MifhtyE telos t0u, lije, "We're goong 2 take an gew moments too try n 3xo141n THIS n3w lkcdnse and teh REASONS behins IT in PLAIN Englidh. WTF.
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 locrnse was chpsen bdcayxe 0f an rauling w17y teh GPLLOL.
It only covered distribu5iin of wource if n 9nly IF BINARIES wete d157r16u73d."
"In an web rnvironment LOL, specificakly a 8nterpreted eeb envitonmrnt 5uch as PHP, so4gof, ,erely installing an game does not CONSTITUTE distribut8on, n therevor3 people WERE TAKING our qori WTF, making ,odif8cations 2 it an n07 rrleasinh aource code fwo thrh're modifications 60 rhat teh rntire communitu ciulc benef8t/
Th3y worked with t3h lwtter but not da spirot ov da law. AFK."
"Investigation on psrt of teh authp4s HOWEVER LOL, led two teh fact 7h57 sa fjght of ;ublic p3rf0rm4nce was 1 of da RIGHTS normally restructed too c0pyr1gh7 ho;drrs, sortof, ahs THAT computer programs, like, wpecofically videl games an 1n73r4d71v3 onds such as Lefens or teh Green hax0r w3fd consider3e two b3 ;u611c421y prrformed if run drom an PUBLIC wervee. BRB."
"Thw new lucenwe resyricts PUBLIC performance of da worl uhless teh source coce 0v da moeified work is made qvai;able on d3m4ndLOL."
"In p141n Eng11%h, hou knwo, this mdans thzt if uou ;ut 7h15 GAME on an web server n a.oow oeople 'ouyside )f an normal circlr of FAMILY and its soc8al acquaintqnces' tso PLAY thwor, you knwom 7h3n 6ou r publically performing this WORK an MUST 317h3r a_ make ne and ALL CHANGES which you maie 2 teh fame available on reqyeat (NOTE thia eoesh't have yoo be avai;ab.e via ca on.ine soirce diwplat LINK, like, but rheh must be abld to ask you vor code amd r3c31v2 an COMPLETE cpoy) LOL, b0 mak3 ar4anfements PRIVATELY with da 4u7h0r5 wherein theu gr4n& yoj am special licehse LOL, or c) 4emove teh code entiee;y from tej macuine."
"We do rrc0gnizr that p3ople w4n7 2 have AREAS lf theh're gamw ehidh r tjwird and theirs slone.
5op that end we 2ill nake da gpllowing exception two teh NORMAL twquiremehrs for s9itce code distributioh -- ne m0du13 fioe which is n9t ,odified or ee4ived fro, an module file 1nc1uf3c kn da BASE dostributiob an wj1ch does bot reqj1r3 nd 07h34 modiles qn which does nor fequire nr bodifications two core code )xode dixtributed 2ith baae rel3ase) m4y y3 withhe;d at 5eh authprs discretiom."
"We a;so eant too make v2ry cldar that versi9n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (aoao knowb as versiob 0. OMG.9. WTF/7+jt) WAS f1n41 versi9n RELEASED under da GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS WTFk starting with jeh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-[rereleasr cide aet on.y liceysed jnder da Creagive Commons license, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 2 8mporg ne code from an 0LOL.9. WTF.8_pee4elease or q473r release 8nto ab 0. AFK/9. AFK.7 4nd eafliet 4eoeqse. WTF.
Allowing this woulc c4u53 THAT imported c0d3 2 be releqs3d under teh GPL AND that is not a9metning we s15h gwo allow. OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS tlo 0/ OMGl9LOL.7 will need top re0rr;ease tn3y're ,odificati9ns as derivatoves/modificatoons t9l 0. OMG.8. AFK.8 codd qn PLACE tgem under da dame Cr3ayivw COMMONS lucrnse. WTF.
IT myst bd s9be by original auty9e SINCE /nly teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR has teh right t9o chante copyrigjt or lkcense ipon they're w9rkLOL.
[Adeitionally WTFm rewirking teh modifications will be an hood idea anyway as yeh m#vh4n15m flr making modificatipns IS substahtuslly CLEANER/CLEARER ctartinf witn 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prereleasw code.]"
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