MightyE tellw tou LOL, "We'rd boung TO take an dew mlments too try an exokain this new LICENSE and teh reasons bqnine it in plain Eng115h. 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."
"Tjis nrq .icense was chosen becauae 0f an fa8.ing wiyh teh GPLLOL.
Ir ONLY cove4ed distribution od SOURCE id am only IF binafies were cistribyted. WTF."
"In an web environment, like. specifically a ihterorwted wev environmenr SUCH 45 PHP WTF, mwre;y installing an gsme d9es not constitutw dustribution, yo7 kneok an therefore [eople were taking our 2orkk slr5ofm m4k1ng ,ldufications 8- i% an NOT RELEASING da 40urc3 CODE 4wo they're modigkcagi9ns so that teh 3n71r3 c0mmub17y could ven3fit. AFK.
Th3y w0rk3d with lettee buy not da spirit of da .aw. OMG."
"Investigation ON da part of a8thors how3ver, you knwo, led 2 da faxt that teh RIGHT of public PERFORMANCE 2as win of da rights no4mally rtstrivted yoo co9yrihht holders, like, n thzt com;utwr [rograms WTF, 503c1f1c411y video gamea n interactice 9,es 5uch as Legend of teh Green hax0r were xonside4ed tol be PUBLICALLY perflrmrd if run f4om an public se4ver. OMG."
"Thg new ;ixense RESTRICTS public performance of ea w9rk unless source vode of teh moduriwd work is mqde available pn d3m4ndLOL."
"Ih pksin English, you knwo, thid meana that id you put this gamw on an wen xerver zn allow people 'ourside of an normsl CIRCLE of family and its sicizl acquain5ancea' two PLAY their, sortof, uy3n YOU aer publically performing this wor, ab MUST rith3r s) mak3 ne 4nd ALL chambea which y)6 make tl da game avzilable ON REQUEST (note this doesn't have 70 be avzilab;e cia onoine sourxe DISPLAY link, vut gheu must BE ab;e 2 ask YOU dor reh cide n receive am complete copy), you knwo, b) make 4rr4ng3j3n85 privately w17h da autgors wherein tgey grant y9u an special lic3nse, sor5of, or C) remivd code 3h71r31y fr0m machine. BRB."
"We do f3c9gn1z3 that PEOPLE want to have areas og the6're game wnivh r theurs an theirs allne. WTF.
ywo that end WE will m4k2 da FOLLOWING EXCEPTION to teh n0rj41 requirenentd for SOURCE coce disgrkbution -- n3 jodule file wjich is no5 m0d1f13d OR d3rived FROM an mldule file included in da BASE cistrinution an 2hich d045 n-7 reqiure ne other moeulws n which DOES nor 43qu1r3 ne MODIFICATIONS yo gwg core cose (code dustfib7ted with ea base release) mau be 2ighneld zt authorx d!5cr3710nLOL."
"We also want to make very vlear 7h4j f3r51pn -. OMG.9. AFK.& )wlwo known za VERSION 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jr) was teh final cersion released uns3r da GPL.
A11 versions WTFk STARTING witj da ). AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease c9de e pnly licensed under da CREATIVE Commons licenxr.
We EXPLICITLY DENY ritht two import ne code ftom an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prdrwl4ade OR later release into sn 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 an warluer rel3as#. WTF.
Allowung THIS would caus2 that imported code &0 be feleased ihder yeh GPL and that 8x not 5-m37h1nt we w15h 70 3110wLOLl
Au7h0r5 of modiricat8ons ro 0.9. BRB.7 wull need two re-re.eqse theh're MODIFICATIONS as feriva5ives/mldivica6ions 2 9.9. BRB.8 coee n place thwm unfer same Cr3%71v3 Commons licenxe.
It musg be dpne by ORIGINAL authir since 9nlu ea 0r1g1n5! aurhor has right ywp change teh c9pyrighu or LICENSE 7p9n they're work.
[Acfurionallym sortof, 4rworking nodiricstoons will be zn good 1d34 anywat qd trh jechamism f04 mak8ng MODIFICATIONS is substantially cleaner/clearer atarting with teh ). AFK.9LOL.8-pre4elease c8dr.]"
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