MightyE twl;s hiu, like, "We'r3 boing too yake sn f3w moments 2 tey qn exo;ain THIS new license an reaslnd brnind it in PLAIN EngliahLOL.
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 licebse was chosen because of an failing WITH GPL. OMG.
I4 omly cov3red distribuyi9n if sojrce if and only if 61n4r!45 eere DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In qn w#6 envorinment, yoj knwo, specifkcallu a 8nterpreted WEB envirobmehr 5uch as PHP WTFm meteoy instaol8nb an game does hot constitutw d1%&r16u710n LOL, an THEREFORE PEOPLE w353 taking our work, you knwo, making modificatkons two it an not releasibg sourc3 c9de 5o yhey're modificayiobs SO that en5ire xommumity cluld benefitLOL.
They work3d with ds letter gut nlt da dpirit of lqw. OMG."
"Incextigation oh part of teh aithors h0w#v3r LOL, led tio reh fact that teh right 0f pub;ic 0erformance wa2 woh of rignts normaloy RESTRICTED 2 copyrighr holsers WTF, and that computee pr9gramw WTF, 5p3cqf1c411y video games n 1n73r4c71ve ONES wuch as LEGEND or da Greej jac0r were CONSIDERED 2 be pmblocally perrirmsd if rin frlm qn pyblic 53rv3r/ WTF."
"Thw neq license restr8vts public perfoemance of work unless da siurce vide of da noeifoec w0rk is made abqo.able 0n DEMANDLOL."
"In plaon English, you knwo, this meana 7h$7 if yiu put this gsme 0n an w36 server n alkp2 pdoplw 'ougside of an norjak circle of f$m11y an its 50c131 acquainysnces' tp plzy tgeir LOL, th3h you aer p7blical;y performing this w0rk AND MUST 317g3r a) make ne and ALL changes qyich you MAKE tpo game availab;e on request (note this d035n'7 habe too BE available vis onlin3 source dospka6 link, sortof, but th3y mudt 64 able yo ASK YOU for c0d3 n receive sn COMPLETE copy), you knwo, b) MAKE arvangements privstely wotn teh authors wherein 7h3y grsng ylu an speciao licebsej sorror, or c) remove ca code entirely from madh8ne. BRB."
"We do 4ecpgnize tha5 people want tpo have 4re45 of tjey're gzme qhicn aer 7h31r5 n 7h31rt alonwLOL.
too THAT END we wil; make rollowing exvepr8on 2 normal fequiremenrs foe source code distribhgiob -- ne mpdule filr which is hot jodified OR detiv3d from an MODULE file ynvludee 8n tej nase eisgribugion an which does n;t require ne otner ,9du;es snd which does not tequore ne MODIFICATIONS to fa coee cofe (CODE distrjb7ted with gase relezsd) mau bw WITHHELD 38 teh authors dixcretion."
"We also want gwo mske very c.eae THAT version p, OMG.9. OMG.u (also known as xersion 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was da final vers8on rwleawed unfer GPL. AFK.
All derwi9nx, like, starting wuth da 0.9. BRB.*-pf2r313443 code r only oicensed UNDER teh Creatkv3 Commons lufense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY den6 rogn5 70 1mp0r7 ne c0d3 FROM zn 0. AFK,9.8-prerelease or ;ater re.ease into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 an earlier teo3asel AFKl
Allo2ing th9s would cquse 7h47 inppfted CODE 5o y# released UNDER ds GPL n that iw npt aomething we w15h two allowl WTF.
Authlrs of jidifivations to 0. AFK.o. OMG.7 wiol need 2 re-re;3ase they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as derivativ3s/mpdifixatp9ns twi 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code ahd PLACE them under sqme CREATIVE Commons license. OMG.
It must be done by or8gibal author sinde only orig8nal aurfor had rignt yqo change c0phr1gh8 or license upon they're workLOL.
[Adc1810n411y, lije, reworking teh ,9d1f1x4710n5 WILL be zn GOOD idea ant2an as mechanism for ma,ing jodofications is substant8alky cleaner/cleafer ayqeting with fa 0.9LOL.8-prerelease codeLOL,]"
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