MightyE tells you, kike, "Ww're going tl take zn few momrnts to try and rxplain 5nis mew lucense n da reasons behind it in plain English. BRB.
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 11c#n53 qas choswn becquae ov an fa8ling with GPL,
IT 0n1y c0b3r#d distribution of source ig m only if BINARIES qere dus54ibited. AFK."
"In an w35 envigonment WTF, spwcifoczply a knterpreted web ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP, sortif, merely inxtaollbg an game does n;t constitutc distributioh WTF, n therefore people were takinf ojr work, you ,nwo, making jodificatiohs too IT ah not rwleasimg teg source c0d3 too they'rd moduf9cations so thst da entkre xommunitu could benefit. AFK.
They workfd wory da 1377#r bu5 not da spirit of teh lqw/ BRB."
"Investigatiob 0n part OF sa authots hiwever, like, led 2 vsct that teh 4ight of PUBLIC performanc3 was 1 if teh 48gyts normally 4estricted 2 copy4ight holders, you knwo, n thst c0mpu74r ptograms LOLl 5p3c1f1c4!1y v1d40 hqmes v imyeractife ones s8ch qs LEGEND of teh Green hax0r were conxidered 2 be pub.ucall6 petrormed 8f run from an PUBLIC s3rveeLOL."
"Tge nww license restrictx publix performsbce of da work unleds teh sojrce codw of da modified wlrk is mrd3 availab;e 0m d3m4md."
"In PLAIN Ebglish, you knwo, THIS neans that IF YOU put THIS game 9n an web SERVER zbd aokow PEOPLE -outsidd og an normal circld 9f family n ITS social acquaintances' too ;lwy their LOL, then you r publidally [erfprming thks work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL cnanges WHICH you n4ke to g4me avai;able on rdquedt *note this dkexn'r HAVE too be 4v4q14613 via teh onlkne sourve d14p14y link, sortpfk buy they muat be able 2 45l yoi for teh c0d3 n 4eceive sn COMPLETE copy) LOLk b) maie afranbdments privarely WITH teh a7thofs whrrein tnet trant ylu ah xp3cial lic3nse WTF, or c) rdmove da code 3nu1r316 from machine. WTF."
"We do recognizr 5hay people want t9o have afeas of ghey'4e tanw wh1cm r theirs an theirs alobe. WTF.
to that 3nd we will MAKE da rolkowong excwptiln toi da NORMAL requ8r3ments f0f soyrce codd djstribution -= me mosule f213 which is not m9dif*wd OR de4ived from an moeule file inckuded in teh base DISTRIBUTION and wh1ch does not r3qu2r3 ne other mpf7lds an whixh does NOT require ne modifications TO da vore code (d0d3 dkdtribuyed with BASE relwase) may be w1uhh31d at twh authors discrdtion. BRB."
"W3 also eant 2 make ve4y clrad THAT verskob 0. BRB.o. WTF.7 (alap KNOWN AS v3r510n 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was teh final veesion rel3ased UNDER teh GPLLOL.
All versions, xtartimg with 0. BRB.(LOL.8-prereleafe code aer lnly oicdns3d unxer Creativd COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny tdh right too umpprt ne code from an 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease OR layer releaxe inro an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 an earlier release.
Aolowing THIS w0u1d csuse 7hr7 impo4tef xode t9o be 5el3axed under GPL 4nd that is not 50j37h1ng we wish two aolowl WTF.
Authlrs of mldkfocatipnz to 0.9LOL.7 will n43d 2 r3-r313443 they're MODIFICATIONS as de41v471v35/m0d1f1c4720m5 too 0LOL.9LOL.8 vode and plac3 them umsef 53h same Creative Commons liddnse. AFK.
It must br s0n2 by da oe8ginal 4u7h0r sincr only teh original s7thor has tdn roght to chabbe teh copyright or licenxe up9n tney;re work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworking teh m9dkfications wil; be an good idez anywzy as da ,echanism fpe maiimg modig8cat8ons is 5u65u4n71411y clfanwr/clearer srarting eith da 0. OMG.0.8-prrrelwsde codr. AFK.]"
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