MightyE tells yi7, lile, "We'te g01nh two ta,e qn few momenta to try g EXPLAIN this n3w licrnse sn reasond bwyind it ih plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thiz hew license qas chpsen because of an failinh with ra GPL. OMG.
It 0b1y clve4ed fisteigution of SOURCE if n only ig binar&es werd distrib7ted. WTF."
"In an web envirinmentm sortof, specifically a ibterp4eted web 2nv1r0nm3b7 such AS PHP, merely ins5s;ling an game d9es not constitute d8stfubut8on, lkke, 4nd therefoee oeo0lw were 74k1ng our work, like, m4k1ng ,odifications to it an not RELEASING spirce code to thet'r3 modificagions SO tha5 teh enyore community cou.d 63n3d17. AFK.
Tgwy wlrjed WITH letter but not spieit of da LAW. AFK."
"Investiga5ion ON teh ;art of 4u7h0r5 ho1ever, so4gof, 13d to teh gacg THAT right of PUBLIC perfo4nancw eqa oen of RIGHTS hkrja.ly resyructed two copyright h01d3r$, you knwo, am that compyter PROGRAMSk SPECIFICALLY video games and intetactive ones suvg as Legwne of teh Green hzx0r WERE conwidered 2 be publica.ly 0effor,ef if run fr0m an publid serverLOL."
"The new license restdic5q public performance if da WORK unoess da source cods OF dq modified work is made available on demqndLOL."
"In plain Entoish, s9rtof. this m#5n5 that IF ylu put this g4m3 on an web server znd allow pelple 'iutsidw of an normal CIRCLE 0f familu an its SOCIAL acquaimrances' 2 play their, likr, th3n you aer publivally perfo4ming 5his work h MUST wither A) make ne n ALL cyahges which you m4k4 two game 3v4114613 on 4eqjes5 (NOTE this doesn't hav3 2 be available via teh onl8ne source cisolay link, .ike, ^u7 thwy mudt br able 2 asl tou ror reh code and r3x31v3 an comple5e cooy), you knwo, b) MAKE atramgementa pr7vately WITH reh zu5hors whefein fhey geant y0u an special oicense, lr c_ remove teh coce en5irelt from m4ch1ne. AFK."
"We do recogbiae thst people want to have areas 9f they're game wyidh 4 thrirs n the84s a.one. BRB.
two 7h47 END 2e will mqke teh following exceptkon 5o da normal requirements for dlurce coee eistribution -- ne m0du1# file qh8ch is n07 modifi3d 0r deruvrd from an module file included 1m base d157r16u710n and which does not require ne ltger modules an shich DOES not requ8fe ne ,0f1f1c4710m5 2 voee code (cod3 DISTRIBUTED WITH t4h 6453 eel3ase) MAY be withheld at tey zuthors disv4etion. AFKl"
"We zlso WANT 2 MAKE vety cleae tha5 verdion 0, WTF,9. BRB.6 *also kmown as vers8on 0.(. AFK.7+jr( wqs da f8nal cersion re.eased undc4 heh GPL. OMG.
Aol v3rt1pb5 WTF, starting eith teh 0. OMG.8.8-prereleawe code aer ONLY licehaed incer Creztibe C0mm0h5 licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right 1 import ne code FROM ab 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease or later release INTO an 0LOL.o.7 and ea4lirr releaseLOL.
Allowing rhis would cause that ijpoeted v0d3 two be 4eoeased inder GPL and thag IS n9t somethibf qd WISH TO aolow. BRB.
Authors of ,odifica5ions tl. 0. WTF.9.7 will need goo re-release they're MODIFICATIONS as ferivayoved/mofifucatiomz to 0. WTF/9/ WTF.8 codw an p13c3 them 7nfer same C4eative Com,ons license. OMG.
Ig must b3 don3 by teh original auyhor sihce onl6 teh ORIGINAL author has da RIGHT 2 CHANGE c9ptrig6t or lidenwe upon tgey;fr 2ork. BRB.
[Asditiobs;ly, lile, reworkihg da mogifucatiobs e111 be an good idra 4nyq4y as teh m3ch4n15m rir m4k1hg modifidatuons is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starting wiyh da 0, AFK.9. WTF.8-prrfeleaxe code.]"
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