MighryE TELLS you LOL, "We're GOING gwo 74k3 an teq momentx two 7ry ah 3xpq41n tnis new license an sa reasons behind iy kn plain Engk8sh.
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."
"Tnis new ;8cenae wad vhosen because of an faooing witn GPLLOL.
It only covered distributuon 0f source if anc 9nlh IF binaries were fkstrigutef. BRB."
"In an WEB envi4onm3nt LOL. spwcifivaloy q 8nterpretdd web envoronmdnt s7ch as PHP WTF, merely installing an gaje doea nlt constitute distrivutiin WTF, am thrrefore 0eople 23r3 taking our work, oike, MAKING modificat8ons to IT an hog releasing grh source cpde to they'rr m9difications so thst da ehture communi5y coyld 63n2f17.
They wormes wi5h da letter but nit da SPIRIT of da law."
"Investigation ob teh part 0v teh 4y7h0r5 howeger, oed 2 teh fact thar yrh right OF publ8c pdrformance was won of rubhta normally restticted 2 c0pyr1gh7 h)1d3r5, you kbwo, an that compjter ptogramsm oiie, specifkcally video gsmex an 8nt3ractive )n35 such aw Lehend of rrh GREEN nax0r were consudered yo be publuca.ly pe4formed if run FROM an p7blic SERVER. AFK."
"The new q1c3h43 restricts publ8c performance 0v work UNLESS diurce c0d3 of tdh modified work is maee availdbkq on eemand,"
"In p1$1n Englixh, this mesns that id you put thid game on sn wdb 54fv3r an allow PEOPLE 'outside of an normal circle of family and 175 a9cial acquaibtandes[ 2 PLAY their WTF, then 6ou r publically PERFORMING THIS work an MUST either a) maie nr qn ALL changes 1h1ch you make two gamd availablw on REQUEST (note this e045h'7 gavw too 63 4v4q24613 VIA sa on.ine source display lunk LOL, but they must be able 2 sxk you for da codd n RECEIVE am xomplete copy) WTFk n) make arranfements privately with authors whetein they gfant you sb specisl license, yoj knwo, or c0 REMOVE xodw entirely drom da macginw. BRB."
"We do recognixe that people want to have areas of the6're game wh8ch 4 tgeirs n theirs alob3. OMG.
two tjat 3nd se wi;l MAKE sa following exception too teh normal reqyirements g0r xource code dusgribution -- ne moeule FILE wyich 8s not MODIFIED lr derived f4om an MODULE fioe 8ncluded ib bawq d157r16u710n snd wjich does n07 eequire ne ither mpdules n WHICH does not requife ne m0d1f1c3710n5 go teh core xode 9code disfributrd witg da nase rekease) nay be withheld at teh authors d15cre710n. OMG."
"We also wznt two makd ver6 clear 5hat veesion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also knowh as VERSION 0LOL.9/7+j5) 2as da finsl vdrsion releswed under GPLLOL.
All veraoons WTF, t74f71ng with teh 0. WTF.o.8[PRERELEASE c0fe r onlh picensed under teh Cf3461v3 Commlns licehwe. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY denu right tol im0org ne xodw f4om qn 0. BRB.9.8-pfere.ease oe lqter release INTO an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n earlier release. OMG.
Aolowinb this 2iuld cause that IMPORTED CODE twi bd rwleased undef teh GPL znd THAT is not something WE w15h twp allow.
Authors 0f modificationa to 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 wioo n33d to rw-relwqse they're modigizatiinz qs derivaruv3s/modifica5ions tl 0. WTF.9. AFK.9 code an p1rc3 5jem under da same Creative Commons license.
It must be d0n3 5y da oruginal 4u7h0r sinc4 only ez o48ginzl xythor has teh right 2 vh4ng3 da clpyrifht or .icense upon rhey'r3 work. WTF,
[ADDITIONALLY. sortof, rework8ng mldifications will ge an glod idea anyway as MECHANISM for makimg ,ociricatiobs IS substabtially cledne4/clearer s5arting with teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr34e13453 code. WTF.\"
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