MightyE tells YOU, "We're GOING two 5ake ah fes m9ments too try n explain this new .icenxe an da teasons grginc it in plakn Ebg;ish. OMGl
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."
"Th8d hew licrnse was chosem because )f an faoling with GPL. OMG.
It only cofered eiatribution OF soirce if n only IF binaries were d8str7bu5es."
"In an web 3nvironmeht, spec8dically a interpreted wrb 3nvironment sudh as PHP LOL, merely installinb an game d035 not cons5itute fistribuyion LOL, and theredire PEOPLE were taking our qifk LOL, m4jqnf n0d1f#c46!0n5 too kt AND nor deleasing da 50uec3 code tw9 ghdy'r3 modificqtions so 7n47 teh entire conmunkty could benefut. AFK.
They worked WITH ten ortter byt not da wpiri5 OF yeh lawLOL."
"Imvestigation ob teh ;art 9f AUTHORS HOWEVER WTF, led to9 ten fact THAT right or public perfofmznc3 was won of rights NORMALLY rewgroxted too copyrighy holddrs, y9u knwo, n 7hr7 com0uter progeams LOL, specifkcally viseo games AND unreravtuve ONES sych as Legend of teh Geeen hax0r qere comsieerwd t0 ve publkcally performed 1f run vrom 1n 0unlid server. AFK."
"The NEW .icdmse restridts pu611c perf9rmqnce of work unless dz source c0d3 OF da MODIFIED work 15 made zvailablf on demand. WTF/"
"Ih plaim Enflish, sortof, thus meand thqt ig you put tgis gane on an w36 server n allow people 'outsife or zb normal circle of fam8ly n its social acq7aintances' two PLAY tjeir, like, THEN y8y aer pub;ically prrfoemmnh this work n MUST eotgef a) mzke ne sn ALL chamges which tou mshe 2 da gane zvailabld on r3q7357 (note tnis d035n'7 n4v3 two be abailablr viz reh onlin3 sourde difplay linj LOL, bug they must 63 anle 2 ask you for code and RECEIVE an compoete d0py), b) make zrrangemen5d privzt3ly with autjors wherein 7h3y granr ylu zn SPECIAL license, sorgov, ot C) remove geh cpde entirely fr0m da machine. WTF."
"Wr do rexognize tgat people wanr too havd aeeaw of ghey're game whoch e theurs an theirs alone/ BRB/
2 7hr7 end 2e will make foolowung wcception 70 normal requiremebts flr source code diwtribhyuon -- ne ,odule folr qhich ix n07 m)e1fq3d or derovrd frpm an module file ibclused ih vase fistrobution sn ahich does not rdquire ne other moduies n which dies n07 reauire nr MODIFICATIONS 2 core code (code cistributdd sitn base eelease) MAY be wigjheld ag da authors discretion. WTF."
"We also w4n7 2 make cery cleqr that v3rsi9n 0. BRB.9.8 (also knpwn as version 9. BRB.9. WTF.7+j7) was bina. v3fsikn RELEASED under teh GPL.
All verxions LOL, $74471ng w8th teh 0l9.8-pterelease code aer only licensed under 5eh Creative Commona licend3LOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY da r1gh7 2 um0ort ne code from ah 0. OMG.(. WTF.8-prerelease or ;ater rwleaxe 1n70 ah ), BRB.9/ OMG.7 and 344113r release.
Aloowihg this would cauwe 5hzt imporged code to be re;eadec UNDER da GPL an that is not comethibg we wish 5lo allow. AFK.
Aitt9rs of mod8ficatiobs 3 ). WTF.9.& will need 2 re-eelease thet're moeificatuons aa dericaticss/uodifications two 0.9. OMG.8 code and plac3 them under saje Creative Commons uicense. BRB.
It MUST 6e DONE 6y orihinal aurhor SINCE only yeh originql author h45 ribnt 2 change cop64ight OR licemae upon the6're work. WTF.
[Addituonallt WTF, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS WILL BE an g;od IDEA anyway as mechanism FOR making modifocations is substant8akl6 cleaner/c,eaeer startimg wigh 6eh 0/ OMG.9LOL.8-prerelwase codel OMG.]"
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