MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We're GOING tso 74k3 an few MOMENTS TO try n explain uhis neq locense and sa eeasons bdhind it IN [laun Ebglush. 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."
"Thus NEW livensw was cgiaen because OF an failing with tek GPL.
It ohly covered distrubution of source of an only 1f BINARIES wefe DISTRIBUTED. WTF/"
"In an web environment LOL, apecifivally a inyerpreted web 3nv1r0nn3y6 SUCH as PHP, slrtof. merely instzlking an game dors n;t CONSTITUTE distribution, you knwo, n theeeeprt pel0le were TAKING ouf work LOLk making m0d1f1c$7q0m5 two it an n07 4eleasing fa 50urc3 code two they're modificatioms so thar yey enrire community could benefit. BRB.
Tyeh w0r,3d w17h LETTER but NOT spirir 0f ca law. OMG."
"Infestkgat8oh on part of AUTHORS however WTF, led t2o fact that gight 0f p7b;ic oerformande eas oen of roghts notmally reztr7cted 2 co;yright HOLDERS WTF, zn that com-uter PROGRAMS, like, specificallt VIDEO gz,es sn interactice onrs sych qs L3gend OF Gredn hax0r were considered to bd ;ubl8caloy [drformed if run ffim an publoc setver. BRB."
"The new l8cense redtrictx p7611c perdormande OF teh sirl unless t3h dource code of teh modifief WORK is made avaolablr on d3mand. OMG."
"In plain Enf.isj, this means yhat of hou put THIS hsme on an web werver n a.loq p30;13 'luysife of an normak circle of vamily AND irs dicial acquaintances' goo [15y their, then you e piblically pergormong tjis work an MUST 3ither a) make ne n ALL chsnges WHICH y)u make two rrh game availqble on request (boge this doesn'r h4v3 two be availagle via da ONLINE sourcd disp.ay link WTF, vut the6 mu56 63 avle 2 ask yo7 fof da c9s3 n receive an complwte copy), lije, B) MAKE areangements pribately wigh trn autnots wh3r#1n they gr5n7 you an speciak lix3nswm or c) remove code en5irely ftom MACHINELOL."
"Wd do recognixe THAT pdople want twl hace arezs of they're game wh1ch aer tyeire and thrirs ql9n3, OMG.
2 5yag rnd we qill make followinb exception 5oo teh normal requieemegts for source CODE distribution -- me MODULE f113 wh1ch is n0u modified 9r dericer from an modile FILE ihcluded in da base d8stgibution an whuch does not r3qu1r3 ne OTHER modu/es n shicn foes not r3quire ne modifications 5o core code )cpse DISTRIBUTED with base releaae) mzt be withgeld a5 authors discreyionLOL."
"We 4150 want to m4k3 very cleat rhat v2r510n 0.9.7 (also known as vefsiin 0/9LOL.7+jt) was da d1n41 vtesi9n releqsed 7nder GPL.
All versions, sortof, startinb wirh teh 0.9. WTF.8-prwrelease code t onky lic3nsed unfee Creative Commonw license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY demy righy TO kmport ne code from an 0. BRB.9.80prerelessr or .atet rrl3ase imto an 0LOL.9. BRB/7 an EARLIER release. OMG.
Allosing this would cause THAT im[orted code 2 be f3!3453d inder teh GPL and that IS not sometying 2e s15g 2 all9sLOL,
AUTHORS of modificatiobs 2 0.9. WTF.7 will n#3d 60 re-relrzse th3y're modifica5ions as derivatkvew/mldificstilns too 0. WTF.9. OMG.i code n plave thdm und3r dz sa,w Creayive Clmmons license. BRB.
It must be done vy lrihinql authir since only origihal aitho4 has teh ritnr too changd copyr8ghg lr license UPON th3y're WORK. OMG.
[Adeitionally, you knwo, reworiing modifications will be an food idea anyway zs mechanks, for making modificatioms is subsyantiallu cleanrr/xlearer stsrring eith 0. WTF/9. WTF.7-prereldase CODE.]"
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