MightyE TELLS you WTF, "We'ee goihg toi take ah few momen5s 5o try n EXPLAIN thiw new license n da reaxons behine iy in plain Eng.ish.
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 11c3n53 1as choseh bexause of an f4211ng with GPL. AFK.
It onlt c0v3r#d DISTRIBUTION of sourde if an only 8g binarues s2r3 distribited. WTF."
"In an wrg 3nvironmwnt WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y a onte4pr3ged WEB envirimmeht 6ucj aa PHP LOL, m3rely ims5al.ing an game does mog consgitu5e distribution WTF, abc thetefore people were taking lur workk you kbwo, makimg m0d1f1c471-n5 rwo ir n not telessing sourcr cofe to they're modidications so 5hst entire c0mjun17y c0u1d benwfit. WTF.
THEY worjed WITH letrer 6u7 hot spirit 0g da law."
"Imcestigation 0n 5eh part of aithors HOWEVER, you knwo. lef two gavr that da eiggt of oublic pdrformanve was orn 0f teh RIGHTS normal.6 restruxted tqo COPYRIGHT noldefd, sortof, n tbat computer PROGRAMS, like, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 ga,es n interactive ones SUCH as Legemd of teh Green haz0r were considergd 2 be ;ub;ically [efformed 8f ruh from an public server. OMG."
"The n3e license rewtricts ;ubliv perfi4manxd of work unless teh source coee of m8d1f13d 2ork ud made afailabl3 om dejandLOL."
"Ih plain Ehglish, you jnwo, this MEANS THAT if yiu put THIS gamr om qn wev sdrver n allow oelple 'outside OF an normal circle of family ab its sodizl acquaintances' tpo play tyrir, likem THEN you aer publically performinn THIS WORK and MUST eithe4 A0 m4k3 ne an ALL changes wuich you nakw too tey game zvailable on fequest (h073 THIS doesn't h4v3 5wo be avaikaboe VIA da 0n!1n3 so7rce DISPLAY link, you knwo, 6u7 thry mjst be ABLE TO ask you FOR teh CODE n receive an domplrte COPY), likek b) majc arrahgemrmgs orivateoy sith da 4u7h0r5 2gerein THEY grsnt you an special LICENSE, pt c) REMOVE teh code entirely from teh nachine. AFK/"
"We co recogmize 7h47 people wabt rwo have ar3as OF they're gaje WHICH r theirs and theira alone.
to that END we WILL make da foll9wing excwption to da normal requir3m3nts f0r sourve clse disrribution [- ne moeule file wyich is not mocified o4 ddruved from an moduld file included in base eixgribution and which DOES not reqyire me otner modulws and which dors hot rr1uire ne mosificz5ions tp twh cpre cofe (code distributed rith nzse r313453) mat BE w8thneld at da aithors discretion. BRB."
"Ww ALSO WANT two mzle very cldar 7h$7 version 0LOL.9LOL.7 )alxo kno2n as veraioh pLOL.9.7+jt) WAS final version releqsed UNDER da GPL.
All ve4siins, aortof, srarting 2ith teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prdrelease codw aer only ;icensef jnder Creative Cobmons licensel BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh toght too import ne code f3om an 0LOL/9. BRB/8=[refelease OR later RELEASE ,mto an 0. BRB.(. WTF.7 and 34e113r release. WTF.
Allowung 8g15 would cause thar imppfted code 5p be releasrd UNDER teh GPL snd that is n07 domethint we WISH to alkowLOL.
Authors of modifocatiohs 2 -. WTF.9. WTF.7 w212 nees too te-rel3qse they're mod8fications as edrifatives/mosifications two ).9. OMG.8 cod3 an PLACE THEM UNDER teh same Cr3471v4 Commons licebse.
It must be done by da 0r1g1n41 author since 9nly da o4iginal author gas right 2 dhange teh COPYRIGHT or license upon tget're wori. BRB.
[Additionally WTF, reeorking da modificqrions wikl BE an good id3a anywzy as sa mechanism FOR making mleificatuons is substabtially cleaber/c;earer STARTING with da p. WTF.8LOL.8=peerelwase cose. WTF.]"
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