MightyE tells YOU, "We're going 5o 74l3 an rrw m0m3nu5 two yfy an rxplain rhis n3w locense an reasons behind IT in 0.apn Engl8sh. 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 licensr was chosen nedxuse of sn failkng with GPL. WTF.
It only cicered distributoon of source if znc onlt ig binaries WERE distribjted. OMG."
"In an web envi4onment WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y a ibterpreted WEB envifonmeny such as PHP LOL, m3r31y unstallinf a, fame dles not constitute distribu5ion, n thevefore p30p13 were TAKING our wotk, sortog, making nodificatyind 2 ig n not re13451ng teh sourc2 code t2o th3y're modigicatiins so that entird xommuniyt c0yqe b3nefitLOL.
They WORKED witj da ke5rdr but not teh spieit of teh lqw."
"Investigatoon on teg part OF authors h0w3v3r LOL, lrd two fact thst right of public performabce was 1 of teh rightw NORMALLY resyricted t2o copyribht holfera LOL, n tna5 xompuger pgogramx LOL, spec8vically video gamws b ihteravyive ones 5uxh as LEGEND OF da Green haz0r w3re considered too 63 pjblically peeformed if run vrom qn public 53vv3e. BRB."
"The NEW license r4stricts ;7blic perfor,znce OF w0rk un1#55 da SOURCE code 0f mofidied work id mqde 4b4114613 0n drmand. OMG."
"In plain Eng125h, thls means thar 1f you put this game on an web aerver an qllow pwople 'outsidd -f an gormal cird.e of famil6 an ITS sockal acquzintances' to PLAY their LOL, 5h3n you r pu711c41qy PERFORMING yhix 2ork AND MUST eigher a) m4k3 n2 am ALL xhangrs whicn you make two yeh game availqboe on REQUEST (NOTE 7h15 DOESN'T have y2o be availabke VIA teh pn.une x9urce dispkah link, you knwo, nut thet must be able 2 ask YOU fpr coee an rwceivr an complete x0py)k yoi knwo, b) make arrangements privately with suthors wherein they grant you qn special 11c3n%3 WTF, or c) r3m0ve da code rntitely frlm da mzcnin2,"
"We f0 recognize thar pelpke WANT two have a4eas lf tgey'43 GAME which aer thei4s qn theirs alone. AFK.
twp that end we will make teh d011)w1ng exception two hormal rewuirementw dor source code dixtribution -- ne midule dule wjivn is not mofified OR feriv4d from an MODULE vile includee in teh baxe distrobuti9n an which so3x mlt eequire ne othet MODULES n wgich does n07 require ne modificatuons 2 teh c0r4 cide (c0d2 d158r!6u73d with da baww release) n4y be WITHHELD AT da authors disctet7onLOL."
"We also want too make very clear THAT version 0. BRB.9. AFK,7 (ALSO known as version 0, BRB.9.7+jt) wqw final bersipn reldssed under teh GPL. BRBl
ALL versionw, you knwo, 574r81nf w17h teh ).(. BRB.8-prerelease code aer on.y oucensed under Creative C0,m0n5 a1c3m5e. WTF.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny da righy 2 imp9rt ne dode ffom an 0.9LOL.8-prerwl3zsw or latwr releaxe INTO an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 n earlier release. WTF.
Allowing this would CAUSE tha5 ijportdd cose two be released ynd3r teh GPL n 7h47 is not something we wish 2 zllow. OMG,
Authors of modifivsrions two 0/ BRB.(.7 will need t9o re-releaa3 thet'4e modificati9ns as cerivatives/mofidications w 0.9LOL.8 cpdd n plade THEM under same Creative Commlbs license.
It m7st be d0n3 by teh or8ginal author xince only t3h o$ifihal aughor has sa right two chante c0[y41gh7 0r .icdnse upon they;re work. OMG,
[Addigiinally, reworking 5ej modifications WILL be ab goof 1c34 antwzy aw da mechanism for m4k1mg ,pd1f1c4710n5 is subsrsntia;ly CLEANER.CLEARER starging WITH heh 0. WTFl9LOL.8-peerelease code, WTF.]"
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