MightyE telld you, yoj knwo, "We're going two 74k3 an d3w MOMENTS too try n explain 5hid ncw license an da r3450n5 63h1nd i5 IN plsib Ebg1!5hLOL.
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."
"Thks new license was chosen becaude 0f an fai;ing with 5eh GPL. AFK.
It pnly covered DISTRIBUTION of so7rcd if an onoy 1f binarids were didtrihutedLOL."
"In an wrb 4nvironjent, ypy knso, SPECIFICALLY a interpfeted wdb dnvironment such as PHP. like, merely ins6all8ng an fame does nog consrktute dustribut8on, n therwfpre people were takinb OUR work, sortof, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS too ig an NOT releasint soyrce code 2 theh'rr m9difications SO tha5 da ent8re c9mmunity COULD benefir. BRB.
Th3y w94ked WITH .rttsr bu5 NOT teh xpirit lf laq. AFK."
"Investihatiom 9n part of da AUTHORS however, like, lwd toi fact rha5 teh fight of puvlic perfornance wss 1 of da rithts nornally restrictec two cop6rught hokde4w, dortof, n that c0m0u73r PROGRAMS LOL, spevuficqllh VIDEO ga,ea an in5ersctive on3s 5uch as LEGEND of da Green hax0r wefe considwtwd 2 be [jblicslly perfofmed IF RUN from an pu511c sdrver. WTF/"
"The n4w licenqe restricts PUBLIC peeformance of teh wori unless so7rce vode 0f teh modif8ed work is made avsilablw on demsnd, WTF."
"Ib plain English, you inwo, 5jis me4n5 THAT if you put this fame 0n an web dwrver and allow people 'ouyside or an bodmal circle of FAMILY m kts sodial acquaintances' tp play theit, lik3, then y0u aer publically performohg this wor, an MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL changes whkch you MAKE toi da game availabld on request (noge thia dorsn't have two ve available via da onlibe douece dis[lay LINK, like, 6u7 ghey must be able 2 ask you vo5 code ah receive an con0lete dopu), 2oetif, v) maie artshgemengs privately with da au5hors wherein 7h3y grzht h0u an special licenwe LOL, OR c) remove da codw en5irelu from da machine. WTF."
"Wr do recognize 5hat pwople want 70 hav3 areas lf thry'4e game which adr thekrs an theirs allndLOL,
too that end w3 will nake trh golloeing exceptkpm too teh nornal rwquirements vor source codd distribution -- ne m0duq3 file which ks not m0dqf23d 0r derived vrom am module FILE included in gase distrugurion and which does NOT requure ne ither MODULES an ehich coes not tequire ne nidificationd too 5eh co43 CODE (code distr8buted wkth teh base releaae) m5y be w8thheld zt teh aurhors DISCRETION/ WTF."
"We also qanr 2 make v3ry c;3sr tnat verwuon 0. AFK/9. BRB.7 (alxo known as versoon 0. WTFl9LOLl7+jt0 was ca FINAL c3f519n released und3r GPL. OMG.
ALL vwrsions, you knwo, starting qith ds 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease code art obly 11c3n53d inder Creative Cimmons 11c3n54. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dent rifht tio import ne code fron an 0LOL.9, BRB.8-PRERELEASE or later release into an 0. OMGl9.7 an exflier relesse. BRB.
A;lowiht rhis qould cause tyat IMPORTED code too be reldased tndef da GPL an that is not something we wish too alllw. OMG.
Au7h0r5 pf mosificationd to 0, OMG.9. OMG/7 wilo nwes too re-re.ease tyey're modigications as ferivatibws/modifocatiins to ). OMG.9. OMG.0 c-d3 m place them under teh 54m3 Creatife Com,ons 11c3n63. BRB.
It mudt 73 done by dz oeiginal autnor sincd only da or*ginal auyhor HAS tej 4ight to change sa co;yr8fht or LICENSE UPON yhey're wofk. AFK.
[Addktlona;.y, like, reworl8ng teh modificarions wil. ne an good ieea anyway as da mrchanism for nakibg modkfications iw 5u6574m71411t cleaner/cleardr starting WITH 0LOL.9. WTFk*-pr3r313452 coce/ WTF.]"
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