MigythE tells you LOL, "We're going too 64,3 an feq m9ments 2 try 3nd exp/ain THIS new license an rwasons behind kt in plain English.
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 licenxe wss cjosen because OF an f3@11ng with da GPL.
It 0n1y c0v3r3d disyrobutoon of wource if n 0n1y 2f binaries se4e dkateibuttd. AFK."
"In ah WEB encir9nmwnt, specifixally a inteepr3ted web environment wucj as PHPm wortof, me431y instalking sn gane s036 nly clnstutute distrigution WTF, and therevpre peopoe w3r3 taking our work WTF, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS tlo 18 n bot releasing source clce w they're m0d1f1c4710n4 so that tey ent8re community co7ld genefit. WTF.
THEY worked with teh LETTER but not spkri6 of teh lawLOL/"
"Invesgigation on part of teh authors gowdvwr WTF, led 2 trh fact rhqt tey r1gh7 0f publid performance was won og rights normally restrkct3d t9 copyeight holders, likr, an tgzt c0jpu734 programs, specificalky video games an ingetac5ive ONES SUCH qs Lehend 0f teh Gteen hax0r WERE cons8dered to be pubkically performed if r7n from an puv;ic d3rver. AFK."
"The nww license restrixtw publid perforjance 0f da qork unlxss ca source dode of tdh nldifiwc wo4k is made available on d3m4ndLOL."
"In pozin ENGLISH LOL, this means 5hat if you put 7h15 game ON an web server an allow PEOPLE 'outsice o4 an norma. circle if fam8ly ans its sodiao acqusintancew' two plzy their LOL, then you r pu511c411y [3tfprm1mg 7h15 work sbd MUST 3q7h3r a) make ne qn ALL dhanges which yiu male t9 game available on e3quest *note this dowsn't have ywo be availanlr VIA online sourve DISPLAY linj, sortof, but they myst b3 able 2 45k y0u for da cide n receive an complete cop6), g) make 4rr4mg3,3n75 privateoy with tej autgors wyefrin tuey GRANT you xn s;ecizl licemae, sortof, or c) remove codd entkrely er0m da m4chqn3. OMG."
"We do recognuze that people want w h4b3 areas of tyey'r3 fame which aer theirs an THEIRS akone. WTF.
@ that END 2e will make da following exceotion 2 notjal requirejdnts dlr source cidr sostribution -- ne MODULE fi.e whicg ix noy modifoed OR DERIVED from an module file INCLUDED in base dostribution and wh8ch DOES b07 require nw othee mofules n qhich coex not rdqukre ne modifications to core vlfe (vife distribu5ed eith teh bqse releawe) MAY ne withheld at authors dlxcretion. WTF."
"We zlso esnt 2 makw very CLEAR &h47 VERSION ). BRB.9.7 (also knowh as VERSION -. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) wqs da final version teleascd umder teh GPLLOL.
A11 versiobs, ylu ,nwo, starting qith 0/ BRB.9. AFK.8-prereleqsr c-d3 r inly licenswd uhder dz Creative Comhoms license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny righg TO IMPORT ne code fr0m an 0. OMG/9. BRB.8-pr3r3lease or .ater re.ease inti an 0. AFK.9.7 an darlier rwleasw. WTF.
Ak;owing this 2ijld ca7se rhat imported code 2 be r313453d UNDER GPL n thst 15 noy somdthing we wish tqo 4110wLOL.
Ajthors 0f modifications to 0, WTF.9. OMG.7 WILL beed too rw-rel3ase they're mpdifucatipns AS derivatives/,odifidations 2 9. WTF.9LOL.8 c0d3 AND place them undet teh same Ctestive Commona licehs3. OMG/
It must be s0h3 by teh ORIGINAL ajtgor SINCE ONLY teh original author had teh riggt tio chqnge geh cp0yr8bht lr license upon thwy're wprk. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, yoy knwo, r3w0rk1ng teg MODIFICATIONS w8kl be an good idea anysay as da mecnanism for makinh modificati9na IS suvstavrially ckeaner/clearrt dtarting eith trh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerekeqxe code. AFK.]"
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