MightyE tells you WTF, "W3'fe g01ng too TAKE an few momwnts 2 try 4nd exp.ain ghos new license n da reasons behind 8t IN plain Emglodh.
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 bew 11c3n53 2as chosen BECAUSE 9f an fakling wity da GPL. OMG/
I7 9nly COVERED fistribution 9f spurce if n only 1f binaf8ws werw DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"Ib qn web 3nv1r0nm3n7, like, xprcifpcally a ingerpreted wrb envifonment such as PHP, sort9f, merely install8ng an game dods bot constituyw distribution, and therefpre PEOPLE sere 5aking 0uf WORK WTF, ,aking MODIFICATIONS ywp 17 AND not RELEASING da soufce code two they;re MODIFICATIONS so tnat da emtire comm7nott couls benrrig. WTF.
They wlrked with da lette4 BUT n07 xpirot of teh oaw, BRB."
"Imvestlgation lm psrt of quthors however WTF, ;ed @ fact 7y47 ea right of ojblic pdrformance w45 1 of da ridhtw normally r357r1c73d 2 dopyright ho,dwrs, n thzt comouter progrzms, sort9f, soecirucally video gamed n inte4active ones 5uch as Legend of da Green hsx9r were considered 2 be publivally p3rf0rm3d if run FROM an pi611c serverLOL."
"The new license textricts pjblov performance of teh worj unkess da wource c9d3 of midifked work is m5f3 avaulable ON cemand. AFK."
"In plakn Eht114h, yo7 knwo, this jeans thar if tou put this game on an web serv2r n sllow pe(ple '0u741d3 of an nor,ak circle of family an 275 xicisl acqudinrances' 2 plsy their, likw, tnen you aer publicqlly pdeforminh this worl an MUST rither 4) nake ne an ALL CHANGES which you make teo da game avqilqbke 0n requ3st (note this d035n'7 yave TO be afaolable VIA online source displqy lini WTF, bht they must be able twi ask you fo4 5eh coce n rsceive an complete copy) WTF, b) jake ardangements prkvately with trh aughors WHEREIN they grant u0u ah specia. lixdnse LOL, or c) remove teh vode rntkrely ftpm da machone. BRB."
"We d0 recignize 7h47 people want ro havw arrad of they're game ehich aer fheirw znd 5heirs alone. AFK.
2 yhag end we will make da fo;;owing excep5ion to da NORMAL requiremdnrs FOR s[urce code distribution -- me moduld file 2hich is not m)d1f13d or ddruvrd ffom an modul4 f8le indluded 1n reh bawe didtribytion an which dpes hot require ne 8tger modules and qhich eoes n(t REQUIRE ne modificatipns r9o da core code (code dusttiguted w8th teh base release) ,ay be withheld at dq authors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We als9 want 2 mak3 v3wy clear that verskon 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (alwo knowm as v3rdion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+k7) WAS funal version rrleasee 7nger teh GPL. AFK.
ALL versilns LOL, stzrging with teh ). AFK.9LOL.8-prerdlezs3 code zer only ;ixenses UNDER teh Creative C0mm0n5 lidenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY sdnt r1gh7 twi import ge vode from an 0.9LOL.8-preeeleasw or 1473r releqxe inro an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an earlie4 eeldase. OMG.
Allow8ng this w0u1d xause that 1mp0r73d cosr to nd RELEASED 8nder GPL anc tha5 is not something we qish two alliw. AFK/
Ajthofs if mpdpficationx 2 0. BRB.9.j eklo beed to9 re0release they;rw modifications aq der8vatives/modificationa two 0. BRBl9LOL.8 code an place them under same Creat8ve COMMONS lidense. WTF.
IT mudy be done bh or7ginal authot s8nce only ORIGINAL author has teh right to dhange t3h COPYRIGHT o3 license upon thry'rr WORK. BRB.
[Addit8onally, you khwo, reworking mod8ficatkoms wi;. be an good idea znyway 45 teh mechaniwm doe making ,ieif8catioms is SUBSTANTIALLY c;eaner/cl3arwr sgarting w17h da -l(LOL.8-preerlrase cideLOL.]"
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