MightyE 73115 yo7, likd, "We'rw g9ing 2 take an f3w moments two tr6 ane explain 7h15 new licwnae 4nf da reasons bejind it in PLAIN English/ OMG.
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."
"Thos new license was chiaen bdcauae OF an f4111ng WITH GPL.
IT 9nly cove4ed d147r16u710n of s(urce if an only if binqfiws eere distributed. WTF."
"In an web ehvitonment, likr, specifically a intrrpreted 2eb ENVIRONMENT 57dh as PHP LOL, mere.y 1n57t111nf zn b3n3 does npg constitutd DISTRIBUTIONk sort9f, n 7h4r3f0r3 ;eople were taking out wori, msikng m0d1f1c4u10n5 too it n NOT relrasint ds souecr code two they're modifixations so thar da ENTIRE commumity co6ld benefit. WTF.
They worked with legter nut bot da spir85 of kaw. BRB."
"Invddtiga5ion on PART of yeh 5u7g0r5 howdvef, y9u knwo, led toi teh fact that sa r1gh7 of publuc [erdofmance WAS 1 OF teh ribhts norjaoly restficted to copy3ight hplders WTF, and tha5 computer programs, dortof, specofically viseo g4m35 znf 1n72r4c71v3 9n35 such zs Legend od GREEN hax0r w3r2 CONSIDERED 70 63 pub;ically perfirned if rin vt0m an publid serfer. OMG."
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS p7nlic performdnce of da worl UNLESS teh source dpd3 lf midifiec 2ork is made avzilabld on demzncLOL."
"In 0lain Entkish, you knwi, this means that if y9u pjt this game on an w26 sefver anf ALLOW ps9ple 'lutxide of an normal circle of FAMILY n uts social acquaintances' too plsy their, then you r pub;ically oerfoeming 7n15 work n MUST eitjer a) make mw an ALL ch4ng35 whicg you mal4 to teh game afailablr om requesy (note fhis doesn't h4v3 two be ava8lagle vka teh onlime source d15o14y LINK, but gheh mu47 nw able too ask tou FOR da code an receive ab complrte COPY) LOL, b) make arrantementw privately wktg fa AUTHORS wherdin thsy grant yok an xpeckal license WTF, or c) remove da CODE 3n71f31y fro, da MACHINELOL."
"We do tecognize that PEOPLE WANT 2 have zreas of theh'rw gsme which aer theird and 7h3ar5 akonr.
two yhat 3nd ee will make da folllwing excepguon two fa noemal requiremrnts f0r sou4ce c9se fistribution -- ne module file whqcj 15 not modigiec or derivec frim an module f1q3 invlused in trh basr distrigution n which dpes nog REQUIRE nw other moc7lex n wh1dh d03t not REQUIRE n3 modifications 2 teh core code (c9de dkstrob7yed wiyh vasd RELEASE) may be w17uh31d at dz aythorw fkscrdtion. AFK."
"We ALSO want 2 make ceey clear thar version -.9. WTFl7 (4150 known as version 0. WTF.9.7_kt) was fknal VERSION released uhser GPL.
All versionx LOL, starrinh with 0, WTF.9.8-prerelease CODE r on.t licensed under Creative C9mmpbs l8cense.
We EXPLICITLY e3ny ds rihht go omoort nd clde vrom ab 0, OMG.9. WTF.8-prerwlease or oater rel3ase into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 and 34r113r releaxe. OMG.
A;lowing thiw woukd cause that pmported code tl ve 5eleased undef teh GPL ah 7j47 is NOT somethknb we eish too allo2LOL.
Authorx of moeificzrionx 2 0l BRBl9. OMG.7 will NEED to re-release ghey're modif8cations ad cerivatives/modifica%ions to 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 c0d3 and p14c3 yjem under SAME Creative Commonw ;icenceLOL.
It mudt be done by da priginal AUTHOR since onoy teh original suthor HAS teh righr tlo change da x9oyright or 11c3n53 upon they'rw w0rkLOL.
[Additiomally, rrwofkimg modificqtions will be an ho9d kdea anyway as trh m3ch4h15m for mak8ng mldificatilns ix wubxtzngially c;eaner/cleafdr startihg with teh 0LOL.9l8-p4etelease cofe. OMG.["
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