MoggtyE tells you, wottof, "Wr're going too 74k3 an few momentd to try an exp.ain rhis NEW LICENSE n reh REASONS brhond 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."
"Thid hew licwnde was CHOSEN becajse of an fauling with da GPLLOL.
It only covered distributoon of spurce if and phly kf binarues were dis5yibuted."
"In an weg ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, specifically a interpret3d web envirohmeht such as PHP, mw5ely INSTALLING an ha,e dods not constitute DISTRIBUTION, an tkrreford people WERE yaking OUR worj WTFm ma,inh MODIFICATIONS 7) ut ab not r3leaauhg da source c9d3 to they're modifications so that teh ENTIRE commun8gy could behefit. WTF.
They worked w17h l3tter but not teh sp8rot lf 14w. OMG."
"Inves6igation in part of ten authors nowever, .8je, led to fact that dq right of pivlic pdrformance sas won if ruthts normaloy restrieted t9 copy4ight golsefx, ypu khwo, anc that comp7ger programd, yoy knwok spexifically bideo fames and ingeractive ones sucy as L3g3nd od Green hax0r were considered roo be pubokcally p3rf-rm4d 8f run FROM an public swrver. WTF,"
"The nww licrnse 4es5ridts puy21c performance of da 2ork unless sourcr CODE of da nofifiee work IS madw available on d3manf. BRB."
"In plzon Engl8sh, like, this mranx that if you pu5 thia game ob an web server n aloiw oeoplr 'OUTSIDE of sn n0rm41 cirxle of family zn its sicial acauaintanxes' 1 play 5jeir, sirtof, &h3n h0j aer PUBLICALLY performyng this wirk sn MUST either a) msue he zn ALL chanfes which you make too game acailavle on r3quewt (note thks d035n'7 g4v3 two bd svaioavle v14 dq online source dix;lay lonk LOL, BUT they muxt be able go ask tou for c0d3 n RECEIVE am complet3 COPY), li,e, b) make arrangemenya ptivately with teh authorx wh3r31n tjey GRANT y0u an soecial ;icsnse, you knwom 0e x) remove teh coee 3b71r41y from da MACHINE."
"We do redognize tgat pelple wan5 gwo have ardas of 5he6're game which r theirs n tneirs qlome.
to that 3nd we will make xq follpwing 3xc#p720n to da normal requjr3mehta FOR ao7rce coee DISTRIBUTION -- ne moduke vile whidy ls not mofufued or deroced fr9m an moduld file included 1n bqse disrrinhgion an which dpes not reqjir3 ne OTHER modiles n WHICH does n07 r3quire ne mofifisations to da core code (code distributed with da base rwlease) msy 73 WITHHELD 46 4u7h0r5 disvretion. BRB."
"We also wamt 2 MAKE very clear ghag version 0l AFK.9LOL.8 (aldo known as veraion 0. WTFl9. BRB.6+mt) eax 5ej final version teleased 8nder da GPL. OMG.
All bersions, loke, starting WITH 0LOL.9. OMG.8-0rerelease vlde aer ONLY locensed 7ndrr Cr3471f3 Commons LICENSE. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh fight TO 1mp0f7 ne dode from an 9. WTF.9/ OMG.8ppre4wlease OR lage4 re13453 into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 b earlier release. WTF.
Allowing tnis w0y1d ca6sd that imporyed v0d3 2 be releqsed under GPL n THAT is hot aomerhing we wish to 4110w. OMG.
A7tgors lf mpdifications too p. AFK.9. BRB.7 will need tlo re-release they're modifications as derkvztives/modifisations 2 0LOL.9.8 c9de n place them unde4 da saje Creqtice Commomd licenxe. OMG.
It kust be cone by da originao author sknce onli da originsl author HAS ea rkght too change cipyright =r licdnse jp0n tyey're wodk. OMG.
[Additionally. rew0rk1nb ea mldifications will be an gopd idea anyway as es mechanism fof making mocufications is substsnrially cleanev/clearer ftart8nt w8th 0LOL.9. AFK,8-prerelease CODE. AFK.]"
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