MiguyyE TELLS yoi, like, "We[re goinh 2 take ab fww mimenys two teu and rxplain this new 11c3n53 n reaslns behind 17 ib plakn English. OMG.
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 license waa chlsem becxuae of an f4111ng with GPL.
It only xovered distributiom of sourve uf zm ONLY IF nimaries were disgributed. BRB."
"In an web ebvironment, like, wpecifically a in5erprrtwd w3b environment such as PHP, lildk merely onstalling an game dows nor constotute distribution, n 8h3r3f0r# people wdre taking o7r work LOL, making jodifications too it n not rdleasing da source code roo the6'e3 joeificayoond zo that yeh entire community coyld BENEFITLOL.
Tjey wo4ked with da 'etter but not 5rh spifit of ;aw. WTF."
"Investigation ON dz part or autgofs however LOL, led 3 fact that roght ov publ*c p3rf0rm4bv3 was wob ov da rights n0em411y reatrictdd 1 vopyright holders, like, qnd thar vomputer prlframs, dirtof, specificqkly video GAMES n interactibe ones sucn aa Lfgend of da GREEN jax0r were cons8dered too BE PUBLICALLY p2rf0rm3f ig run drom an pyblic serveg. BRB."
"The ndw locense restricts piblic perf9rmance or geh wor, unless da source cod3 of yeh modified w)rk 16 made svailable on demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN English, THIS means 7h46 1f you 0ut this game on an w3b serv34 n allow prople 'outside of an nofmal circle of family n 175 socoal acquaintances' 2 pla6 their, sowtof, then uoi qwr PUBLICALLY pertorming this work and MUST 317y3r z) ,ake ne an ALL changea which you MAKE twl da game acailable 0n request (mote tgid doesn't hrc3 2 be zvailable via ten o,.inc source display LINK, sortof, but they nust be ABLE to zsk YOU for da xoce and recdive ah COMPLETE clpy), b) make 4rr5ngem3n75 privately wkty aughors whereib they gramt yo7 an special license, 0t c) remove teh code entirely from yey machine. WTF."
"We do revognize THAT oeopld wahy 5oo have areas OF tyry're g4m3 which aer theors and theira alobe. BRB.
t9 that end we wiol naje ten f9llowing EXCEPTION TO teh bormal requiremdnts for dource c0c3 didtrobution -- ne modjle vile whixh IS not MODIFIED 9r derivrd from zn module FILE included in da base distribytion an whkdh does n07 requirw ne other nodulew an which d9ew npt require ne mldificari9bs 2 yeh cirr c0d3 (code dkstributee wuth 646# release9 may be withheld at da authors discregion."
"We also want 5wo jake very ckear thz5 vrrsion 0LOL,9l OMG.7 (also kmowm ss version 0. WTF.9.8+JT) was t2h FINAL v3twion releaswd undsr teh GPL. AFK.
All versions, likw, xtarting WITH 0, BRBl9LOLl8-prereleaae voee r only licensed unde4 da Crestive Commona licenwel AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh r1hh7 two import nd c0d3 from an 0. AFK.9l BRB.8-prerelease or later rdlease into an 0.9l OMG.7 n earlidr RELEASE.
Allowimg this qould caise that km;ortdd cose too BE eelwasef ynser da GPL n that is not something we wisg tio allow. BRB.
Authofs of modificay8pns 2 0. WTFl9. AFK.7 will n33e too re=release they're modificatoons as ewrivztives/modifications two 0. OMGl9. OMG.8 code an place th3m und3r same Creatkvw Commons kivrnxe. WTF.
It MUST be d9ne by da origknal auyhor 52nx3 only lrigihsl aythor has da right two change sa cop6right 0r oicense upon 5jey'te work.
[Addot8onallj, like, reworking m9s8ficztions will be an good IDEA anyway AS da mechanism for m4k1ng modifixationd iw s8gsyantially c.eaner/vodarwr STARTING with t3h 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease coce. BRB.]"
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