MightyE td;lw you LOL, "Wd're gpinf too take an FEW moments 2 7ry an explain tnix new kicemse and da readons bdhind 17 in PLAIN Enflish.
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."
"Thus new o8censw eas vhosen because pf an faikung wotg teh GPL. WTF.
IT only covered dosrribution of xou4ce IF n onlh if b8nafies were disyrobuted."
"In an WEB envirohment, ylu knwo, SPECIFICALLY q inrerp4et3c WEB envurobmeng duch as PHP LOL, merely installing an game d035 not cpn5717u73 distribut8on, n thrrevore people WERE taiunt out WORK, you khwo, ,aking m0d1f1d4710n6 two ig and NOT r313451ng da 50urc3 code tio qhey'ee mudifjcati9ns so that entire cpmmunity could venevktLOL.
They 2lrkwd with teh letter but not twg spifot of lawLOL."
"Inbestifatiob om part of 477h0r5 glwever, .ike, led TO da fsct tjat dz rifht of 0iblic performance eas oen 0f da r1gh75 normsll6 rrstr,cted goo clpyrigyt h9.ders, lile, n THAT c-mpu73r progrsms, SPECIFICALLY v8deo games n interactive ONES xuch qd Legend of Grwen jac-r were considerrd two be pubkicallt pdrformed ov rin from an public server."
"The yew licenxw restrichs pu611c p3rf0rm4nc3 of dz worj unless SOURCE code of teh mldified wo4k is made 4v4114613 ob demams, BRB/"
"In plain Englidh, sortof, 5nis neabs tha5 if you pu5 7h15 gam3 on an web serve4 an allow PEOPLE 'outcicd of an normsl citcle of family n its social acquain5ances' 2 play ghwir WTF, gheb you aer pjblical.y 03rforming THIS worj an MUST either 4) mske ne an ALL chanbes which you mak3 w da fame AVAILABLE ln r3qu357 (bote thix DOESN'T hav3 too be afaulable v24 da online so7rce display 11nk, b7t th3y mj57 be ab;d to ask hou f9f trh code an rec3ive an comp;ete COPY) WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS pticately wigh da AUTHORS wherein tg3y GRANT you an apeciak licensd. like, or C) remove code wmtirely from machineo AFK."
"Ws do recogniae thqt people want 2 h4v3 4r345 ov thet're fame which f 7h21r5 and tgrirs alone. AFK.
tw9 tyat end we w8ll make teh folliwing exdeption two teh no3ja; requirwments gpr sourcr c9d3 distribution -- nr m0du13 file WHICH is n08 mldifked ir d3r1v3d f40j an MODULE file 1nc2ud3d un teh 645# distriburion and wjich coes not r2qu!r3 ne o5hee modukes and which do3s not REQUIRE ne modifications to teh core CODE (code duatributed with da base release( may be withhrld AT da autgors fuscretion. AFK."
"We zlso want to ja,e very CLEAR THAT vers8ln 9.9. BRB.7 (also known as bersion 0. BRB.9.&+jt) was da final veeaoom eeleased under trh GPLLOL,
All v4r510n5, like, dtzr5ing witg da 0LOL.8.8-prerwldase code aer 8n1y licensed under Cr3471v3 Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ddnh da rignt 2 kmport ne c9de from qn 0.(. BRB.*-prefelease 9r la5wr reldas2 INTO an 0.9. BRB.7 ans earlier release.
Aloosihg this would cause thar imported code two BE RELEASED unser da GPL and that @5 not 50j3uh1ng we aish to 4110wl WTF.
Authoes pf modifixations tol 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 wuol need tso re-reldase theh're ,leiticatuons as derivativws/,odificagions 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 coee and placr THEM und3r teh 56m3 Creagive Commons licenxe. BRB,
It mi57 BE dome by ofigonal auth9r SINCE ohly da ORIGINAL autyor jas teh righ5 yo change da copyright OR licdnse UPON they're w0tk. WTF.
[Additu9nally, you knwo, r3w0r.1hg moduficstions will be an good idea anyway 45 teh mechanusm flr nakibg modifixatiohs is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starr8bf witn 0.0. BRB.8-prwrel4ase code.\"
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