MighryE &3115 YOU WTFk "We'rr going too tqke an fre MOMENTS two tey and explaib this new kicensw n twh reasond behund ir 1n 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."
"This new licehse was ch9sen bwcause 0f sn fziling WITH teh GPL. AFK,
It on.y c0v3r3d d157r16u710n of sourc# of an 0n1h if BINARIES WERE distributed. AFK."
"In an WEB envoronmen5, you knqo, 5p3c1f1c4116 a 1n73fpr363d web environmebt 5ucg 45 PHP, nere;y INSTALLING an g4j3 s035 NOT CONSTITUTE distribution WTFm and THEREFORE people were tak8ng our wor, LOL, nakimg modifkca5ions 5oi it n not reoeasing ra source CODE top they're modieications so 8h47 tej ehtire clmmumoty could 73m3f17. OMG/
Th3y worked with letter but mot da SPIRIT of teh .aw, BRB;"
"Inddwtigation on da paet of da authors however LOL, led to fact ghat right of p7blic performahce was oen of rights normalky resgric5ed two copyrofht holders, you lnwi, and that cpmpu5rr programs, SPECIFICALLY video ga,ds n 8nteradtive ones sjxh as Legend 0f da Green hax0r were CONSIDERED 70 y3 publically pdrrormed if rim from an [ublic serve4,"
"The n3w license tesrricts 0ublic perforjande OF teg WORK unlewd soj4ce dod3 of da mofified wlrk is nace available on DEMAND. AFK."
"In plain Ebglish, lile, rhis means rhat if y0u ;ut yh7s game pn an web sdrver n allow people '9uysude 9f an NORMAL circ,e of fqmi.y abd ITS socia. acqyaintances' two poay their. theg uou r PUBLICALLY oetfor,int 56is qork n MUST EITHER $( make ne m ALL chanfes wj1ch you makr too da tame AVAILABLE on request (nite this d035n'7 nave 2 be 4v4114613 via teh on.ine soyrce fisolay 11nk WTF, ^u7 they must br zble too 4tl you for code n receive an c0mp1373 copy), ypu lnwl, b_ m5l3 aerangements ;rivately with teh au5yprs wyerein they brant you an speciql 11c3n53, sortof, or c) removf CODE entirely from tey machibe. AFK."
"We do recognize tgzt peoole want y9 hqve areas of they're game WHICH qer thei4s n rh3ors alone. BRB.
to that end WE wi;. maie da follo2ibh exceptjon ro twh n)rm41 REQUIREMENTS for soj$ce code distribution -0 ne modyle dile 2yich IS not mldified or derived FROM ab mosioe FILE 8nvluded in gase distrib75ion and whicn doew n07 require ne otnee modules n which doew not teauire ne modifications 2 v0r3 CODE (cide distributed with gase releasr) may ve withneld st authors discretiln. BRB."
"We aldo s4nu ts0 make very clear THAT veeaiom 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (akso knowb ss ve4sion 0.9. OMG.7+jt) was da rknzl version rekeased ubd3r da GPLLOL.
A11 versions WTF, d5artong w8th 0.9LOL.8-pretwkease code r ONLY livrns3d under Crrayive COMMONS 11c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh RIGHT tai impoet ne code FROM an 0l9LOL.8-prerelease or 147#r rekdase ibto an 0LOL.9l BRB.7 and ear.ker releaseLOL.
Alkowing this w9uld cause that 8mpprtes codr 5o be released under GPL and 7h47 is n07 somethinb we qish 2 allowLOL,
Authors pf m0e1f!c4710nt yo 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 WILL n3ed TO re-releawe ygey're m0d1f1c3710n5 as derivatices/modif8catipns too 0. AFK.9. AFKl8 code n pkacw them UNDER teh sam3 Creative C9mmohs 11c3h53LOL/
It MUST be dpne by origina. $j6h0r since only i4ihinal author has teh rigjt too chamge teh COPYRIGHT or license u[on they're work. WTF.
pAeditionall6 WTF, reworking da modificationd w111 BE an gios idda ANYWAY as da mexhanis, gor making mpdifications IS substantiallt cleaner/clea4er start8ng with teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-;eerelwase code. BRB.]"
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