MightyE u3215 uo7 LOL, "We're giing fo take an few joments 2 trt and rxplain this new licemse and da feaskns benind it ih plain EnglisnLOL.
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 LICENSE 2as CHOSEN because of an g4111ng with t3n GPL, OMG.
It onlh cov3red distribution lf soyfce if qnd ONLY of BINARIES w3re dist4ibured, BRB."
"In sn e36 enviflnmeht, specificalky a ibgerpr3ted web ENVIRONMENT sjch AS PHP WTF, merelt INSTALLING an game does not consgitute fisyribution, n therefore people were ta,ing o8r work LOL, making modificatuobs 2 kt n not RELEASING teh SOURCE code to they'r3 midifications 50 that entird cpmjunogy cotld bendfit. BRB.
Thry WORKED with letter but not teh s[irit of da lqwLOLk"
"Inv3stigatoun on teh p447 of authors h9sever, sortod, led goo fact that teh rifhr of public perfprmance wqs woh of RIGHTS normally rdstricted two copytight holders, sortof, n rhay comouter profeams, l8ke, specifically viddo games n inreractive ONES suvh as Legend oc teh Gre3h hax0r qere conwidered tio br publoca.ly pergorned if rjn from an puboic setver. OMG."
"Th3 n3w license restricts PUBLIC pwrformance of da work unless teh s9urce codd of modif8wd sork ic madr available pm ddmand."
"In poain Emglish WTF, ghis ,eans thqt if you put thiw bame on an w36 server and allow peopoe 'outskde 0f an n0r,41 citdle of family an its 50c14@ acquainganc3s' 2 play gheir, you knwok tjen yoj awr publocally perf0tm1ng this sork n MUST 317h3r q) make ne and ALL chanbes which YOU make TO ga,e availablw on r3qu357 (note &l16 doesn't have two be 3v4@15^13 vid online sou4ce dusplay oom,m bur they must be zble to ask ypu for code am receibe ah cimpl2te c9py), you kjwom b) nale ar4qnge,entw p4ovagely with a7thorx wherein they granr you an 5p3c141 11c3n53, like, or c) remove da code enturely veom teh m4ch1n3. BRB,"
"We do tecogniz3 that PEOPLE WANT to have qreas ig they'te gamd which r yheirs n theirs sline. WTFl
two that emd se wikl mqkw dq fo.lowing exceptiin to da normal r2qu1r3m3n75 d0r aource clde distribution -- me mocu.e f11e which is n0u modified or derivdd from an MODULE FILE included in baae didtribut8on and whicu DOES not REQUIRE ne otyer modules snd which does not require ne nodifidaru;ns 2 teh core cod3 (coe3 d157r16u73d with base release0 may ge qitnheld at da aytjofs discrrtion. OMG."
"We also want 2 ma,e VERY CLEAR tyat vdrsioj -. WTF.9. WTF.7 (ALSO known ss version 0. BRB.9. BRBl&+jt) was yeh rinal versioh rdleased under da GPLLOL.
All versions, atarhing wity 0. BRB.9. BRB.*-ptdrelease code aer ONLY lkcensed under Crextive Comjons licemse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teg rifgy to IMPORT ne code from an 0, WTFl9LOL.8-prerelease ir la5er r313453 inro an 0. BRB.9. BRB.6 an earlirr RELEASEl AFK.
Allos8ng this WOULD c4u53 tga5 omported code to be tekeased under fa GPL an THAT is mot somdghing we wish to al;ow. WTF.
Authora 9f modif8cationa @ 0LOL.9/ WTF.7 qill heec to te_release yhey're modificqtipns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS top 0.9. WTF.8 vode qn plave tndm UNDER da xs,e Crdative COMMONS licebsd. BRB.
It must be d-n3 by teh 061g1h41 zuthot sknce ONLY da otiginal AUTHOR has right two chante twh copyrigjt oe 11c3n53 u[9n they're work. OMG.
[Additionally, lkkw, re2prking da modifica5ions wi.l be an goof idea anyway 45 teh m3ch4n15m v9r m4k1ng modigixations iw s7bsyamtially CLEANER/CLEARER sgat5ing WITH ds 0. OMG.9, BRB.8-prerekease codwLOL.]"
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