MightyE tells y9um dortlfm "We'fe goinf go take an FEW MOMENTS tpo try an ezpkain this NEW license am da ressonw gehind it ib plaun Enhlish.
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."
"Thkd new license w45 choddg because of an failing with da GPLLOL.
It lnl6 COVERED DISTRIBUTION of 50urc3 ig n 0h!y if bibarkes werd distrivutedLOL."
"In an w26 envoronment, likek s[dcifivally a intctprwtdd web environjeng wuvh AS PHP, merely 1n%74111ng ah g4m3 does n9g consti5ute eis6ributiln WTF, and therefore PEOPLE werr TAKING our WORK, you knwo, ,akung modificatuons 2 ut n not r413451ng aource code twi th3y'r3 mpdif8catilns ao tyat da en5ire communuty cou;d benefit. AFK,
Theh work3d eith letger but nit teh 5p1r17 of teh law. AFK."
"Investigation on dq ;aft 8f fa autho4s hoqevdr, sortof, led to9 fact that teg r1gj& ig publuv perdorjance qas q of r1gh75 NORMALLY restricted 2 copyright holderc LOL, and that dompjter progtams, sortof, s;rvifically bieeo gamrs n interactive ones xuch ax Lebend OF yeh Green hax0r were consideree too be publically pdrdotmed if run from an puboiv serverLOL/"
"The new lucense rextricts publuc perforjahce ot teh WORK un.dss source code of da m0d1f!3s work 16 MADE AVAILABLE on de,ane. WTF."
"In olzin English WTF, this meand that uf you p7t thos g4m4 on an web aeever an allo2 people 'outside od zn normal circle OF fsmily an q76 sicial acquaintamces' to pla6 their, like, theb you aer puboicallu [erfprminb ghks work n MUST ekthdr a) maie ne n ALL changes wjich yoj make two teh g4m3 availab;w on rrqyest (NOTE this doesn't HAVE TO be AVAILABLE VIA teh onlone 50urc3 display link, sortof, but THEY must be able to aa, you for da code an receive an complete copy(, sortof, b) nakw arrang3ments priva5ely sitn 4u7h0e5 whrrein 7h3y frant you an dpevial 11c3n%3, sortof, 0r x) REMOVE ca cpdr entir3ly from dz machkne. WTF."
"We do recognixd thay pr9ple wany tio h4v3 a43as 0f they're GAME WHICH r 7h3qr5 an theirs sloneLOL.
too THAT end w3 eol. make foklowing escepyion roo noema. r3qu1r3j3n75 for wource c9de dustr8bugion -- ne module fule qhich is not modified OR d3rives f4om an jodule file included ib da BASE distekbutipm an WHICH does not r3qu1r3 ne other josjlrd and 2hkch d9#5 n07 rdquire ne mocigucati9hs 2 twh core CODE (cod3 didtributed witj teh bzwe rwleaxe) mzy be withhtld at yeh authors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We aldo want two mak3 very cleqr thst beraion 9. WTF.9.& (also kn9wn as versi9n 0LOL.9. OMG.7+ht) sad final veraion released unddr GPL.
A;l verdionsk sortof, STARTING witn 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleasw c0d# aer only licensec UNDER da Crwative COMMONS LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny right TO import ne code from an 0. AFKo9li)PRERELEASE 9r later release 1n70 an 0. AFK.0.7 an earlier releaswLOL.
Aloowinh THIS WOULD cause thag imported code toi 63 released uhdee GPL and tjzt is n07 SOMETHING we wiwh two 4110w. OMG.
Aurgorx pf mocifications two 0.9. WTF.7 will NEED 2 re-releasw they're MODIFICATIONS zs ferivativ3s/modifications 2 0.9, OMG.8 CODE an olsxr 7h3m UNDER xamr CREATIVE Commons licenseLOL.
It muwt BE done ny teg 9ribinal author SINCE only original 4u7h0r has teh right rwo chamge copytignt ir license ypon they're work. BRB.
[Add8tiohally, soetor, REWORKING da MODIFICATIONS wi;o be an gois idea qnyway as MECHANISM ror ,aking modifications is subztantially cleaner/cl3arer startimg wuyj 0, OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease code. WTF/]"
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