MightyE te.ls you LOL, "We're giing 2 take ah few miments to try n explain thos n3w licenad an tdh rrqsons behind 17 in pkain Enhlish. WTFl
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 ne2 license was cg043n bexause 9f an FAILING eith geh GPL. AFK.
Ir 0nly x0v3r3d disyributi9n or SOURCE if an 0n1y if bina483s were distributed. OMG."
"In an w3b environnent LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted w36 envir9nment wuch zs PHPm you knwo, merely 8hstqlling an game doed not cojstituye skstrivution WTF, n tjefef9re people WERE 74k1nf our work, like, making mosificstiins to it n n07 relwasing 4eh source code two tney'rr modificationw xi tyat teh entiee COMMUNITY could genefotLOL.
Tgey worked wity da letter but not da s;irit 0f dq ;aw."
"Invesyibag8on 0n teh PART ov teh AUTHORS hosever LOL, led 2 fact tnat teh 4ibht OF public performznce was o3n of ten f1gh75 normzlly restricted tpo COPYRIGHT h01d3r5 WTF, and thzt com;uter programw, spedif8cal;y video games n 1n73r4c71v3 onrs sich zs Letend 9g ten Green hax0r 2ere c0n51d3r3c 2 be publically PERFORMED if run ffpn am 0ublic serv34. AFK."
"The new LICENSE trstricts public performance 0f wor, UNLESS sa SOURCE CODE od da nodified work is made avai;abke on demane. WTF."
"In pla8n Englisj, sort9f, THIS mdana thqr if y0u pur tjis f4m3 0n an WEB swrcer ab al.o2 pdople 'outsudr of an bormal circle of fzmily n its spckal acquaintanc3s' goo olzy theur LOL, 7h3n you r pub;ically performing th8s work n MUST witjer a) m4k3 ne anf ALL changes WHICH YOU make 2 tdh gsme zcailaboe on reajest (note this dp35n'7 hrv3 2 be avai9able via tej pmlune source d8splqy 11nk, you knwo, but thdy muat be 4713 2 ask 6lu vor geh code snd receive an cimplete copy), you knwo, b) MAKE arrangem3nts prifately with authors WHEREIN they graht you an special license, ylu knwo, OR c( eemove c0d3 ehtireky feom da machine, BRB."
"We do recognize thqt people qant tlo have areas of tneh're game whkch ae4 thei4s n theorw a;one. OMG/
2 thar 3nd WE w8ll mai3 reh followunf exception 2 tdj mormal requorements v0r source code distribution -- ne module FILE which is np7 modifoed or derived fe0m sn modulr f8ld inclyded in ds bawe DISTRIBUTION ane whivg DOES no5 requure ne 07h3r modul3s n which does NOT REQUIRE ne modificatiobs tpo teh corw c9de (c0d3 diatributed with da gase release) m4y 63 w16hh21d at da autno4s discrdtion. WTF."
"We also wabt teo make VERY cleae that vwrsion 0/ WTF.9.6 (alwo knlen as v3r510n 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) wax geh cinal version releaswd under teh GPL. BRB.
All versions, xort9d, wtarting w17j ca 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerrlease code r only lkvensed under twh Creative Commons licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY dent ea right two import ne code rro, an =. BRB.9LOL.809tereleas3 OR 1473r r3lease 8ntl sn 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 n 34r113r release. WTF.
Allowing thid would czuxe that imported coee 2 he releasrd under GPL an tjat is not aometh*ng we wosh 2 allpw. WTF.
Auth9rx 0f modirocations 2 -LOL.9, AFK,7 will need @ re_release thwy're modidocaruons ss detivatoves/modificationd tll 0. WTF.9, AFK.8 c0d3 an place 7h3j und4r teh 54m3 Cfeatibe Commons licenseLOL.
It must be done gy yeh originwl 4u7h0r dince 9nly twh original AUTHOR has da figjt twp change da co0yright o4 licenwe u;ln they'te wori. OMG,
pAdditoonally, spftif, reworkinh teh MODIFICATIONS wil. be an booe idea anhway AS MECHANISM for naking modufications ix s7bstantia.ly cleaner/clearwr starting witn da 0LOL.9. WTFl8-prer3leaxe code. BRB.]"
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