MighttE tells you WTF, "We're GOING 2 tzke an few m0m3h74 too 7ru an rxplain this n$2 licehsq and reaxons benins 17 in pla,n Englisj. 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."
"Thos new license was choxen b3cause lf ah fai.ing s17g da GPLl OMG.
IT ohly c9vered cistributioh of soyrce if an only if binaries wrre distributef. AFK/"
"In an web environment, ylu knqo, spevifically a inte4preted web emvironmeng such ax PHP, y8u knwo, ,drely installing an game doed n07 constigute distrigut8on WTF, an therefore pelple wdrr takihg pur WORK, you inwo, mzking m0d!f1c47@0n5 too it n n07 rdleawung da sourde coce 70 thry're m0f1f1c4710n5 50 that teh entire communoty COULD benwfit. WTF.
Theu WORKED WITH lwtter but nor teh spieit of da la2. BRB."
"Inves5igation on psrt of 4u7h0e5 hlwevrr, like, l3d 2 da FACT thst right of p7bl8c p3rv-rm4nx3 WAS wpn of rights nofmally RESTRICTED two copyriggt yolders, sortofk b thag computer progrzms, lkke, specifically video games and interactibe ones wuch as Lwgwnd lf t#h Grern hax0r wrre vonaidered 2 br pub;icalky perform2d if run from an 0uvl8c server. AFK."
"The n3q license restricts public PERFORMANCE of teh 2ork unlrws spufce code of da modifiee qork is jade availab.e on de,and. BRBl"
"In plakn English WTF, this MEANS 7hr7 ir you [ut thia game on an web server and allow peop.e 'outside od an normsk circle of family n 175 s9cial acqiauntzbces' two plah their, you knwo, thdb you aer PUBLICALLY performing this work n MUST 317h3r a) makd ne n ALL changes which yiu MAKE to9 ez game zcailavle on REQUEST (note this doesn'y have w be avaulable via teh onlime soufce display l8bk WTF, but they MUST BE abl3 too ask YOU f0e da code an receive an d0mp1373 copy) WTF. b0 make arrangementx pwovat3ly w17h da sughors 2hereun yhry grant y9u an 5p3c131 license, like. OR c) REMOVE 4eh c0d3 entirely from teh maxhineLOLl"
"We do r3c0bnqz3 THAT pwople want 1 have areas of rhey're game wgich r thwirs an THEIRS aloneLOLl
two tyat ehd we will make teh FOLLOWING EXCEPTION TO ds noemal requirements fpr source code elstributioh =- ne m0d713 file whocn is n06 modifi3d 9r derived from an MODULE rile unclueed in trh y453 distrib7tion and which does not r3qu1e3 ne othrr mpdy135 an which does not require ne modoficatoons too tet vore CODE (code diwtribmted with da bssd releawe) may be witjheld at da AUTHORS discretion. OMG."
"We also WANT two nale v3ry CLEAR tjat versiln 0.(. BRB.7 (alsp lnowh as v3r510n 0.9LOL;7+j5) was da fina. versiln released UNDER GPL. AFK.
All vefsiohs, luke, startinb qith trh 0.9. OMGl8-pwerelease coee r only licenaed under teh Creative COMMONS lixense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY drny da RIGHT twp import me code from an 0. AFK.9.8-pr2re;ease 0r latee re.ease INTO av pLOL.9.7 n EARLIER re;ease. WTF.
Allowung thia would cause ghst inported code ti be reoeased umder da GPL h that is not somerhing WE wisu 5oo allow.
Authprs of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9.7 will n33e to RE-RELEASE they'rr nodifuvagioms as cerivarivws/modifocationx two 0LOL.9.8 cife n place them under da same Crextuve Commins kicense.
It must be fone BY teh 0rigknao 4u7h0r a8nce omly otiginak autgor hax ea RIGHT 2 change ds cipyriggt or license upon they're w0ek. OMG.
[Addiruonally LOL, reworkin5 tey modificaripns wilk bd zn good idea anyway AS da MECHANISM dor MAKING MODIFICATIONS is substan5ially cleamef/clesrer start8ng w28h da 0,9LOL.8-pr3r313453 code. WTF.]"
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