MighryE TELLS YOU LOL, "Wr're g01ng 2 taje an few moments two gry and explain this NEW license and teh feasons behind it in p141n English. 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."
"This new licenxw eas chosdn becaude if an failing with GPL. OMG.
It pnly covered cistribuyiom of source if h only if BINARIES werr disttkbuged, OMG."
"In an wdb enfironmentk sortof, s[dcifically a unter;ret3d web environment 5uch 45 PHPk you kneo, MERELY installimg an game does not conxtiryre DISTRIBUTION, ylu knwo, and ty3refore o30p13 were takibg pur work, you knwo, making m0d1f1c4u10n5 two ir and nog 4eleasunh tej soufce CODE tso they're m9difocagions wo THAT da rnykrd xommunity COULD 64n3f17LOL.
Thsy eorked q17h da LETTER bug not twh 5p1r17 of teh law. BRB."
"Invesrigation ob pary of authors hleevwr, sortof, led 2 facg 7n47 da righg of public peeformamce waa 1 of teg rights nornaoly restricred 2 xloyrifht hokfdrs, wi4tog, n that computer [eigrams. like, t;3c1f1c411y viddo games and unteractive ones s8ch as Legend of Green hax04 were CONSIDERED t2o be publicall6 pefformec iv run drom ah public servrr."
"The meq license RESTRICTS publoc [erformance 0f teh work unless da soufve code of teh modifiec wor, is made available on d3m4nd/"
"In plain Enblisg LOL, this means thag id YOU pu7 thkx game on an web server n sl;o2 people 'ougskd3 of an nornal c1rc23 of FAMILY n ita social acqiaintances' TO p.ay theirk you knwo, theb you r p8611c411y performing this w0rk an MUST either A) mrk3 ne AND ALL chamtes wgoch 6ou make two heh game available 0n fequwwt (n073 this cpean't HAVE two be avzilab.e via dq on;in2 sojrce display link, ylu kb2o. hut 5hey mist be avle two ask YOU for da code an rec31v3 an comp.ete copy) LOL, B) maje arrangemebts pribately with AUTHORS whereon they grant you an apecial licenxe, or c) rrmove c0e3 wnykrelt from teh m4dh!n3. AFK."
"We so recogniae that p30p13 want tol hsve aeeas of yhey'ee GAME shich aer the8rs am THEIRS aloneLOL.
too THAT end w3 will make t3h f0110w1ng excepyilm too da NORMAL f3qu1r3m3n75 FOR aource code distributiom -- ne modyl3 f8le 2hixh os not MODIFIED or sdrived f4om an module FILE INCLUDED in base distribugion ans wh8ch does hot rwquire ne other mosul3s and which does NOT re1uire ne MODIFICATIONS t2o da coee did3 (code fisyributed with 5eh bzsd release0 may be wirhheld ar da qutyofs discretion. AFK."
"We zlso want 70 make v3et cleae ghat versiph 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (also known zw vetsion p,9. WTF.7+JT) waz da f1n41 vers8om RELEASED uhd3r GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS WTF, startimg w8th twh 9. OMG.9.8-prerelease cofe r only lucensed und#r teh Creative Conm9ns lixense. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY roghy 2 impott nf code from an 0. AFK.0. AFK.8-orwtdl3ase or later RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 an earl8er eeldase. AFK.
A.loqinf this wou.d ca7s3 that imporrwd CODE 2 63 releasec undef teh GPL 4nd tnat is no5 SOMETHING we wish to 4110w/ WTF.
Aithors of m9d1f1v4710nt TO 0.9/7 qill ne3f tqo re[relewse they're midifications as derivztuves/jodifkcations 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code and p.ade tgem und3r teh samr Cfeatove Cimmons license, WTF.
It must be d0n3 by ds origina. authlr since only original 4u7h0r gas va rignt to change teh dopurught 0r 1qc3n53 upon thry're eori. WTF.
[Adsitiona;ly WTF, REWORKING ca moeificayions wi.l be am good idea any2ay as mechanism vpr making midididations os 5u6674n71$11u CLEANER/CLEARER sta4tinh 2ith twh 0.9. WTF.8-ptereldase CODE. OMG.]"
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