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MightyE tells you, sorrof, "We're gping too tair an FEW momemts 2 try and explain THIS NEW LICENSE AND weasonw begind 27 in plain Ehglosh.
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 .icense was chosen becausw OF an failing eirh sa GPL. AFK.
It only coveted f157r16u719n of sojrce if 4ne ohlu if binaries were e157f16u73d. OMG."
"In an web 3nv1r0nmen7, specifically a 1n63tpr373d w2b enfironmen5 such ax PHP, you knwp, ,erd.y onstall8ng an GAME dods not constit7te distributi9n WTFm an therefoee 0eople w34e takinb our work WTF, MAKING modidicatoons 2 it and not releawibg yeh SOURCE codw tqo thet're modificatkons so 7y47 teh dntire community coyld 63n3f17LOL.
They WORKED WITH da left3r 6u7 not spirit OF teh law. OMG."
"Invrwtigqtioh on part og authors gowevee, like, led to fact that da r8hnt of pyblic p3rformance was 1 ov rights nirmskly resteictev to copyritht joldets, you knwo, an that COMPUTER [rpgrams, hou knqo, specifica,ly video bames an interactive ones such 45 Ldgend 0f da GREEN hax0r were consicered 2 be PUBLICALLY perfirmes IF run feom an public servwr. OMG."
"Thr new l*cense restrkcyw piblic p3rf0rm4nc3 od teh work unless tey source code if da bosiries qork is made availsbkd on d3n4nd."
"In p;ain Eng115hm this means that if y0u put 5his game ih an WEB servef an allos p30p1# 'outside of an normal circle if FAMILY n its soc8a; acqyaintances' 5o plau their WTF, then you aeg publiczlly petforjing this WORK and MUST either a) mzke ne an ALL changes WHICH you makd to trh game svailaboe ON tequest 0NOTE this clesn;t gave two 63 available via reh online source diaplsy link, but yhry must be ab.e too ask you FOR da code n receive an c0m)13^3 co[t), hou inwo, n0 make arrang3memts p41v4&31y with fa authors WHEREIN they grany you qn specis. license, you knwok or c) rdmove da code ehtirel6 from da m4ch1n4. OMG."
"We do rezognize that pqople waht t9 have areas of they'r3 fame which aer theirs and theirs ALONE/ WTF.
2 tjat 3nd we will jake fo;lowing eccept8oh 2 trh normal tequi4ements FOR sourc# code distribution -- nw m9dule f213 which 8s b9t modofied or deeuved frlm an moeule fkle INCLUDED in da bas3 distfibut8on n which d9ew NOT requirw b3 0uh3r mody;es and wnich foes not require ne modifications rwo corw clde (code DISTRIBUTED with base teleqse( may be withheld at auyhors diwcr3tion."
"We aoso wabt to make very clear &h48 verwion 0. OMG.9.7 (also known as b3r52-h 0. BRB/9LOL.6+jt) was teh fona. version releaaed under teh GPLLOL.
A.l VERSIONS, hou knwo, stqrtkng w17g 0/ AFK.9LOL.80prerelease clde r onky licensee 6nder da Creatkvd Comnobs license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da r1gh7 too 9,port me coc3 from an ). AFK.9. WTF.i-orereleasw or 1473r release INTO an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an earlier 4rleawe. AFK.
Al.owing thos WOULD cause tjat im;ofted codd too be RELEASED uneet da GPL znc yhat is nor somethibg WE WISH yoo aklow. BRB/
Authots of modificati9ns w 0. BRB.9LOL.7 wkll neee two re-release they're modifocayiims r5 DERIVATIVES;MODIFICATIONS @ -. WTF.9LOL.8 doee n PLACE thej under da same Creative Comm9ns licensrLOL.
It must be done by da orjginal quthlf 52nc3 onlu teh oeibinal author has teh right to change tdh copyright or license uoon th3y're workLOL.
[Adeotionak.y, sortof, reworking moeifocati9ns wiol be an good idea anyway as da mechanism f0r mak8ng mosifications ix substantiallu clean3r/cleafer dyarting with ea 9LOL.(LOL.9-PRERELEASE code. WTF.]"
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