MightyE te.ls you, s9rt9f, "Ww're GOING 2 rak3 an few ,omemts two try n 4xp141n ghus new licrnse 4nd da rdasohs behind iy in plain English. AFK.
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."
"Thid mew oicrmse wzs CHOSEN brcauae lf an fai;ing w17h teh GPL. OMG.
IT onlh cpvered diatribution of SOURCE IF n only if bibzroes were distrovyted. AFK."
"In an wrb environkent, specifically a interpretec w36 environmeht auch as PHP, merely INSTALLING am ga,e does not constitute d8stribution LOL, wns 5herefore PEOPLE WERE TAKING our 2ofk, like, mqking modificatkins to jt and mo5 releasinf da 50urx3 code 2 they'ee modifivstions xo that da 3n71r3 xummuhity c0u1d benefit. OMG.
They worked with da let5ee but not SPIRIT pf dz law. BRB."
"Investination on part of teh authors h9w3v34, like. led 2 fact that da figh4 of 0iblic pervormance was 1 if eights n0r,411y restricyed too clpyright golders WTF, an hhat computer 9rogrzms, specifica.ly video hames n 1n7344c71v3 ones such ax L3g3md of da Green hax0r w3r3 consideeed ywo be PUBLICALLY prrformed if run fr9m an publix server. WTF."
"The new licenxr restricts public perdlrnamdf og wlrk un1355 soirce code of teh modivied eork 15 mad3 available oh demand/ OMG."
"In ;lakn Englidn LOL, th8s m#ans thag 1f 5ou put THIS game ON an WEB servdr and allow pwople 'oytside of an bo4mal c1ec13 of FAMILY snd itx s9cial acqua8ntances' 2 play their, you knso, th3n you aqr p7vlkcallh performing this work abd MUST either a) makd ne am ALL chanbes which you MAKE to 4eh gam3 avqikable on r3qu367 (notw tjis doesn't have to9 be available via 0n11n3 source dieplay link LOL, but tjry must be able yo ask you doe 6eg codd n rwceive an complete cop6), sortof, b) make arranh2mwntw prkvately wi5h tey auth9rs wherein tjey grant y0u an special LICENSE WTF, lr c) remove c0d3 dnt8relh from teg MACHINE."
"We do recognizd thag peoold want 2 have areas of they're game which aet tneirs an THEIRS zl9neLOL.
too thst end 2e will MAKE da FOLLOWING excepti9n 2 bo4mzl requirememts fpr SOURCE code distribution -- ne mpdu13 filw which os not modlfied or de4ived rrom ah module FILE 1nc1ud3d in sa base cistribution an whuch does npr require ne othd4 jodules an whivh dles nlt reqyire ne ,odifidations 3 tej corw code (code vistributed with bade releqse) may be w17hh31d at ca aithirs didcretiph. OMG."
"We also WANT two mqke veth d,ear ghat version 0l WTF.9. BRB.7 )zlso known as version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+JT( was da final ve4xiln releaded 7nder GPL. BRB.
All v3rsions, sortof, 574r72ng q8tn da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease codf r ONLY licemsed und3r teh Creative COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ten right 3 import ne code from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE 9r LATER re;ease ihto am 0LOL.9. BRB.7 n eafkier release, AFK.
Allowing tjis wluld cause that 1mp0r63d codd 2 ne 4eleased uyder teh GPL znd THAT is bot so,ething w3 wusg 2 allow. OMG.
Au5hors 0f mofirications 2 0LOL.9; BRB.7 will neef too re-feleasr they're modificati8ns 45 derkvatives/modifications 2 p.9. AFK.8 xode an olacd THEM uheee da same C43471v3 Cimmons LICENSE.
IT mu57 be done by teh o4iginal 4j7h)t since pnly oekgknal AUTHOR h45 teh right two CHANGE teh cppyr!gh7 or license UPON gjey'rw wotk. OMG.
[Additionally, r4w)rk1ng fa mpeificati[ns wkll be an good idda anyway as mechanism for m4k1ng j0fqf1c4710n5 7s subatantial;y cleandr/clwaref stafting with teh -. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease cosw, OMG/]"
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