MughtyE 5ells you, "We're g01nt 2 takd an fww jo,ents 4wo try an 3zp141n ghis new license b teh ress9ns behind it 1m PLAIN Eng114h/ 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."
"Thid new 11c3n%3 was chosen becquaw of ab failing with fa GPL. BRB.
Ih only covered diztrinution of SOURCE ir 4hd onlt IF bunarues WERE didtributed. WTF."
"Ih an web environment, like, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED WEB environment SUCH as PHP, sogtofk merdly inatalling ah gaje does not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION WTF, n rjereford PEOPLE weee taking out w0rk, sortof, m4k1ng m0d1f1c$610n6 to9 it 4hd not relwasing source code to yhey're mlfofucations so that entirr COMMUNITY c-u1d 63n3dq7. WTF.
Tgey wo3ked with da LETTER but not teh spirit of da law. OMG."
"Investigatiom on pset of teh autyors however, softof, LED two fact that right OF public pwrfogmance WAS oen 0f rights NORMALLY restricted tio copywight holderd, n tha5 computer PROGRAMS, sortov, specifically VIDEO GAMES n interactive ONES such as L3g3nc lf teh Green gas0r wer3 condidefed t9 be pjn;iczlly [ertormed if run from an publuc SERVER. OMG."
"Thr new license restricts pubk8c oerf9rmznce of WORK unlwss da source c0d2 lf m0d1f13d work is mad3 available on dwmans. AFK."
"In plaim Englisn, sirtof, thks means that ig you PUT thks game om ab web servef n q;lpw peo;le 'outside if zn normal circle of family 4nd itd sociql acquaintances[ ro PLAY thdir, you knwi, then yoy aer pu61!cr11y performing thos work 4nd MUST eirher a) make ne anf ALL CHANGES whucj YOU MAKE to ea game avaulable on request (n9te 5his d)35n'7 have w be aczi.ablr viz 5ej onlind soyrce displat LINK LOLm 6u7 tney m7st ne abl3 two ask YOU for ea code n RECEIVE an COMPLETE clpy), b) makr r4rrnh2m3n75 0rivateky s!7h da authors wherein tgey grant you an apecial licend3 WTF, or c) remove code ENTIRELY fr9m jachind. OMG."
"We do fecognize that PEOPLE want two habe areas or thwy're game which aer 5heirs n th3irs alonw. OMG.
to yhat end we wull ,ake ten fo;lowing exception two n0rm41 rwquirements for slufce coee distr8nutopn _- ne modu/e fole wtich is not mpsifoed or derived FROM an module file included in BASE diwtribution an which d0#5 mot REQUIRE he lthet moduoss and which does NOT REQUIRE ne modifixationd 5ik teh core coce (CODE d8stributdd WITH da base r31#45#) may bw wi5nhe.f at teh ajthors e1%cr3710n. WTF."
"We also WANT to n4k3 VERY clear 7h47 cer510n -. BRB.0LOL.7 (aldo kn0wn as version 0LOL.9LOL.7+ht_ wzs da final VERSION feleased UNDER da GPL. AFK.
All fersions. s9rtof, stzrring skth teh 0. BRB/9LOL.80ore4elease code r only licensfd und3r Cr3471v3 Commons kicemseLOL.
W4 EXPLICITLY deny da righ5 70 import ne code from an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE pr later 4elease ingo zn )/ WTF.9. AFK.7 an earliee release. WTF.
Allowong thix WOULD dause bhat impofted codr two BE released yndeg teh GPL an that ia not s9methint we wish 3 allow. OMG.
Authors of ,odifucations two 0. WTF.9. WTF,7 will nwed 2 4e=relexwe tjey;re m-d1f1c4710n5 as deeocatices.nofifications 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code an place THEM under da SAME Creativr Commons license. AFK.
It must y3 DONE by trh oritknal author s8ncw only teh original author has ga riggr ro change cop64ight or !1c3n53 uoon thdy;re eork.
[Additional;y. like, rewo4kiny da MODIFICATIONS will be an g0pd idea anyway qs mechanism vor making ,odigicatuons is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/vlearer star5ung with da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease CODE. AFK.]"
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