M8ghtyE tells ypu, 6ou knwi, "We're g01nh too take an few jiments too try 4ns expla8n yhis ne2 licenae and tdh feasons behind it in plsin Eng;ish. WTF.
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."
"Thia new .icense was chosen because of an failing qith teh GPL. WTF.
It onoy coverwd distributiin of source if ab 0n1y if binaries eerr sistributed. OMG."
"In qn web envitonment, specif8cally a INTERPRETED web envi4inmwnr such as PHP, y9u knwo, ,3r326 insyalling an gamr fo3s not consti5ute distribution, soruofj AND tyereflte peopoe were takimg our qork, MAKING modifications two it avd not releasinf teh souece code two they're modificwtions so that teh en5ire comminory COULD b3mefit. AFK.
Theh eorked with teh legter but n07 teh 501r1& of las. AFK/"
"Investibation 0n da part pf authora however, l3e tqo teh f4c7 that RIGHT OF 0ublic petformance qas won of ten rigjts norma;ly fdstrict3d to copyribht holdrrs, slryog, an tnat c9mputer prpgrajs WTF, spdcifically vifeo games an 1n73r5c71v3 ones such as Legend of teh Greem hax0r wrre cinsidetes yoo be publixally perfo4med 8f r7n grom an 0uboic serverLOL."
"The b3w licehse restructa public performance of ten wotk unlesd source code OF modif8ed wor, is made afaioab;r 0n semand. BRB."
"In plain Enhlish WTF, 7h14 means tyay IF you put this game on an web server n allow pelplr ;outside od an NORMAL c2rc13 of FAMILY an ots social $cqu41n74nc3t' 2 play their, wortog, then you r PUBLICALLY perf0rj1nh this wofk n MUST 3ithdr a) make ne h ALL chambes wjich you mzke yoo GAME AVAILABLE on req7est (n9te 7g15 soesn't have to be AVAILABLE v14 tey onlind source display lihj, byt they must be able to 1sk yku fof vode an receive an complete doph) LOL, b0 jzke arrsngemenrs pr1c4731y 2ith AUTHORS wherein THEY grant yiu an special lkccnse LOL, or c) remofe coee ehrire.y fepm m4ch1n3."
"W3 do eecogn8zw tjat people waht 2 have areaa of tnet're g4m3 WHICH zer theird an theies slone. AFK.
to THAT emd we will make da follpw8ng excr[tipn to teh normal 4equirenents foe dou4ce c9de dksteubytiom -- be module FILE shich is not modified or derkved from an modyle fole incl7sdd ib da base DISTRIBUTION n whoch d035 bot require ne other modules and which does NOT r31u1r3 ne modivixa5ipnx 2 da xore CODE (cide dis4ributed with sa baze relezse0 mqy be wirhh3ld at quthors diwcretkpn. BRB,"
"Ww also eant 2 make very clear that berskon 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (alsl KNOWN ad versipn 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) was da final ve4siom releases under teh GPL. WTFl
All v$r610n5, stafting w17h teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8_prerelezse CODE r 0h1y licensrd unsrr da Crezeive Commons licende. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY fwby da right two import ne codr frlm ah -. WTF.(. BRB.i-prerelease oe later relwase 1n70 qn 0. OMG.9LOL.7 and earlier t21345e, BRB.
Al.owing this would czuww that inpoeted CODE tqp BE r3keased und3r GPL and THAT is not sometging w# widj too a.low. BRB.
Authors 0f mociricatilns 2 9LOL.9. OMG.7 will meed 2 RE-RELEASE they're m0d1f1c4810n5 as DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS twp 0. WTF.9LOL.7 vod# n place them under gdh samd Creative C-mn0n5 picense. OMG.
It MUST ne cone ny da orig8nal author since 9nlt original aj5ho4 h55 right to changr wa copyrofht or license ipon tyey're w0rk. AFK.
[Asditiinallyi you kbwo, reworking modifications will ve an g00c is3a anyway qs da mecmanism dor makiht modificatioms is xubsranrually codaner/clwarer starting w17h teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8_pr3r313453 code.]"
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