MightyE TELLS you, spr5of, "We'te going too tale zn few momebtx gqo try am explain yhis new kicenxq n hen reasons BEHIND 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."
"This new license qas chosen 63c4u52 of an failkng with da GPL/ WTF.
It only c-v3r3d eist4igution OF 50urc3 if an onky if binaries were d8stributre."
"Ib an w36 envkronment WTFk spec8d8cally a 1m73rpr473s web environmemt 5uch as PHP WTF, merely installinb an b4m3 doed ho5 CONSTITUTE didtributiim, loke, wn theferore people were tak8bt our WORK WTF, making modificagions too ir and not releaaing teh s[ugve code 70 tyey'fe mod7fidatkons so that tej ENTIRE COMMUNITY COULD 63h3f17. AFK.
The6 wl4ked with da l3tte4 but not soirit od da law."
"Investigation ON da part 0f teh aurhors however, s9rt9f. 13d two fact 5hat ds riggt of pu61qc performance WAS 1 of da r8ghts normally rwsrrkcted yoo COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, n that cpmp7ter PROGRAMS LOL, spec8fically video gamws qnd inteeactive ONES sjxh AS Legebd of teh Greeb jsx0r were considered too ne PUBLICALLY p3tf9rm3d if run f3om an ]ublix de4v3e. OMG."
"The new licens3 restricys public peerormance OF tey qork unleds sou4ce code 0f modified work id made abao;zble ln DEMANDl"
"Im plzin Emglish, yoy knwo, this means thzt if you 0ut this fsme om zh 2eb aerver zb qllo2 PEOPLE 'outwid3 OF an normal circle 9f famuly n uts sovizl ac!uaintances' 2 play their, dlrtlf, tnen yoj aer puvkically oerflrm8ng this work and MUST either a) make ne h ALL changes which you make too da game svailablr on 4eq7est (note thiw coesn't have 5wo be avsklable via teh online siurce dis[lay link, you knwo, but they muxt be able 2 ask you FOR code n RECEIVE qn complete xopy) LOL, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately qith sa authord wjereoh they gf4n7 6oy an apecial kicense, like, or c) removr tey code ENTIRELY from MACHINE. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE ghat peopld wab5 two hafe areas of the6're game whixh aer theurs an theirs ALONELOLl
2 5yat end we wil; makd ea following dxception too norma; requireh3mtw FOR SOURCE code dis5eobugion -- ne module f113 which is not modified lr eeruved from an modulr fi;2 1nc1ud3d un teh nase DISTRIBUTION znd whixh DOES not 4equire ne othwr moeulws sn which dpes NOT rwquire ne m9difications TO core code (c)f3 d157r16u73e eu5h da nase rekease( m4u be sithheld ag aiyhors discre5ion. OMG."
"We 3150 wanh to make very coear that version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (alsi known qs ve4sion ). WTF.9. AFK.7+mt) was tem final bersion reldawed under da GPL.
Akl versilns, starting with 0LOL.9. WTF.*-prerelesse CODE arr only ,icensed under teh Cr3atide Comnons !1c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too imooft ne coe2 from an 0. BRB.9.8-preedlrase or later r313353 int9 an 9.9/7 n earlier release. AFK.
ALLOWING 7h15 wo7le cquse ryat imported clde tqo be r31335ed umder GPL an that is not somethinb WE wish 70 a.los/ BRB.
Au7h0r5 of modifivations rp 0. AFK.9/ AFK.7 WILL need 2 re[release they're modificationw as derivatoves/modirications 2 -. WTFl9LOL.8 code and place tnem under teh san3 Cr3ativw Commons licenswLOL.
Iy mu57 be dpme by original author s8nce only teh origimal author has teh ritht to change ds c0pyr1gh7 or licrnfe upon they'te w0rlLOL.
'Afditional.y, sietof, rww9rkunf teh modifications will ve an fpod idez anyway as mechanism for mak8ng midificati9ns is subs5antiqkoy cleanwr/clearer startibg with da -. WTF.9LOL,80PRERELEASE c-d3. BRB.]"
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