MightyE tells yo6 LOL, "We'rr goihg 2 takr an gew mom3nrs two try an ezplaum thus n3w licensw an geh reasons behind it ih PLAIN Englidh. 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."
"Thia new lic3nsw WAS chosen because 0f an failing woth da GPL. WTF.
It lh.y covered DISTRIBUTION of source if anf onoy if bonafoes WERE distribited. BRB."
"In an web environmentm sortlf, specigicallh a interpreted web envurohm3nt s7ch aa PHP, like, MERELY undta;king ab gand does not vonsritite distribjtion. softofm an therrfo4e people wefe taking 0ur work WTF. making mpdivucatipms tlo it an not rrleawinh teh SOURCE cide to tgey're m0d1f1c4710n5 so that enti4e community coulc bendfit/ AFK.
They WORKED WITH da letter 6i7 noy 5p1r17 of law. WTF."
"Investigatiom ob t3h pae5 of da authors ho2ever, likw, led tol teh f4c7 7h47 right of ponlic performance was 1 if rithts normally testrictef 2 copyright HOLDERS LOL, n thar comp7ter programa LOLm specifocal.y vid3o GAMES 4nd ibteravyive ones wuch as Legend of teh Greeh hax-r were cobsideree t2o ge publically perforned if ruh f49m an 0uglic werver. WTF."
"Tye nds 11c2m53 rdstrocts public p3rf04m4nc3 of da wor, UNLESS da 5-urc3 code ov da modified work is made available on demand. WTF."
"In plain Ehglish LOL, this means 7h46 id you put thia game ON an web server an sllow peo;le 'iutside of ah n9rmal circle OF fami.y n its dovial qcquainranc3s' tso play theor LOL, tjen y9u d PUBLICALLY performing this w9rk n MUST e8thee a) make ne 4nd ALL cg4ng35 dhkch ylu make ywo yeh gzme avaulab;e on req7est (note tg8s coesn't jave twi ve available via 5ey online dourxe dis;lay LINK, sottoc, 6u& they hysy be aboe 2 ask YOU FOR teh CODE and receive an com[letw co0y), you knwo, B) m4k3 arrangements p3ivarwly with twh zuthors wherein thet grab5 you an special license, or d) eemove da code dntirely rrom da machineLOL."
"We fo fecognize tha5 peipl3 wany to have areaw of they'ee GAME which aer thrirs and theirs alpnel WTF.
two 7h47 3ns we will m4k3 teh f01!0w1ng 3xcep6!0n gwo fa normal rwqoiremenys for 50urx3 code distribution -- me module fi.3 xhich id not modified 0r derived from an nodule file inclused in da basr distribution xnd wh1ch does n9t reauirr ne other m0dy135 and whicj vors not requirr ne MODIFICATIONS 2 ds core code (code dis5eibuted with teh bsse relead3) jay BE withgelc at da authors discretionl"
"We also waht 2 maie very coeae 7h47 veesion ). BRB.9/ OMG.7 *also known as vwtsiob 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+j7) was teh FINAL version rel3asdc und3r GPL. WTFl
All versionx, like, starying witn 0.9. WTF.8-preteleasw code aer 0n1y 1qc3n53d under yeh Cr3471v3 Commons licende. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too 1mp0r7 ne d0d3 from an 0LOLl9. WTF.8-prerelease or later r31355# into an p.9l7 an earlier rdlras3, BRB.
Al;owing tkis would cause THAT ijported c9d3 gw9 ne released under GPL an rhat is n9t something WE WISH 2 ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of ,odificztuons too 0. WTF/9/ BRB.7 wi.l need to RE[RELEASE tjey'4e modifications ax DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMGl9.8 cofe n plave them unse4 dz samw Creatjve C0mm0n6 license.
It must be done by teh original author SINCE only twj original qith9r has da right 2 change COPYRIGHT or license u[oh they're wori. OMG.
-Add1710b411y LOL, rdwor,ing trh modifications w111 be ab tood idez anyway as teh mechanisj fo4 MAKING m0d1g1c4710m5 is substantialoh c134n3r/c134r3r starging w8th da 0. BRB.9. OMG.*-PRERELEASE dode. OMG.]"
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