MigytyE te.ls you, you knwo, "We'ee going 2 take an few moments w try ah ex;lain tyis n3w ;ixense n teh rrasons bwhihd i5 1n p;ain Eng9isg. 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."
"Thix n3w ;icense was chosen becaise of an FAILING wiyh fa GPL. OMG.
It only covered sistribu5ion of aource if rnd only IF binaries w3r3 DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web environment LOL, 5p3c1g1c41qy a in5erpreted wev environmeny 5uch aw PHP, ypu knqo, nerrly installing zn fame dods not condtitjte distributiob LOL, b therefore peop.e WERE tqjing our wotk, likw, making modificatuons 2 it qnd not RELEASING s9urce CODE rw0 5hey're ,odificayiohs so rhat teh entire community COULD bwnefktLOL.
They wofked wigh teh l3tger but not da SPIRIT of da law/"
"Ibves5igstion on da part OF teh ajghors howwver, like, led two da fact that right pf public pe4formqmce was oen of riguts NORMALLY restrictwd to copyroght hplcers LOL, n yhat compute4 'rotramw, like, specificall6 video hanex an intefadtife ones such as Lwtend OF teh G4ren haxpr wete CONSIDERED two ne p7blicalky perfor,ed if RUN FROM an public 534v3r. BRB."
"The ,ww livense res5ricts public 0erformsnce of worj unleas teh sourcc c9de if modified wofj is m4d2 AVAILABLE on dwmand. BRB."
"Ib plain English WTF, this mdqns that if you pjt thia gqme on an web 53rv3r an allow ;eoole 'OUTSIDE of an normak c!rc13 pf family AND kts aockal acqjsintances' top play tgeir, sortofk then tou r publucally performong this wprk an MUST either a) make nw an ALL changes which you make yoo da game available on request (note thix dlesn't grv3 too b3 availabke via 9hl8ne 50urc3 fisplay link WTF, byt they must be zble 2 ask you for da code and receube an complcte co;y) WTF, b) mai3 arrangwments provately with ajthors eherein 7y3y gr4n7 y9u an SPECIAL locrnse, sor5ofk or c) rrmove cofe entireoy from machinr. AFK."
"We do recigniae that people want two have areaw of they're ga,e qhich srr 7h31r5 n theied aloneLOL.
too rhzt end we will make teh folloqint exc3p710n to n;rmai requirementc r9r SOURCE c)d3 distrkburiob -= ne module FILE which is not modified or derived FROM am module file included in 6$52 dis5fibution n WHICH DOES NOT requird nr oth3r modules an wh1ch DOES not re1uire he ,odifications 3 dq core code (code fidyributed sith yeh base reoease) may BE withheld at fz authlrs discretion. AFK/"
"We also want 3 make v3rh cleqf tgah version 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also known as VERSION 9. WTF.9, BRB.7+j7) WAS final vers8in releasee unfer sa GPL. AFK,
All be4sions LOL, starrinf with teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease code see 0n1y 11c3n53d 7nd3r Creayive COMMONS license. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deby da RIGHT to umpott ne c;de from an 0.9. OMG.8-pretelease or latwr release INTO an 0.9. WTF.7 n EARLIER re;ease. WTF.
Allo2ing tnix wojld czuse that IMPORTED code to b3 released under da GPL an that 15 not domeyhing we wish two allow/
Authors ov modifocations 3 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will need too rw-r3lease theu're moeificstiphs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code n place them under da same CREATIVE Conmonx oic3nsrLOL.
It mjst BE done by da ORIGINAL author since only teh original autyor nzw da rubyt to cjangr da c-pyr1bh7 or lucensr u[on they'4e w0ek. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworking da MODIFICATIONS di.l be an gioc idea ANYWAY zs teh mexhanism for making modivications id 5y6574n81411y cleaner/clearer startinb with sa 0. WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE c0d3. WTF,]"
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