MightyE TELLS hou LOL, "We[re going too twke am fdw m0m3n75 to tru zns dxplain this nee license h teh rdasons BEHIND 17 in plain Ebg.ush. 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 new licenwe was chosen because of ah faklinb with da GPL. AFK.
Iy onl6 covered distribugion of s9urce if n onlu ig bibzr8es wer3 distribuged. WTF."
"In an web ebviron,ebt, sortof, 5p3c1f1c41qy a unterpretee sev envi4omment sucg as PHP, merwly instslling an game does not constitute distribution, and therefore pepple were taking ojr 2ori, ;uke, m4k1ng modiricztioms two ir an not re9easing da aoirce c0d3 @ thdy're modifica4iond 50 7h47 teh entire vonmynity couod benerit. WTF.
THEY worked with ;etter but NOT da spurit of law. WTF."
"Invesgigaguon on part OF ca authprs nowevet, led too ea fact gyst dkght of public performance was oen of da rifhtx NORMALLY restric5ee too cooyrighy holders, yo7 knwo, and 7h47 c9jpu734 prpgrams, oike, apecifically vidwo gauew and INTERACTIVE ONES sydh as Lefend of da GREEN hax_r werw considered w be pu611c411y performed if run vrom sn PUBLIC zerverLOL."
"The nee LICENSE re57r1x75 publix PERFORMANCE of teh wirl unless da SOURCE CODE of teh ,ldified wor, is m4d3 available 0n ddmqnd, BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, yo7 knwo, this mrans that IF you put this ga,r on an w36 server n sl;ow PEOPLE 'outside ov an NORMAL citcoe of family b ots social ac1uaintances' two plqy tjeir WTFm ghen you awr PUBLICALLY PERFORMING ghia w)rk and MUST eityee a) m4k3 he an ALL vhangew whuch ypi mzke 2 teh gamd 4v41!46!3 pn requeat (note this soesn't have 2 be available vka trh online sojrce dispkau linl, like, bur they must be avle 5o asj you for da CODE and rece8ve an conpkete copy) LOL, B) make ARRANGEMENTS privat3ly with ywh authors wher3un rhey brant YOU an wpecial license, y.u jneo, or c) femove da code entirelu from n4ch1n3. WTF,"
"We do recognize thzt people w4n7 to have areas of they're tamr 2hkch are THEIRS n 5heirs alone.
2 thst end we will make 5eh follow8ng 3zv3p610n to da notmq; rwqukremwmtx fpr source codw DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file which is bot modified or derkved from an jiculd fi.e included in ds base distributi0h an wyuch DOES not reqjire nw othrf MODULES amd wh1ch does nog require ne modifications 2 da core CODE (cofe distributed with da baar r@13453) may be withheld AT da ajthors disc4etion."
"We slso want two make very clear that versiob 0. WTF.9. WTF,7 (qlso kniwn as fersion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was final VERSION releasef under dz GPL. WTFl
All VERSIONS LOL, arartibf with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pr3r313443 cpde r onlu licensed UNDER da Creatife Commons .icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 IMPORT nw code vfom an 0. OMG.9.8-prereleasw of latde releasr INTO an pLOL.9. AFK.7 an eaelier releaseLOL.
Aolowing yjis qoi.e cause tgat omported code 2 be relead3d und3r ds GPL and that IS not SOMETHING we sish two ALLOW. BRB.
Au7h0r5 of modificstions 2 p.9.7 wio. need to re[5dlwasw rh3y're mododizations as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS yoo 0LOL.9. WTF.8 cld3 n plac3 THEM uneer teh same Cr3r71v3 C0mm0h6 oic3nse. AFK.
It must be d0n3 by da iriginal aughor sinxe on;y origonzl author HAS tch right tl change teh copyritht or LICENSE ypon theu're eork.
[Adci5ionally, likem rewirking teh modificatilns wi.l be an gooe idea anyway as ea mechsnixm f0r MAKING modificq5oons 8s 5u65&4nu1rq1y cleandr/xlearer starting WITH da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease codw. OMG.]"
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