MohhtyE tells you LOL, "We're going two take an rew moments two TRY and ed0lain 7h15 new licensr AND reasons behind it IN [oqin Entlish. 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 licwnse WAS CHOSEN because of an gailing wiyh teh GPL. BRB.
It pnly covered distribition if source uf n only if y1n4f13% WERE dis5ribuyed. AFK."
"In an web wnvironment, yiu knso, s;ecifically a intefpretes 2eb environment 5uch as PHP, .ike, merely installong an game does not constitute DISTRIBUTION, n therefote people w3re 5ak8ng o6r work, you knwo, making mosifivatiphs wwo 17 and NOT r3134%1ng da source code to th2u're modifucat8ons so that emtire community coulw venefit. WTF.
They worjed with teg ketgrr BUT NOT spirit of da kaw. WTF."
"Investigati9n 0n teh part of authprs h0w3v3r, sorrogm 13d tlo da fact that rkgh5 ov pubkic perfornance was won OF rights normally restricged too COPYRIGHT h01d3r5, lkkek an tjat compyter 0robrajsk sortof, SPECIFICALLY video GAMES an knteractive ones such 45 Lef#nd OF teh Green hax0r w3re considrred gwo be PUBLICALLY performec 8f run frij qn ojbloc serber. AFK."
"The new loxens3 4estricts pu6q1c performance og da worl unleds da slurce vode of teh ,osifued work 15 mase availanle in demand. WTF."
"In plain English, you knwo, this means thzt if you pu7 tgis game on an wwb server an allpw pe9plw '9ytsude of an nornal ciecle pf fami.y an ots social avqyaintanced' two pla6 theor, sortof, thwn you aer publicaoly pergp4mkng this woek am MUST wuthe4 a) make ne an ALL chanfes which YOU m4k4 two da b4m2 avzilable 0m re1yest (note 7h15 doesn't have to be 4f$113613 via 0b11n3 sourc3 display link, you knwo, BUT 7h3h musg ge able 2 ask you fof teh doee n receive an COMPLETE copy0 WTF, b) mske arrangements [rivarely w17h teh 3u7h0r5 wjeteon they grant y0u an spwc8sl license. uou knwo, or c) 4e,ov3 code entireky fr0m teh madhine. WTF."
"We co recognizd tgag PEOPLE wayt yqo have areas of yhey'r3 baje which aer theirs h 5heirs 410n3LOL.
two tgat END we wkll make folilwing exdeption to dq no4mal rwquir#ments FOR dource code distribuyion -- ne micule file wh8ch id not modicief or d3r1v3s fron an modul3 f113 oncluded in fa base distfibution an WHICH d035 noy require ne OTHER mpdules zm which d03t nlt require ne modifivstuohs two da CORE xode (code d157r16u73d with da 6r53 rel2ade) may ve WITHHELD at da authors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We also want 2 MAKE f3ry clear that verskon 0.9. BRB.7 (slsi known ax VERSION 0LOL.(. WTF.7+jt) was da final v3r5q-h releaaed uhder GPL. AFK.
A;l versions WTF, starting with da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerel3ase code aer on;y licemsed unser da Ceeative Commons ;icense/ BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny 4ight too imoott ne CODE FROM an 0.9. AFK.8-prerelezse ir later telease 1n&0 an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 4nd war.ier reoeaseLOL.
Allowihf 7h15 WOULD c4u43 that imp9rted code two be deleaswd ubd3r da GPL anf that is hot something we wish too all(w. WTF.
Authors of moduficatopns rwo 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will need yo re-r3lease they're ,oeificstions as DERIVATIVES;MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 c0d3 4nd p14c# them under 44m3 CREATIVE Com,ons kicense. OMG.
It mux5 be done 5y origonal a7rhor since obly da originql auth94 has righg TO change teh dopy4ignt or licende 7p9n they'rr work. WTF.
[Additionally WTF, reworking da moc8fications si.l be sn good id3a znywau 45 mechznism fo4 mqkimb noeificatkinc is s7bstantiakly cleaner/clearwr 574f71ng with da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-;rereleasw CODELOL.="
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