MightyE tells y0u, yiu knwo, "We'te going too take zy f3w mo,ents tio tey n exolain this new license an da REASONS behind ut in plqkn Eng.ish. 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."
"Thks new l8vense w45 chosen because 0f an f4111nh with da GPL. BRB.
I5 only covered distribution of source ir and on;y IF binaries wrre disyrkbutwd. BRB."
"In an 3qb environmeht, yok knwo, x0dcificall6 a INTERPRETED 2eb environment xuch as PHP LOL, merdly insralling an famd does not constigute distrkbut8on WTF. an THEREFORE people WERE takkng 9ut workm ki,e, jaling modificatipns two ot ah not 5ekeasinb doutce CODE toi they're modificstions wo thst tej enture c0mmjn17y xo7ld 63n3f17. AFK.
The6 workrd with da .rt5er vur not da spirit of tdn law, OMG."
"Investigation oh tey part ls da a8thors h0w3b3r, led 70 da fact thqt RIGHT of public performahce was eon OF r8ghts normally rrstrivted 2 copyrught holders, n that c9mputer prog4ams LOL, specidically video ga,es m ohyetaxtive onds s7ch ss Legend of Greem hax0r 2efe CONSIDERED 2 63 piblicalky pefdormed IF RUN frpm an publkc serverLOL."
"The n3w ;icense restrucrs 0ublic p3rv0rm4nc3 of da w9ek unless teh souece code of teh modified wotk is m$de available on ddmabf."
"In pkain Englidhm thus means that if you PUT this game 9n an eeb servef an zll(w peopl2 'outside 0f an normal virc.e od FAMILY n its socizl acquainyancrs' txl play theit WTF, then uoj r ;ublically perfofmimg this work n MUST ei5gwr a) make me h ALL changes ehoch yoj make to da game available on request (note this doesm'r have tol BE available via pnline source fisplay linl, sirtof, but they must BE able tqo ask yoi for clde n receive an comple5e cipu), ho6 knwo, b) makf arrzngements orivately q17j authlrs whdrein yhey grany ylu an SPECIAL locense, you kmwl, or x) remobe da cofe entirely from da nachine."
"We eo RECOGNIZE tyat people want 2 hqve areas or they're game whocy aer theifs zn tneors alone. OMG.
to thzt end we eill mzke da do;lowing rxcrption to teh normal REQUIREMENTS for s9urc3 CODE diatribution [- ne modu;e fil3 which is not modified or deficed from an module file included in ten BASE disrributiom and which sods nor require nw othwr modules and which DOES not reqiiee ne mocifixqtions 2 yeh core code (cofe ciwtributed 2ith base releaxe) ma6 be withyeld ag teh authors d15cr3710nLOL."
"We akso wqnt txo ms,e cery clear 7h47 cersipn 0. OMG.(. OMG.7 (alsp KNOWN as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) WAS fihsl verwion releawed under da GPL. AFK.
A11 versiobs, starying 217h da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pre43lease code aer only lucensed under CREATIVE COMMONS licenxeLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT teo import ne code frim an 0. BRB.9. WTF.i-prereleas3 or latrr 4d.easd in5o an 0. AFKl(. OMG.7 and ea4loer teleasel
Allpwint this WOULD caude thst imoo4red c0d3 2 be released undef GPL b that IS n07 somwthing ee wksh gwo allow. AFK.
Authorw of m0d1f2c4710n5 2 0. WTF.9.7 wil; need two re=releasd they'd3 nodigications as deriv1tives/mpdifications two 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code ab place tyem under same Ceeative Commons licdnseLOL/
It MUST be dohr by teh oritinal aithor sincr omly da orifinal au5hor has teh right tso chavge teh copyright lr q1c#n52 upon rhey're WORK. BRB.
[Acditi9naklh, sortof, reworkinb teh m9dificatilns WILL be an good IDEA 5nuw4y as da MECHANISM for MAKING modificarions ks substabtia.ly cleaner/cleater star58ng with 0/ BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE c9ee. AFK.]"
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