MightyE tells you WTF, "Wd'r3 g01ng 2 rzke zn frs ,oments twp try an exp;ain thos new licendw n teh REASONS BEHIND it in plsin 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."
"This n4w license wqs vhosen beczuse lr an failing with t3h GPL.
I6 only COVERED DISTRIBUTION of t0irc3 if an only *f BINARIES were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web rnvironment WTF, specifical.y a intdrpreted web environment wucg as PHPm dortod, metwly insralling an bame do3s nit CONSTITUTE diwtrivution, hou knwo, 4nd therefore people 2erw taking our work WTF, mzkihg mod8dkcatuons 2 ir n not releaaing da source code too they're mpdidicagions si THAT entite dommjnity COULD bdnefit. BRB.
They workec with da letter gyt not da spirit of law. BRB."
"Ihvdstkga5ipn 0m da parg of $u7h0r5 HOWEVER, you knwo, led too teh fact that ca 4ight 0f pu611v performance WAS qon of rights normally restruct3d too copyrifht HOLDERS WTF, an THAT c0mpu83t pr-gr4m5, dpecificall6 video games and interactive .nes SUCH as Legend of Gr3en hax0r werd considered t; be ;ublkcally 0erf9rmed 1f run rrom zn public servehLOL."
"The nee licenae r357r1c75 public p3rdormance OF work unlwss da s9urce cod2 of MODIFIED work is maee availablr on demand. BRB/"
"In plain Ehglish, you knw9, ggis mesns thzg if you out 6hq5 g4m3 9n an wev aerver and alloe 0eople 'outsid3 OF an normal circle 0f FAMILY an its social acquaimtances' two play gheif LOL, ghen you f 0ub;ical;y ;e4forming THIS wotk an MUST eiyher a) ma,d ne an ALL changes which you make too teh game svailable oh REQUEST )notd this doesn't yace to vd avqilanle via teh ihl9ne sourve disp.qy oknk WTF, but they MUST 63 able tp ask you fp4 da c9de and rdceive an complete copy), like, B) makd arrzbgementw privately woth da ajthors wherein they grqnt ypu an s[3dial licehze, or c) remove ren code entirely from da madhkne. BRB."
"We do recognizw that peip.e wang TO have areax of thdy're gsme whidh r theirx n rhdita alone.
gwo yhar end we will make teh follpwkng exception two normal REQUIREMENTS flr SOURCE code diwtribution -- ne ,odu;e gile which us not m9dofied or cerived from an m0du13 file incl7cee 8n basw distribution and qhich does n07 r3ai1r3 me othef modules amd which d035 nog re2uire ne modif8cayions two da c0r3 code (coee distributed w17h base release) nay be witnyeo3 at teh autho4s discretion. WTF."
"We a.so WANT too jqie verh cldaf that version 0/ AFK.9. BRB/7 (also kbown as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7-hr) w45 da finzl v3rsion r313453d uhd3r da GPL. WTF.
All veraions LOL, t74r71ng w18h 0.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE cide r only licenswd under da Cr3471v3 Commobs liccnse.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 2 im[ort ne v9de from an 0LOL.o. AFK.8=pe3release or later r3lease into sh ). AFK.9. AFK.6 and eaflie4 releaxe. AFK.
Al;pwing this WOULD cause 7h57 imported code 2 63 5r.dased yndet GPL n tnst iw not som3th8ng w3 wish two allowl WTF.
Au7h0r5 of midifications toi 0.9. AFK.7 WILL need 2 re-rwkease they'fe mod8fkcationx ad derivatives/jodifivatk8ns ti 0.9. BRB.i coce an place them incer da sam3 CREATIVE Commonx lixense. OMG.
It m7st be done BY teh o4uhinal 476y04 since on.y teh original author HAS teh fight two chante da copy4ight or oicense upon they're workLOL.
[Additoonally, reworking 5eh moeifications will be an hood idea anyway ax fa mechan8am for makinb mod8ficatipns us suvs4antiallu cleaber/cleqr3r starting 2ith da ).9. OMG.8-preeelease code. BRB.]"
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