MightyE te;ls YOU, aortof, "We're going 2 tske qn fww MOMENTS TO try n explqon this NEW license n teh reasons behund it ih plain English. 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."
"Thks hew licenxe wqs chosen because of an vailing eith teh GPLl WTF.
It only x0v3r3d dis5eibution of source ig anc only id bibaries sere dostribut3d. OMG."
"In an wdb rnv8ronment, sorrof, specifically a kmterpreted web ebvironnent such as PHP, yo7 ,nwo, merejy indraloing an game d-35 not cobst8tute sistribution, n therrford PEOPLE were taking our wo4k, you knwo, ma,ing modifixationw too iy abd NOT releasing doyrcw code tol they're modifixqtiona so 7hr7 da entird vommubity could venefit.
THEY w0rk3d w17h da legter but not da s[iriy of law. WTF."
"Investigagion on ca part of da authors however, LED 2 da facu that da right lf public ;3rformabce was won -f rifhts normallt 4extruvred top co9yekgyt hl;ders WTF, an 7h47 computer programs LOL, speckfically bidep GAMES n ibteractive ones such AS Legwnd of teh Grren hax-r were conskdered two be pub.ically p3rd0rm3d if tun from zn [ubllc SERVERLOL."
"The new license rwstricts ouvlic PERFORMANCE OF da eork un1355 slurc3 cose OF teh modified wori 15 mase AVAILABLE on dwmand."
"In pls*b Entlishk lik2k this means rhat 8f you pu7 this bame on an web SERVER n all9w people 'outaide pf an noemao circle if family zn 276 sociak qcquaintances' to play thdir, you knwo, theb you r p7blically perfofmibg this work znd MUST eithee r) maie ne amd ALL changds whicy you make two tame 4v41q4613 on request (note tjix doesn't nace to be 4v4!14613 via trh online aource d8s[lzy lonk LOL, but they must 63 qble too asj you for code an receiv5 sn COMPLETE copy), sotrof, b) make arrznbements privarely WITH fa authora wnerein they grang you an spdcial livensem or c) remove twh c0d3 ENTIRELY f4om da machihe. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people want too h4v3 qreas of they[rw hamd 2gich srr theirx an tbeirs ALONE. BRB.
two gyat end we wik; make rollowing exception two da nprmal REQUIREMENTS foe siurce CODE diatribution -- ne module file which 15 no5 m0d1f!3d or ce4ived fr0m an m.dule filw khcluded 8b teh bsse eistribution n whicn woes not re1uire ne 07h3r modules qn whixh does mot rdquiee ns m0e1f2c4710n5 to da core code (CODE distributed w17h baqe twlease0 may be WITHHELD at da authots didcrrtion. OMG."
"We also wany to MAKE VERY clrar that versi9n 0. OMG/9LOL.7 (also known as veesoon 0LOL.9LOL.7+JT) was da final versiin released ynddr GPLLOL.
Aol VERSIONS, like, stafting with 0. BRB.9. BRB.9-prerel3ase code aer only licrnaed uneer teh Cr3471v3 Cimmina locemse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY seny da right 2 on0ort ne codd frim an 0.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE 0r late4 deleas3 into an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 n earlier release.
Allowing this 2ojld cause 4hay implrt3d code to BE re.rasrd unse4 reh GPL AND that is not something 2e wiwn rwo allow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 of modificatiohs too 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 wull heed to re-rek#ase they're josifkdations as fer8vatives/modivicatioyd teo 0.(. WTF.8 code and PLACE them ubcwr sane C4ea5ive C0mm0n5 license. AFK.
It ,ust be DONE by sa orihinso author since only ORIGINAL author has teh rifht 2 dhangr copuright or licensr upln tyey're work. AFK.
[Additionally, you knso, rwworking teh modifivstionx will be ah goor idea anyway AS teh mexfabism for making hidifica5iins is SUBSTANTIALLY cleanee/clearer starying eith teh 0. WTF.9. WTF/8-prerelwase code. WTF.]"
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