MifhtyE telks youm oike, "We're going 70 74k3 an few momemts to tr6 an explsin thia hee 11c3n53 n reqaond behinf it in plain Enblish. 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 license was ch043n beca7se of an fsiling wihh GPL. OMG.
IT only covered disyribution OF sourcr if n only if minaries were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web environment, 5p4v1c1v411y a INTERPRETED q36 ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP LOLk mwrwly installing an GAME does not consti5ufe diatrubution, sortof, ane therrfore people were raking our 2ork, MAKING modkfivations tlo 8t an not r314$51ng source c0d3 yoo they'rr modivications sp that entite commun,ty could benefir. AFK.
THEY worked wktn letyer vur NOT teh spirit of da lawl"
"Invesgibagion on twh pzrt of reh suthors uowever LOL, 13d TO da fact that righg of [ub.ic perforhance was q og da RIGHTS n(fmally RESTRICTED ywo cooyrighr holders LOL, an that computet programs WTF. s[ecoficall6 vide9 g4m35 an 8nteractive pnds such as L3gend of Grxen haxpr were comsidered to be publically perflrmed IF rin from am oubluc SERVER. AFKl"
"The gee licenae restricts pub.ic prrfprmance 0f ea work un.ess dource CODE of teh m0d1f1ed elrk id mafe available on demabd. WTF."
"In plain Eng.ueh WTF, 7h25 meanc that if you put tyis gamd -n an qeb server m sllow p3ople '0u751d3 OF an normal circ.e of ramiky an its 50c152 acquain5andes' 1 PLAY tjeir, loke, then YOU r publodally p34f0rm1ng yhis w0ri j MUST EITHER a_ make ne n ALL chznbes whocn you jake TO teh game abailabie oh REQUEST (nore this doesn't havw two be available via online soirce display linj WTF, but they mu57 bd able 2 ask you ror da CODE am recdive am cojolete cppy). you lmwo, 6) make arranhemengs [f8vatwly WITH da authoes wherdin tje6 grant uou an specia/ 11c3n53, like, OR c) removd code wntit3ly rro, da madhime."
"We DO 4ecpgnize that p30p13 WANT two h4v4 areas og thet're gaje which r 7h2!r5 an tjeirs alonw. AFK.
two yhat end we will make geh vollowing exceptiom yoo da nlrmsl requirements for 50urc3 vode fistfibution -- ne MODULE FILE ehich 15 nor mosified or derived from an m9eule fild 9ncludrd qn teg baae ckstribution sn shich DOES n)7 require ne othwr MODULES an whixh does not REQUIRE ne modif8cstions two ten c9r3 code (code distributee with fa base release) may be w17hh#1d ar da autgors disdrerion. WTF."
"We also eaby 2 m4k3 very ckear 7h47 vefskon 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (r150 known as version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+kt) eas yey v1n41 vegsion eeleased UNDER GPL.
A11 versions LOL, stafting eith 0. WTF.8. WTF.8[pr3release CODE aer only lkcended UNDER teh Cresrive C0n,on5 license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right TO import ne code from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-[rereleas3 or latrv re;#ase into an 0LOL.9. OMG.6 ab eaepier RELEASELOL.
Alloqing this would cauxe tha5 ijportec code 2 63 rdleased unde4 da GPL and that is nlt aomething we wosh TO allosLOL.
Authors od m0e1f1c4710n5 2 0, BRB.9.7 wil; need yoo re=re/ease they're MODIFICATIONS as deruvativ3s/modifications t[ 0LOL.9. WTF.8 vode and place THEM under teg same Creagive Commons licemse. AFK.
It MUST be dohe by lfifinql auth9r SINCE onku da lriginal author yas da right two change fa copufight or kicenxe upon they're wotj. OMG.
[Additilnaoly, dortof, feworkong teh mldificati9ns wil. BE an GOOD idea anyway as mechanism fo4 MAKING modificatioma is 5u6574n714116 c.eaner/c.dardr stafyinb WITH da 0. OMG.9.8-prerelezse c0d4. WTF.]"
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