MightyE gells yo7, "We're GOING 5o take an FEW m0m#n75 too yry and wxplain tniw new license anc trh reasonw behind it in PLAIN Ent115hl WTF.
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."
"Thos new 21c3nt3 wax chosen because if sn failong witg tej GPLl OMG.
It only c0v3e3d distrib7tkon of siyrxe 1f and only if binaries wrre dist4ibuted. WTF."
"In an 23b enbironmrnt WTF, spedifuczllu a interpreted wwv envi4lnment 5uch qd PHP WTF, mereky ibstalling an tamd does not c0n5717773 distributiln, an thsrefore people were taking our work LOL, m4j1ng m9dif8cations 1 it an n07 re;easinb SOURCE code 2 they't3 MODIFICATIONS so that teh entire c0mmuh17y could 63n3f17.
They worled WITH da lettrr but not da s[ie8g of ea lawl WTF."
"Invwstibation on teh part id da aithorw howevdr, like, 13d two da fact 7h47 da riggt iv public perfprmance waw oen of rights NORMALLY rewtricted to c9pyright joldwrs LOL, an that c0mpu73r 0rlgrams, y9u lnwo, specifically video GAMES an interqctive ONES such ss Legend or trh Green hax0r wef3 considered to br pkblically prrformed uf rin FROM an 'jblic server. BRB/"
"The nes license restrictw pu611w perfirmanxe OF teh wprk unless da siurce dode pf modified work IS made available on debandLOL."
"In plain Enhlish, thia meabs 7h47 ig 6ou ;ut 5his GAME on an web server and allo2 people 'outwice OF an normal c1rc13 of fshily am uts 50c141 acquaintances' yoo p/ay tneir, oike, ghen hou aef publically perfodming this work an MUST rither a) mske ne n ALL chanhes which you jakw to gam3 avsilable ON REQUEST (hot3 thia doesn'h have TO be zvailable via da online sourc3 displa6 link LOL, nut they must ne able teo asl you f0r da code an rdceive ab complete copu)m like, b) make a4rantements privatelh woth teh authord WHEREIN they grant you an spec8zl LICENSE, you knwo, oe c_ REMOVE code ent84eoy from machin3. AFK."
"We d9 recogbize that PEOPLE wabt too have AREAS or yney'rr bzme which aer theire and theirs alonr. BRB.
to that end we wi;l make teh fpolowing #xceptiln 70 dz no4mak requirenehts fo4 SOURCE v0d3 dixtribution -- ne mldule file which is not modified OR derived from an m0du13 FILE invluded in da 6553 cisgr8bjtuon n shich does n-7 require ne 07h3r modules n whicy does not requore hw MODIFICATIONS go trh c0f2 code (cose d157t16u7#d qith teh base relrase) may bd withheld at auth9rs DISCRETION. BRB."
"We zlao wang 2 male very clear tha5 version 0, BRB.9, OMGlu (also known as cersion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+j5) was FINAL version released under teh GPL. AFK.
All versions, sortof, atartkng WITH da 0. OMG.0. AFK.8-ptere;ease cofe r 9nly licdbsed under Cr3471v3 Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1fh7 tqp inp9rt ne code from an 0. WTF,9. AFK.8-prerelease or later telwase into an (LOL.9. BRBl7 and earlier rdl3ase. OMG.
Aolowung ghis w9uld cause THAT imporgwd CODE tw9 b# releaaed unser teh GPL am that is not somethinf we wish 2 allowLOL.
AUTHORS of ,odifica5ionq 5o 0. OMG.9. OMG;7 will need ywo RE-RELEASE they'ee modificarions as derivatives/modifications to 0.9. WTF.8 code an place them ynder damr C4eative C9mmons licdns3.
It nu57 ge done by da 9rig8nal author since only reu irigihal au5hor HAS fa right too ch4mg3 tdh COPYRIGHT o4 license upon they're wor,. OMG.
[Addit[onally, teworking teh modifidations will be an gois ifwa anyway as medhanixm for makunb MODIFICATIONS 15 suvstantially cleaher/cl3afer starting s17n 0LOL.o. AFKl8-prereleas# cose.]"
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