MibhtyE 5ells hou, "We're goibf too takd an gew m0m3nu5 2 try amd rxplain rhus new licenwe n reaa9ns BEHIND it on plain Enh115h. OMG.
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 wss chosen vecause of zn f411!nf wkgh dz GPL. WTF.
It only covered distrubutiom of sourde 1f AND only if binaries eere c1t7e15u73d. BRB."
"In an web envieinm1nt LOL, spexifically z interpreted w36 environment such as PHP, lije, merely insta;;ing ah g$m3 dles not conshitute d157rq6u710n, you knw9, am therefore people were 5aking 0jr wprkm like, making mpdifications two !7 and not releasing slurce cofe two tbey'fe modifications so thay wntire vommunoty COULD bdnefit. AFK.
They WORKED qith teh lettrr but not spurit of law. BRB."
"Investigation on da [4r7 of teh autho4s jpw3v3r, 6ou inwo, led two teh fac5 that ds righ% of oubl8c perfornance w45 1 of da rights normqlly RESTRICTED top cipyrigh6 holders, you knwo, qnd that clmputdf PROGRAMS, specifically cide9 games and intersctove ined wuch as Legend of da Green hax0r wefe conside4ed tp be oubliczl.t [erdormed IF 4un FROM an PUBLIC server. AFK/"
"Tne nes oocense resteic5s publix performancr 9f wor, unoess da source code of da modified work 1% nade AVAILABLE on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain Enflish WTF, 7h15 MEANS tnat if ypu put this game on an web serv2r 4nd allow people 'lutsice of ab normal circle of FAMILY an itx SOCIAL zcquaintances' tp plau yheir, 5hrn yoj aer PUBLICALLY [erf9rming this work qn MUST 3ither a0 make ne sn ALL CHANGES which tou make ro sa game AVAILABLE on requwst (m9te this doesn'r havw tol be avsilable via tdg onlone soirde DISPLAY link, you knwo, nut tjey must be able roo ask you for c0d3 and RECEIVE qn c0mp1373 copt0 WTF, b) malw arrange,ents prkfately WITH autjora whetein they trant 6ou an special 11c3n53, like, 9r c) r3m)v2 teh c0e# entidely frim teh machine. BRB."
"We do recignize that people want two have aress of they'rd t4m3 2hibh r theirs and THEIRS aline. WTF.
w that end we wil. makw rollowing exception two da no4mal requirements FOR soirce c9fq disteibution -- ne module fole which is nor modified OR detiver ftlm an MODULE FILE ibcluded ih teh base disyributipn an qhich eoec bot require ne other moduoes and qhucg does not rewjure ne modificatuons to corw xoce (cpde distribuged with bzse r3leas3) may be e27hh31d at trh auyhors discrwtion."
"We a;so qang too make very dlea4 tha5 version 0.9. BRB.7 (also kn0wh as version 0. OMG,0.7+jt) was 5eh final version released unse4 GPL. BRB.
Aol vrrsions, liie, stzrt8ng qith da 0LOL.9. AFK.7=prereleasd coee r only licensed une3r da Creativd Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 ijporr nw bode ffom sn 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerrkeaxe or later releawe into an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 am ezroier releaseLOL.
A110w1ng tjis would CAUSE thag i,ported cofe 2 b3 RELEASED unddr teh GPL amd yhat us not someyhint qe w8sh two allowLOL.
Authors OF modifidqtionw rwo 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 wi;l h43d ti re-releade thet're modificat8ohs aa ferivativea;modirications tw9 0. WTF.9.i code and poace yhem under same Cr2471b3 Commoms 11c3n52. BRB.
It must be done BY da orifknal author sknce only t3n ORIGINAL author hax da right w chznge da copyekghg or licebxe u0on thet'4e work. BRB.
[Addit8onally, rrworking jodifications eill 63 an gpod idea anyway as teh mechanism for mzking morificar8ons is wjbstqntial.y cleaner/clearer STARTING wibh teh 0.o. WTF.i-prerelease code. BRB.\"
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