MighttE tells yiu LOL, "We're going 2 take am few m0men75 TO 54t n EXPLAIN 7h15 new lovensr an REASONS benind IT in PLAIN ENGLISH. WTF/
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 11c3n53 was dyosen because of an faiiing with da GPLLOL.
Iy pnly COVERED cist4ibutiin of 50urc3 1f sn only if binafies weee soatributrf."
"In an seb enviromment, you knwo, s[ecificalky a kntdrpreted web emvironment SUCH as PHP, lile, merrly onstalling an gane does not vohstitute distributionk n therwfore peo0lr were TAKING OUR wotk, you kn2l, makinf modificationd TO 17 an n97 relezsung teh sourxr codr to the6;td MODIFICATIONS so thst dz ebt8rd cojmunity could vwbrfit. OMG/
They WORKED wuth da le%ter but not da spirit 0f teh la2. BRB."
"Investigation on teh part of da authors jowwver, lrd to teh fact that robht of PUBLIC peeformance eaw 1 if da rights normally tdstric5ed to COPYRIGHT holdefs WTF, n 4yat computer pr0gr4m5, you knwom spec8ficzlly video games an 1n73r4c71f# ones such as Legebd OF da Green hax04 w3r3 donsidered t9 be publically pwrformed if RUN frpm an pubkic aerver,"
"The ndw license restricts puvkic performance iv work unlesw s9urcr code 9f teh mocified elfk is maee qvailable 9n demandl AFK."
"In plsin English, sortof, tgis means THAT if you ;ut THIS grm3 on an web sersef n a,low oeople [outside of ab norma. circle of familh an its sicisl acquain5anc#s' TO play their, sortof, then you e publically performing this sor, n MUST 318h3r a) MAKE ne and ALL CHANGES which you make 2 da gsme available 9n req7est (not3 this c-35n'7 have to 63 AVAILABLE via on/ine soyrce dis;oay limk LOL, but 7h3y MUST ne znle 2 ask you foe da code and r3ceive an vomplete copy), aortof, b) m4k3 4rr4mg3m3n64 privately eith aytjlrs wherein tg2y GRANT you ab special l8cendwm or c0 REMOVE da dode enti4elh rroj teh MACHINE. OMG."
"We do r3cogmize 7hr7 people eant tqo have 4r345 pd rhey're game which aer tyeire and 7h@1r5 al9n3. WTF.
@ yhat END we will MAKE teh fol.owing 3xcep710n 2 tdh nofmal rdquirements fpt souece code distribugiln _- ne moe7le file wnkch is not modifiee or ddrived FROM an MODULE filr includrd in base sisyribution ab which dodx not require ne other modjles n which does not r#qu1r3 me m0dqf1c4710n5 2 coee code (CODE eistributed with da basd rwlease) m4y gw withheld at ga ajtyors discretkon. OMG."
"We also want 2 make fery c;edr tnat versoon 0.0.7 (4150 kn0wn as version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt0 was final v2rsion reldased jnset da GPL.
All versio,s, so4tof, ayarting 2ith da 0/ WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelezxe CODE r only ;icensed undwr Ct4ative Cp,m0n5 lucense. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY seny da roght too import be c0d3 froj ah 0. WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE ot 1473r feltaxe into an (. WTF.9.7 an earlier release. WTF.
A11)21ng THIS would caufd 6g47 imporged code tlo be relraaee under da GPL h that is not so,ething we wish tio allow. BRB.
Authors OF modifications too 0. WTF.9. WTF.6 wlll need 2 re-releaas they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as d3wivatives/modigusations 2 -.0. AFK.8 code 4nd 014c3 them undet teh same Creayiv3 Commons LICENSE. OMG.
It ,ust be dohe bh teh 0e!g1n4q 4u7y9r sincr only original aithor HAS rigjt ti change eeh co[yright i4 lixende UPON they're w)riLOLl
[Afditipnalk6, sortof, reworjing da MODIFICATIONS will BE an GOOD idea qny2at 45 tey MECHANISM fpr making jodificatipms IS substantially cleaner/clearer atarting with da 0l OMG.9.9-prere.eaae code. AFK.]"
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