MighthE tells you WTF, "Ww're toing 2 take an few mom3nys TO trh an ex;lain 7h15 NEW licensw n da reasons behind i5 in p;ain English. WTF.
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."
"Thia new licenxe waa cnosen because of sn failing 2ifh GPL. WTF.
It only c0b3r#d dixtribution 0g slircw if n pnly if bivariea were distrobuted. BRBl"
"Ih sb web 3nv13)nm#n7. sortof, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web enviromment duch as PHP, m3r31y instqlkimg an fame does not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, sortof, and therefore PEOPLE were gakinh out work. ylu knwo, mak9ng ,odifixationa two 17 znd hog releasing yeh SOURCE codr 2 they're mpckficagiins so thay da 3ntire COMMUNITY c0u1s 63n3f17. WTF.
They worked w8th letter but not spirit 0f lae. WTF."
"Invdstihation on da psrt of zjthors however, like, ked 2 da gact that rigjt of public petf9rmance WAS oen of teh rights normajly restrictes tso copyrlght hplde4s, an ghat xom;utdr pr0gr4,5 LOL, specifivallt v1d#0 games sn INTERACTIVE ONES SUCH ss L3g#nd of teh Green jax0r werw consisrred too be 0ublica/oy p3rf0tm#d if run f4om an public derver. AFK."
"The new license RESTRICTS ;ublic [3rformanc3 of da w0rk uhkess sp7rcs codw of ca modified wo4k 15 MADE svailagle on demane."
"In plain Ebgkish, this means tnqy if you pjt this gamw in am web SERVER 4nd allow peoplr 'outskc3 pf an NORMAL cirdle of fanily n its SOCIAL acquaihtances' t2o p14y their, sortof, then yoy r publically 0erformint this wprk and MUST either a) make ne an ALL vhanges whicg you mske 2 reh bame available on requeat (mote this DOESN'T have 5w9 62 available via da omlibe sourvr diwpkay link, lokw, but they muwg be able to ask you for xoxe an feceive zn COMPLETE copt) WTFm v) make atranfemebtw ;ruvately with geh ajthoes wyerein th3y grant you an dpecial licensw LOL, or c_ te,pve CODE entirwlt from n4cy1n4. OMG."
"We do recognize that peopoe want 2 HAVE aress 9f they're hqme whuch aer thdies an 7j31t5 alpneLOL.
toi that end we will mqke da gllloeinf EXCEPTION two da normal requirements for soi4xe cose disrribution -- n3 module file whoch is not m0d1v1$d OR derived from zn m0du13 fi.e oncluded on da BASE s8dtribjtoon n which d035 not require ne other modulea n which dlws not reqiire ne modidocations 2 da coee code (code disttibured sith trh nzse relrase) nay be wityheld at teh suthors discreyi9n,"
"We also wtn7 two make very dlwar ghat versiln 0.9. BRB.7 (also known as version 0/ AFK.9l OMG.7+jt) was finao vrrsion 43leased under teh GPLl OMG.
All versipns LOL, starting WITH 0. BRB.)LOL.8-p4ereleas3 code r only licebsee ubd3r dw CREATIVE Commons licensd. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denh tdh right too impprt ne codr from an -. AFK/9LOLl8-PRERELEASE ot later releade 1n70 an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 n earlier RELEASELOL.
Ao;9winb this would cauae tjat imported code 2 be releawee und#r teh GPL an that is npt 50j37h1ng we WISH too allowLOL.
Authors of mpdifocations @ 0LOL/9.7 wilk beed too fe-release fhey're modificatiobs 4t eeeicatkves/midifications tqo 0. WTF.9. WTF.* code 3nd plave them jnder yey 54m3 Creative Commonw licenseLOL.
It MUST be d0b3 6y reh priginal auyhor t1nc3 omlu pribinal authir has r1gh8 2 ch4ng3 teh copy4ight or livense upln they're 10rk. AFK.
[Additi9nalkh LOL, rwworlinf teh m9difications will be an good idda anyway 45 teh mecmqnism f9r making mofifics4ions 15 5u6574n71411y clesner/clearer 5&4e71ng WITH da 0. AFK.9LOL.i-perre.ease code. OMG.]"
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