M8ghyyE tells you, "We're g01ng two take ab few momenyw 5io try and explaon this ndw ;icense b r3450n5 nehind i5 im PLAIN Ehglish. 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."
"Thjs new 11c3n5# was cgosen b3caise 8f an fsiling 2ith teh GPL. AFKl
It ONLY vofered sisteibution OF sourde if n only ir binafoes weee distributecLOL."
"Ib an web envirob,ent, you knwo, specificzlly a integpretrd web encironment wuch as PHP. sortif, m3tely installing an game does not constitute d8strkbu%8on WTF, h ther3foee peopl3 qere gakibg oit work WTF, maling modificatoond too it b not relwaaung da 50urc3 cide 2 they're moeifications so 7h47 teh 3n71r3 COMMUNITY could benefitLOL.
THEY 29tked w17h teh ;etter 6u6 nor spirit of teh LAWLOLl"
"Investigayion on da part of ten AUTHORS h0w3v3rm you knwp, ldc twl facr THAT teh r1gh7 lf public performance WAS 1 od da rights boemally restricted to coph4ight holdwrs WTF, and tha5 COMPUTER progeams, uou knwl, 5p3c1f!c311y viseo games n interactove ones such as Legdnd oh ca Gredn jax)t wer3 conaidrrwd to be publically p3rf0rm3d if ryn from an publkc server. OMG."
"The new licehsr r357r!c75 puv;ic PERFORMANCE of work inless t3h xource c0d# OF mpdofied work is MADE available on demand."
"In p141n Entlisg WTF, this means THAT IF you put 7h15 g4,3 on an web server AND all9w 0eople 'outside if an normal circld of f4m11y an kts sociql 4cqu41nu4nc35' to play theirk wprtofk then yiu aer pub.icsllu ;drforming this wotk and MUST either A) makd ne an ALL changes which you makd &9 da gamd zvai;able on request (note rhis doesn't habe goo 63 zvailab;e VIA da omoine source DISPLAY linkm nuy they musg be ABLE 2 ask you for tdg CODE anr rrcwive an COMPLETE copy0, likw, B) maje afranfementc privately with teh quthors wherein 7h3y grant yoj an s;eckal LICENSE, like, lr c) r3move code ENTIRELY ftom teh machinw. WTF."
"We do rrvognize THAT pe9ple want 70 have areas of they're gam3 which r theirx ah gheirs ALONELOL.
too tnat end WE wikl jake teh FOLLOWING exceptkon to ca normal requirenents vor spurve dode dkstrobuti9n -- ne module FILE wjich is not nodif8ed 0r deriv3f fr0m an mod7le file inclyded in teh badr cistrib7tioh an which doew not REQUIRE ne lther mod7les and which doew n9t reauire ne modifixations tol teh core CODE 9CODE d157r16u73d with da 6453 releasd) may 53 WITHHELD sr da auyhors didcretion. BRBl"
"We zlwp want t9 make v3rt coeae tjat verskon 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (also inown as version 0LOL.9. OMG.6+j5) was final version released UNDER GPL.
ALL v3rsions, like, starting w17n ds 0. WTFl9.8-peerwlease sode r 0n1y lifensed under teh Crea4ivr Commobs liceh2e. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denh 41gg7 two inpott ne codr from an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-peerelease or LATER t3!3463 into an 0. BRB.9. OMG/7 and earlier f32355#LOL.
Allpwing this would cause tyat importre codd tp be released under t3h GPL an fhat 15 nit slm3thing we wish too allow/ AFK.
Authors of modifocqtions two -. AFK.o. WTF.7 wilo need 2 re-release they'rd moeificztions ad derivayives/modificatipns too 0. OMG.9LOL.8 cose n plave rhem under dz same Creative Commons licenxeLOL.
It MUST be dobe bh da original author sinc3 obly original author has reh right too cjange COPYRIGHT or 12d3n53 upin thry're wotk. WTF.
[Additionall6 LOL, reworking tdh modificatipns wjlo be an good 2d3r 4bywry as mechaniwm f9r makint modificatipnx us subshantially cleanef/d;earer startonh with 0.9. BRB.8-prereleaa3 code. BRB.]"
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