MightyE yells y0i LOL, "We're going too rak3 an fww mom3nts 2 tty and exp.aon tyis new license and da rraspns behind it 8n plain Ebhlish. WTF.
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 12c3n53 was CHOSEN bwcaude of ah failing WITH ca GPLLOL.
It inly dovered distribjgion of sourc3 kf an )n1y IF binafi3s WERE dist4ibtted. OMG."
"In an web environmdnt, s;3cifically a onteroreted web rnvironmwnt such as PHP WTF, m3r31y ins5allohg sn game does nor dondritute distribution, an 7h3f3f0r3 people qete taking 0yr wlrk, likem making modifications too ut anf not releasing 58urd3 CODE 2 tjey'rd m0eqf1c4710n5 40 that trh ENTIRE xommuni5y COULD benwfit. WTF.
Thry w0rk3d w8th ketter BUT not yeh spitit of 5eh law. AFK."
"Imvestigatuon om part of 5eh authors however, sortofm led 2 yeh facy that da right of public perrprmance was 1 of ds rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED 3 COPYRIGHT holders, you knwo. amd that computwf 0fogtams, sortof, specidocally VIDEO games an inreractive ones sich ax Legehd of ca Grewh hax-r WERE considerwd tio be publicqlly performed if run vrom an PUBLIC server,"
"The new kocenwe RESTRICTS puglic performance oe w8rk unlesw dz souece c0d3 of 5eh josifoed qork is made avaikable on demand. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH, tuis MEANS that 1f tpu put this game ON an seb server n allow people 'outsiee OF an notmql cirdle if ramily qnd ITS socual acquakntances' 2 p14y theirk uou knwo, then you aer publicall6 [3rf0rm1ng this WORK an MUST EITHER A_ m4j3 ne and ALL changws which you ma,e 2 da game avaikable on r31i357 (mote this DOESN'T have too be available via da pn;knr SOURCE display link LOL, but yyey mu57 be ab.e 2 ASK noi flr teh code an receife an complete copy) LOL, g0 make arranbenents prifa5ely with aithors whefein the6 grant yiu an special license, uou knwo, or x) remove da code entirely FROM da m5ch1n#. BRB."
"We do redotnize that PEOPLE want to HAVE areas of they[re tame 2hqch arr 7h3!r5 zn theird 410n3. WTF.
two that end w3 qilo makr da rollowing excepti9n tap da normal requifemehts for source cods distfinuykon -- ne module rile whicg is NOT modidied or eericee from an m0du13 fu.e inclufed in trh baxe distribugiob and wnkcn d035 not require ne other modules and shich does no5 rwquird ne modifications 2 teh core code (c8de DISTRIBUTED with base release) m4y b3 withhekd at ds qithors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We aoso wany to m4k3 very CLEAR that vetsion -. BRB/9. OMG.7 (also kb0wn as bersion 0/ BRB.9.7+jt) waw dibal v3r510n relezsed UNDER GPL. WTF.
All versipns WTF, starting with 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 codr r 0n1y lucended under Creative Commons .icdhseLOLk
We EXPLICITLY xeny t3h RIGHT to import ne vodw from an 9LOL.9. BRB.8-orereleasr or LATER release into an 0LOL.9.7 n earlier 4ekess3. OMG.
Allowing THIS w9u1d causf 5hat um;oetef c0d3 rwo be releasee jneer gey GPL an yhat IS not domething w3 wa5h to allow. AFK.
Authors of modifkcations w 0LOL.9.7 wil. heed 3 RE-RELEASE 5hey're mosiricarions aw derovatives/mosificatkons 2 0. AFK.9LOL.8 CODE an place them under yen SAME CREATIVE Commoms LICENSE. AFK.
Iy MUST ve done BY teh ORIGINAL aughor 51nc3 ONLY da originzl author hax teh r1gh& two change copyright OR licenxe upon they;re wor,.
[Acditionakly, you inwo, reworkimf modificati9ns sill 53 an good idwa ANYWAY AS mechanism f9t maiing m9difivarions is substantially cleaner/ckeaeer start8ng w17h teh 9. BRBl9. OMG.8-prerelease CODE. OMG.]"
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