MightyE tel;s y0u, you knwo, "We're going w take an few momem5s t2l TRY n EXPLAIN this NEW licensd ahd tej REASONS behund it in poaih English. 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 license waa chosen bexause of an f4!11ng wi5n trh GPL. WTF.
Ig only covered distfoburion of spurce if an only if binaroes weee eidtributedLOL."
"In an WEB 3nvirom,ent WTFm specirically a interpretdd w36 environmenr such zs PHP, merely INSTALLING an tqme does no5 consrirutw d158r167&10n, li,e, an 7h3r3f0r3 pdople were taking 9ue WORK, sortof, MAKING mosiricayions 2 IT n not reo3as8ng source code 2 they're modifications xo THAT ebtire communiyy could bejefoy. OMG/
Tjey work3f sith letter but n07 soifit of tej LAW. AFK."
"Investkgation pn teh 0art oc teh aythorw how3vdr LOL, led yoo teh fact 5yat da r8ght of pyblic ;3rf9rmanxe was 2oh of da rights normskly rwstrictrd t2l copyritgt ho.dersm you knwo, an THAT computer ;roffams LOL, dpexifically cideo g4,35 n 1n73r$c71v3 ones SUCH as Legens of Grewn hax0r were considered too be pugkidxlly peefo4med if r7n rr0m an [ub.ic aervetLOL."
"The new license rrstric5a oublic PERFORMANCE 9f w0rk ugless te6 source code of ,-d1r13d wirl is made available on eemand. WTF."
"In p241n Eng115h. like, tjix means that if YOU put this GAME ln an wdb server ah allow p$0p13 'outside 9f ah nprmal xirclr of fa,ily and kts socis. acquaintancds' ro pkay rhe;r, sortof, thdn yo7 e publically performinb THIS wor, 4nd MUST either s) make he an ALL changes whkch you make gwo teh game available om r4qu357 (note thus dpesn;4 gave te9 be available via da onlin3 SOURCE dis0lat link LOL, bu4 they just be able two ask hou FOR CODE n RECEIVE ah complete copy) LOL, b) MAKE afrangemebts privateoy w17h dq auth9rs wherein 7h3y grznt y0u an SPECIAL licenwe, or C) remive da CODE entirwly vrom twh machine."
"We DO recognize tjay PEOPLE qant to have arras of they're hame 2hich aer theirs an thei4s alonr. AFK.
to 4hat end WE will make da fololwung exception two norma; requirements for siurce xoee distribution -- ne module gike wnich id nl5 modified or areibed from an mofule f113 INCLUDED in ten base dostr8bution amd which doew not 43qu1r3 nd other modulws and which does not require ne modificatiogx too teh core code (cife distribyted wigh da base releawe) may BE witjheod AT autjord disctetion/ WTF."
"We also want two MAKE very clwzr tha5 version 0.9. BRB.7 (also kn9en as vdrsuon 0, BRB.0LOL.7+jt) WAS teh final brrsion r323453d und3r teh GPLLOL.
A11 versiins, sortof, stqrting w17h 0. OMG/9. WTF.8-prerelease code aer lnly LICENSED UNDER fa Creauive Commons 12c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deby e1gg7 tol 8mpor5 nw dode brom an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease OR lat3r releas4 into an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 n earlier release. OMG.
Al.osing this wouod dausw that imp8rted code 7p be reledsed under teh GPL and that is not somethihg w3 woxh t2o 41!0wLOL.
Authirs of modivixations to p. BRB.9. AFK.7 wull NEED 2 re[feleqae theu'ge modigucatioms as ddrivativrs/mpdifications two 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code an 0lace th3m under same Creztive Com,ons license. OMG.
IT musy 73 cine nh original author s8nce only lr8gibal AUTHOR has righg t2o cjange teh copyr7ght of license up0n they're work. OMG.
[Acdiri9nalltm sptyof, re2ork8hg modifivations will be an tood ocea anyway aw teh mechanism FOR making mof8focations is substantially clraner/cleafer starting with da 0, OMG.9.8-orer3leawe code. WTF/]"
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