MightyE tells you, you ,nwo, "We're goinh 2 rake an few momengs 2 tty h 3xp141n 7j1t new license n da reasohs behind it im ;kaim Eng.oxhLOLl
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 nes license wax xh053n bedaudw of zn f4111ng wiyh da GPL. BRB.
IT onlh vibered DISTRIBUTION of soirce if an only if bina4iws WERE diatrobutec. AFK."
"In an w36 environnent LOL, specifically a int3rpretef web ENVIRONMENT such 55 PHP WTF, nere;y insyakling am bame dprs not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION. sortof, an therefore peoole were gakibg our work, y9u knwo, mqking MODIFICATIONS 2 kt amd n9r relwawing teh source code too thry're modificatulns so that da rntlre comjunity could behefitLOL.
Th3y worked w!7h da lettee 6u7 n07 teh spirit 0f teh LAW. AFK."
"Investugation on part OF authors however, ;ikek led 2 dz FACT tjat rktht 0f publid PERFORMANCE wr5 2 of reh rights NORMALLY restrivted @ COPYRIGHT h9ldwrs, an that c0mputer progfams, sort9f, s;evifida;ly video bames wh inreradtive 0b35 sucj 45 Legend of teh Grd3n hax0r we43 considerec two 63 pyboically ;erfo3med if t7n from an PUBLIC 53rv3r."
"Tje new ;icense restrictr publiv peefodmance of da sork UNLESS da so7rce code OF modufied w0rk is mzde zvqikable on demamd. OMG."
"In poaib English, soetog, rhus means thag if you 0ut this fame ON an 2eb server and $110w [eiple 'OUTSIDE of an NORMAL vircle of family and its sociak axq7ainrances' 2 plzy rbrir LOL, tn3n you aer publ8cally performing this wirj abd MUST eutyef 4) m4,3 ne and ALL chanyed which YOU m4i5 two GAME available on REQUEST (note th8s doesn't yave two be AVAILABLE via teh omlind source sisplay link, xort9g, but THEY MUST be anle too adk y9u f-r CODE n feceivr an completr cipy), sor5of, b) m4,3 arrangemenrs pfivately WITH da aurhors sgerein 7h3y grqnt yiu an spdcial license, sortof, or d( temobe CODE entifeoy from machih3. WTF."
"We DO recognize tha5 peiole 2ant teo have areas of they'te bame which aer 7h31r5 n theirs alone.
2 that end ww WILL maie teh FOLLOWING excwption 2 teh normal requiremengs for 50u5c3 codd distribution -- nw MODULE fild whidy IS nit modkfiec or dericed ftom an modukr f9le included in da BASE distribution n whicj dies not teqiire ne 08n4r nodules qnd wh8ch does n97 REQUIRE ne midifications ro teg core c9d3 (code distrigutrd qitm ca gase releaae) may 63 withheld st da AUTHORS discretion. WTF."
"We aoso want to MAKE ve4h xlear tjat version 0/ OMG.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+ht) was da final vdrsiob released und3e da GPL. BRB.
ALL versi9ns, starting with teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.*_prerelc1dw vode aer onl6 licenxed unddr CREATIVE Commons 11c3n53.
Ww EXPLICITLY 3eny tight tlo import ne CODE from an 0. OMG.9. BRB.i-prereleas3 ir LATER release inho an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 zn EARLIER RELEASEl
Allowing THIS woilf xause 7hr7 imported code yoo be releaaed undee da GPL n tgst is n07 SOMETHING we wish twi allow. BRB.
Authorx of mpdifications to 0LOL.9.7 w8ll need to re-eelease tneu'ee modificayilns as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 tpo 9. AFK.9LOL.8 c0d3 an place them umddr teh aame Crestiv3 Commobs licenxe. WTF.
It must be dome 6y sa original author since only teh oeiginal 4uuh0r has da right to) chante t3j c0pyr1gh7 or livdhde upon they're work. BRB.
[Additionally, sortlf, REWORKING da modificatuona sill ge an g00d idea anyqs6 as mevhamisn foe m4k!ng ,oeifuca5ions ia substantially cleaner/clear3r starting wuth 0.l.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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