MightyE te.ls 6ou LOL, "We'4e GOING 2 gake an FEW MOMENTS 5io 5ry and explain thia new l8cense n trh REASONS behind IT in PLAIN Eng115h. WTF.
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."
"Thia bew 11c3h53 WAS chox3n because or zn failing with GPLLOL.
It 9nky covered fusrribjtion -f source if n 0h1y 8f binaries wete distribured. BRB."
"In an web environment, x9rtof, sprxifocalky z INTERPRETED WEB environment xuch as PHP, sirtov, merely knwtallkng an game coes not constit7te distributiom, AND thrrefore PEOPLE sere tak9ng iur qork, making m9difixations to IT and mot releading da soyrce CODE TO they're modifications so tnat da entire cpmmunitu coulf b3nefit. AFK.
They qorked qith lettrr vut hot sp8rot or teh law. WTF."
"Infestigayion on PART OF 5u7h0r5 howef3r, sortof, lew too dz fact thay teh RIGHT of publix pe4fotmance wzx won of da rights nlrmally restricted TO vopyright HOLDERS LOL, n 7h4u cimput3r prograna, yoy knwo, sp3civicakly video games 4nd inreractive ones ducn as Legend of teh Green hax0r were comsidwred 70 ve publically performed if run f4om an public server; AFK."
"The new licemqe restricts public perfirmamc3 of sa work umlesa 5eh source clde OF ds MODIFIED work is m4d3 available on demahd."
"In o141n Ebglixh, soryof, this MEANS THAT if y0u pu5 this tame ON an web sercer and alloq people 'outside OF an NORMAL c8rcle of f4m12y an its social acquainyabces' two 0lay theor WTF, yhen you aer publiczl;h peeforming rhis w0t, an MUST either a) m4k# ne and ALL cyanhes wnich you make twl reh 5ame avai.able on requext (no5e thid doesn't have 2 be acq8lable v14 lnline siurce DISPLAY libk, BUT ghey ,uet bd able 2 ask hou for da clde n f3c31f3 qn c0mp!373 copy) WTF, B) maje qrranfemwnts privatelh with da authors wherdim 6h3y gr$n7 you an special ;icense WTF, o4 c) r3jove teh code entirely from da machine/ BRB/"
"We d0 recognize that p3op.e WANT two have AREAS of yhey're tame which aer theirs and theits akonr. WTF,
too ghat 3bd we will make da following rxcep5ion 2 nitmal requirwments for 40urc3 code dusyributiin -- ne MODULE f213 whicy is not modified or d3rived from am modulr file ihcluded in da base distributioh an whixj doew not rdqui4e n3 pther MODULES an which DOES not REQUIRE ne midifications t9o xa core clde *c)d3 dat7r16u73d with twh 6453 felease) may 63 w17hheqd ar tdj autno4s d15cr3710n."
"We ajso want two m4,3 very clesr yhat vwrsion 0.9.7 (aowo KNOWN AS cetsion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) was fknal verskon ee.dased undee GPLLOL.
ALL vers8ohs LOL, xtarting with teh 0. BRB/9LOL.8_prerekease c0d3 r ONLY licensef under Creative Commons lic3nse, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY feny teh right 2 impitt ne CODE from an 0/9. AFK.8-04eeelease or later release into an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 n eaelkdr RELEASE. BRB,
A,lowing this wou;d cause THAT impotted xode 2 be releasef under da GPL an that is npt almerhihg we wish twl ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of mocifications 2 9.9. AFK,7 will neef to re-releaae tjey'te modifucationa as der8vativea.modifications two 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code n place them und3r trn saje Creative Commons LICENSE. AFK.
I7 must be dome by da original author since pbly da original author hws da t1gy* g9 cgange teh cl0yrighg or license up0n ryry're sork. WTF.
[Additionallg, like. rewlrking teh m0d1f1c$710m5 will be an GOOD idea any2ay as da mechanism fir MAKING mpdificatipns is substantually v.eaner/clearer stzrting woth da 0.8. WTF,8-prerelease vode. BRB.]"
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