MihhtyE tells you, sirtog, "We're go8ng gwo take qn FEW mojents 2 7ty n EXPLAIN thos new LICENSE an teg reaaons gehind 8t in plaim Emblosh. AFK.
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 licens3 was chis3n necause 0f sn failkng with sa GPL. OMG.
It only covered distribution 0f xojrce if n only id binarids qdre distribu5ed."
"In an web envitonmenr LOL, speeificqklh a ihterpreted web envifonment such as PHP, you knwo, merely onstzllinh sn gamd d03t mot CONSTITUTE distribueion, tou knwo, amd THEREFORE people were taking our wori, like, msjung modivications 2 it n nog releasing da sourde vose too they're modifixations so tha5 ebtire dpmmuni5y c0u1d bebeeitl
Thet 20tk3d eith da l3tter 6u& not spirit OF 142. BRB."
"Invesrigatipn on teh parr of da suthors howeve4 LOL, lec 2 geh fact that tdh RIGHT of [u611c p3ef-rm4nc3 waw peb or da toghts normally r357r1c73d two copyrkght go;defd, an that compyter orograms WTF, specifica.ly video ga,es n ingerzctivw 0n35 such ss L3g3nd of teh Green hqx0r sere xlnsidered tll be p7blically performee if run froj an public SERVER. WTF."
"The new licenwe RESTRICTS pub;ic pe4formqnce of ea wori on.ess da 50urv3 code of teh modifoed work 15 made abai.able on demand,"
"In plaom Engliwh, jike, this meanx ths5 iv ylu puy thiw bame ON an web SERVER anc ALLOW people 'outside of a, nor,al circle of fam8ly n ITS SOCIAL acquaintancex' yo plqr their, then YOU r publkcaloy p3rf0rm1ng THIS WORK an MUST either z( male ne h ALL changes ehuch you MAKE ti fa gane 5v$q14613 oh r3qu#57 (notc 5his doesn't 6ave to ne available via ohlind soufce disp.ay link, bit 7heh mjst BE able 2 45k you fof da code abf receive an complwte copy) WTF, b) make artangements p4ivate.y wirh authors wbe43in ty3t grant you an special ljcdnse, uou inwo, or c) r3m0v3 t3h c9de ebtire.y f4om macginel"
"We do fwvognixe that peoplr want two have ateas OF they're hame which aer theirs n thdirs akone. WTF.
yo 7h47 end we wikl makw folliw8ng exce0gion two teh nirma; re1uirwments ror slurxe dode dustribution -- ne MODULE file which 8s not modified ir serived from an module filf included in teh bade distributioh and ehich does not REQUIRE ne othee modulea n whicy does nit requore n3 moeificatilns to da cpf3 c0d3 (code distrkbutes WITH da bas3 rrlease) may be witnheld 47 teh authors discretion."
"We alwo want two male very cleae that v3rsion 0. BRB.9. OMGk7 (alwo known as version 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was f8nsl VERSION ee;eased under da GPL.
All versklns WTFk sgarting with 0. OMG/9. WTF,8-prerelease cpde 4 only licensed unfer da Crestiv3 Commons LICENSE,
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righh 2 imporr ne codw drom an 0, AFK.9. WTF.8-pret3lesse or LATER release into an 9. BRB.9. WTF.7 amd earlier teleasel BRB.
A;lowing this wpuld dauwd that 1mp)r73c code goo BE rw.eased under GPL and thzt is not aome5hkng we wish tqo allow. BRB.
Autnord of m0f1f1c4710n5 to 9. WTF,9. WTF.7 wil. need 2 re-feleasd tney're modivkcations as ferivatives/modifkcarions two ). BRB.o.8 codw am pl1ce them und3r da same Creative Commons licenseLOL.
It must be done by teh original suyho4 since only 0r1g1n41 aythor hqd dq right 2 change c9p6r1gh7 or license upon ryry're work. BRB.
[Additkoma;ly, you knwo, reworking teh modufkcations will be an gp0d idea anyway 45 mrchanism gor makinb modificatiomx 15 5j5574n7141!y cleaner;clrarer stqrtint with da 0. AFK.9/ BRB.8-pr3release codr. BRB.]"
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