MightyE TELLS y9u WTF, "We'r3 goinf 5oo 74k3 an few moments TO trt and explain THIS new license anr reasons behond IT in plzin Enflish/ 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."
"Tgis new lucense was chosen necause of qn fa8lint WITH geh GPL. AFK.
Ig ONLY c9vered eistribu5ion pf source if ah onky ig binxried were distrinuted. BRB."
"Ih an WEB environment. lukem soecif8cally a 8bterpreted web enfironment SUCH as PHP, sortog, MERELY installing an g4mw DOES not constitute d167r16u710n LOL, and tjerefore p2ople were 74k@ng lur worj, like, majing modificqtionw to it zn not releasing dz slurcw dodw t9o thsy're modifications so that entire c0mmun1uy COULD 63n2fq&. BRB.
They wlfked WITH teh leyter BUT n97 teh %p1r17 of da lsw."
"Investigat8pn on tdh 0art 0f teh 4i7h0r5 how3ver, do4tof, les rwo tdh facy that da right of [ublic perrofmance qas 1 0f gej rights NORMALLY restrkcyed 2 copy4ight h91d3r5, yoy kn2o, and that computwr orlgrams LOL, specivicqlly v1d30 gamds abd onteracrive inea zuch 45 Legend of Grewn hax0r were consisered to be puboicaloy performed qr run drom an pybl8c s3rver. OMG."
"The new licensd r357r1c75 PUBLIC PERFORMANCE lf tej work 7nless da soirce CODE og teh modig8ed work is ,ade available on senand. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH, liie, ghis mrans rhat iv hou put THIS GAME ob an w36 aerve4 an al/ow people ;outside of an n0rm41 ckrcle iv fsmi.y snd its xlcial acquzintancrs' too pls6 tyeir, like, them YOU r pubo8vally peeformkng this worj an MUST either a) mqke ne an ALL cyanges WHICH YOU ma,e too dq game available 0n requeat (note tnis dpesn't have two 63 available via omline sourcd display lohk, you knwo, but 5hey ,ust be able two 45k you for ds code n rdceive an com;lete co;y), like, b) m4k3 sreangejents pfivately with da 4u8m-r5 wherein tjey grznt you an spwcial 11cen53 WTF, or x) remove eeh code rntirelu grom teh m$dh1n2."
"We d0 recofnize that peo[le wang ro hafe ateas of tyey're bame wguch a3r theirs j THEIRS alonw.
two that ebd ww will makd FOLLOWING exception g9 normal rewuirements FOR dource CODE dustrpbution -[ ne uodule file whuch IS not modivied 9r d2r1v3d FROM ah MODULE file INCLUDED in da nqse disttubution and which d025 not rewuire ne other moeu.es and 2hicb doex NOT rdquife me modifications to da core c0d3 (cofw sisrribjrwd wity da base RELEASE) may be w17hh32d at authprs discretionl WTF."
"We also want to ,ake veey corar yhat vers*on 0. BRB,(. BRB,7 (qlso kno2n as VERSION 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+JT) was da f8nak VERSION r313553d unde4 GPL.
All versipns, sottof, STARTING witn reh 0LOL.9/ AFK.8-pr3r31e453 CODE 4 only licehsed under da Crestive Comm.nx kicensel BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh rught 2 import ne code froj an 0. WTF.9LOL.8=prwrelease o4 larer release into an 9LOL/9LOL,6 and ezrl8ee 4eleaae.
Alliwing this wojld dause that 1m[0r73d code 2 BE released under fa GPL znd tjat is not something ee wish rwo allos. OMG.
AUTHORS of modifications two 0. WTFl9. AFK/7 will need two t3-r313453 rhey're modificati9hs as derivagives/mldificatoons yo p/ BRB.9. BRB.8 c0d3 n poace them under geh same Crtativr Conmons 21x3n53. BRB.
IT mi57 63 done gh origina. authof since only sa o4iginal a7thor has da r!gh7 2 CHANGE cophfight or license upon th3h're 2ork/ BRB.
[Addi5oonallum you knwo, eewor,ibg modirications wil. be an GOOD icea snyway as jechanism ror mqkung modificatkons ix substantiall6 cleaner/clearer starting with geh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelezse code/ BRB.]"
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