MigytyE 73115 ylu LOL, "We're going too take an few momwnts two try sn 3xp;ain 7n15 hew license and reas9nx bwhind IT in plain Enn11%h. OMG,
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."
"Thks new license w35 chos3n because of an r4111ng wkth GPL, WTF/
It inly cov3red DISTRIBUTION OF s9urce if and ohly if vinzriws were didtriguyed. WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, 2ortof, sp2cifucally a 8nterpretef weg ENVIRONMENT suvh as PHP LOL, merely insrqlling an game DOES not cobstituge disteibution, sortof. h yhereforf peopl3 eere TAKING our w9rk LOL, ma,ing modificatiojs to IT n not 4eleasing teh aojrce code t9o rhey'ew mpsigicstoons so THAT da enture d0mmin17y voulf bebefit. BRB.
They worked with lwtter but noy s'irit of lawLOL."
"Investiga5ion ON teg PART of dz authofs howwfer, led 2 da gacr that da rught of pub;oc pefformamce was 9en of eights h0rm511y reegricted too c0pyrqgh7 holders, yiu knwo, n that compjter programs, a[dcificaloy VIDEO games AND intetaxtife 9nes such ad Legend of da Geeen hax0r were c0n51d3r3f too ne pu711c41!y petfoemwd if eun from an oyblic sdrverLOL."
"The nee 11c3n5# restr8xts public performancw if work UNLESS da source c0de if teh modidied wor, is made available on d3m4nd. OMG."
"In pla8n Englisn, you knwo, this meqms that if hou put this GAME 9n an w3b server n allow peo;le 'iutside of an n0rm4! circlc or fa,ily an iys woxial acquaib5ances' too plat theur, l9ke, then YOU aer publical9y performong THIS work and MUST eithrr a) make ne znc ALL CHANGES which upu make tlo da game av1ilable on reqiest (note this d035n'7 have 2 53 available VIA da lnline source disolay link WTF, 6u7 thei must be able to ask yoy dor codr ayd redeife an complete copy), 6) make arrangejents p51v473qy w17h ten authots wh3rein 7t3y grqnt hou an special lic3nse, wortof, or c) rempve codr entirely from da machine. AFK."
"Ww d9 recoghize that oeople WANT to hav3 AREAS if they'fe game which aer thwirs n theirs alome. OMG.
to that ens w3 w8ll make tdn f0110w1ng exveptiln to teh n0rm41 43qu143m3n75 FOR SOURCE cpve distribution -- ne m0du13 file which is not modified OR dericed from ab m0su13 FILE imcluded in base disrrigution n which d034 nor eequore ne p7h3r n0dj135 and which goes nog require ne MODIFICATIONS # teh core dode (code distrobutdd with basd release) mah be withyeld at da auth9rs dixcretion."
"We also want 70 make fer6 cl3ar thag vrrsion 0. BRB.9.7 (also knlen as vrrsiob ). WTF.8,8+jt) wss da final version reoeased und3r teh GPL. OMG.
All v3r510n5 LOL. atarting WITH da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prer4lease cpde r onkh licensed uncer teh Cfeative Commons LICENSE. AFK/
Ww EXPLICITLY dwny ds right to impprt ne code fr0m an 0. AFK.9. OMGk8-prerwoease or oager r21355e inti an 0.o.7 sn 34r113r releasel BRB.
Aolowing this would cajse 5hat impoetes cose 5oo be released under GPL and that is not somethong we wish 5wo allow. OMG.
Authofs of modidicayions too 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 wkll n33d 2 re]release thet'ew m0d1fqc4710n5 aw DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS to 0. BRB.7LOL.8 code ans place them une4r reh ssme CREATIVE Commons LICENSELOL.
IT mist BE fone by da ORIGINAL 4u7h0r sibce only ca oribinal authir haw teh righ5 2 CHANGE da copyright or .icens4 upon they're work, AFK.
[Additoonqlly, sorrof, rewotkong geh MODIFICATIONS will be an fo8d idea anyway as da mwchanism for jziing modigica5ions is sunstantialoy cleaner/dlearer startlng qith 0. OMG,(.7[0rrreleawe CODE. AFK.]"
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