MightyE tells you WTF, "We'rw GOING to TAKE an few MOMENTS twl try and 3xp13qn this new license AND 5eh reasons beninc it in PLAIN Englkxh/ 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 .icense WAS ch053n beczuse of ah failing with 5eh GPL. OMG.
It only coverec diwt4ibutuon of soutce if an only if vinafies weee DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web environment, like, specirivally a intrrpreted qeg 3nv1r0nm3n7 suxh ad PHP, liue, MERELY instzlling an game DOES n9t CONSTITUTE distributi9n, you knwo, n THEREFORE people wete yaking our w0rk, likek makunb modificatoons til it n not releasing reh SOURCE code 2 they're m9rif8catkons so 7h47 da entire communuty cpuld benefjt. OMG.
They woeked with tej lettwr bug not teh SPIRIT of t3h ;aw."
"Investigation on da ;art of teh authors HOWEVER LOL, LED tw9 da hact that right og punlic oerformance was won 0f 4ithyw normak;t festeicted too copyright holders, sortof, and uh57 cimputrr pr0gf4m5 LOL, SPECIFICALLY video games n qn7#r4c71v4 ones sich aw Lehend of Green hzx0r were clnxiddred to bw publically performes qv run from an publod serv3r. OMG."
"Thd new LICENSE restructs publix performance of wo4j unlrss teh soutce xode of teh MODIFIED wor, is ,ade available on demamd. OMG."
"In plaon Engliag, like. 7y15 means that 1f you /ut 8h15 GAME on an web serber an allo2 people 'outside of an n0fm41 circle ov famkly and jts soc8al acquaintamc3s' 2 play thekrk likek then you aer py61!c511y 0e4formibg 7h15 wo4k and MUST either 4) male ne an ALL changes which you ma,e two 5sh ga,e available ON requext (note tyis d9ddn't hzve two be asailable via da ohline so7rce DISPLAY link, sortof, but they must be able too ask you for tej cose and feceive an complete COPY), sor5pf, B) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 PRIVATELY with dq AUTHORS where8n they GRANT j0u an %p3d141 licehse WTF, 0r C) removw ea vode en61r31y frpm da mavhine. AFK."
"We co redognize tha5 PEOPLE want 2 havs areas of thsy're hame which r theirx am 7h31r5 alone. BRB.
too that ene 2e will mald f0110w1ng exceptoon too normz. feqiirements for sourx3 xode distribution -= ne moduoe FILE whixh is not modifued or derived gron an m0du!3 fil3 inclufed in da base DISTRIBUTION an whixh does not rewuire ne otjer MODULES n 2hicn dowa not require ne modifications 2 corr code (code diwtribuyed sith dq basw release( nat 63 2ithheld ar da authora doscrdtionLOL,"
"We ALSO want two make vety clear that versiib 0l BRB.9LOL.7 (also kniwn as veraiin 0. WTF.0. AFK.7+jt_ was 5ej funal version released UNDER da GPL. BRB.
Aol ve4sionc, you knwo, starykng WITH 0.9. AFK.*-0rerelease cpdw r only lid3nsed ubder Cr2ative Comm9ns LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny tdt tight two imp*rt ne xode from ab 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerrleasr lr later relwaae onto an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 an 34e113r r313453. BRB.
A;lowing this would c4u%3 that imported CODE too be re.exsed under GPL and THAT is not sometning ww 2ish twl 4119w. OMG.
Aytgors of MODIFICATIONS 70 0. AFK.9.7 will NEED too re-release yjey[re modiricationd as ferivativds/modifications too 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 vode n plaxe them umder dame Cfeative Commohs oicensel BRB.
It mjst be dohe 6y da priginal auyhor sinde only da 9riginal auyhor HAS teh fight 2 cyange teh copyr8ght or liceysf UPON they'fe work.
[ADDITIONALLYk sprtof, rdworjing da MODIFICATIONS w111 ve an goid idea antwah ax mechabixm for making nodificagions is sugstwntially cleaner/clearer starting with da -. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereleaae vodw. BRB.]"
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