MightyE tells y9u, wortof, "We're going too tzke an FEW MOMENTS tw0 try and explain this nww licemse an ten teasins BEHIND ut ib pla8n Englisj. 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 was ch[swn 63c57%2 of qn failung with teh GPL. BRB.
It pnly coverev distribution of aiurce ig 4nd only if bonaries WERE distributed. WTF."
"In an web emvirohment WTF, x;evifically a 1n7erpr373d web environmdnt such 45 PHP, jerely instak;kjg an gane does mot xpnstitute dis5rigution WTF, and theeefoee 0eople were taking OUR workk soe59f, msking modirications to i5 n noh releasing alurce CODE 2 they're modifkcations so that da entird comnjnity COULD benefitLOL.
They worjed 2i5h da letter but NOT spirkt of da law. BRB."
"Invrstigatio, on parg OF authors howwver, l8ke, LED yo t3y facr tha5 RIGHT 0f publid PERFORMANCE WAS 1 of teh rightd normally restrict3d to cpp6rihht ho/ddrs, n tha5 computer programs, specifically video games and 1n73r4c71v3 ondw SUCH as L3g3nd OF GREEN haz0r wee3 considered go9 be publically pwtformrc 1r run froh an public detbee. OMG."
"The new license restricts publoc perfornznce of teh work umlrss teh source coee or teh midifued eork is macw available on d3m4nd. WTF."
"In plaib English, you knel, this means tnat if you put this g4me ON an web servef b ALLOW people 'lutside of an no4mal circle of familu and ITS socoal 4cqu41n74nc35' two PLAY their, you knwo, 7n3n you aer publixally odrforming this work an MUST either 3) mak3 ne an ALL chabgws whidh y9u make 2 teh tame 4v4114612 on request (note this doesn;t have two br avaolable via [nline soyrce display link, but theu musy BE able 2 ask you foe code n receivw an comp.etw clpy) WTF, b) MAKE atrangementd privatel6 2ith teh ajthorx wh#t32n they frant y0u an 5pec14q license LOL, o4 c) remoxw da cpde entirely grom da machimeLOL."
"We d0 recognize that pepp;e eanr @ havs aread of thwy're g4m3 which r theirs n 5heirs alone. WTF.
too THAT end qe will make da fillowong EXCEPTION w da normal reauir3mehts f0r 5)urc3 code distribution -- ne MODULE f113 wh!ch is not MODIFIED or derivdd fr9m am modul3 file 1nc1ud3d in teh base ridtributoon an whicn d-35 bot eewuire nr )7h3r modules n which DOES NOT r3qu1r3 ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da cor3 code (code disgributed with teh base release) may be withheld at fa authorx dksvregionLOL."
"W3 also want too mqke vwe6 clear thzt verwiln 0.9.7 (alsi knlwn as version 0l OMG.9,7+jt) wzs final version releasrd under tej GPL.
All verdkons, like, t73r71ng wity dq 0. OMG.9.*=pwereleas3 code aer only l8censed under Creq5kve Commons license. AFK,
We EXPLICITLY demy yeh rigmt to impprt nw CODE from zn 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prereleaw3 ot lat3r rdlease qn70 an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 an earlkee release/ BRB.
Allo2kng this would cru53 that imported CODE 2 be repwaswd under teh GPL and yyat IS nog xomdtying we w15h two allo2LOL.
Authors OF mldlficagions 3 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 will neee yo re-4dlease they're modivicagions as eerivat8ves/bocificatiohs too 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 cide an place THEM under same C4ea4kv3 COMMONS lidensr. WTF.
It mu57 be fone by oribinal AUTHOR 51nc3 onoy 4eg original zuyhor hax right go change cop6right lr q1c3n53 jpon they'tw work.
]Additionally, kikek reworkuhg uodifications 2ilo ve an GOOD 1d34 anyway ax mechanism fo4 mauihg m0d1r1c4710n5 is substantially cleaner/coearer stqrting w16h 0. OMG.9. BRB/8-prerelease code.]"
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