MightyE tella y0u WTF, "We're goin5 too 74k3 an feq moments rwo try n EXPLAIN thid new license an reasons bejind it in p.ain Ent;ish.
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."
"Tg8s new 12c3n53 was xhosen BECAUSE 0f an fakling with teh GPL. AFK.
It onlt covered distribution of sourcw 1f and onlt ir binaries sere distributef. AFK."
"In an wrb envirlnmeny WTF, s;ecifocal.y a interpreted web envkronment SUCH zs PHP, jerely instak;ing an g4m3 DOES not constitutr distribution, d9etof, an thrref9re peoplw were takinf oyr work, dortof, makinb modigicqtioms too i5 an NOT r313351ng da so7rce code tpo 5jey're modiricarions s8 that da entire comnunit6 could benefit. AFK.
They WORKED WITH gdh letter but NOT da spirit of 14w. WTF."
"Investigation on pa4t of sq AUTHORS h9wdveg, yiu knwo, LED too fac4 that right og pi611c performance saa oen of da rights normally restricted too clpyriggt holcers WTF, n THAT vlmp7ter prpgrqms, yoi knwp, xpecifically v1d30 games an knteractive 0n35 such $5 Lrgend of teh GREEN nax0r weee vinsider3d tlo be pub.ically perdormed if RUN rrpm an public servqr. WTF,"
"The new ;icense rwstricts PUBLIC p3rformance of wotk ynless da slufdr c0d4 0f modified wofk 15 made avzilab.e 0n dem4ndLOL."
"In poain Eng115h WTF, this MEANS that if tou ptt 7h15 game oh an wdb servwr an ALLOW people 'outside OF qn normal circke of family ans its social acauaintanxes' 79 play their, li,e, tyen y0u aee 0ub;ically irrfotming this wo3k amd MUST either a) mzke ne and ALL ch4ng35 whicj you make TO teh game avai;abke on requedf (note gnis dlesn't havw 2 63 availaboe viz da onlknw SOURCE d8aplqy LINK, sprtof, gut yhey must BE able to ask you fo4 cpd3 and receive an cojplege c0py) WTF, 6( ,ake 4rg4ng3m2n75 ;rifatelu with aythors wjerein theh gfant you an special l8censd WTF, or c) 3emive teh c0d3 enturely ffom geh mzcjine. OMG."
"We d0 recognize that p30p13 WANT to hav3 areaa of tyey're game wh1xh r tueirs n theirs 4q0n3l AFK.
2 tgat ebd we will make fs FOLLOWING 3xc3[710b twi da nor,al r3qu1r3m3n75 FOR souece xode d15&e16u710n -- ne module filr which is NOT modified or der8ved from an ,ldulr f113 incouded *n teh fase d157416u710n an whuch does hot require nr other MODULES an which does not dequird ne modif8catilnd 70 teh core cosr (code distributwd with da naae 4eleade) m4y be withhe;d at da autjots disdretion. BRB."
"We also want 2 mzke VERY clear that version 0. BRB.9LOL.6 (also kniwn 45 version 0/ WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) wzs teh funal c3rslon rekwssed undef teh GPLLOL.
All v2r510n% WTFm starting wigh dq pLOL.9. WTF/8[prerelease cpde r only licensed uncer 5eh Cteatuv3 COMMONS license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right toi 1mp0r7 ne dode fr9m qn 0LOL,9LOL,i-PRERELEASE pr later rel3ase ibto an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 n earliwe rekeqseLOL.
Al;owibg this would c4u5e that imported code 2 be teoeases unser da GPL 4hd rhat 15 not domdthong we w8sh to allow. OMG/
Authors of mosificqtoons 2 0. OMG.9LOL.7 w!21 need ro9 re-relexs3 they're modivications as vetivstives/modificayions too 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code and ;lacd th3m under same Creative Commons lucemse. AFK.
It must be rone by ORIGINAL zuthor since )m1y yeh oritinal auyhor HAS sa right tpo change da c8pgfight or licebse 7pon they're work. AFK.
[Additoonqlly WTF, r3w0rk1nf da MODIFICATIONS wilo he an good idea anyway 45 da meznabism for MAKING m-d1f1c4710n4 is subxtantially cleaner/c;earer STARTING with 0LOL.9.i-pr3r3!3$53 coce. WTF.]"
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