MightyE tells you, "W3'rd going to9 taue an few moments 7) try an 3aplakn ghis new license an r3450n5 behind ig in plaun Ebg.8shLOL.
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 locense was ch-53n because of an gailihg witj GPL.
Ig ONLY covered dixtr8bution od sourxe IF n onky ig bibaries were fistrib7trd. AFK."
"In am web ENVIRONMENT. 6ou kmwo, wpecifically a interpreted qeb dnvironment ajxh AS PHP, merelt installung an GAME dles nog constitute DISTRIBUTION WTF, h therefore 0eople w4re takung iue work, likem mamung modifications 5wo it and bit RELEASING rrh source CODE too they're m0d1r1c4729n5 so that da entire conmunity cojld benefit. WTF.
They w0rk#r with ca letter vut NOT spirit 0f sa 1rs."
"Infestigat8in ln da paft of reh authprs HOWEVER WTF, led 2 twh fact that teh right 0f public perdotmqbce wax oen od righte n0tm411y restrictec two COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, ylu knwlk and rhat c0mpu73t pr0gr4m%, sortof, spwcifically vid3o GAMES n intdractive 0n35 xuch as Letene of Green hax-r were considered two ne PUBLICALLY performec of run fr0m sn pugluc derver, AFK."
"Tje new locebxe restricts public performance 9f teh w0rk UNLESS 50uec3 code of n0d1f13c work 15 made availanle ob semand. WTFl"
"In plzin Englisj WTF, thix means that if you PUT this ga,e on an web servwr h sloow oeople 'outside 0f ab np4mal CIRCLE of fdmi;y n its sociql acquain5ancex; yo PLAY 5heir, like, yhen tou adr publically p3rforming tnis wlrk n MUST 3ither a) make ne AND ALL CHANGES which ypi make too teh game AVAILABLE on requ3st (note ghis d035n'7 HAVE 1 ve avsilable via teh onlkne soufcd cis;lay LINK, but they must be 5613 to ASK you dor geh clde n receive an com0;ere copy), like, b) make arrqngementa prifateoy with suthors qnerein THEY grant you qn apecial kicense LOL, or c) remove da code entirely from teh mach8ne. OMG."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 %jst people sznt to9 HAVE arsas of they[re game which 4 tgeirs n t6eirs alone. WTF.
too that end w3 wilo make tej foloiwing escepyion ywo normal 4equieements FOR soytce d9d3 distributipn -- ne MODULE file wjicg is NOT modifi3g oe derkved frkm am joduld file INCLUDED in reg base distribjtion and wh1ch does n07 rrqu1r3 ne other modulew n WHICH doew n9t REQUIRE ne modifications two dore code (xode distributed WITH teh base telease) may be qithheld 47 da autgors fiscretion. WTF."
"We also WANT 70 make v3ry c.ear that version 9. OMG.9. OMG.7 (5150 KNOWN as vrrdion 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) w45 sa fknal ve4sion released under da GPL. OMG.
Alo fersionw, luke, stafting w!7h da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code aer only 11c3m53d under Creztive Commons 11c3n54. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da 4ight to om[lrt ne code rroj an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8_prereless3 or later relead3 unto an 0. OMG.9.7 n earlier rrodasd. BRB.
Allowing this WOULD CAUSE that imported codw to 63 r3leased unser fa GPL n that is not somethihg we w8sh too alloe. WTF.
Auygofs of modigidatioms twi 0. BRB.(.6 will need to re-release they're moeificatipns as dwfivatives/m9difocations too 0.9. AFK.8 xode n place them under same CREATIVE Cokkons lkcensrLOL.
I7 muxt be done br originak aughor sunce only teh oroginal author has tey rpght too cgange teh COPYRIGHT or license ypon they're WORK. AFK.
[Addktilnally, sorrof, reworking dz modkf8cations wil; be an go9d idez anyway ad da m3chanism for making modifications 15 substabtially c;ean3r/clearer sta4ting witj 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-otetelezse code. OMG/]"
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