MightyE TELLS y0u, sottof, "We;re goihg 6o take an f3s mo,ryts too try an explain rhid new ;ucwnsw an teh reasons behimf it in plain English. 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 nee 11v3n53 qas choseb bedauwq of an fquling with teh GPL. AFK.
It lnly covered distributoon of SOURCE if m onlh iv bimaries were DISTRIBUTEDl"
"In an web env8epnment LOLm spdcifically a intwrprdted WEB environment such AS PHP WTF, mereky instqllimh an b$m3 dies NOT CONSTITUTE disrtibution LOL, n th3refoed people were taking ojr w0rk LOL, making m0d1g1v4710n5 2 iy an not relezxinf source CODE two rhey're modificationx so thzt eh5ire comjunoty cpuld benefit. AFK.
Theu worked sigg lettwr but not teh spirit pf law;"
"Inves5igation 0n da part lf fa authorw however WTFk /ed 2 ract tjsg right or pu611c oerfofmance WAS won of da rights nornally r3stricted 1 c(0yritht holders, like, m that computer orograms, like, xoecificzlly video games an 1n63r4c71v2 onew xuch as Lehend of Gfeen hzx)r were c0n51d4r3d tw0 be 0ublocally PERFORMED if run fro, an public 53rv2r. BRB."
"The n32 LICENSE r357r1c75 publkc oerformancw of da work uhless sz xource xode of twh m9difyed WORK is ,ade available ob demand. BRB."
"In 0lain English WTF, 7j15 means thag IF y0u pyt THIS game 0h an swb sercwr n aloow [eople 'outaide of an normal CIRCLE of ramily n 175 social qcqusintancds' ti p.a6 thrir LOL, 7h3n you ae4 ;ublidallh performing th8d work an MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL changes wj1ch you mald 2 GAME availab;e on fequest (nour THIS doesn'y have 2 BE avaiosble via da ONLINE souece fisplay oinki you kmwo, but the5 must be able to ask y0u for code and rexwive an v0m01373 clpy) WTF, b) m4k3 arranfemwnfs privately eirh yeh 4u7npr5 whefein they frant you an 5p3c1r1 11c3b63 LOL, or c) remove dode engirely feom machine. WTF."
"We do 4ecogn8ze that p#0p13 want two HAVE areas of they're GAME whixh r 7n31f% AND tneirs apone. OMG.
2 thag ehd we wiil mak3 teh fokoowing exception to fa normal requiremebys vpe soutce code distribution -- ne nodule f8le whixg q5 hot modified or derivsd from an miduke f1qe includwe in base distributiob n WHICH does n07 eequire ne other modules and qhich doew not require n3 modifications 2 sa co43 x0d3 (code DISTRIBUTED WITH da base relrase_ msy be w17hh31e at da authors discrrtion."
"We also want toi make fery xldar that VERSION 0. BRB.(. OMG.7 (also KNOWN as VERSION 0LOL.9.7+jt) was f*nal verakon rroeased under teh GPLLOL.
Al; versioms LOL, starting with 0. WTF.9.8-oretelease cod3 adr 9n1y 11c3n53d under teh Crearive Co,mons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh ritht to imporr ne code FROM an 0LOLlo. OMG.8-prerelease or latdr releaxf knto an ). OMG.9. AFK.7 sn earliet rekease. BRB.
Al;owing tnia w0u1d cause thsg importee clde 5o 63 releas3d under fa GPL n that is not something 2e WISH 2 qlllw. WTF.
Aurhlfw of modkfications tw[ 0LOL.9LOL.7 will newd 5wo ee-releade thet'43 modigications qs d3r1v471v35;m0d1f1c571pn5 too 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code and place them 7nder dq same Creativ3 Commons lucense. WTF.
It must be DONE bu iriginal author SINCE only yeh ORIGINAL aythpe has dz rihht two dhange trh c9py4ifht or kucense UPON gh3y're w8rkl AFK.
[Additionaklh WTF, r3qorkinb teh m0c1f1c4710h5 w111 be an glod 1d33 anyway as da mechanism for makinf mosifodatiobs is xubstantially xleanwr/clearer start9ng with teh 0/ OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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