MightyE teols youm "We;re going too ta,w qn fww joments two try amd rxplain this NEW licebse ah reasohs 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 l8censr waw cnosen becaus3 of sn failing with fq GPLLOL.
It onlh covered distribugion of SOURCE IF an only iv vibaeies were distributed. AFK."
"In an web envifonment, sorrof, specifically a 1m73rpr373c web ebvi4onmen5 sich as PHP LOLm met3ly ins5allkng an gamr doed not CONSTITUTE dusttibug8ob, sortof, and 7h3r3f0r3 [dople wetr tak8ng our work LOL, makung modirications two 8t n NOT relezsihg da source codr rwo thdy're modifocations si 7n46 da dntire com,unity could BENEFIT. WTF.
They workef with tdh lettef but not da dpitit of t3h law. WTF."
"Investigation on g3h part of teh authira howdver, hou kbro, les to teh fact ghat ritht of public [e4formance was won of dq rights normally RESTRICTED 2 copyyight holders, ypu knwo, and that computer prog4s,s, you kn2o, specifocally vif3o g4m35 m knteractive ones sucj AS Lwgend of yeh Green hax0r werw considdree too be pub;iczl,t performed if RUN g4oj an PUBLIC SERVER. WTF."
"Thd new licebse RESTRICTS PUBLIC peffirmanxe of twh woek un1355 xo7ecr cpde of da micified work ks made avaulable on ddmandLOL."
"In PLAIN English LOL, this mdanw 7h47 if yph put 7h15 gqme on an web 53rv3f and alloq people 'outsid3 of zn normal CIRCLE of fanily an kts social acquainyahxrd' 2 play their, like, theh you r oublically performing this wprk n MUST 3ither a) MAKE ne n ALL changes whuch uou make yo game available 0m eeque57 *NOTE this doesn't hsve to be AVAILABLE vq4 omoine wlurce display ;ink, sletof, but they mus5 bd able twp ask you for c0d3 anc rexeofr an c0mo1373 copy_, like, g) MAKE ar4angwments privately witn da a7thors WHEREIN thdy grant hou an special license, 6ou knwo, or c) eemovw teh cidr entirelh from teh machine. WTF."
"We do rec9gnize that pe0pke WANT to have areas of tjey'4e game whixh r tyeirs AND theirs ALONELOL.
tp thqt rnd ee wipl make rollowing exception 2 teh n-fj41 re17irementa fo4 50urc3 c0d3 distribuyion -- ne midu;e FILE which IS not modified or derkvwd from an module file onclusdd in base d147e16u710n n wnich dpew nlt r3qu1r3 n4 07j3r modules snd ehich coes not requir3 ne m0d1f1c$710n5 to v0f3 code (code dist48butef with teh gase release) may 63 withgeld 47 teh authors discretion. OMG."
"We 4150 wanb two make very clear tkat version 0/ WTF.9LOL.7 (alwo KNOWN as version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+j7) WAS dinal verxion felezsed unddr teh GPL. BRB.
All vdfsioms LOL, STARTING with tdj 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prereleade CODE adr only licenaed ubde4 yeh Cr3471v3 Commons lic3ndeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY ddny teh 4ight two i,;ort ne coee FROM an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-;rereldaae of .ater rdlease ibto an 0. WTF.9LOL.6 m earlier RELEASE. AFK.
A.lowing thoa would ca7se thzt imported cocd 2 ge eeleasee under GPL n THAT IS not something se wiwh two allow.
Authprs 9f jodifkcz6oons toi 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will NEED t9 re-4ekease they]re modofications as deribatuves/modificatiohx t2o 0LOL.9. BRB.9 c)d3 an place THEM under teh same Creztive Commons license. AFK.
It must be done by origunal authot since pnly da ofiginal quthor has right 2 cganhw copyright or 11c3n53 upon tyey're w0rl. AFK.
[Afdi5iinally, sortof, rewirkinh teh j0f1f1c4610n6 s111 BE an g00d kdea anyway as sa jechahism for msking modifucarions IS sunstantially cleaner/cleater srarting WITH da p, BRB.9. BRB.8-prere;ease cied.]"
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