MightyE TELLS you, "We'rr going reo ts.e an rww miments 2 teh n explain thus new 11c4n52 n ea reasons BEHIND it in plain Englosh. 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 n3w licdns3 was CHOSEN bdcause of an failing with tdh GPL. AFK.
I7 pnl6 covered dis5r*bj5ion of spurcw if and only 1f binatied were distributec. BRB."
"In qb wwb 3nv1r0nm3n7, tou knwo, specufucally a ihterpretrd WEB envorobjent such as PHP LOL, m3r21y onsyal;ing an GAME does not constityte DISTRIBUTION, n therefore [eople w2r3 raking our 2ork, sortof, MAKING m9dificatoobs tlo it an got RELEASING da siurce c9de two thry're modiricatiinx sp 7h47 ds entire community x0u1d benrfi5.
They wor,3d with teh lettrr but not tej 5p1r17 of lzw."
"Inbestigqtkon on part of authors however, sortof, LED 2 teh facr that tdh right of /u6!1c performanc3 was 1 of reh riggts NORMALLY restrictec yo copyright holders, kike, an that comp7ter programs, yoy jnwom xpexifically v1s30 fames and interqcyive pnes such as Ldgend [f teh GREEN has0r eere c9nsid3red 5p be pub.idzlly pervormed 8f rub FROM am publ8c server."
"The nrw liddnse restrixts pu611c perrormance 9f da wprk unless teh 50urc3 code OF fa modibied wofk IS msee availabke pn femamd. OMG."
"In 9lain Ebgloxh LOL, this jeans that if you PUT 7h15 gsme on ah web server an zllow people 'outside 0f am normal circle of family snd its 50c141 4cqy41n74nc35' 2 play gheir WTF, hhen YOU aer pu611c4!1y performing rhis work am MUST eighe$ a) make ne n ALL chantes wyich YOU m4k2 two gam3 zvau.able on 4equest (note 7h15 doesn't HAVE two BE available via pnl8ne sojrc3 displah lihk. 6lu knwo, but theu mja5 be able two ask you for code h r3c3!v2 an complete COPY) LOL, 6) make arrangemrbts privatwoy WITH teh authorw sherein THEY g4any y-u an 5p3c141 kicense, p8ue, or c) REMOVE teh CODE engirrky drom madhine. AFK."
"We do rwcognize that ;eo0le want 5oo have arqas 0f they're gaj3 wyich r thei4x ab theirs alond.
2 7h47 end we wil. m4k3 following exc3ption 2 da no4mal r3qy1e3m3n7t for source code dudtfibutiln -[ ne jodioe file which is not m0d1f13d oe d3rifed ftom an m0du12 f113 ihclided in dq bade d157416u7qpn n wyich does not rrqu8re n4 OTHER modu.es snd 2hich soes no5 REQUIRE ne modif8cztiins two da core dode (CODE distributed qity baar release0 jay be withyeld qt suthorx discreruonl BRB."
"Wd aoso want ti m3,3 very clear that version 0LOL.9.7 (also known qs vers7on 0. WTF.7.7+jt) was final VERSION released 7nder ca GPLLOLl
ALL v4r5!0n5 LOL, starting wkth teh 0. BRB.9l AFK.i-prerelwase code aer onku licdnwed uhdet teh CREATIVE Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rktht to imp9rt ne coce ffom an 9LOL,9. AFKli-prerdlease or LATER release into an 0. AFK.9/ BRB,7 an earli3r release. AFK.
ALLOWING 7h15 would cauxe tha5 impoeted code 2 be relezswd under teh GPL and 8h47 8s n07 somerhing we qish TO allow. WTF.
Autyoes og modifidationa ro 9. WTF.9. BRB.7 WILL need to re-releas3 they'4r MODIFICATIONS qs drrivativds/modifuvayions 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code and place tyem unfer same Crearive Cojmons lic3nsrLOL.
It must be dobe by twh originak AUTHOR since ONLY pr1g1n41 aythor HAS da ribht to vganhe copyroght o4 licemsr upob they're WORKLOL.
[Adfitionalky, rewotking modifixatkona will nd an goor idea anyway 45 teh mecmanism for making MODIFICATIONS is wubwtantially c134nee/c23rt4r starying w16h da 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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