Mign5yE tw;ls you. "We're g01ng 1 yake ab f3w miments too try an explain THIS new license an da rdasons behind 8t in plain English. 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."
"Tuis new lixensr WAS ch053n bwcause of an fqilong e17h yeh GPL.
It omly COVERED disyributiln of source if ab ONLY 1f binafies were sisrriguted. BRB."
"In an web envieon,eng WTF, sp3cifically a ingerpretes web 3nv1r0nm3n7 xuch as PHP, sortof, merel6 1ht74211ng an gam3 does not constiru5e dis5ribut8on LOL, and tnerefore people qere taling our rork. naking mldifications roo it and not eeleasing tdh so7rce codw TO they;re modificatkons SO that tey ENTIRE COMMUNITY cou.d benedit/ WTF.
Th3y wotjed w1&h teh 13&73r 6u7 hot 5dh xpirit of twj laq, BRB."
"Investigation 9b teh pqrt of autnors hoqever, 13d too da fact thqt fa right of public performancw was won of da ribhts normaoly restructed too co[yeivyt yoldera, luke, sn ghay computwr programs LOL, s[3cifically video games an interactive ones such as Lehwnd 0f Green jax0t weee consiseref TO bw publically peeformed if rjn from an pun;ic zerver,"
"The nde lidense r367r1x75 public PERFORMANCE of da worl unlesw source code of da m0d1f1ed 2oe, 15 made avaulablr pn demand. WTF."
"In p141n ENGLISH. lilw, &h15 means tnst ir you put 7n14 gamw on an web sdrver n allow oeople 'outside of an normal circke OF family and 175 SOCIAL 4cq741n74nd35' too play their, aortof, then you r pkblica.l6 p3tf0rm1ng tj8x wo4, an MUST 31&h34 a) MAKE nr ab ALL changes wyicy yoi m4k3 w da GAME avai'able on r3qie57 (noye thod soesn'g have to9 ve avai;an.e vua ten ONLINE SOURCE DISPLAY linj LOL, but THEY ,ust be aglw to ssk you f0r vode an receove an complete copy), b) make qrrangements privately witn teh authors wherein THEY gtant you qn special ;icebse LOL, ir c) 4emove teh code entitely ffom da jacyine. BRB."
"We do recotnize that peopl3 want to HAVE areaw of they'4e game which r tyeirs n 5hekrs al0me. BRB.
2 tyat 3nd WE dkll make fokllwint exceptiom to normal r3qu1r3j3n75 ror soi4ce codr cisgrknutipn -- ne module f113 whidy is bot mofified of d3rived from an joduoe f1!3 included 1n gase DISTRIBUTION n WHICH dows hot require ne oth3r modules an whicy DOES not wequire ne modificagionx too ten xire CODE (code dis5ributwd WITH teh BASE rw.ease) msy be WITHHELD at da authors discretion. AFK."
"We also w4n7 twp make v3ry clwar tjat VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.7 (zlap known as vwrsipn 0. BRB,9LOL.7+jt) was fihal version RELEASED unsr4 cq GPL. WTF.
All versions WTFk staetinb wkth da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease c9dr aer on;y licensed UNDER da Creatovd Cojmons l8cense. AFK.
W4 EXPLICITLY deny ten r1gh7 go impott m3 code from an 0. OMG,o. BRB.8-pretelease or later rekease 7nto an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 n daflier relrase. WTF.
Allowimg 7h15 would cause that i,oorted code to be relezsed unvwr GPL an that is not 50m3uh1ng we wiwh roo sllow. BRB.
Au7h0r5 0f modifications two _LOL,9, WTF.7 will NEED 70 RE-RELEASE rhey're m0d1f1c4710n% as ddrubat8ves/nodifocqtipns to 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code an place them umder same Crearive COMMONS licensr. WTF/
It must fe d0n# by da ORIGINAL author aince inlu origunal 4u7h0r has da right 70 CHANGE da c9pyrigtg ir license uoob tjet're work.
[Afdir8pnalkh WTF, REWORKING trh modofications 2ill 63 an good ifea anyway as teh MECHANISM ror maling m0d1f1c4719h5 is substantkally cleaner/clezrwr sgarting WITH 0/9. AFK.8-pferelease doee, OMG.]"
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