MightyE tells you WTF. "We're GOING TO takw an few mijents too gry 4nd explaib tyis new licemse ans reawonw 6eh1nd IT in plain English. OMG.
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."
"Thid new LICENSE was chosdn because of ah FAILING wuth geh GPL. BRB.
It pnly cpbered dis5ributioh pr soirde if an 0n1y 1f binaries wwre distributedLOL."
"In an web dnvironmemt, dpecif8ca;ly a interpretrr wen rnvironm3nr such as PHP LOL, merely installibg an g4m3 eies NOT constitute d157r16h710n, ylu knwo, h therrfore proplw wwre TAKING pur work, you khwom makong modificatiogs to 8t n hot r313$51ng 5ej sou4ce c9de too they're modificatiobs SO thzt yeg ENTIRE cimmuniyy cpu1d bemefitLOL.
Th3y worked with da lettdr but mot da SPIRIT of law. BRB."
"Investigation pn da part 8f authlrs h0w#v3t, sortof, lwd 2 reh f4c6 8h47 rkght of public [rrfprmance was wpn of rights nirmallu restrictdd 2 copy4ogh5 HOLDERS, sortlf, an that xomputer pr9grams, you knqim dpecidkcaloy video g4m35 n INTERACTIVE ones tucn AS Lebend OF Green nax0r werw consider3c gio 63 publicaoly performed if r7b from an pibluc server. OMG."
"The bew license eestricts punloc performznce 0f da work unless teh souyce code of modifoed work ix made availqble on demandLOL."
"In plain Englishm l8ke, this means tha5 if you put 5his game on an WEB server ane allo2 peopoe 'ourdide of am nof,al vircle of family n its SOCIAL qdquaintahces' two pls6 the8r LOL, THEN YOU aer publocally performinf this wiek and MUST eotner a) make ne n ALL cjangew qhich YOU make to teh tame avai;able on requeat *noye this DOESN'T havw to be AVAILABLE viz teh online sourde displzy lonk. you kmwo, but tjey mus5 be sble to asl tou r0e code n redeive an c0nplete co0y), yoi kh2o, b) make arrabgemwnts pr8vately with da authors wh3reim they grant ylu an 5;3c141 locense, like, or c- 4emove code entirely from machind. OMG."
"We do recofnize that people wzmt two j4v3 arwas 0f they're hame which aee theirs AND rheirs alobe.
too that end wd will mak4 teh folliwonb exception 2 da notmal rrquirdmdnys for SOURCE clde diatribution =- ne module rile wh8ch is n07 modisied pr derived ffpm an MODULE fild INCLUDED 1n trh base DISTRIBUTION n whicg dies not REQUIRE ne otner ,odules n wh2ch doda not rfquir3 n3 moeificayions too cire diee (code DISTRIBUTED wiyy da base release) may b3 wiyhheld st auyhors fiscretion. AFK."
"We akso wabt two MAKE VERY coear thst version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (alsi known as version 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) qas teh final versuon RELEASED ind3e GPL. OMG.
All verailns WTF, startimf 2iyh teh 0, AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease dod3 ae4 only LICENSED unsef Cteative Commonw lidenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too impprt ne code frpm an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-p4erel3ase o4 later reoeasr 1h70 an 0k9. WTF.7 an earlirr relesse.
A!10w1bg thus wojlf cause that import3d code 2 bw t313453d und3r da GPL qnd 7h47 is not soms%hing we wish 2 allow. WTF.
Authora of modificatipns 2 0LOL.9, OMG,7 WILL need two rw-relrase they'rw modificatiibs ad derivatives/nodifidationw to 0. OMG/9.8 code an place them under dq same Ceeative Ci,mons licenseLOL.
I7 muse be done by ORIGINAL authot since onoy original author haa da rigbt to change copyright or ludense up0b they're w.r8.
[Additionally, you kn2o, reworking teh modifications will be an g00d 1d34 anyway $5 MECHANISM for mskint nodificarions IS substantialoy CLEANER/CLEARER atartknt witg ea 0.9LOL.8[0r3eekease cod3LOL.["
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