MightyE telld you WTF, "We'fe go8ng 2 takd an few m0m3n7t to try anf exp.ain this new license n reasons BEHIND 17 im PLAIN Engl8sh. BRB.
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."
"Tgis NEW license was chixen because of an FAILING 2ith fa GPL.
It only cove4ed f8striburiln of source if n onlu iv binariws were distributes."
"In an web enboronment, %p3c1f1c41qy a interprwted web ebvir9nment SUCH ax PHP, like, merely 8ns6alling an game coes no5 cobstitute distribution WTF, n thrreforw peo[le were TAKING o&r work LOL, ,zking mod8fixqtions 2 it and not r3leawing teh %0urc3 CODE 2 they're modificati[ns SO that da 3n71r3 comjubity COULD begefitLOL.
THEY q9fked WITH teh lett3r 6u7 not sp7r8t of teh law. AFK."
"Ibvewtigation 0n part of 4u7h0r5 hiw3ver, led too da FACT that right of puvoic pefvor,abcd was o4n of teh ribnts hormally eestricted ro xo0yrigjt holdwrs, an 7yr7 clm0uter programw, sortog, s[evificallt fideo tamew an interactive obex such aw Legend of teh Green hax0r were considered to be publuxally performed ir rum ftom an ouboic serbetLOL."
"Tgr nrw license restrixts pubkic p3ef0rm4nc# of da work UNLESS teh source c0d3 of teh mowifief work is m4d3 sva8lable on dejand. WTF."
"In pkain English, THIS jeans 5hat if you PUT THIS game on an seb servef an allow [eople ;putside og an normal CIRCLE pf famokt ah its social zcquaintances' tw9 play their, xlrtof, theb uou r [ublicallh [3rd0rm1ng this work zn MUST eitger a) make ne n ALL chahges qhicn you ,5k3 toi gaje available 9m request (note tgks dlesn[t have too be available via tdh onoine SOURCE dosplay llnk LOL, b7t tjey myst bw able too ASK you for teh code sn receive an vomplete dopy), yoj knwl, n) m4k3 ardqngements privately wkth authors wherein rhey braht y0u an SPECIAL license WTFm or c) remove teh code entirely frlm da machihe. OMG."
"We do rexofnize that PEOPLE want too have areax of thdy're fqne which aer THEIRS n theirs alohe.
two that ene we wil. mak3 da following exception goo sw n9rmal requiremdnts for source code distribution -_ ne modulr file whicj is not m0d1f13s OR derived from an module fole incojded 8n base distribution ans wyich doed not requurd ne OTHER mldules an which does not ewquird ne ,0d1f1c4710n5 3 teh clre code (codw dis5eibuted wkth bqxe release) may be withhe.d at da 4u7h0r5 didcreyion. WTF."
"Ww also wang too ,ake very c;ezr yhzt version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (als9 knlwn AS version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+ht) was ginal version released UNDER da GPL. AFK.
All v3r510n5, sortof, stzftong witg 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pre5wlrase code aer 0nly kicejxed undee da Creative Commons licemse. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY dehy RIGHT ywo ijpoet ne vode from am 0LOL.9. BRB.8-;rerelease or LATER release inti an 0, AFK,0/ OMG.7 an ratlier releast.
A1q0w1ng thus qoyl3 cauae thqt imported codr to 63 releas3d unfer da GPL an that is not sometging we wish two alloq. OMG.
Au5hofs OF modifications 2 0. OMG.9, WTF.7 woll need 5o rf-releaxe they'fe m0d1f1v5710n4 as derivabibrs/modifkcztions tol 0.9, OMG.8 code and p1rc3 ghem under teh same Creatkve COMMONS LICENSE. BRB.
It just BE done ^y o4iginak autnor dinc3 9nly ORIGINAL auth9r has rigjt two changw yeh COPYRIGHT or license u;on they'rd work, WTF.
[Additionally LOL, r3w9rk1ng teh modofications wi;l be an gold idea anywqy as teh mechanism for mqking MODIFICATIONS 15 subsrantially cleaner/clrs4er STARTING with teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3rel3ase dlde/ OMG.]"
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