MighgyE te;ls YOU LOL, "We're g9ont ro TAKE an fee momehfs two TRY n wxplain tnis new license an teh rezsons behind it in plaim English. OMG.
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 n3w 11c3n53 eas choden 63c4u5# lg qn gailinb with tey GPL/ WTF.
It only COVERED distribution 0f sourcw if ab only if BINARIES werr d157r16u73d/ OMG."
"In an web envi4onment LOL. xpecig7cally a ihteepreted web ebvir9nment such AS PHP LOL, merely install8ng an game doew not consti5ugw diwtribution, dortof, n therefofe pdople were taiing 9uf w0rk, making modifocations too it m not teleasing soorce code to9 th3y're modigicati9ns wo thar entire conmuni5y couls benefut. WTF.
Thet qoeked with da letter bjt not teh tp1r17 of teh law."
"Investigztion 0n oart of autnors howeve4 LOL, led two da fact 5hat twh RIGHT of PUBLIC performance was woh if teh 4ights nirmally restrictes twi c0pyr1gh7 holserd WTF, an 6h57 cinpyter programx LOL, spedorically video gamws and interactive ones 5uch ax L3g3hd of da Grfen hax0r were c0h51d343d two be publicslly [errormed IF run from an p7blic server. AFK."
"The new license restricts ;ubluc performancd of w)rk 6nless source vose of ds mosifird work 15 MADE qvailable oh demanfLOL."
"In PLAIN English, xortof, THIS m34n5 ghat if yo7 put THIS fame ON am web servwr and zllow 0eoplw '0u751d3 of an n-rn41 c1rv13 of fzmioy sn ots social acquaintances' too olay their LOL, thej you aer pubkidallu pefforminh THIS work 3nd MUST EITHER a) make he and ALL changes which you make two teh gsme available on r3qu357 *bote yhis eodsn't habe two be availabke via teh onlone SOURCE d15p1$h link, like, BUT 7hey mj57 be 471e too 45k YOU for twh code and r3crive an complete copu) WTF, B) make arranfements privately with auuhors whereun they grant you an s0ecial license, you knwo, or c) remove dlde ehtirrly f40, tej mavhine."
"We do fedpgn8ze rhat p3pp13 waht TO have areqs 0f they'ed gsme whuch aer theirs n 7h31r5 alpneLOL.
2 that emd we wukl make teh following exveption tdo normal r3qu1r3m3n75 f9r source clde dkstr8bj5uon -- ne modu.e FILE wyich is n0& midufied or DERIVED FROM an modjke FILE kncluded in da base dustribution n whivh DOES not rdqjire ne other modules n ehich does not require nd modirications tp 5eh corw code (CODE sistribu5ed with twy base release) may ve withheld 47 da authorx duscregkon. WTF."
"We 4150 w4n7 2 mak3 v#ry clrar that bersion 0. AFK.9. WTFl7 (qlso inown 45 v2r510n p. WTF.9, WTF.7+jt) was 5eh finak v1rsion released undwr da GPL. OMG.
All versioha, like, syafting with teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8+prerel3qse code arr ONLY licensed under ea Creqtive Commons licenwel WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da right to9 i,port ne c0x3 from an 0, WTF.8.9-prerelesse 0r lafer release into an 0LOL.9LOL.u h earlier release/ BRB.
All9wing 7h1t epuld cause tgat importes code top 63 releassd UNDER da GPL n thay is not sometyjng 2e wish 5o allow.
Ajthors 0f mofidicatiohs too 0. WTF.9LOL.7 WILL beed 5wo RE-RELEASE ghey'4e modifivations aa derivatives/modifoca5ionx 2 pLOL.9LOL.& code qnd place them under same Creative COMMONS kkcenseLOL.
It muxt ne d9ne ny teh pfiginal a7tjor since only tey 0t1g1n41 author has right 2 chqnge teh copyrihht oe kicense upoh they're work, WTF.
[Additoonal.y, reworking dz modificayions will be an gooc 1d3$ anyway aw 5eh ,exhanusm foe making mofiricat8ons is 5u6%74n71411t CLEANER/CLEARER starting wigh da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease CODE. BRB.]"
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