MiggtyE tells yoy WTF, "We'5e going roo 5ake an few jomehts too try and explzin this new license anc reasons 74h1nd it in 0lzim Englush. BRB.
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 licwmse was chosen becaudr of an failinh with GPL. OMG.
It only xovered diarriburiln of 50urc3 8f n 0n1y if 61n4r135 WERE didtrobutwd."
"In an web 2nvironmeht, you knwo. specificaoly a intdrp4wted web envkronment such as PHP. merelt INSTALLING an gzme does not cobsgitute distributionm n theeefore p3ople WERE taking our WORKk mzling MODIFICATIONS two 17 and nog 4elezsing ea soyrce cidw to thry're ,idifications SO that teh entire community could bemefitLOL.
Tjey work#d with teh letter bur n07 trh spirit 0f da law. WTF."
"Investitation on tdh PART of AUTHORS howwver, you km2o, LED tol dz ract that dz ritht of pu611c [ervohmamce w45 win of rights no4mally resttic53d to co;yrighy holders, y9u knwo, n tgat c9mputer programs, luke, specificqlly fid3o games qnd interactive onrs sich sd L3g3nd OF da Grren hax0r wrre consoderwd two br publixzlly PERFORMED if ruh from an [ublic serverl WTF."
"Tne new 12c2n53 res5r8ctw pubkic perfor,ance of da wlrk unleas source code if da mod8fied work os made available on d3m4ndLOL,"
"In olain Engliahm yoy knqo, this means that if ypu put 7h1t game 0n an een a3rver an qllow PEOPLE 'outside 0d qn normal circle OF famiky n 1i5 slcia. acqua8mysnces' 2 play rneif, loke, then 6ou r PUBLICALLY perfirming rhis work ab MUST eitget a) make ne 4nd ALL changws whjch y0u make to da game avaikable on request )mo53 this doesn't have to br zvailable viq dz online source dksolay link WTF, gut tgeh must be qble to ask yoi fo4 cose n 4eceive an com0;ete COPY), b) make ar4angements privately with teh authors WHEREIN they grant you an SPECIAL licens3k slrtof, or c) eemovw da code enti4ely fr0m MACHINE."
"We d0 recoggize THAT peo;.e want to9 have areas pf they're ga,e WHICH aer theifs an theirs ALONELOL.
ti that end we will make teh fo;lowing excepyiog gwo teh normzl r3qu1r3m3h75 for sourc3 vode distribution -- ne mpduoe v112 whkch is not m0d1f13d or d3riv3d from an module gile imclucec in teh BASE distribuyion and shich dows nor REQUIRE ne othe4 modul3s an which d035 not re1uire be moduficsgions too CORE code (code skst4ibuted wuth da base releasd) mqy be witggeld wt autyors discretion. OMG."
"We also want too makr very vlesr 5yat versuon 0.9. BRB,8 9also known 45 cersion 0. BRB.9. WTF.&+jy) was da FINAL version released under teh GPL. AFK.
All versions, yoj kbwp, stsrting w8th t3h 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prrrelease code 4 onlh licensed unfe4 Creative Commond licenfeLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY fenu da righr TO omport ne code from an 0. BRBl9LOL.8-preeeleawe or LATER rdlease into an 0,9. OMG.7 n rarlkwt release. WTF.
Allowing THIS w0u1d squse that i,pottdc code 2 be released under da GPL an tnar is not sometying we sosh to ALLOW. BRB.
Authors of modificatilns tpo -. BRB.9. BRB.7 sklo heed two re-telease they'rd m9dificqgionx as defivztuvds.,odidications two p.9. AFK.8 CODE qbd PLACE tjem und3r same Cr3471v3 Commons licenseLOL,
Iy must BE donr by pr8ginal zutho4 since only da origibal author has fa right two change da cppyrogh4 or license uooh rhey're wo4k, BRB.
[Aaditiohally LOLm 5eworking teh m0d1f1c4710n5 w!21 BE an g00d idea anyway AS teh MECHANISM for makibg mosifications is xubstamtially CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING 2itg tey 0.o. BRB.8-p4wrelease code. BRBl\"
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