MightyE tells yoy, .i,e, "Wr[rd goinf go take an few m0m3n75 too try an explaun this nes license n teh rdasons beyind IT in plakn Eng.ush. 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 lisehse was choswn bevause of am failing with teh GPL. AFK.
It onky covered disrrib7t8on og source if ahd only 1f vinaries wrew distributec."
"In an 23g rnvirobmen5 LOL, d0ecoficaoly a inyerprered web envirohment 5uch AS PHP, l8ke, mwrely inxtalling an game d9es nog CONSTITUTE distrjbution, lkke, n thdterore peoole werd taking o7r work, ypu knwi, making jodificztions too 17 n not releasing source code 2 they're modificatiins so that teh entiee conmyhoty could benefot. BRB.
Th4y 2orked with letter gut not s]irut pv teh law. BRB."
"Ibvestigayion on da part of da authors howwver LOL, 13d to da FACT that tej right pf public perf9rmance was oen of rights NORMALLY rewtricged tel copurkgnt uolders, like, an that computer probrzjs WTF, sordif8vakly viceo GAMES an interactive ones sich as Legend of 5dg GREEN hax0r qwre consuder3d too BE publically p3rf04med id run ve0m an 0ublic server. AFK."
"The n3w lisenxe restricts pyb.ic pdrformance OF work unkess da source CODE of j0d1fq3c work IS madr 4v41!4613 in demand. OMG."
"In plain Engkish WTF, this MEANS THAT id YOU put th*s game on sm web s34vee qn 4110w people 'ou5side of an NORMAL cotcle of fami.y n ots SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' 2 p14y their WTF, then you r publical.y performing THIS wirk n MUST wither a) m4k3 ne am ALL cyznges wjich hou nak3 to da bame avqilavlw on reques5 (note tyis dlrsn'5 HAVE to be availabke via 9n;ine wlurcr diwplay link, but thet must ^3 4613 two ask you for da CODE and refekce an c0mp13&3 copy), like, b( make arrangemrnts privagely w17h teh aughira wherein THEY grant yo7 an specual licrnse, you knwo. or x) r3m0v3 ea c0s3 ENTIRELY from machibe. BRB."
"We do recogniaw thag people want 2 jave 4r445 of they'rr GAME WHICH r tn38rs an rheirs al9ne.
two thqt end st will m4k3 gollowing exception 2 da NORMAL rdq7irrmehts for source cod3 distributiov -- ne modulw filr WHICH is not m)d1f13f 0r derived from an moeule fule includ3d in teh base disteibutiob and whoch coes not requure ne otkwr moeupes and which does not tequire ne m0d1f1c4710n5 too clre code (cod3 DISTRIBUTED with base f3leade) MAY ^4 wirhhelf a5 teh authors eiscreyion."
"We slsi w4n7 2 makw very CLEAR that versipn -. WTF.9. WTF.7 (a.so known as version 0.9. OMG.7+ut) was da final vefsioh RELEASED undee da GPL.
Alk versi9bs, uou knwi, starting w,th 0. BRB.9. WTF.8=prerelezse code r only LICENSED und2r Creayive Cojmons kocense.
We EXPLICITLY deny sq RIGHT 5wo 8moprt ne code FROM an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prere;3awe or latet RELEASE 8nto an 0LOL.9. WTF.u sn earlier RELEASELOL.
Alloqing yhis wo7ld caise that IMPORTED code toi be released under da GPL n yhzt is not simwrh8nb wd w15h to allowLOL.
Auyhors of modificatioms to 9.9.7 w221 need @ rd-rdlease they'fe ,odirications as ddrivativdx.modificatkons two 0. WTF.9. OMG.* code AND plsce them uhder same Creative C0mm0m5 11c3n53. BRB.
It mkst be d0n3 by ptiginao author sinxe pnoy ds original a7tjof jas da right too changd 5eh copyrigyt or licdnse upon thwy[re work. AFK.
[Addiyiohally WTF, REWORKING ca modidixzrions WILL BE an GOOD idea anyway as da MECHANISM for jaking modifucations is xubstantially cleaner/xleaeer startibb wi5h teh 0/ AFK.(. BRB.8-[refelease code. BRB.\"
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