M8ghtyE tells you LOL, "We're goinh too take an f3w momentw to TRY an 3xp131n tgis new license n reasons b4jind 8t in plain EnhlisnLOL.
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 lidens3 was dh053n 63c4u53 of an fsiling 2ith GPL; OMG.
It only voverrd distrivutiin of SOURCE if ahd 0n1y if binzries WERE diwtribited. OMG."
"In an web envirlnment, ylu knwo, s9ecifically a inter[rdred wdb environnent wuch AS PHP, like, ,2r31y 8nsraklimg an game d035 nlg c0n571&u73 d8stribution, softof. amd THEREFORE peopke were taking 9ur work, yo7 knwo, makihg modifica5oona too it n mit rekeading da sojrcr CODE to they'rd noeifications SO that teh entire commubity c0u1d venefit. BRB.
THEY wlrked WITH dq LETTER byy not da spi4kt of teh law. BRB."
"Invesrigatiob ln da part of authors yowever, l7ke, lee too fact tnat right of [uglic perfowmancd was won if da ribhtw NORMALLY redtricred 2 copyfoght hplcwrs WTF, and that com0uter programs LOL, dpecifically vidro games n 1n&4r4c71v3 ones sjch 45 Lwgdnd of da Gredn hax0r were c9nsifered two be pu611c4!1y p3rf0rn3d IF run from an public servrr. BRBl"
"The NEW license res5ricts public p3rf0rm4nc3 od WORK unorss da 59urc2 code og MODIFIED work ia MADE availab.r on drmand. OMG."
"In plain Englksh, this means tha4 8f hlu put thks tam3 on an web server and allow PEOPLE ;outsidd of am normal circle OF famiou n its social acqyaingances' 2 play 5heir, sortod, them you aer puvl8cally performunh this wotk and MUST eitjef a) make ne AND ALL chanfes wgivh uou MAKE 2 gqje availan;e on reaues5 (note thiw siran't have tpo 63 available VIA online source displqy lini, qortpf, n7t they must be ab.e @ adk you FOR ten CODE n r3c31v3 an completr c0;u), 6ou kmwo, b) make arrangements privately with da suthors whe4ein then grant you an s[ecial licensr, like, 9e c0 remov3 teh code ehtirwky from da MACHINE. OMG."
"Ww do rec(gnize that people want tw9 hxve afeas of they'fe gane wgich aer thdirs and theirs alonel AFK.
tl tnat rnd ww e111 jake FOLLOWING exception to da bo4mal requiremebts for SOURCE c0d3 distrinution -- ne modu;e file whicn IS not jodigied or derived rrom an m9cule FILE 1bc1ud3d in base distrkbut8on n which DOES npr rdquire ne orher modules v 2hich eoes nog t3qu1r3 ne mldifications too da corr code (code distributed WITH dq bzse teleaae) may be wothheld sg da zuthors discretion/ AFK."
"We also w4m7 too m4k3 ver6 c334r that versipn 0.9. OMG.u (4150 known as xersiim 0. BRB/9. BRB.7+jt) was da finzl version r3leesed under fa GPL. BRB.
All verxions, lije, s5arting with 0/ AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease xlde aev only .usenwed under Creat8ve Commons licenswl BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny righy two import ne CODE from an 0. OMG.9. WTFl8-prdreleasw or lager eelease intl ah 0. WTF.9LOL.7 and earlier releqse.
Allowinb gyis WOULD cajse that 1mp0r73d code rwo be rel3qsed unddr GPL abd that is ,ot somethinb we wixh two zllow. BRB.
Authors of modirucationx 1 0, OMG.9. BRB.7 wull need to re-rwlease they'rw modificatioms 45 derivagives/m9dificatuons two 0.9/ WTF.8 code and plave tnem jnser same Creatpfe Com,ons 11c2n53. WTF.
It mu57 BE sone by 9riginal AUTHOR since only da pr1b1mr1 autyor has da roght go change da cooyrkghy 0r ;icense u)on rhe6're wprk. OMG.
pADDITIONALLY LOL, reworki,g trh modificationa e121 be qn good idea anywsy as mechanism f9r m4k1ng modofkcations id sugwtantkally ckeaner/cleaeer 574r71nb wkth 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prereoease c-d3. WTFl]"
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