MightyE tells you WTF, "Ww're going two gake an FEW joments tp trt an rxplain 7h15 NEW 1!c3n43 and da reasons behind it in plain 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 NEW 11c3n5e wax ch05#n becauwe lf an fa8ling with GPL. AFK.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of sl7rcd IF an inly if binarkes weee distributed."
"In ab weg environment, xpecificaily a kntero4eted w36 environment such AS PHP, sortof, m3relu instqllkng ab gzme does bit conwtituhe DISTRIBUTION, AND therefore people were tzking pur work LOL, ,aking nockdications to it an bpt releasing teh sourdw code t2l they're modifications so that 5eh entire d0mmun17y could benerkt. OMG.
They 2orked wkth letter buy not dz spirit of da lqwLOL,"
"Invddtigation on part of da authots however WTF. led two 5eh fact that da rigjg of public performance w$5 1 og da r1gh75 normally restricgee tso copyright HOLDERS, an that c9mpugee PROGRAMS, sortor, s[ecificallt vidd9 games abd INTERACTIVE lnes such as Legend of sa Geewn nax0r werw considered two be piblics.ly PERFORMED if run from sn public srrver. OMG."
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS pub,ic perfirmancr lg teh w0rk jh13t5 da sourde code of teh modiried w0ek is uade avqi.able on demandLOL."
"Im [lain Englksbk l8ke, thiw meahs that 1f you ;yt this yame oh an web sdrver ab ALLOW pwiple 'ourside of an normal circlw of family n igx aocozl acquaimtancea' gwo play their, like, theb you aer pub;ically prtform8ng ghus work h MUST eitger a) MAKE ne am ALL dh4ng3r which yoj make tio geh bame 4v4114613 ob request (note this DOESN'T have two b3 available via online source display 11n, WTF, %i7 ghey must be able 2 ask you foe CODE n receive qn comple5e COPY) LOL, b) make ARRANGEMENTS pr1v47e2y with tej $u7hp46 whdrein ghey GRANT yiu an zpecial licende, OR c) remove code ebtire;y frlm machime. AFK."
"We do recigniz3 that people wan5 2 have areas og tgey're game WHICH r theirs n theirs zlond. BRB.
tlo that env we will m4i3 ten foll9wihg exception too da normzl requirements for sojrce code distribution -- ne module fil3 ehivh os n07 modidied or d3r!v3d from an module file included IN fa BASE distribution an which f035 hot reqyire md other modulws n WHICH coes not REQUIRE ne mldificztkojs two da core xlde (cpd3 cistrobuted with teh BASE e3/3asr) MAY be wq7hh31d a5 authors siscretupn. OMG."
"We qlso want yo makd very clrsr that vetsion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also known as verxion 0. WTF.9.u+jt) WAS da fijsl versiln tdleaa3d under teh GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, lukek stqrt8ng wirh da 0. AFK.0. WTF.8-prereleax3 coce aer only oixebsed jneer Creative Clmmons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh t1gh7 too imoort je code from an 0.9LOL.8-prerelease or LATER r313453 INTO an 0l9. AFK.& n 34r113r rtoezse. WTF.
A110w1ng 7h15 sould cauxe 7h47 1m00r73d codd too be feleas3d UNDER da GPL an that iw not somwthing we wish tql allpe. BRB.
Autnors 0f m0e!f1c471-n5 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 wilk need 2 rr-release they're modoficatiogs AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS ro 0.9. OMG.8 cpde n pkace them und3t dz same Crdative Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
IT mu57 be done by originam autnor since ohly teh ORIGINAL author has da eight two chanbe hrh copyright or licdnse UPON they;re w0rk.
]Afditionally WTF, 4eworkihf da modificatjonx wkll BE an food idea znywzy 45 da j3cy3n15, for m3k1ng modifications IS 5u6574n71412y cleaher/cosarer starting with teh ). OMG.9l OMG.0_prereldasw code. OMG,]"
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