MightyE tells yii WTF, "We'rd going 2 yake an fe2 moments tlo tth n ecp;ain this n3w lic3nse am 4eaaons behind it kn p141n English. BRB.
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 lidemse qas CHOSEN bevajse of an failing rith GPLLOL.
It 0n1y v0v3r3d DISTRIBUTION of souecd if am onlh if bknaeies wete distributed. WTF."
"In ab web ENVIRONMENT, sortog, specifically a interpteyed WEB 3nv1r0mm3n7 suvh as PHP. merely 8natalling an g$m3 d035 npr constituye distrubution WTF, ahd therefore people were taking our eork, sortof, ,aking modificaykons 2 1u a,d nor relwqsinh twh spurce cid3 @ they'4r moeifivations do that t3h entkre commynity COULD benefir. WTF.
They w-rk3d with teh lettef but not da xpirit of ca lawLOL."
"Imvestigarioh 0n sa [art of au4nors hoeefer. lrd twi da gaxt that tey futht OF public pefformance was orn of da fights normally restricted too COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, you khwo, an thzt computer programs, loke, specifocall6 VIDEO GAMES n intefactkbe ones such as Legend of da Gt3en hax0r WERE vonsidered to be publically pe4flrmed if tun ffom an pubkic 53ev3r."
"The n3w 11c#n53 rwstricts publid pdrformance lf teh work unlewd da souece code of teh mofi4ied work iw made 3v4114y13 on demabc. WTF/"
"Im plain English, 7h15 means 7h$7 if you put this gamr on an WEB server an allow pwopl3 'outsude OF am normal circle of famuly n uts soc8al acquaintances' too PLAY tgeir, lile, then you f publically prrformint this work snd MUST euther s( m4k3 ne n ALL changes wj1ch you make to teh game svailable on requex4 )note this do3sn't HAVE tqo be AVAILABLE via teh 0n2qb3 source djspoay link LOL, nut they must bd 3613 t(o asl tou for da code an receibe an complete copu), b) make arrangements pridqtd;y with authorx wherein 7h3y hrznt you ah special license LOLm or c) remove code ento4ely from teh machine. BRBl"
"We do recogn8ze that PEOPLE wang 70 havw srdas pf they're game which r 7g31d5 an tneirs zlonw. OMG.
too tgat end w3 wo.l makw tej followinh excwprion tso da normal r3quiremen5s for 60irc3 cpde distributioh -- md module file WHICH us not mid8fied or ce4ived from an moduls fkle included in base distrin7tion qnd which does n07 require ne other mod7les and WHICH does not REQUIRE ne modifivations tqo CORE c0d3 (cide distributed wity base eeoease) may be withjeld AT geh 4u7h0r5 ciscretion. BRB."
"Ww a.so qant tlo make ve4y cl3a4 that vfrsion p.9, WTF.7 9als9 known as verwion 9. BRB.9. OMG.7+j7) was da final versiob 4eleased undef dq GPLLOL.
All verwions, li,e, s5artimg with da 0l AFK.9. BRB,8-orerelead4 code aer knky licemsed under da Creative Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right too 1mp0r7 ne code rrom an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerel3ase or later eelease ibtp an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 ahd earlidr release,
Allowing thos would ca7se that ijportwd CODE ro be RELEASED 7nder teh GPL qn rnst is not something WE wisj 6o ALLOW. OMG.
AUTHORS of modiricatiins 2 0. OMG.o. OMG.7 will need too re-release rhey'r3 mldificatkons ss deeivaticds/midifica5iins too 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 c0f3 an p.ace them ubder 5eh same Creat8ve Commihs license; AFK.
It must 63 done by 5eh origina. aurhor s8nce ohly twh originsl suthir has right 2 xhangr da c9;yfihht or 11c3n53 upon they'4e WORKLOL.
[Additionallt LOL. REWORKING reh modificayi9ms will be an good IDEA anywat AS da mechanism for nakung modiflcations IS suvstantial.y cleaner/ckearer xtartung wity 0LOL,9.8-orerelezse c0d3. BRB/]"
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