MightyE te.ls you, xo4rof, "We're g9ing tw9 take an f3w moments to TRY amd explain thia new license n t3h 4easons behind kt in PLAIN Englishl
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 oicense qaw chosen vedause lf sn failung with da GPL/ WTF.
It 9mly cobcred dist$ivution of source if n only if bimaries w3r3 DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In qn web ebvirobment, sortof, specirica.ly a 1n73rpr373f web env8ronjent such r5 PHP, lkke. mcrely insralling an game d03% not cons5iyute d157r16u710n, .ike, an theregore pepple sere taking our WORK, sortof. maiinh m0d1f1c4710h6 2 it n not releaskng da SOURCE codd to thd6're modifivations so ghat entire x-mmin17t COULD benerpt. BRB.
Tjey workes with .etter but n07 da spurit of teh law. BRB."
"Inbedtitstion on teh PART of ajthors however WTF, led too da fact that RIGHT of publid perrormance was won lf fa rights normally rextticted 2 xopyright holders LOL, n that cpnputer 9fogvams, loke, s0ecifically video games n inteeactive onew SUCH 45 Lebend or da Gredn hax0r w3r# comsiferrd tio be p7blivallh PERFORMED IF run from an pub.uc serfe4/ WTF."
"The ne2 oicense r#5ur!c75 publie peffornance of da WORK unkess teh xource vlde OF MODIFIED qork is made available 0n DEMANDLOL."
"Ib PLAIN ENGLISH, likw, THIS meand thsr if uou pur 7h15 grm3 on zn WEB servet an aloow o30p13 'OUTSIDE of an normal CIRCLE 9f fanuly an 176 soc8al scquaintances' t9o plah thdor WTF, then ylu r publically prrfo4jinf thid worl ah MUST either a) make ne wh ALL changes which y-u make to game available on 4equesr (note thiz d03%n'7 have 70 be available via teh onl8nw sou3ce display lonk LOL, but they m7wt ne able too asl y-u f0r codr n receive an complete copy0, like, b) MAKE arrangrments privayely wi5h authirs ehereib they grant 7ou an dpecial license WTF, or c) remove dq xode ebtitely drom da machinel"
"Wr d0 recpgnize tha5 p30p13 wamt too HAVE aress 0f 6jeu're gam3 wnich r theirs and tjwirs alone. BRB.
twi that ene we will make FOLLOWING 3xce[719n rwo tej NORMAL requirwments FOR elurce code distributi9n -- ne mocuoe file WHICH is noy modifiee or derovdd from an modjld f112 INCLUDED in gey bsde eistrubutiob h which does not tdquire ne other jod7lex and wh1ch does not require ne modificstoons tp core code (code d157r16u72d qith da base felease) may 53 w17gh31d ag authora discretuonLOL."
"We a;so 2amt too jake very c13rr that v34510n -. OMG.9.7 (also kn9wn as vrrsion 0.(. OMG.u+j7) was finsk veesion released under teh GPLLOL.
All versilns LOL, a5arting with 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease coee awt pnly licensed under da Ceeatibe Comm9ns oocense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 imp9r5 ne code from an 9. WTF.9l WTF.8-prerr;rase or later RELEASE into zn p, OMG.9. OMG.7 n ezrlier RELEASE. OMG.
ALLOWING tjis would vayse that 1mp0r73s c0d3 yoo be released uncer da GPL 4nd fhat is not something we wusg two allow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 of ,odificagipnx too 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will need rlo re-release thet're modificatiins AS derivatives/mpdificationd 1 0LOL.9/ OMG.8 code and ;lace thrm under teh same Cr3471v3 Co,mons 11c3n53. WTF.
It MUST BE d9ne b7 tej original aurhor sknce onl6 teh original author has da right two vnqnge geh coptrigh5 or lixense u;on they're work.
pAdditkonally, soetif, rrworking da MODIFICATIONS WILL ge an good id3a anyway as da ,echanism for making modifications ix wubstantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting WITH 0LOL.9LOL.8-;rereleqsw codeLOL.]"
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