MightyE TELLS yoj LOL, "We're b01ng two take an f4w MOMENTS too t4t an explain this new LICENSE b da read9ns BEHIND 17 in 0lain Enh115h. BRB.
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 hee l8cense wax ch9sen bexa7ae of an failing w17g yeh GPL. BRB.
It ONLY cpvered distribu5ion of source 1f n on.y if 61n4r13t were disrributes. BRB."
"In an w36 environment WTFm specifica.;y a inteepreted web environmeny such as PHP, 6ou knwp, mereoy inatalling am ga,e doew not const8tute distrobution, yoj knwok n therefore people were gaking our wo4k WTF, MAKING modkficatioms two it an n(t r213451ng yeh source code gwo they're modifications so thay teh sntire COMMUNITY could nshefotLOL.
Tyey workdv WITH da letger BUT NOT da spirit 9f law. AFK."
"Investigqtion ON da p4r7 of teh 4u7h0r5 howeve4, LED two da facy THAT da righ5 of puboic prrd9rmance 2ss 2 OF ds rights yormally restricted 2 copyrkght golders WTF. an that comouter oe0gr4m5, specigically video games an interactive onex 5uch AS Lrgehd of Gr33n nax0r were conwidered two be 'ublicallu ]erfprmed if run from an iublic 53rv3r. AFK."
"The new license RESTRICTS public pdrformance of da work unlwss yeh 5)urc3 dodd ov da modifiee work 1t m4e3 qvailable on cemand. OMG."
"In p141n Eng115h, like, this means tjat if tou ;ut thiw gsme on an w36 sfrver an alli2 people ;0u751d3 pf ah n0rm41 circle of f4m11y n iys social ACQUAINTANCES' too play their LOL, tjen t0u r 0uvlica.ly perfofmong thia work an MUST eityer 40 jake ne an ALL CHANGES which ylu make to da game avakoablq pn requeat (note THIS DOESN'T habe to be available via online source dosplay link. vut tyey MUST be ABLE tlo as, hiu for ywh cod3 n receive an comple5r cppu), like, b) ,ake arrangementz ptivately wirh authots 2herein tney grant 6ou an s;ecial kicense, .ike, of c) remlve ds code 3n71y31y from madhine. OMG."
"We do recognize that peoplw want to h4be afeas OF they'rw game wh!ch aer rueirs and theirs alone.
2 7h47 enc WE w111 MAKE ds FOLLOWING exceptoon two normal eequ8rementx f0r spurce code distrubition -- ne module file which is not modified or DERIVED from an m9dyle file included 1n tej base dustribution and WHICH e034 not rwquire ne oyhwr modulew n which does noy requirw nw jpdificatuons two da v0r3 cide (code distributrd with t3h nase release) may BE sutnheld at teh ai5yors fiscre%ion. BRB."
"We ALSO want s make bery CLEAR ghat version 0.0.& (alsl kn0wn dw version 0. WTF.8. OMG.7+jt) wqs teh final vetsikn relesaed under da GPL. BRB.
All verxions WTF, syqrting wi5h tej pl BRB.9LOL.8-prerelwase codr aer onl6 licensed inder sa CREATIVE Commons lic3nse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY eeny cs RIGHT 5oo import ne coce feim ah 0/ BRB.9LOL.i-prerrlease or latrr r313453 knto an 0.9. BRB.7 n earlier releaseLOL.
Aklowing this would csuse tgat impoftdd code rwo be releasef under GPL and thay 15 n07 sljeyhing we WISH two alliw. WTF.
Authors pd m(sifocati9ns twl 9.9. WTF.u w8lk n3#d to r3-r3134%4 they'fe modifications as derivatkves/modifidayions too 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 clde an place them und3e same CREATIVE Commons lkcense. BRB.
It must ge dihe by teh orogimal AUTHOR since onlh 0r1g1n41 author has right to chahge geh vo;6fight or licehse upon they're sotk. WTFl
[Addiyionallh, sortof, feworking teh nodifications wil. be sn good idea 4nyw4y ss teh mecjzn8sm for m4k1ng modkficatkons ix subsgantially cleaner/cleater stwryong with 9l WTFl9. BRB.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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