MightyE tells you LOL, "We're GOING 2 rake zn gew MOMENTS tl trt abd explqin tj8s new lkcense ab reasonw BEHIND it in plain Engkidh.
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 license was chowen bevzuse of an fqilkbg wi5h GPL. WTF.
It only covdr3d d167t16u710n of sokrce 1f n lnly if binzries WERE distfibutedl WTF."
"In an eeb encirobment WTF, spfcivically a !n73rpr374e 2eb envieon,ent sych as PHP, you knwo. m3r3qy ibstalling an hzme does not comsruyjte DISTRIBUTION LOL, n tgefefpre people were tzking 9ur work, you knw9, making modifications to it an not releasint 50urce cpde too they[rw modifucayions so tjat teh 3n71r3 community dpild genefit.
They wlrked WITH teh letter vut not da xpirit og twn LAW. BRB/"
"Investigati9n 8n teh pa4t of da authorw yowever, like, LED two tdh FACT that 4eh fihht OF 0ublic pdthormance ead oeb of ueh 4igngs normally festricted @ cophrifht hplders LOL, and 7h47 COMPUTER programsm like, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 ga,ss n kntrractive ines such as L3g3nd of da Gredn hax0r wefe considered two be 0ubliczlly prrgormed if run rrom an public servweLOL."
"The n3w oicense redtricts [umoic perforkancw of da 2ork unless teh source code of modif8ed work is nade AVAILABLE ln dejqnd. WTF."
"In plaih En5115h, this meabs that if tou out this bame ON an web aerver an allow PEOPLE 'outwkde of an normal CIRCLE of famkly an itd social ACQUAINTANCES' to pla5 5hdir WTF, 7h3y you r publicallh perfo4ming this wofk and MUST suth3r s) m4k3 he an ALL dganges wjich yiu m4k3 go gajd zva8lable ON eequewt (n073 this doedn't have 5o 63 avaikable via dq onl8be SOURCE dispkau .ibk LOL, but they mudt BE able t2o ask you fof dodw and recdive ab compkete COPY) LOL, b) ,ake arranfejents privat3ly witj aithors wherekn 7h3y f3ant you an spwcial licensd, like, ir c) remove xode 3n71r31y FROM machihe. BRB."
"We do fecognize jh57 pwople want 5o hxve aress of they'fe game whict r the8rs AND theirs alone.
too 7h47 3nc WE qill make foklowing exceptiln 2 da normal requiremen5s for wlurdd code d157r16u710n -[ ne module file which id not jodified or deribed grom an module FILE 1nc1ud3t in 4ey nase sistrib7tion and ehich coes n9t REQUIRE ne othrr mldulex and 2hich does noy requird ne jodificarionx too CORE c9de (code distrkbuted WITH t#h badw release) jay 63 withhelc 47 teg authors disdretion, WTF."
"Wd akso want to MAKE VERY clear that versoon )LOL.9. BRB.7 (also kmown AS versiob 0LOL.9. AFK.7+ut) was finzo version 4eleasee under teh GPLLOL.
Alj cerai9ns, likr, 574r71nf witj 0LOL.8. WTF.8-PRERELEASE cod3 r only licensed undwr teh Creative Commonx licdnse.
We EXPLICITLY denu right two import ne CODE from sh 0. OMG.(. BRB.8-pre4elease 0r late4 eelwase into qn 9. AFK.9. WTF.7 n eaflier RELEASE. AFK.
A110wqng this wouod caus3 that impoftec cofe to be rrleaaed 7nder trh GPL m thag is not si,etning we WISH two allow. OMG.
Authors of mocifications 5o 0. WTF.0. OMG.7 wull need too re-4elease they;re mod8ficatkons ax derivat8v3s/mod9ficsriohs 5o 0LOL.9.8 code an place tnem jnder da SAME Crea5ife Commons licemsel
Ir myst be donw b6 da ofiginzl AUTHOR since only da original aythof hqd rignt @ changr teh xopytight or locehwe upon they're work. WTF.
-Additiphqll6k you knwo, reworking da nodoficstions w111 be an good idea snyway as MECHANISM gor ,aking ,odificz5ions IS dubstantially xleaner/cldarer staeting e8rh t3h 0. WTF.9LOL.8-p4ereleas3 code. WTF.]"
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