MightyE tells you WTF, "Wd'r3 g9ibg too TAKE an FEW moments two try an wxplzon thks new license an teh rwadons behind it in plain ENGLISHl 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."
"Th8x new licwnse sas xhosen because if an failimg w17h da GPL. WTF.
It only cpveres distrkb7tion of sluece if n on.6 if vinaries werw distributed. AFK."
"In an web envu4onment LOL, specuficalky a inter;reted web environment such qs PHP, sortod, merely instalking zn fame DOES n07 vons5i5ute DISTRIBUTION LOL, an yhetefore people were taking ou4 work. makung m0f1f1c4719n5 too IT an n9t releasuht teh source code 2 the6'rr modifixatoons so 7h47 3n71r3 community coule benefug. BRB.
They wor,ed with da lettet yu7 no5 da dp8rit OF law, AFK/"
"Invesrugatuon in teh [att of ten autjorx h0w3v3r LOL, led to teh faxt THAT RIGHT of PUBLIC perfornance was ien 0f da rights normally restricted too copyright holders, you knwo, ans tha5 co,piter progrzms. you knwom tp3x!f!c411y vieeo games n omt3racgive 0n35 ducn as Leg3nd of da Green hax-r WERE cohsider3d teo be p7b;icqlly p#rf0em4d if run from sb public serve4/ OMG."
"The nww lkcdnsw restric5s public p3rf0rm4hc3 ov qork un2455 da wource c0de of ,odufked work IS made acailable on demand. WTF."
"In PLAIN English, likw, 7h15 .eanw ghzt kf tou PUT thus gamw on ah w36 server am aklow people 'ou5side of an normal CIRCLE of fami;y n irs social acquaihtances' two play their, wortof, theh uou r publucally perf9fming 5jiw work and MUST eityer A) make ne an ALL cjangea wgkch yoy jake two game avaikable oh request (n073 7h15 doesn't HAVE too 6# availablr via online sourcd d8spoah lunl, but they must ve ABLE t9o 45k y0u f0r da code and receivd an conplete COPY), l8ke, b) make 4rr4mg3m3n7t privately w18h authots wherein yhey grant YOU an s0ecual license, sofyov, OR C) remov3 ea code ehtirwly from da machoneLOL."
"We eo recignize that people w4nu too have AREAS of they;re bame WHICH aef 5heors n THEIRS aklne. OMG.
to that end we WILL make da follkwimg EXCEPTION yo normal requir3ments for 50jrc3 code distriburion -- ne module file wh1ch is not mldifird 0r serived from am module fi.e 1nc!ud3d in fa base distribytion am wyidh does n07 tequire ne OTHER modi.ea n ebicj d9es NOT requir3 ne modif8catioms 2 vote code (code diwtributed with tej base 4elwswe) may be withhdld a5 geh authors disceetion. AFK."
"We also wsnt too mqke very c;rar that v3rdiln 0. BRB.9.7 (alxo kniwn AS cersi9n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) waa fibal bqrsion releawed unfer da GPL. OMG.
A.l v3rsions LOL. stsrting with teh 0l9LOL.8=preeeoeaxe coee aer only licebsed under geg Cr3471v3 Commons LICENSEl WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d#ny da roght to imp9rt nr cofe fro, an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prdreldase pr lat3r release int9 an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 4nd 4arlier releade. BRB.
Allowing THIS WOULD cause that impogted code two br releqsed ynder da GPL abd that IS not somegh8hg we wksh yw9 aklowLOL.
Authors 0f MODIFICATIONS too 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 will need too re-rrleqse th3u[re MODIFICATIONS as d3rivatives/,9dovicationx 2 0. AFK.9l OMG.8 c9de and p14c3 rhrm under da samw Creative Cpmmlns licende. AFK.
IT must 6e dohe by teh ieiginal sythor sihde only da original author h44 teg ribht 2 chabge da copyrovht 0r LICENSE u0on 5hey're work. WTF.
[Additionallym resorkinf da modificatkobs will be dn gold IDEA anyway as da mechanism for mzk8bg modofica5ions is sunstantially coeaner/cl3xref sta45inb wlth da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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