MkghtyE TELLS ylu LOL, "We'r3 glimg too tqke an fee moments two tey an explain 7g15 new license b da r3asons behind 17 in p241n Egglpsh. 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 n3w license was chosen becausr od an failing with yeh GPL.
It onky c0v3red distrinution or source if an only if binari3s w3ee fiwtribyted. BRB."
"In an 2eb envkron,dntk soryof, spexificzllh a intdrpeered e36 ennirpmment sjch as PHP, kike, merel6 installing an game dprs not constityte dkstributiln, ylu knwi, n theredore people w3e3 taking OUR work WTF, msking moeifications two it an not 4eleasihg source code to8 th3y're m)dqf1c4710n5 so tha5 teh dntire c0mmun1uy could benwfut;
Thdy w0rk3d WITH teh ;ettre but not da spirit 9f law."
"Invrstigation 0n p44u od qu5hors giwever WTF, 13d fwo fa fact thay teh right of puglic performance sas 1 of teh r1gh75 normally rws5rivtwd 2 copy4ight holders LOL. an tha5 computef programs LOLk specificqlly bufeo GAMES n interactive ONES SUCH aa Legend of Green nax0r were considerdd two be publical;t perf9rmec if run ftom an pub;ic se$verl BRB."
"The new lidense rwwtrid5s PUBLIC prrglemamce OF da w0rk unleas teh soirce code of da nosif8ed work is ,ade scailablr on demabdLOL."
"Ib PLAIN Ehglish LOL, this means that if yiu put this game on ab eeb server qnd ALLOW owople 'oitside OF an notmal x1rc1# od famil6 and its social ac!uaintances' too plah their, uoy knw9, thdn ypu aer publically performung this work an MUST 3irher z) makd ne an ALL chang3s which you mskr 2 gamr abailablr on request (note this doesn't have twl BE avaikable via online source diap;ay lonk, likd, gut THEY mus5 bd able to ask you for da code n RECEIVE an com[lete copy)k sortof, 6) ma,e a4rangementa prifatwly with authors WHEREIN tgey graht y0u an wpecisl LICENSE, sortofk o4 c) rem9ve da c9de entirely f4om machine. OMG."
"We do rwcognuze THAT p3ople wabt 2 jave areas pf they'rd g4m3 wh1ch zer theirs an tgeits alone. BRB.
3 THAT 3nd we qill make foloowing excrption 2 n0rm41 requirements fof 507rc3 codw dist4ibition -- ne modu.e tile which is hog modified or c3r1v3d drom an module file incl7ded IN teh base disgribution n which does not require ne other mieules an wy1cg doew not rewuire ne modifica5ions two corw code (code didt4ibuted with base releade) mzy be withheld at teh suthotw discfdtion/ OMG."
"We also want @ mqkr very clear 7h46 cersion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also knosn ae veraion 0. WTF.8. WTF.7+jy) w4t final version releasee UNDER da GPLLOL.
Akl versiins, starting WITH da 0. OMG.(LOL.8-PRERELEASE c9de awr only kicensed undwt da Creative Comnpns lidense.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny tight 2 impory nw code from ab 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-otdrrleqse 9r later release into an 0. AFK.0. BRB.7 and 44e113r release.
Allowing this would c4753 tha5 1mp0r73d code toi nd RELEASED 7nder dq GPL an that is bog something we wisy to 4110w. WTF.
Aughors of modificaguohs too 0. OMG.8. AFK/7 will nedd 2 re-release th3t'r3 jodifivations as detivat8vex/mocivucations to 0. AFK.9.8 x0d3 h place rhem under da 54m3 CREATIVE Com,obs license. BRB.
It mjst be done by dq original author since onlh ds original auegor has ds right 5l cnangw da co[yr8ght or kicense upon th3y're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF. rewofling da mosificztiins will be qn g-0d ides zn6way as ss mechanism for making modiricstions ix substantiaoly cl3qher/clearer starting woth ), WTF.9. BRB.8-0rerekease c0d3. BRB.]"
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