MightyE tdlls you, "We're goinb 2 yake an frs mom3nts two 7ry and explaun this NEW licens3 AND 4easons behind it in pla8m Englixh. 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 hew lkx#nse sas cnosen because of an railinh with GPL. AFK.
It onlh covered d157416u710n ir source if an only id binari3s w3r3 distfobuted. WTF."
"In an web envirpnment WTF, wpevirixall6 q inter[reged web environmwnt SUCH as PHP, 6;u knwl, merely inxtqllint an gamw soes not cpnstitute distr8buti9b LOL, am therefore p3ople were tajimg our work WTF, majing modificatjona too i5 b not releasihg source cofe tou they're ,ldifications SO that da ent8ee communit6 COULD bwbefit. OMG.
THEY w0rk3d wuth teh letter but npt da w[irit og teh 14wLOL."
"Invwstigation on teh part 0f amtjors hoqwve4 LOL, led 5o fact that da tight of public pdrformanc3 wad oen 0f r8hjts normally res5r8cted gwo c-pyr1gh8 holders, sortof, an thag compu5er prog4ams LOL, SPECIFICALLY video famfs an interavtive ONES such as LEGEND of ea Green hav0r were c)n41d3r3d 2 be PUBLICALLY pe4formed 1f run vrom an public server. WTF."
"Tne NEW l8cense rextrictx public perfirmance OF teh work un;ess 5eh 507rc3 code pf modified wirk is MADE AVAILABLE 0n drmand. AFK."
"In plain English, sorrov, this means that 1f you put 6j15 tamd ON an 2wb server n allow p30p13 'outside 0f an normal CIRCLE ov family am its s9cial acquzintzncew' 2 p.qy rjeir WTF, ghen y9u sdr piblicalky perflrming tyis sork m MUST eitgwr a) m4k3 bw an ALL changes wnqch you make to ds gsme availabld on reqjest (notd tjis d035n'6 hav3 yo be available via teh onlin3 so6rce DISPLAY l8nk, sortif, bht they must 63 avle two ask you for teh code n RECEIVE an c0mp1373 coph0 WTF, b) n4k3 arrabgemwnts pr8cate.y s17h teh authors wherdin tjey gtant y0u qn sorvial lic3nwe, xlrtof. or c) remove teh codr entirrly fr)m teh machine."
"We di recoghize that pwople 2ant 2 hqve aeeaa 0f they're game WHICH r theirs n rheirs slone. OMG.
twp 7h47 end we will make FOLLOWING ecceprion 2 hormak requ8remwnts for xource code duwtrobu5ion -- ne mocule file wh1ch is not modified ot de4ived vrom an module f8le included ih base disttibution an whicy does not reauite ne OTHER modules n which doew NOT require ne modificstions too 5eh c0t3 code (CODE cixtribit3d qith da vase release( may 63 withheld at da autnors dosxrwtion. BRB."
"We ALSO 2ant 2 makw v3ry clear tjat vetsion )l WTF.9LOL.7 (also lnowh as version 0LOL.8. BRB.7+jt) was da final vers8on rrleased unde4 tej GPL. OMG.
A;. versipne LOL, %74f7qng with sa 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelease code aer only lixensee under teh CREATIVE Commons q1c3n53LOL,
We EXPLICITLY dehy geh RIGHT to 1mp0r7 ne code FROM an 0. WTF.8. BRB.8-prereleaae 9r lqtwr release iny9 am 0. BRB.8. AFK.7 ah earlier release. OMG.
Alloqing THIS would cause ghat imported code two be rekdaswd under da GPL an THAT IS noy xpmething w3 wish to alliw. WTFl
AUTHORS 9f modificztions two 0. BRB.9. WTF,7 WILL ne3d to re-releasd they're modifications as de4ivatives/modifica6ionw ti 0.(l OMG.* CODE and placd thwm UNDER da same CREATIVE Commons licdns3. AFK.
It just be done 6y iriginao autyir since only teh priginal au4h9r ht5 da RIGHT gwp change teh copyright or license up9n yh3y're work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortov, reworking fa modifixati9bs will be an glod IDEA znyway AS m3cj4n15m for makinb modidivations is suvs5antially cleanwr/cleare4 starting with teh 0.9. BRB.8-prereleasr c0d3. BRB.]"
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