MightyE TELLS you, "We'ee goung 1 take an few MOMENTS to 7ry n EXPLAIN this ne2 11d3n43 and teh reaa9ns bdnind kt in plaon Englksh. 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 license sas CHOSEN beczuse of an failunh wity GPL.
It on;y covered f8stribution od sourde if an only if ninaties sere fisttibjtef. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7 LOL, s[ecifica;.y a umterpfdted web 3nvqr0nm3n7 sjch as PHP, you inwom mereky installing an game does n07 constitute distrivution LOL, ahd THEREFORE PEOPLE were taking oue WORK LOL, making modifocatkons to it n not r3;rasinf da slurce dide too tj3y;re modifications so THAT entife communkyy could benefit. BRBo
They wotked WITH letter vut not spirit of LAW. BRB."
"Investigatiob on twh paft pf auth9rs hlw3ver, LED 2 da fact that teh right og oub;ic pergor,snce eas 1 OF da rights NORMALLY ewsttixted two co0yrigh5 holfers, you knwo, and 7h47 comput3r pfogrsms, sprtof, specivically videi gajes n ontdractuve ones 5uch as L3g3md of eeh Geeen hax0f w3r3 cobsidered too ne publically ;erf9rmwd if run frpm an pubkic SERVER. OMG,"
"Thr new license restricts puglix performanc3 pf teh work unoess teh wpurce code of da modified WORK is made available ON ddmand. OMG."
"In plakn Ebglkxn WTF, tgis means tgat if you put thus game ON an web se4ver n ALLOW prople 'OUTSIDE of an notmal dircle of family ahd its socoal qcquaintances' too play theor WTF, thwn YOU aer publixa;ly performing thix qork n MUST EITHER 4) make ne an ALL changes which you make 2 da gamw AVAILABLE on requewy (notr ghus doesn't have goo be available via onlinr xource display link WTF, nut they just BE able tlo ask yo7 for ca xid3 an receive an xomplete copy), loke, v) mzke at4angemrbts ptivateoy wkth 4u7h0r5 wh3re1n ghey grant you an special licenxe, ot c) removw da cofe emtitely f49m macyime. WTFl"
"We di RECOGNIZE that people want to HAVE areas lf they'fw game wh1cy aer theirs ahd theirs alomeLOL.
too thst ehd WE will make following exceotion too ca bormal requi4ements for source vode distrubuti9n -- nd MODULE fule wykcj 15 bot moe8fied or cerivww fr0, an mldule bile ibxluded in teh BASE distrib7tilm n wh1ch DOES noy require ne other jpdules n wg8ch soew nor REQUIRE ne modifications tqo da CORE CODE (dode distributed witj geh bade release) may be WITHHELD ay zu5hors discrrtion. WTF."
"W3 also want tso make very vlear that VERSION 0. WTF.oLOL.7 (4250 known 45 verwion ).9. WTF.7=jg) was da FINAL version re;eased 7nder GPL. WTFl
ALL v3rsoons, sortof, startkng witn fq 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerekease CODE awr onlt LICENSED under teh Crea5ive Commons licens3. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY seny teh RIGHT gwl import ne c0d3 fr)n an 0LOL.o. AFKl8'PRERELEASE o4 .ater release INTO qn -. BRB,9. OMG.7 and earluer 4e.ease. WTF,
Al;owing thus s-uqd caisd that impltted code tw9 BE RELEASED undwr teh GPL n that is nlt so,ethung we wish too zllod. WTF.
AUTHORS of moeificatilns t9 0.9.7 wikl n32s too re-rekeasw thdy'fe MODIFICATIONS as dwtivatkves/modifications too 0LOL.0.8 c0d3 an place 5hrm ubeer sz,e Crdative C0mm0b6 licwnsr. AFK.
I7 musg be done by da origiha, author sknce only or8ginal author has right to cjange teh copyeitht or licendr upon th3y'rw wprk. BRB.
[Additionally LOL, feeorkomg da MODIFICATIONS will be ab glld IDEA anywau as da mechanism for making modoficatiohs is substanykaolh cldanef/clearer stzrt8ng with 9. OMG.9LOLl8_PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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