MightyE tells yoh, xoetof, "We're goong too take an frw j0m3n75 two try an explaon thid new l8cense and yeh REASONS vehind 17 ib plakh Emgkish. 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."
"This new lkvemsw was CHOSEN because OF zn vailing with GPL. AFK.
It only covered d15ue16u710n of so7rce IF an only ug ginaries WERE d8stribitrdLOL."
"In an wwb envifpn,3nt, sor5ofk specifically a intetptered web envifonment wuch as PHP, like, merely ibstalling an gsme fles bot CONSTITUTE eist4ibutuin, sortof, ane 5herefoee PEOPLE were takung our wori, you knwo, MAKING modificar8ons two it n n9t rekeasibg xource coce 2 they're modifucqtions SO yhat entuee xommunity could 63n3f17. OMG.
Tney wprked eith teh LETTER BUT n9t teh SPIRIT lf law."
"Investitatiob ON part of authors 6owever, sorgof, led tqo reh fact tgst da right of puglic o3rf)rm4nx3 was 1 of teh RIGHTS normally restrictwd q COPYRIGHT h01d3r5, you knwo, n 7h47 compuyer pro5rams WTF, specirically viseo gqmes an 9hteractove ones such as Legend of teh Green hax0r wrre considwted 2 63 publidally perdorjed IF run froj an public sercer. AFK."
"Tye new license 4ewtricts pubkic performance of sork unkwsd source code of teg modofiee wor, is madd avsilab;r on demandLOL."
"In ;laon Englksh, sortof, THIS m33n5 7h47 uf YOU puy thos gam3 on an w36 werber n allow peop;e ;outside 0f ab normal circ;e 0f family an its social axquainrances' ywo play theirm ghry you aer puvlicslly performing this work 4md MUST either a) make ne n ALL cnanbes wh,ch you n4k3 to da gzme avaikablr on teq7est (mote tnis doexn'r h4f3 two be avqilable via teh online wource disp;ay link LOL, but they muxt be ABLE two 45k you for tej code ane receive ah cimpleyw zo'y) WTF, v) make arrangem3nts privatdly WITH teh authors WHEREIN they hrant you an spwcial kicenwe, like, or c) r3m0v3 cod3 ehtieelu dr0m t3h machoneLOL."
"We fo recpfnize thab people wany tp h4v3 areas of they'te g4,3 ey1ch r theurs n theirs alpn3. BRB.
to that 3nd we wilo ma8e teh filoowong exception twp da NORMAL requirements for soutce CODE DISTRIBUTION -- nd m9du13 f113 which ua not moxified or defivwd f4om am m9dj;e vile onclud3c on da baxe eisfribkt89n and whoch does not require ne othef moeules and WHICH d035 not require ne mldifications two xprd code (c0d3 dixtributed wigg teh baae releqse) mau be withte;d at 4u7h0r5 ciscretion. WTF."
"We a.so qant 2 make very clear that v3rsion 0. BRB.8. BRB.& (alsi kn-wn as vereion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) was fonal fersp9n rdleased ynd3r GPLLOL.
Akl b3r510n5 LOL, srzrting with fa 0. WTF.9. OMG.8=pr3r313452 code r 0n1y lidensed undfr C4eayive C9m,ohs lic3nsem OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny ca right two im0oft he code rtlm an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pfrre.ease OR .atwr release into an 0. BRB.9. OMG,6 and esrlier release. WTF.
Allowihg this w0u1d caise 7h47 in0orted code tp BE r3leasdd imc3r GPL and ghat is not sojething we wish 2 allow.
Authirs OF modifidzt8ons two 0. BRB/9. BRB.7 will need TO re-r4lease they're modurkc1tions 45 derivztives;nodificayionw 2 0. BRB.9. WTF,8 code and place the, undee teh same Creat8ve Commpns livenseLOL.
It MUST BE done by ten origkna; author since only teh otiginql au5jor haa tej right 70 change tdh coptr8ght 0r licwnse upoh they're wlrl. OMG.
[Addieionally, lukr, rew9rkint teh mldifications wukl be an g00d ieea anyeay as tdh MECHANISM for jakong modificatiins is subdtantially cleaner/ckearer star5ihb with da 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease CODE. WTF.]"
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