MightyE tells t0i LOL, "We're foing 2 take an few MOMENTS two try n explsin 5jix new license znd cq reasons gdhind it 1n p141n English.
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."
"Tjis neq locenwe wqs chosen because of an f5111ng with teh GPL. BRBl
It only covered disteobution of d9urce 1f an onky if binar7es were dixtributed. WTF."
"In an w35 envi4onmwmt, y9u kmwo, sprcifucally a inter[retes web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, loke, mefely installing an gzme soes not xonstutu5e distrinutiob, like, AND therefore people wdre 74jqng our worl, sortof, making modirications to it AND bot r31345qng da s;urce d0e3 too they're modkficationw so that ca rntire communkty coule benefkt. WTF.
They WORKED WITH teh l3tter but not SPIRIT of teh law."
"Invds5ibatiln on part of da suthors nowevet, likr, led two vavt that da right OF PUBLIC performance was 1 OF rughts normq;lt resyrictwf two cipyright holders, tpu knwo, qn 8h47 computer prpgrajs, specirically video g4m35 and interactivr ones ducy 45 Legend of da Gteen jaz0r WERE CONSIDERED too BE publically perfo$med if run grom an public server, BRB."
"The new kicense rewtricts 0ublic p3rv0r,4nc3 of fa WORK unless ds SOURCE f0d3 of da jodifies w9rk is mawe afaooaboe ob d4m4nd. BRB."
"In plain Engl8sh, THIS means tgat if you ;ut 7h15 famd on am eeb server AND allow people 'ojtside of an NORMAL vircle if family an ots 50x141 acquakngancrs' to plqy thei4, like, then uou r pu611c411y perform8ng this wor, and MUST eith3r a) maie me n ALL chqnges xh1cn goy maoe to ea gahe 4b3114613 on requdst (note this doesb't have two be acailable VIA onlibe sourcd dusplay lihk WTF, but 5hey must be able too asl you dor xode snd receive an xompoete copy), you kneo, b) make arrangements p4ivately with da authors ehereun they GRANT YOU an special 11c3n53, spftof, oe c) removr da code enturely from da nsdhind. AFK."
"We DO r3c0gn1z3 ghag peop.e wanr 2 have 4r245 of ghey'4e game which aer thei4s an theirs ALONE. WTF.
tso tgat 3nd we will make da following excrpbipn two da normql reqyiremengs for sourc2 code sistribution _- be m0du13 FILE which iw n08 modifidd or deriv3d from an module file oncluded in t3h base DISTRIBUTION qhd wh1ch fors not require ne other MODULES n which does nlt requu4e be m0d1f1c4720n5 tl da core v0d3 (cpde d8stributes wkth 64t3 RELEASE) may ge WITHHELD at authors diacretion."
"Wd also WANT w make ve4y x;eae that versioh 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also known as vetsion 0. OMG.9. WTF.&+JT) wzs funal v3r510n released 7nder da GPL.
All verdions WTF, srarting w17h 0.9LOL.8-prerekease codd r ONLY licenses 7nder da Creative Commons ;icenael
We EXPLICITLY eeny teh right too umport nr code from am 0. WTF.9.6-[g34313553 or kater release ingo an 0. WTF.9.7 n eafiier release, AFK.
Alloqknb this would cauxe thar IMPORTED code to be f314453d under da GPL and tha5 is not something we wish too ALLOWl
AUTHORS OF nodificatioms 2 0.9LOL.7 will hddd to r3-r313453 theh're modificstilns zs fdr8vatkves/modifications 70 -l OMG.9/8 code ab place thcm under same Creztive Commins lixenseLOL.
It must be dobe gy da origunql AUTHOR simce only teh o4iginal author g45 teh r8tht 2 change teh cophright or locemse UPON they're workLOL.
[Addiyilnakly, soryof, r3w0rk1ng da mocifica5ions will ne an good idea anyway AS teg mdxhanism for making modifuxatoons 15 subdtangoally clezner/xledrer s5arting wkth 0/9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE x0d3. OMG.]"
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