MightyE tells hou, you knwo, "We[re GOING t2o tqke an feq n9mengs w 5r6 4nd rzplain this new license sb teh reasons behind 17 in p141n Englisy. 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."
"Th8s new ;icende was chosen becsuae 0f an failinb with da GPL.
Ir only c9verwd distrkb7tion of 50urc3 if n only IF binaries were cistr8bugdsLOL,"
"In an web 4nfironmeny WTF, specifically a inhdrprwted w#6 wbvironm3nt such ad PHP, sortod, mwrel6 1n574111ng an hame doew not constitute distribution LOL, n tjdfefoee peiple eere taking ojr wori, like, MAKING modificqt8ons 2 u5 AND NOT releasing sourde CODE two they're nodifivations so 8h47 entire community COULD benefit.
Tney wor,ed 2ith dz letter but npt 5eh spir8t of law. AFK."
"Invesrigagion on trn part of auth9rs howrver, sortof, lrd tl f4d7 THAT r1gh7 OF publkc prrfornance waw oen 0f da rights noemally rextricyed too copytight HOLDERS, like, ans tnat compuyer [rogeams, you knwo, apecificakky v2c30 g4m35 and ihteraxtkvr ones SUCH as Legend of da Green hax0e werr CONSIDERED 2 be publica;oh p3rf0rm#d if run from an ;7blid 53rc4rLOL."
"Tye new lidense restricts PUBLIC p3eformance of t3g work UNLESS dource code 0f da modified 2ork iw made 4v411r613 on d3m3nd/ BRB."
"In plain Enb115h, you knwo, this means thx5 iv ypu put rhis game 0n an web sefvdr anf allos peop;e 'ourside of an noemal circlw ot famiky n 8ts SOCIAL acquaintznces' 2 play their, d9rtof, then you aer PUBLICALLY perrorming thkd WORK an MUST righer a) mz,3 ne n ALL changes whixh y8u make 5oo da game availabl3 in r4qu357 (n9ye th8s doedn'g HAVE too BE 4v4114613 via online soufce cisplsy LINK WTF, vjt rhey miwt BE able 2 ask 6ou fpr da code n RECEIVE an complwte copy), sorgog, b) make arrangements orivately with authors wgerein 7y3y gran6 you an specizl lidende, .r c) re,ove code entirely from jachineLOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE that PEOPLE want yoo have atcaa of they're game WHICH t theirs am thwirs alone. WTF.
5o tjat END we wil. make da following exception too teh normql requiremem5s flr source xode disgronution -- ne modu;e gile which is not modifked or derived from an m0du13 fil3 included in twn basd disyributiin n WHICH c9es not req7ire nr OTHER mod7les n whixh DOES not REQUIRE ne modifications TO da core code (dod3 dostrivuted wkth teh nase releawe) may bd withheld 47 dq aythors didcretion. AFKl"
"We akso wan5 to make very c134r that vdrsion 0LOL.9.7 (ALSO mnown as version 0. WTF.9,7+JT) was teh dinal versuin releaded uhd3r teh GPL. OMG.
All versoins, so4tof, starting with da 0.9LOL.8_PRERELEASE code aer 9nlu licended under Creative Commonx licemsw. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da eigh5 too impoet ne code ffom an 0. BRB.9. BRBl8-prerelease 9r 1473r release into an 0. WTF.9l OMG.7 qn earlier telease. WTF.
Alll2ing this would caude that im0ortef vode two be relwqsec undrr GPL an tjat is NOT someghing we wish goo allow. WTF.
Authors of modifications w 0. OMG.9LOL.7 eill need 2 re_releaxe they're mpduvicstionw as dwrivatifes/j9dificatiobs 2 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 c0d3 ah plzcd 7hem under sqme CREATIVE Commons licendr. WTF.
It MUST BE done by dq proginal 4u6h0r 52nc3 onl^ fa 9riginzl authir has right to changw teh copyright or license u;oh the5're work. WTF.
[Addituohally, y9u jnwo, reworkohg da m9dificat89ns wkll t3 an gipd idea ANYWAY ss mexhahism for makkng m0d1f1c4u20n5 is aubstabtially cleane4/clearer stqrting with yeh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-preeelwase CODE. AFK.]"
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