MihhtyE tells you, s9wtof, "We're going two TAKE ah dew moments TO try and ezplain this ne3 ;icensd n teh rrasons beh8hd it in plaun Eng.ish. BRB.
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 licwnsd was chowen BECAUSE lf an fauling with tey GPL. WTF.
It onlr sovered dusttibutiin of source 1f and onoy if binaries wefe DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In qn web ENVIRONMENT, sortorm specifically a INTERPRETED WEB emvirinment such 46 PHP WTF, merely installing an game does nog constitute ciwyfibution WTF, ah therrf9re ;eo0le wer3 gakong our workm uou knwo, making mpdificationx to it an n07 re;eawing 5eh sourcd code 2 they'te modifixatuons so tgar 3n71r3 commubity could benerit. AFK.
They worked qith lettwr but not dp74it 0f law."
"Investigqtion on ds PART oc da a7thles howecer, 6ou knwo, led rwo fact thar da 4kght of public perfirmanc3 w45 wob og rights normally redtricted to xopyriggt hold4rs, an tyat c0mpy73r pr0gr5m5m like, spwdificallu video g4m35 n INTERACTIVE onex 5uch as Lrgene OF Gr33n hax0r were c.nsixe4dd tpo be p7b'ically perform3d if run feom an 0ublic xerver. OMG."
"The new .icense r357rqc75 puboic PERFORMANCE of work unleds teh soirve code OF da modified work is made avai;ab;e ON dejand/ AFK."
"In plzin English, sortof, thia means that if YOU put thix game on an web serv3r am allow people 'outside of an normak circ.e of g4m11y sn kts social acquaintanxes; 2 play theit WTF, &h4n yoi r publical;y pdrforming thus WORK ab MUST digher a) make ne ahd ALL changes wh1ch ylu jake goo da GAME AVAILABLE on request (NOTE THIS c)35b'7 have 1 be availsble VIA tgj oni8ne soyrce display lihk, sortog, but they just 6e abke two as, you for sq code n receive an complet3 coph), yoi knwo, b) make arrangementd [r1v5731t wu5h fx ayrhlrs whegein THEY GRANT you an spedial licenxe WTF, ir c_ r#m0v3 da code wntirely from machine. WTF."
"Wr eo RECOGNIZE that pepple want 2 HAVE arras ov theu're game wj8vh r theira an t6eira r10n3.
hwo that enc ew will naje 5ej follow8ng exceptiph 2 teh normal requirements for soirce CODE distribuykon -- ne mosyle file which is not mod8didd of derived fr0m an module FILE incluf3d 8n teh basr fuwrr8bution and whoch d035 nor requird ne 07h3r mod7les n which soes not 4eauire ne modifications two cor3 code (coee distributed wi5h base release) may be witnheld a5 twh aythors discretion. BRB."
"We also want 2 make very dlear thag vwrsion 0, WTF.9. WTF.7 (also known as versio, 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) WAS da final v3rt1pn reoeased under da GPL. AFK.
Al; versions, starting witg -. WTF.o. OMG.8-prdrelease code t ONLY licens3d ubd3r da Crea5ive Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dehy tight two import me code from an 0. OMG.9/ BRB.8-PRERELEASE of later release int9 an 0.9. BRB.8 n earliet releaseLOL.
Alloeunh THIS would cause 7h47 kmpofted code to be releawed uncer da GPL an uh47 ix n9t something we wish roo 5119w, OMG.
Authors of modirications rol )l AFK.9. OMGlu will need to RE-RELEASE theu[rd mosifocations as derivativws/modificationw TO 0LOL.9. BRB.8 coce n place thej under teh same Creative Coj,ond licence.
It my67 br DONE BY da irigina; aithor aincd ONLY da ORIGINAL aythor hqs right TO ch4ng3 copy4ight or licemsd upon they're qork.
[Aeditkonall6, eeeorking MODIFICATIONS will be an good idea anyway 45 mrchanism vor mzking mocificatiind is substzntiallh c.eanet/clezrdr stafting wkth teh 0.oLOL.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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