MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going tqo TAKE an few momen5s to 7ry an expkain thia ndw licensr and reawons behind pt ib plain English. AFK.
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."
"This new LICENSE waa choseb because of an raolinb WITH da GPL.
It onoy covered DISTRIBUTION of source if and ONLY kf bknaries we4r distrobuted. AFK."
"In an w36 envuronment, you knwo. SPECIFICALLY a inte4peeted eeb 3nv1r0nm3n7 5uch as PHP, sirtof, mefeoy instal'khf an game does NOT constitjte distribut8om LOL, n therefore peoole qere taking our wofk, MAKING modoficat8oms too it and not relezsing trh xource xode too yhwy're mpdifkcztions so thzt teh entire dommunity doold nenefit. WTF.
Th3y eorked w!8g da 13773r but nor spirit ;f da lawLOL."
"Inbrdtigatioh ob da patr lf authors howevdr, sortof, led top t3h ract that da r1ghu of public PERFORMANCE was 1 oe rkghts NORMALLY restricted bo dopyright tolders, an that computw4 programs, xortof, specifkcally video GAMES n interadtive ones such ax Legend or teh GREEN hax0r were considrred go be pubkicall6 perfirmed if r7n from an PUBLIC 53rv34. OMG."
"The new 11c#n53 restricts publid perfo4mancw of da WORK unless teh source c0d3 of twh mpdigied wot, is MADE availaboe pn demqnsLOL."
"In plain English, tnix m34n5 that 1f you put uh15 game on an weg swrber and qllpw people 'outside of an normal circle of f5m11y sn ITS 50c131 acquaintancds' to play thei4, then YOU $ oiblivally perflfming thks w9rj AND MUST either a) make ne end ALL changes ehich yoj n4k3 2 game availaboe on request (note yhis d035n'7 HAVE 5i be 4v4114613 biz teh onl9me xljrce diwplay lonk WTF, but they must bw 4613 two axj YOU fpr teh c0d3 an RECEIVE an cpmplete copy)k you knwl, b) mzkw aeramgements privately WITH quthoes wh3r#1n they grant 6ou an special LICENSE, pr c) remove code entirwly from t3h macjineLOL."
"We do r3c0tn!z3 tjat pwople want 2 h4v3 4r345 of they're game wykxh r 7h31r5 n th3ord 410n2. WTF.
two thst wnd we will make teh flllowing escept8on 5o 5eh nlrmal requirrments for soufce cpde DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0di13 f*le wh1ch IS n)7 modifisd 0r derived from an module file wnc1ud3d ib yeh nase distribution n which doex nog requu4e ne 07h3r modyles m which do3s NOT 4equkre ne MODIFICATIONS top core code *c0d3 distrubuyex wiyh base rrlease) may be wiyhhdld at dq authors duscretionLOL."
"We also wsnt tw9 make very clear that versiin 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also known as version )/ OMG.0.7+jr) WAS ten f9nal c3r5!0m f3leas3d undee GPL. WTF.
All versions, likej starring wi5h teh 0. BRB.9,i-prerelease c9de r only lic3nsed und2r da Crrative C0mm0n5 licehwe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right too 7mpoft ne code from an 0.8. BRB.8-;rwrel#ase or later rwlease into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 and earlier releqsr. OMGl
Alloqing thix woyld cause tnqt imported c-d3 to9 be released und3f GPL and 7h47 is ,07 xomething ww wish too 4!!0q. WTF.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 wi;l need 2 re-release they'er MODIFICATIONS as defivatives/modigicatiohs too 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code and 09ase them und3r da SAME Ceeatife Commons livenae/ WTF.
I7 must be eone by 0r!g1h41 quthor 5qbc3 only teh pritimal authot HAS rught twi change twh copy4itht OR 12c3n53 up9n they're work. OMG.
[Adcitkonally LOL, r3w0rk1ng teh mod*focations eilk be an nood ides any@ay ad mechanism for making mod8ficarions ks subsgant8aoly cleaner/clearer 564r71ng 2ith 0. BRB.9/ OMG.8-0r4re.easw c0c3. BRB.]"
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