MigntyE tellx you LOL, "We're going 59 gak3 an few momrnts too tr6 an explsin this new license and da rezsons behind ir on 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."
"Tnis new 11cen53 WAS chosen because of an failing with da GPL.
IT onlt covered sistrivktion of woirce ig n only if 61n4r135 were dis5rib7tddLOL."
"In an web enbironment. likw, specifocallu a interp4etef wdb ehvironment sjch as PHP, merr;y instakling an game does not c9nst8tute distribution, like, and tkerefore people were TAKING ou4 work LOL, makung mofifications goo kt n not releaskng source c9de two they're modifocationw so THAT entier cimmunity could grnedit. AFK.
Thdy WORKED sith teh lett4r but not da s'irit of teh ;aw. BRB."
"Infdsfogation on teh pa4t of ds qutyors hleev3r, sortof, led too gact tha5 ca right of piblic performance was i3n if ea rights normzlly rwsyrictee 2 d0pyr1gh7 hioders, you kn2ok n thqt computer p4ogramd LOL, specifically vidwo GAMES n intersxt8ve 0n35 such as L3gend 0f Greem hax0r w2rw considwred two be publixallt p3rformed ig run ftom an o7blic 5erv#r. OMG."
"The new 1!c3n53 restricts public performance of reh wlrk unlwse da SOURCE code og yeh modifoed work is msde 3v3114613 on d3m4nd. BRBl"
"In plain Engkish, sortof, this MEANS that kf you put this game on an seb xervdr ab allow p30p13 'outsif3 of an npfmal circ;e of fa,ily n kgx wocial acquzibtances' 2 p;ay tjeor, like, yhen you r publocally perf9rming this work n MUST 317h3r a) MAKE me m ALL changes which tou make 2 da ga,e avakoable on requedy (n073 tyiw doesn't have 1 be availzb;e via onoine source displzy ;ink LOL, but they muxt be able twl ASK you for da code an recekve an cpm[lege c0pu), b) m4k3 afrangements pr1v4u31y with a7th8rs wnereib THEY feant uiu am s[ecial license. or c) remofw teh code 3n61r31y from m4ch1n3. WTF."
"We DO rrxodnize tjat ;eiole want 2 have areas 9f they're game whuch aer tyeirs an theira alone. OMGl
t9 that END we w111 make ca fo;;owing EXCEPTION two ca normal r3qu1r3m3n75 for slurce code dusrribition -- ne module file qhich iw not m0d1f23f or DERIVED drpm st MODULE file incl7ded 8n dz bqse distrubutioy n which cors not requure be other mlduoes h wh8ch dors not rewuire ne nodigications two teh coee code (code eistributec wity BASE release) may be withheld at authors eiscretion. OMG."
"We qlso wznt too make v3ry cleae that v3r519n 0.9/ WTFm7 (also knowb as versioh 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was teh f8val VERSION r3leased under da GPL. WTF.
All versions, like, srarting with yeg 0. OMG.9LOL.8=pr3r313$53 xlde r only licensed UNDER Cr3a5igd Comjons licemse. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny dq rught 2 impo4t ne dode from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prer3lease 0t larer relraw3 inyo am 0.9. OMG.& snd earli3r RELEASE. WTF.
Al.owibg 8hq5 would CAUSE tha5 !mp0t73d coee to be released undrr GPL an thar is NOT somdthong we wiwh two ALLOW. OMG.
Authors 0f m0d1f1c4710n5 ypo 0, BRB.8. BRB.7 will need 2 RE-RELEASE thwy're miskficatuons as derivatifes/modifications too 9. BRB.9, AFK/8 CODE an place them ibder da same Creative Commins license. WTF.
It musy ge done by origina; author sihce on.y da 0r1g1n31 authof has yeh eight 2 chahbe teh xophright or license upon they're work. OMG.
[Acditionaklh LOL, rdwofkung 5eh m9d1f1c4710n5 will ve an goof idea anyway as mechabism for making modificatiibs is substantially cleaner/ckearer sta4tohg with teh 0l9. BRB.*-0rrrelease code.]"
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