MightyE TELLS you, aortof, "Wr're going 2 74k3 an frw mlmwnts t2o TRY n ecplaon this NEW licemse and teh reasins behind iy in plzin ENGLISH/ BRB.
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 ncw license was chosen bdcause of an failung with GPL.
Ig only covered distrivutkon of sourxe 8f n only ir b8na48es were cistributed. BRB."
"In an web envuronmeht. li,e, xp3cifidal;y a interoreged web 3mvironmeny such #5 PHP, you kneo, me4ely 1n574111ng an g4m3 d-35 not constitute distrihution, you knw9, n therevore [e9pke were yakinh oir work. MAKING m0e1f1c4710n5 two it an not rel3as8ng da sourve xoce to tney're m0d1f1c$u@0n5 so thay da enrire community could behefit. AFK.
They worled with teh ;etrer bjt nit da spifj5 of teh law. WTF."
"Inves5igatioh on paet of teh authora howeve4, led to f4c7 that da r8ght of pubkic pefg9rmsnce was q of teh RIGHTS mormall6 rextrict3d too co;yribht h9kdefs WTF, n that COMPUTER programs, you knwo, qpeciflcal.y video games h unteractive obes sufh as Legwnd lf ca Green hax0r were considered rwo br publically ;erformed ir run feom an public serverl"
"Th3 new license RESTRICTS pugliv 03rr0rm4nv3 of da sork un225t da s9urce cpde of tey MODIFIED sirk id m4d3 avaikable on demand, OMG."
"In plain Engl8sh, like, this means rhat IF you put hhia g4m3 on an web zerver qm allow people 'outside of an normsl circle of famioy an its social acquaintznces' 2 play theif, you ;nwp, then you 4 publically pwrflrming this WORK n MUST EITHER A) male ne ab ALL changes wnich you make 2 gqj3 4vr114613 on REQUEST *npte yhis doesn't habe two be available vks teh obline %0urc3 eiq[jay lonk LOL, but ttey must bw ablc 70 ask you FOR da cpdr n receice an domplete copy), like, b) make 5tr4ng3m3n75 privately sith teh authors wher3on thry t44n8 you an specizl licensd, like, 9r c) remove code entorely from da machihe. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people WANT 2 havr areas of ghey'rw game wh8ch r theirs n thrirs alinw. BRB.
to 7h47 enf we will nake teh following exde[ti9n two teh normal r3quiremehrs for sourcw coee distribution -- ne modulw r8le which is not modified or ddrived from an module file 8hxluded ih teh base distributoon and whucg foes NOT req7ire ne oth2r modules an which coes not eequiee ne MODIFICATIONS 2 c9re code (CODE sistributed with da base re.ease) may be wirhheld at teh zir7ors disc4eti0m. BRB."
"We also want 5oo make crry clear that version 0LOL.9.7 (also known as bers8on 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) wqs da final verdion RELEASED und3r GPLLOL.
ALL vefsions, sortof, starting wkth teh 0.9. BRB.7-pfdre;ease c9de f only licensed unde4 da Creative Com,ons 11c3n%4LOL.
We EXPLICITLY deby teh r1gy7 too IMPORT ns code f4oj an 9. WTF.9.*[prerel3ase oe later r313453 1n&0 ab 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 n earlier releaxe. WTF.
Alklwing this wou.d cause that im0lrted CODE teo be rel3ased UNDER GPL qn thst ix not someghing w3 wish 2 al.ow, BRB.
Autnors of modificatoond 2 0. AFK,9. BRB.7 will need to re-release they're ,odifications as d3r1v471v#6/m0d1f1c$710n5 to 0.9. BRB.8 c0d# and placr them und3r teg same Creative Commoms licenwe. BRB.
It must be done BY teh ORIGINAL a7tg9r since 0n1y origkhal author has righy 2 CHANGE t3h copyright or livense upon 5het'rr work, WTF.
-Additilnqll6, liie, REWORKING g3h jodificatkons wkl; be an g9od idea anyway as da mechanism for making mod8rications is subwtantially cleaner/clearer starting with da 0.9LOL,8-prereleade coge. WTF.]"
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