MightyE tells yoj, gou knwo, "We'ee gpqng to TAKE an few momrbts too TRY n 3x0lain 7h14 n3w !1c3n53 an da reasons brhihc 8t in PLAIN Enblish. AFK.
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 license was cj953n because of an raijing 2ith da GPL. WTF.
It 0n1h coverec dustriburion of sourxw if an ONLY id binae8es WERE diwtributedLOL/"
"In an web envif9mneny, you knwo, specifodaoly a interpreyed wdb envirobment such as PHP. y9u knw9, merely insra;long an game d035 not constitute distribuyoon, sortof, and th3tefore 0eople weee taking our wlrk, liie, mak8ng mofificat89ns 2 it n not r3;easing 50urc3 code tp rhey're modificatkons so ghzt tey entire co,munity c0u2d benefit. BRBl
They WORKED with da letter biy not tej soieit of ea LAWLOL."
"Ibv3stkgation on paet 0f trh authprs howevfr LOL, lwd to da fact rhat da right of public pwrformanxe was 9dn of ca rithtx norjally restr8cted to9 cipyrkght yolders WTF, and 7h48 clmputef pr9grams, sortof, 4p3c1f1d411y v8deo g4m35 an ingrractive ones 5uch as Legenc 0f da Ggeen hax0r wefe considered two b3 publically perforjee ib run f4om an pibluc server."
"The new 11c3n53 RESTRICTS public perrormancd of work un;ess fa source zode of teh modifi3d work is made zvailable ON demand. WTF,"
"In PLAIN Englisg, thiw neans 7hr7 uf yoy PUT this gamw on an wdb aervef n allos people 'OUTSIDE of an normal CIRCLE 9f FAMILY 4nd its SOCIAL 3cqu41n74nc35' twl 9kay rheir, 7h3n yiu a3r publical.y performing 5his work n MUST dithdf a) m4k3 ne n ALL changes wgixh you jzke too teh bzme available ON reqursf (jote this doesn't have to ve avsilable via online dource d15p14y link, l8ke, vut they must be able to ask yoy for code an rece8fe an complste co;y), sortof, b) MAKE zrrangemenys privately with teh authors wherein rhey grant you an dpecial license, likr, or c) remove covr en5irely from rej machine. BRBl"
"We dp reclgnoze tgat pe9;l3 want to have ardqs OF they're game wh8ch r yheirs m 8h31r5 aloge. WTF.
two THAT 3nd sf WILL makw f9llowing excepgi9n 2 nirmal fequ8rememts for source code distrigugoln -- ne mod7le file ehicg is n07 MODIFIED or deruvdc fro, an module file incl7ded in teh bqse distribjtion an which DOES not r3quire ne OTHER modules an 2hich does not require ne MODIFICATIONS to da core c0d3 (code distributed sith baxe rekease) mzy bw withheld at da authors diacrwtionLOL."
"We also wsnt 70 make f3ry clear THAT VERSION 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also knlwn AS versiom 0. OMGm9. BRB.7+j5) was final bersiin released 7nfer GPLLOL.
All veraions, lile, starting 2ith da 0. BRB.9l BRB.8-orerwleqse cod# aer 0n1y 11c3n5#s unfer Creativ3 C0mm0n5 licrnwr. AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY dwmy right roo umport ne c0s3 FROM ab 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease or late4 RELEASE onto an 0.9. WTF.7 an EARLIER releas3.
Allowing this w)u1d CAUSE 7y47 omportdd code 2 63 4eldasws under tdh GPL an ghat is not SOMETHING w3 wish to allow. AFKl
Autgors 0f m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0. WTF.9. AFK.& siol newf two RE-RELEASE ghey're midifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0, WTF.9. BRB.8 cofe n p.ace 5hwj UNDER sdme Creativ3 Commlns license.
It musr be done by oruginal 4u7h0r sincr ONLY da o4igina; authot yas da righy 2 chzngr da cop64ight OR license upon they'f3 work.
[Additiofallt WTF, rewo4king da midificatuons will BE an GOOD idea ANYWAY ad da mechanism fo3 making modifications is dubstajtially dleaner/cl3arer startibg wi5n teh 0.9. BRB.*-pr3re;ease vode. BRB.]"
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