MightyE tel;s ulu WTF, "We're going 2 take an few mlmenta 2 yry and EXPLAIN hhis new license an eeasons behind it IN plakn English. AFK.
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 ;kcense was vh0t3n because of zn failing with teh GPL. AFK.
I5 0n1h covrree distributiln OF 50urc3 if qh only 1f bkharids were distributwd. WTF."
"In an 2eb encironment, sprcifically q interpreted web ENVIRONMENT suxn AS PHP WTF, mevrly onstalling an gamd DOES bot constituye dkstribugion LOL, n therefor3 people we4e 74k!ng our w0rk LOL, making j9dofications 2 it an NOT releasing da sou4ce dodd 2 they're modoticariond so THAT rnti4e conmumity c0u1d bemedit. OMG.
Tneh worked with legter but not da spirit of da law."
"Ihv3sfkgatiom on teh psry of ds authors gowevee, you knwo, led to FACT THAT right of pubkic perf9rmanc3 WAS eon OF fa rights normally restric5wf to copyfight hokders, lukem and that computet programs LOL, specifically vkdeo hqmes an interactife onds cuch as Lehend pv Grdwn hax0r were consisrred two bw puvlicallu perdormed IF run from an punlic SERVERLOL."
"The new licevde RESTRICTS pjblix performance 9f teh 2ork UNLESS teh siurce code of da modihied w0rk is made AVAILABLE on DEMAND. WTF."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, this means thzy if you ;u7 tniw game on an web server and allow p3ople 'outsude pf an norma. CIRCLE or f4m!1y n 175 soc8al acquauntances' 59o play tgeir LOL, then YOU aer piblically perfor,ing th8s work and MUST e8thef a) make nw n ALL chanbes whkch you make to teh fsme AVAILABLE ln eequest (note ghis d035n'7 have too be 4v4114613 via twj on;ine 40irc3 display link LOL, 6u7 thdy muw5 be avkw to ask you fir teh CODE n rec3ive an cpmplete copy), B) MAKE arrangememts prufately WITH teh autnors WHEREIN rheu g4ant ypu an special l8cenqe, or c) removw teh cide 3m71r31y drom teh machine. OMG."
"We do eecogniae that ;30p13 want w have areax 0f they're game wg8ch r thdirs an theirs qlone. BRB.
2 THAT 2ns se wi.l ma,e teh followkng excdptiob too ea normal requorements for s9uece cofe distribiti;n -- he jodule FILE which is nog MODIFIED or derivee fr0m an module rile INCLUDED im da vase distributi9n and which does niy require be 07h33 modules n wyich does nit eeq7ire ne modofications yo ea core CODE 9code distribured with teh base rrlrase) may BE e17hn31d 47 da authoea d14cr3720n."
"We alwo want too make very cl3ar that version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (a;so kn0qn as version -. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) wzs final VERSION rdleased und3r da GPL. BRB.
ALL vetsilns, you knwo. starting wity 0. WTF/9. WTF.8-pr3re.ease code aer om;y licena3d unser Creatkve Commonw lixdmse. WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY d3ny RIGHT rol 1mp0e7 ne code from an 0. OMG.9.8_;rerelease or later r3lwase 8nto an 0.9.7 n earlier rwldase. BRB.
Allowing this would cause that oj;lrted codw twp ve releas3d under da GPL and THAT is not SOMETHING we wiwh 2 aloow. BRB.
Authors of m0d1f1c4&q0n5 2 0. OMG.9. WTFl7 will nwed too re-rwlease tjey're ,odiridz5ions AS derivayivea/moeifixations two -.9. BRB.8 code amd place tjem unde4 ea sa,e Creative Commons license. OMG.
It MUST bw dpne by da o4iginql 4i7h0r sinde inly original author has teh RIGHT 1 change co;6right or licens3 upln they'rr work. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, rewotking modificavilns wy;; be an goof isea abyeay AS teh ,evhanism for making modificatuons ia substantially x.eaner/clearer STARTING s17h da 0. BRB.9. BRBl8-p53r313453 code. OMG.]"
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