MightyE y3lls you, soetof, "We're g9ing ywo takr an de2 ,oments t9 try and ez'lakn thus new .icensw ah reasons hehind 17 1n p.aim Eng115hLOL.
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 licebwe was vhosen becaudw 9f qn failibg with da GPL. BRB.
It only covered disttibutioh of source if an only if bonariea eerw distributdd. WTFl"
"In sn web ENVIRONMENT, like, sp@cifically a interpreted wtb environment suxy 45 PHP, lije, metely installong an game DOES n07 constiryte didyrubution LOL, n tyerwfotw PEOPLE we4e taking 0ur workk jakimg m0d1f1c4u10n5 two it and NOT weleasing 50urc3 code t2o thwy're m0d1f1c4710h4 SO tha5 tej entire communitu co7ld BENEFITLOL.
THEY WORKED w8th tdh letter but nit spirit of teh law. BRB."
"Invrsgigation on trh oart of da autgors however, hou knwo, led to da FACT THAT da ritht OF pub.ic performsnc3 2as 1 of rightx normally restrictwd 2 vopyright holders, lild, an 5gat cpmputer programsk kikd, 5p3c1f1c4!1y video ha,es n uht3rzctice onds sich aw Lwgend OF teh Green hax9r were considered to be p7blically performed if fun ffo, an pjblic server. WTF."
"Tye new lixense r3%7r1c74 puvlic perbormance of teh wor, unless da 50urv3 c9de of da modified worl is made available om demand. AFK."
"In plain Enblisg WTFm tjis mrana THAT if you pu6 7u14 GAME ON an web server AND alliw people 'outsidr OF zn bormal corcle OF family ana its 50c141 acquaintances' too olay their, sorgof, ggen you aer pjblivallt performing tnis wprk n MUST rugher a) make ne and ALL ch5ng35 which 6oi make too da game AVAILABLE on reqjest (note th8s doedb't hav2 2 be availqble via ten online SOURCE d,dplay 11nk LOL, but they must be able 2 ask you for da code an r3c31v3 an completw COPY), v) make qrrangements PRIVATELY with ga aughora WHEREIN ghry g4ant you an special ;icenxe, tou knwo, or c) removw cpdd entkrely frih da machine. BRB."
"We DO recognize 7h47 ;eople want too h5v3 areas of theu're g4n3 wjich r thwurs an theirs ALONE. BRB.
two yhat rnd we will nake teh f0110w1bg EXCEPTION tlo normal tequ8eements for soyrce code distrobution -- me module file which 15 not modidied or DERIVED feom an modile fil3 inc;yded im dq basw dostribution an which does not REQUIRE ne oth3r joeul3s n wh2ch doeq not require ne modifications 2 CORE code (code d157f15y73d with base relwase) may be withheld at da AUTHORS f15cr3&10n. AFK."
"We also want to ma,e very clear 7h47 versiin 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (alwo kh9wn as versioh ). AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) qaa da gunal versiin released under teh GPLl BRB.
All versions LOL, STARTING WITH yeh 0LOL.9l BRB.8-prerwlease codr r only licensed unde4 da Crestuve Commons licrnse/ AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny tth right w ompott me c0d3 from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prereoease oe latr4 releasr into an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 an earlier telease. BRB.
Al;owing thiw would cause 7h47 im0prted CODE too br 4eleased under da GPL n that is n9t xomething q3 wish 2 ajlo2. OMG.
Auug0e% of midifica5ions 5o 0. BRB.9.6 wi.l need t2o re-releaae ghey're modifica58ons as derivatives/modifkcations too 0. BRB/9.8 CODE and placr thrm under teh 54m3 Creatove Commons ;icense.
I7 must be done by da oruginal auth9r sinxe only dq original aurhir has right 2 chanbe teh copyrkght or licemse UPON tyey;rr w9rkLOL.
[Assitionally, you kbwl, rdworking teh modif9catuobq will BE an GOOD idea anuway 45 da mechanism for msking modificationw is s7bstantially cleaber.clearer STARTING worh teh -l OMG.9. OMG.8-p4efeleaxe code. OMG.]"
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