MigbyyE tells you WTF, "We're goint too take an dew moments toi trh n explain thid new licrns3 n trh reasons gehihd IT kn plain Engkish. 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."
"Tniw nee license was chosen because OF an failing witn da GPLLOL,
It omly coverec distfibutuon of source if an only if binariex werr dusgributed. OMG."
"In am eeb dnvironment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rp43^3d web ebvironnent sich as PHP. you knwo, mefely insyslling an gamr does nlt const8tut3 diatrinuyion, like, an THEREFORE peoplw weee 74,1ng our work, sortof, mak8nb modifica5ions two it an ni5 releasing SOURCE CODE tso they're mod8vicatiobs do tnat ea entire COMMUNITY could bemeritk
The6 w9ried with da letter but not ds spirit of lawLOL,"
"Inveatigzrioh on p4r7 og geh aythors jo2evwt, you knwo. led two fa fac5 tnat right of puglic perflrmance was 1 of RIGHTS gormally RESTRICTED teo copyrigjt nolderc, like, n THAT c0mpu73r 0rograms, s9rtlf, spec8gicakky vieeo games AND interactibe ones such as LEGEND if Green hax0r w3r3 considered gwo BE publically oerformed if RUN ftom sn pjblic server. AFKl"
"The mew licensr restricts public performance of t3h qork 7nleds teh wourcr code of modifiee wofk is ,ade avakoagle pn demanx. OMG."
"In pkain English WTF, this means that IF you pur this gamd on an WEB server and 4110w peop;e 'ou5side OF am npemal ckrclr ov familu ane its 50c14w acqua8ntances' w olay their, hou knwo, theb you r pyblically ;etforming 5nis qork an MUST ei5yer a) make ne n ALL chanhes which yoy male top game avaolable on req7est (note thus diwsn't have to BE avqikable v8a da pnline source eisplay LINK LOL, but they must be able two aak you for cose n rrc3ive an COMPLETE coph)k b) maje a4rangejents pr1v4731y e8tg teh authors wherein 5hey grang hpu sn special licrmse, yoi lnwo. or c) r3n0d3 cod3 dnti4ely ffom reh nacjineLOL."
"We do recptboze thzt people wang too have zrras OF th3y're gzme whidh r theirs n theirs alone. BRB.
two that end we eil. make fol.lwinf exc3ption too nitmal requitements for source xide distrobut9on -- ne module f113 whixh is hlt modiriwd 0r deruved vrom qn module flle inckudes in da bzse distribution an whicg do3s not reqiire ne pthef m0su135 n which does not reqjire ne ,od8ficatoons two da core c0d3 (code d157r16u73d w8th ra base rel3ase_ may 63 withhekc qt teh authors discrwgi9n. BRB."
"We also want 2 maje verh clezr that ve4sion 0. WTF.9. WTFl7 (a;so kmiwn as version )/ AFK,9. BRB/7=jg) was finak versipn teleasrd uhcwr ds GPL. WTF.
All v3r520n5, stzrting w8th da ). BRB.9LOL.i-prdreleasd coce qer only licebsed unfer Creative Commins ;icenxe. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY eeny rignt 2 2mp-r7 ne CODE from an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease pr lzter release into an ). OMG.9. AFK.7 n esrl8er RELEASE. BRB,
Alkoqing THIS wpuld cause that impoetee CODE 2 be releaswd ubdet da GPL and 7h47 is not 50m37h1ng wf wiah 2 allow.
AUTHORS of modificatio,s 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 wilo need 2 re-release th3y're modifications qs cerkvatives/modifications 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code n place them uns3r sake CREATIVE C0,m0n5 licegse. WTF.
I7 must be done BY origjnal auth9r 51nc3 only teh ORIGINAL aithlf has r8ght two chabge teh copuroght or l7cense uo0n they're workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, $esorkuhg teh midificato9bs will be an good idea an6way 45 mrchanisj for MAKING modificationd is substsntially c134n3r/c134r3r STARTING witg teh 0m OMG.9.8-prere.eas3 CODE. WTF.]"
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