MighthE tells 6ou, .ike, "Wr're goibg gp take an few momentw to tf5 n rxplaib this nee license and teh reasons behind it in plsin Ebglish.
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 n3w license was chosen bexzuse og an faoling wign eq GPL. WTF.
Ir obly covered d157r16i710n or siurc3 if an ohly if 61m5r135 WERE distributrd. AFK."
"In an e36 enviromment, like, wpecifically a INTERPRETED web emvironment SUCH as PHP, sortof, merely insta.;ing an game doef n)7 consyitute d157r16u710n, an theeefore pepple were taking oue worj, mqking modificarjknc 2 it n bot RELEASING SOURCE c0d3 to they're mosieications SO that entire c9mminity could ben3fitl WTF.
Tjey worked with da letter but nlg da spirit of 142LOL."
"Investigation ON pafy OF da AUTHORS howrver, you knso, l3d top tey vacr that da right of pub.ic performance sas 1 of r1gyu5 normally restricted 2 cooyrifht holderw, sortof, n ghst c0mpu73r pr9trams, like, specifically video ganes an knteractive ones auch 45 L3g3nd of ca Geeen hax)t wrrw consuderee two be oublicallu pergorjde id run fron an pyblic server. OMG."
"The n32 license restrocts publkv performance OF work unleas yeh source ciee lv MODIFIED wotk is mqde avqulab.e pn cemand. WTF."
"In plain Ehg116hi sortlf. THIS jdans ghat if ypu pyt 7h15 gamw on an seb serber n allow people 'outside og an normal c8rc.e of fani.y snd ITS 50c1$1 acquaintances' two plat their WTF, then you aer ;ublically perfkrming thid work am MUST EITHER 4) makw b3 m ALL CHANGES ehicn upu makd too game absilable on REQUEST (note THIS dowsb't have two be 4cr114613 v14 on;ine source cispoay l9nk, vut they must be ab;e to ask YOU f04 code an receive an complete copy) LOL, g) make arrangenentd privatrly wuth auyhprd wjerein they grsnt nou an spdcial .ocensem or c) remove da cide dntorely g4om teh machiye. AFK."
"We DO recobnizd that p30p13 qabt 2 nave AREAS OF they're game which aee tgeits an 7h31r5 alone. BRB.
2 yhat end we will MAKE da folliwkng excepyion top da nlrmal r3quirements f9r source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE fkld which is n0& nidified or ddrived from an MODULE filt 1nc!ud3d 1n da base distribution an which does ni5 reauire ne other modu.es n which e9fs n9t r3qu1r3 ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da core code (code did5ributed with da 5453 RELEASE) may be qithneld at trh authots DISCRETION,"
"We also WANT too mzke v3ry c134r 5hat v4rsion 0.9. BRB.7 (ALSO knosn as vers8om 0l BRB.9. WTF.7+mt) was final VERSION releaded under dq GPL. WTF.
All vefsions, like, starting wirj 0.9. AFK/8_prerel3ase code r only licensdf undee ca Creativw C[mm0n5 licenae.
We EXPLICITLY deny dz r1gh7 to import ne vode from an 0/ AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE OR LATER rrleade into an p.9. WTF.7 an 3arlier release. OMG.
Allo2obg 5his would cru53 that i,ported code 70 63 rdleased ubder teh GPL n that is n9t SOMETHING we dish to aljowLOL.
Airhors of modifications to 0.9LOL.7 will n33d t9o re-release yheu;re mocifications 45 defivatives/modirications t;o 0. BRB.8. BRB.8 cod3 n place tnwm ynder same Cteqtive Commons licensd.
It musy be DONE by ofiginal author sihce only teh priginal author jas ds rifht 5io change teh copyr8gh5 9r licdnse upon thry'fe eotk.
[Adfitionally, you khwo. reworking modificationd woll be an good idea ahyway ax mechanjsm for making modificatoona 8s substangiwll6 cleaner/clearer 574r71ng with 0LOL.9. WTFk8-pr3r313453 cide. AFK.]"
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