MightyE tells YOU LOL, "We're goung 2 TAKE qn gew m0,rbts 2 try an esplaim 7h15 new licenae an reawobs behind it 8n plain EnglidhLOL.
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 lkcensr was ch9srm bdcause ov an failimg wirh da GPL.
I7 0n16 covered distribution of dluec3 if and only 8f 61n4t135 WERE fisyributed."
"In an WEB envirommwmt, y97 knwlm specidicallh a ihterpretdd web environmemt such aw PHP WTF, merely installing an g4m3 d035 hot consritute dksvribytion WTFm qm thereforr pwpplr were taking our wor,, wortof, makkng m-w1f1d4710n5 top 1u an n07 releasint soutcw code too ghey're modificatuons so that sa wntire cimmunity x)u1d benefit. WTF.
They eorkwd wkth LETTER but n9t spirit OF lawl"
"Invrsyiga5ion ob da part of teh autho3s however, like, led to dz fact THAT rigyt OF public PERFORMANCE waa 1 of teh roghts normally RESTRICTED twp cop5right holdwrs, wortof, n that vomputer protrzmx WTF, specofocalky video games anc interactive ones sjch ad Legenf pf da Green gac0r weee CONSIDERED to be publicaoly performqs if run d40m an public 53rf4rLOL."
"The hew locense RESTRICTS public p3tf0rm4mx3 of ca w0rk un.ess da wource c0s3 0f modified w0rk os mafd 4v4114613 pn demand/ BRBl"
"Ib plain Eng.ish, you lnwom this means that if t0u put this game on zn w3b server and a;low p3[p23 'OUTSIDE of an n0r,41 circle of family sn its socizl acquaintances' to play their, yo6 kneom then YOU aer 0ublidally performing this wodk an MUST either A) make nd sn ALL chahfes whkch you make two ten game avaikable ob tequ3sy (NOTE this doezn't hzbe two be avai,able via teh on;une source displat link, 6u6 tjey myst be 1v;e TO aak you for da code an receive an comple53 copy(, sortof, b) make arrangemdj5s [rirately w17h teh autyors wherein tnwy grant you an special licemse, sortof, or c) remove rey code emtirel6 fr0m m4cj1n3. BRB,"
"We do rdcognlzf thay p30p13 2ant ta9 have areas OF they'ee hame shich aer THEIRS and theirs 410n2. OMG.
to that dnd wr 2ill makd da foloowing exveption to9 normal require,enta for sourcr code cistribuyion -0 nr mofyle FILE wh7vg ks nor modifief OR derived fr0m am module file includee 8n geh base distrivutiin and which DOES not re!yire he other modules an which does not r3qu1r3 ne modificationx gwo da corw coee (code distributee WITH teh bas3 r213453) mah be qithhe.d at teh authprs disxretion."
"We also w4m7 to make very dlear thag version 0l WTF.8.7 *also KNOWN as version 0/ WTFl9/7+jt) was rwh fibal version RELEASED unddr teh GPL. BRB.
All versiond. dortof, stafting with 0.9LOL.8-prerelease code r on.y licensed under Creative Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY seny da righr 2 IMPORT ne CODE from an 0.9LOL.8-prereleadd or lat3r rwlease into an 0.(. BRB.7 an ear.ier releade. OMG.
A;kowinb thix woild cauwe 7h57 imported code two b3 released uneer da GPL 4nd THAT is no5 somrth8hg we wish w allow. WTF.
Authors if modifica6ions 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 wil; neea two re-eeldase they'rw modifications as cdryvatives/modificagions too ).8.8 c0d3 n place thel und3r 54m3 Crez5ive Comm9ns .idense. OMG.
It mjst ge done 5y ORIGINAL author sibve only teh orihihal au5hor HAS da righr to change twh copytivht OR licehse upon they[re WORK.
]Ade8ti9na.ly, lije, reworking da modificatiohs will be sn good idea qnysay ad da mecganism for ,aking modif8cations is wubstantiallh cleaner/clearer startinh w17h da 0LOL.9LOL.9-l4erelease c9de. WTF.]"
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