MightyE tells y0u. "We're going 2 74j3 an few moments twl tf6 n explain 5his new license n teh reasons bwhibd IT in ;lain 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."
"Thix new 11c3n5r was chossb bedause OF an failing wi5h trj GPLLOL.
It lnly coverrd dist4ibut*on of xource id n only if binaries were disrributddLOL,"
"In an web environmrnr, luje, specificall6 a interoreted web #nb1rpnm3m7 5uch as PHP, mrrely installing an gaje d035 nor cpnatiture s1t7r267710n, ;ike, and 6h3r3g0r3 [wople were raking our wo4ii like, mzking ,odificatiobs to it n not releaskng da source code 2 they're jodificatuone ao that da 3ntire community could genefit. AFK.
THEY sorkef sith teh lwrter but not da spirit of da law. AFK."
"Imvestigation on parg od teh authors however WTF, led two teh fxct THAT teh r1fh7 of piblic p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 of da rights n9rmally RESTRICTED 2 copyrorh5 hllders LOL, an ths6 cl,pu5er probtams LOL, spedifically video gamex and interavtive ones sucd as Legehd of teh Green hac0r were comxodefed two be publically performed if run from zn piblic servdr."
"Tjw nww lixense rest4ictd pybkic p3rformance 0f ca work un.ess source CODE of teh mocigied WORK ix made available on cemanfl WTF."
"In plain English, wortof, tj8d means 7h47 if yiu put 5his GAME on ab web server n allow oeople 'outside 0f an norjal corc.3 of family an 1u5 socia. acquaintances' r1o play their, li,e, 7h3n you r puy11cr11y [erforming this wprj qn MUST EITHER a) j4k3 ne and ALL CHANGES which YOU make 5i sa GAME avaioabl3 on r#qu357 (note tnix fo3sn't nave 2 b3 AVAILABLE cia teg online source displa6 link. soetof, but THEY musr be 4613 too ask you for codw n feceoce an compleye coph(, B) make ARRANGEMENTS privately wi5h teh authors wh3r32n they grsnt you an specual licenae, oike, OR c) REMOVE code 3btirel6 from 4eh madhine,"
"We dl recogniz3 thzt peoplw want too hace areas of thw6'4e tame ehich aer tgeirs n thekrs alonr.
too that end we WILL make t3y following exce;tion too da norjal requirementw for sourve cod3 ckstribution 0- ne moduoe filw WHICH is not modkcied or derkved rtom an MODULE file included in bsse diwttibution an whidh does not r3qu1r3 ge otger nodules an wn1vh does not gequire ne mod8fications too da core code (code distributed 2ith fs baae r313$53) may be w8thhele at dq quthors dixcrerkon. BRB."
"We also want too ,ake veru clear thzt fersion 0LOL.o. OMG.7 (ALSO known as vefsioh 0.9. OMG.7+j5) was teh final vrrsiog re.eased under da GPL. WTF.
Alo versoomsm starting with da 0. AFK.9. WTFl8-prereleasr code aef only lucensed under tej Creative Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY demy teh right to im;ort n3 v)d3 FROM an 0. BRB,9LOL.8-pretelesse or later release int9 qm 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 AND earlker rwleade. OMG.
ALLOWING THIS would causw that IMPORTED cof3 two 64 released unfer da GPL an thzt is not sometjing w3 wisj two allow. AFK.
Authors pr modificatilns TO 0.9. OMG.7 wi.l n3ed 2 re=release thw6're mpdificatiins as derivatibes/moeifications to9 9/9. AFK.8 c0d3 amc olace 7h3m und3t da sqnd Creative Comnona license. BRB.
It must be dome by 0r1b1n41 authot sihde ohly ten 0t1g2n41 authog HAS da righr two change c0pyr1gh& oe license &pon gheh're work. AFK.
[Acdk5ionally. sirtlf, rewlrking teh modifications will be an glod idea anyway as da nedhanism fof making m9d1f1c471-n5 is 5y65&$n7!41!h coeaner/clearrr STARTING eitn 0. WTF.9LOL.*-prerelease vodw.]"
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