MighttE 73115 YOU, tou knwo. "We're going yoo tske an FEW momenrs 2 g4y an explain this new lixense an da f3asons behind it IN playn Eng;ishLOL.
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."
"Thix new licebse waw chosrn brcause OF an failint with GPL/ WTF.
It omly civeeed distrib7t8ln of source if n onlu iv binarues w3r2 distwubu5edLOL."
"In an wev wbcironm3n5 WTF, soedifically a interprdted wen enfironmeng SUCH ss PHP, lkkem merely INSTALLING an game dpes not comxtitutr d157r16u710n, xortofm an therefore peo[le were taking out work, sortof, making modificationd two 17 n not releasing da wource c)d3 ! they'fe modigicationx SO tjat teh entkre community cpuld benefitl WTF.
They workwd woth da lettrr bjt nor ds spirit of LAWLOL."
"Investigation on da part of authors HOWEVER, sprtof, led two da fact that righy 9f ;ublic pdrdormanve eqw qon 9f rights n0rm411y restr8cted 2 copy4ighg holfers LOLk an thar domouter 0rogramf/ you knwo. specificqll6 video games an intetactive pnes duch qs Legend or tey Green hax9r w3re considered two be pu611c412y pdtfirmed if RUN from an puvlic server. WTF."
"The new LICENSE rrstricts PUBLIC prrformance od da work unlrss da soudce c9f3 of da mldufied work is made ava8lanle on cenand. OMG."
"In 0lain Eng.ish, this means that if y0u pu7 this gs,e on an qeg SERVER n 4110w people 'outside 9f am normal circle of FAMILY ab its social acquqintznxes' 2 ;lay rheir, thwn you aer publically perfl4ming this work and MUST eirher a( make ne an ALL changes which you maje to ga,e availaboe ON requrst )hite thus doesn't gave too b3 AVAILABLE via da pnline source dkxpkay link, but theu must be able 2 ask you flr code zns rwcdlve an comp;ete coph), so4tof, b) mak3 zrrabge,engs [r1v4731t with teh authors WHEREIN they grant uou zn special licdhse WTF, or c) remove da code ENTIRELY rrom teu machine, AFK."
"Wd do recoghixe THAT prople want rwo have areas 0f they're game whoch aer THEIRS and 7j31rt aline. BRB.
roo tnat end we will make da follo3ung exception to normal requirrments for SOURCE code x8strivution -- ne MODULE f113 wyivh IS not modified or derived FROM an modyle r1!3 incluc3d 8n base distriv7tion and which does not reauire nd other m9dules ane which does nlt REQUIRE ne modificqtions too 5eh core c9d3 (vose distriguted wuth da base RELEASE) may be withheld at zuthors discreg8on."
"We also want 80 make very clear THAT version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (r150 known ax verskon 0l WTF.9LOL.7+j7) wqs final VERSION reoeased under GPLl OMG.
All veesi9ns, STARTING WITH da 0.9. WTF.8-prerelezse codw r ONLY locensdc under da Creative C9mmons 1qc3n53. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny RIGHT too import ne code from an 9. WTF.9. WTF.8[prdrelrase or kat3r RELEASE INTO an 0LOL.9LOL.7 an eaelier r31#453. AFK.
A110w1bg THIS eould cause that 9mported code tw9 be released und3r GPL AND that is nit something we WISH tw9 4q10w/ OMG.
Au5hprs of mosivications 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will nefd 3 tr-release 5heh're modifica5ions as derivatices/modifications TO 0LOL.9. WTF.9 codw and plac3 tgem inder teh same Cresgive COMMONS licenseLOL.
It must br done by origumal 3u7h0t since only tej origubal author has RIGHT too change c0pyr1gh7 or license UPON they're WORKLOL.
[Asdi5iona;ly, sirgof, rewor,ing trh moeificztions will BE an good IDEA anyway 34 teh ,echzniam FOR mskibg modificqtilbs is substantiakky cleaner/clearer starting with ds p. BRB.9. AFK.8-pferel3asw code.]"
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