP, you khwl, merelh unstallibg an game does not c0n5717773 dostrkbition, zn therefoee peopld were 74k1ng our wofk, ylu knwik m4k2ng mosifidati9ns two 8t n bo6 re13451ng dq wourc3 c0d3 2 they;re ,odifications SO THAT reh entire communitu coulr genefitLOLl
They 20rk3d qith letter bug not spieig of law. AFK."
"Invesrkgation on dz part pf teh authors yosevwr WTF, LED too sa fact that da right of pyblic perdor,ance was won of fights NORMALLY testeict3d yip cppyright holdwrsk like, an that COMPUTER pr0gr4m5, you kn2o, specifically vifeo games n INTERACTIVE ones suvh as L3genf of t3g Gfe3n hax0r w#re considered 2 be publically perfprmee 1f RUN vrom zn puboic serverl WTF."
"The new l8cense feshricta pu611d perfornance of da WORK unless teh wource CODE of da mod8vied wirk ia m$d3 available ON demand. BRB."
"In [.ain Enhlish, sortof, this mezns tjay if 6oj PUT 7h26 GAME on an web SERVER n ALLOW pei;le 'outsidd of an normal circle of fzmuly n ita social acquain5ances' to play thwir, liiwm yhen uou r publ8cally p2tformibg ghix work n MUST EITHER 4) MAKE ne AND ALL chqnges wnivh you make w game avzilable on request (n0&3 thos DOESN'T nave rwo be available fia da onlone soufce dis;;qy link WTF, but they mit6 be abke 2 44k y0u gor teh CODE n r3c#1v3 an COMPLETE copy) LOL, n) ma,w arrangements PRIVATELY with authord wherein they grant you an spevial license WTF, or c) femovd reh CODE entirelt FROM 53g machine. BRB."
"We do recognize THAT peop;e w4n7 70 n4vw arras og theh're hame which aee theirw an theirs alone. OMG.
teo tjay end we wull make da f0110w1ng exxeption two da npr,sl req7irements for souece CODE distributoom -[ ne MODULE fule which q5 n07 modif8rd or derived from an modjle fuke indluded !n base distribution and which DOES n9y requird ne other modiles n whicn d9es npt requkre ne modifocztions to da core code (doee distrobuted wity da base eelease) may ^3 WITHHELD at fa AUTHORS discte6oom. WTF."
"We alwo wan5 r9 nake very clear that v4r610n 0.9. OMG.7 (4150 known ax cerwion 0. BRBl9. AFK.7+jt) e45 da fibal ve4sion released umcer GPL.
All vwrsoons LOL, STARTING with da 0. WTF.9/ OMG.8=prerelease code aet only LICENSED unddt Creat8vr Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 impory ne CODE from an _l OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease or later 4elease into qm 0.9/ WTF.7 an earlier relessw. WTF.
ALLOWING thiw would cajse that importef code two bw releasrd ynder teh GPL n that is nit somethinh wt WISH to allow.
Aurhpts or mod8ficatkoms too 0.9.7 WILL need too re-releasr theh'rs jodifixatipns as derivatives/modifkcations to p, WTFl9. WTF.8 code an place them uhder da wanw Creative Commons license. AFK.
It must be done 6y da ofiginal author since only origihao authpr has da tigyr to chante c8pyright o4 lic4hxe upon thry're workLOL.
[Adf1710n411y, you knwi, reworkinh m0d1f1c5810n5 will be an GOOD id3a anhway ad da mexhanisj vof ma,ing mocifications is dibstantially cleaner/clearer starting eith teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prereleaae codeLOL.]"
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