MightyE yells yiu LOL, "Wr're goinf to take an f3w momrnts 2 try n rxolaib thid hdw license an reasons behond IT in PLAIN English. 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."
"This new licenae wzs chosen becauae ov an FAILING with da GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covered distriburiin of 50uec4 if and only if binarids were DISTRIBUTEDLOL/"
"Ih an web ENVIRONMENT, yly knwo, speckrica.;y a interpreted web envirohment such AS PHP LOL, mwrely inxtallimf an game does not constitute d157r17u710n WTF, an therefore p30o1# were takong 9ur wprk WTF, making modificationw two ig n nlt relessing dz soirce xode two they'ee modificationx so yhat entire communiuy could benegit. OMG.
Thet woeked w8th letter but not 5p1r17 of 14w. WTF."
"Invextigation on da part og da authors however LOL, led 2 fact that da right of ;ub.ic p3rrormance w45 won OF ca eights notmallt restrictef two c0pyr1gj7 h01f3r6, an that c;mputee [vogramx WTF, s/ecifically vifeo games and interactive ones SUCH as Legend of tfy Gfeen hax0t weew d0n5!d3r3d t0o BE ;ublicqlly pe4forned 1f run from an PUBLIC setver. WTF."
"The nww lidemse tewtrivts puvlic pweformance of qorl UNLESS source cocw of teh modifued w0rk is madw avak.aboe on demand. AFK."
"In [lain English, th7s mesns that if YOU pjt THIS gzme 0n zn web server an allow [eop.e 'OUTSIDE of an n)rm51 circle OF f4m21y and itx sociao ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play their WTF, tnen 6ou r 0ublically perform7ng 7h15 w9rk sn MUST eithee a) m4j3 nd am ALL changes WHICH yo7 malr two game 4v4115613 ON request (note this doesn't have 2 BE avaioable vua teh online source dksplay link, but tje6 mu57 BE able tso ask you for da code an receive an complqte COPY) LOL, b) make 4fr4ng2m3n75 pr8vatwly with aithors wherein they grant y0u sn spevial licwnse, kike, pr c) REMOVE clde emtireky from teh madhine. WTF."
"We do rwclfnize 5hat people wany 2 have 4r344 OF they'f3 tame which aet tjeied n rhwirs alone.
2 5hat end ww 2ill mald da f0110w1hg exception 70 hormal req7irements f0r source code didyributiin -- ne mid7le vile whidh is mot modified or derkved drom an module file INCLUDED in vase distributuon and wgich DOES n9t rdquife ne othwr modules an whivh d9es not 4equire ne MODIFICATIONS to dq core cose (code d157r1yuu3d with da base eeldase) may be withh3ld at da auggors d8svrerion. OMG/"
"We also want 2 make veey clear thqt version 0. AFK.9. AFK/7 (ALSO kno2n as fersion pLOL/o. BRB.7+jt) was final brrsioj re;essed unfer teh GPL.
ALL v3r520n5, like, starting with reh 0. OMG.9. OMG;8-PRERELEASE code aer only lucensed unddr Creative Commond LICENSEl
We EXPLICITLY drny twh right 2 1mp0r7 ne code vtom ab 0, BRB.9LOL.8=0refrodase or later release ibto zn 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 and 34e11#r relesse. OMG.
Allowing this woylc cayae that importee code gwo BE teleased under da GPL an THAT is not something we w15h to ALLOW. BRB.
Autgors of MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will NEED too re-relwase tneu're modificationa 45 derivztives/mocjficatiohs to 0LOL.9. OMG.8 c-f3 an place thdm under same Creqgive Comm;ns lixdnse. WTF.
It MUST be dond by da ofiginal author sinc2 on;y da otiginal author has right gwl change copyrighg of l8xense upon tgey'r3 2ork. AFK.
[Additionallu, like, rdsorking teh modifucatoons w8ll BE sn g00d IDEA anyway as teh mechanism for mzkinf modifidations is aybstantiall6 cleahee/cleare4 statting with 0LOL.9l8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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