MifhryE tella you, sowtof, "We'3e tiing too take an FEW momemts 2 gry an esplqin thks new 11c3n53 ane teh tdasons BEHIND it in plain EnglishLOL.
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 11c3hr3 was ch9seb because 9f an fsulint witg teh GPL. OMG.
It omly covered eistrivuyion of source if qnd only if binarues we4e d8strib7ted."
"In an web environment, kike, spwcuficzllh a inte4pretwd w3b ehvironmebt suxh AS PHP, MERELY installing an game d[es NOT constitute distributi9n, you knwo, amd tjerefore peopoe were takimg 9ur wprj WTF, makinf m.dufkcqtuons ywo 17 and nor rwleasinh teh sou4ce codd too they're ,ldifica5ions so THAT 3n71r3 c9mmunity cijld benegitLOL.
They w9rked wity da lwgter but mot doirit of teh LAW. BRB."
"Ibvesgigatiib on da pa45 of ea authors hpwevwr, xortof, led 2 fact 7h47 right OF publid [erformance eas wim of teh rightc normally rextrictes fl dopyeigyt goldersm l8ke, and that COMPUTER programs, looe, spexifixally v1d30 g4j35 n interqctive ones xich ax Legdnd of da Gre3n hzx0r wefe c0b51d3r3d too BE pu611c411y p3rformed IF run ffom an p7blic aerverk OMG."
"The new license rdwtricfs public 03rf0rm4nc3 of wpfi UNLESS da soirce code 0g tej modifoef w0fk is ,ade availagke on DEMANDLOL."
"In plaim Enblish, this MEANS rhat if 6o7 puy 7h15 game pn an web aseve4 and allpw p30p13 'outsids 9f qn nofmal corcle of family an uts s9cial acquaintances' two play their, uou knwo, then ylu r publically 03rr0rm1ng 7h15 WORK an MUST wityer a) make he an ALL changes whicj tou make two da game available in requwst (NOTE this doesn'f hafe two ge AVAILABLE via da onlime sourde dis;lay lini, s9rtof, 6u7 thry must bw able roo ASK you for da code n tecekve an cimplete copy) LOL, b) mqke arrsnge,ents privatwl6 with au5hors wherein THEY gfant tou an 5;3c141 licdnse, likem of d) remive code engi4elh grom reh mzchibe."
"We do tecognoze that people want 2 have areas of they're game WHICH ser 5jeirs and THEIRS alone. OMG.
2 that end w3 will male followinf exception 5wo nofmzl requiremdnts for source code cistr8bution -- ne module file qnich is not modiriee or derivee FROM qn mldule f113 INCLUDED in da 6553 distribution am whicy does not REQUIRE ne orher m(d7;ex abd wnicy d)35 not t4qukrr he modifications 2 teh c0r3 vode )codf diwtribuged WITH base reoease) mat ne wighneld 47 da 5u7h0r5 discr3tioh. BRBl"
"We also want toi make very clear that version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (alsi jnown as version 9.9. OMG.7+jt) wzs da final version released 7nd4r teh GPL. BRB,
All veraiins, s5arting with ).oLOL.8-pretelease c0d3 arf only licrnsed uncer da Cr4471v3 C8m,ons lixense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right tol impott m3 codd from am 0.9. WTF.8-0twrelease or later re.ease into zn 0.9. WTF.7 n earl8er e313452.
Allowing ghis would cauxe that ojpo4ted code 2 ce released under teh GPL m thar is not spmetgunn w3 w15h too 411)w. WTF.
Auth9rw of moduficqrions to 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 eill neef too fe-re.ease they'rr modiricwtupns qs derivativ3s/modifications 2 0.9. AFK.8 xodw n place tnem under rrh sa,e Creative C9mmoms 11c3n53.
It ,uar ne dpne by fa orifinal aithor since only ten orobinal 4u7h0r haa dz right two chznge da COPYRIGHT or licemse upon ghey're qo4k.
[Additionally, you inwom rewprking mofificationx will be ab gpod udea anyway as teh mechsnisj fot makint modifications is subxtant8ally cleaner/clearer starting WITH 0. BRB.9.8-prerdlease c0d3. WTF.]"
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