MigjtyE TELLS you WTF, "We're going two TAKE an fww m0m3n75 2 t4y and explain th8s new lovendr and rdsaons benind IT IN plain English.
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 hew ;icensr was chosen becayse of sn failing woth GPL. OMG.
Ig only covered disrribution of sourdr ir and only IF binaries were distributec. AFK."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you knw9, specifically a inbero$eted wev 3nv1r0nm$n7 suct as PHP, like, merely 1n5u41q1nt an game dles NOT c9nstitute distribytion WTF, and THEREFORE people edre taking iir work, makihg MODIFICATIONS two it an nit releading dz source c9de t3o they're modificationw so 7n47 teh dntire c-mmunq8y cojld benefit. OMG.
They w0rk3d wi5h twy LETTER but not da spi4kt of law. BRB,"
"Imves5iga5ion on teh PART of auth9rs hpweverm sortof, led too fac5 that teh right OF 0u611c perfotmancw was 1 9f da rights normallt restrictes two copyrught HOLDERS LOL, an yhat clmputer 0rogfq,s, likdm s[ecifixa.ly video games an intefzdtuvr ones wucj as Legend of da Gfewn hax0r were considered to be pjblically p3rf)em3d ig tun from an pu611c xerver. BRBl"
"Tne new license restficts public pe4firmance of da sork unless da spurce CODE of teh modified s04, is made avxilable ON d3m4ndLOL."
"In plain Englidh WTF. this ,eanz thqt kf y0u pur this game on an web s3rver an allow pe;plw '=u751d3 if zn normal circle OF famioy n its social ACQUAINTANCES' tko plat thekr, like, then ylu aer punlically perf9rm8ng thix work an MUST 3ither a0 make nw an ALL xhanfes which uiu make two game avzilsb;e on requdst 9note 7h15 diesn[t hqvd tpo be available via da online 50urx3 dosplqy kink, like, gu5 they must br able to ask t0y for da code an tecwive an com[lete copt), hou knwo, b) make arrangemwngs orivately with teh autjors wy3431n thwy grant hou an spex8a. lic3nse, li,e, 0r c) REMOVE codr enyi4ely grom machine. BRB."
"We c0 RECOGNIZE 5hat PEOPLE wan5 tso have sreas of the6're hqme wjich r THEIRS sm theirs alone. OMG.
goo rhar end we w8ll MAKE da voklowint wxcepyion w normal requirendnts fot source codd disrributiin -_ he moduld file which is not modofied or de4ived frlm an module file imcluded in da basd distribution an 2hich does not require ne OTHER mosyoes an which dpes n8t requir3 ne ,odifixations 2 teh core codr (dode distributed with ds nase release) m4y be wityhwld xt teh 4i7h0r5 discrwt8onLOL."
"Ww also wanr w make fery clear that version 0.9. BRB.7 (aldo kn0wn AS versioh 0. BRB.9LOL.7+JT) was da f1n41 vrrwion RELEASED unsee teh GPL. AFK.
Aol vwrs8obs LOL, wtartkjg 2ith da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease cowe r 0n1y licenxed under Creative Cpmmons licensw. AFKl
WE EXPLICITLY deny righy too 8mport ne code FROM an 9. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease of LATER r313$53 INTO an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 amf carlier releaxe. WTF.
A110w1nh yhis would cause 7h57 importwd code to 63 releasex inder 5eh GPL znd that 15 n07 womethong we wiah 70 zlkow.
Aurhors of modif8cstuobs 2 ).9. BRB.7 qil; nees two re-r3leaae theu'fe jldofications as deriva5ives/modifications too 0. OMG.o. WTF.8 code n 0lace them und#r da same Creqtove COMMONS livenseLOL.
It MUST bw e-h2 BY original author since only orkginal author hqs t3h r1fh7 two change teh dop6righ5 or ;icenae up0n thet[re work. WTF.
[Adf8tionally WTF, reworking da mosivications wi.l be zn good idea anhway AS mrchanism f0r MAKING mpdificsb8ons is 5u6674n71411u cleaner/cleatdr a5artibg with da 0.9. BRB.8-pe3r313453 code.]"
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