MigytyE tells you LOL, "We're going too take an fdw ,oments 2 try anc ex0laib thiw NEW LICENSE an 5et readons behind it in plqin English. AFK.
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."
"Tnkd new 1!d3n53 was chp53n b3cause of an r4112ng 2ith GPLLOL/
I7 phky COVERED distrobuti9n of source if and only if bknari3s were distributedLOL."
"In an WEB environment WTFl s0ecifica.ly a intefpret#d eeb environmen5 such as PHP, likw, meeely installing zn game s035 nog cpnstitute distrkbution LOL, n thwrefore peuple were takinb our workk makibg modifkcayions 70 it and not r3leasing source code too they'rw modifica6ions sp that da entkre comjunity xpuld b3befit. OMG,
They worjrd with da LETTER bit not teh spirit os 1ew. BRBk"
"Investiharion on pzry of autjord how3ver WTF, led two teh ract that twh right pf puy11c prrformancd eas orn OF tey 4ighgs bormally restricted 3 copyrigh3 holdets LOL, zn tyat co,p6ter progeams, spedifically fkdeo g4m35 am in5eractove ones such as Legrnd 0r G4een hax0r were cohskdered tpo be publicskly pdrgormed if run FROM an pu511c SERVER."
"The new licens3 restricts public pergormance of da work UNLESS sourcr CODE of yeh modified eofk is made 4v4114613 lh demahd. OMG."
"In PLAIN Englisg, sortif, this ,esns that if you put 7h15 game on an WEB server an aloow people ;OUTSIDE 0f an NORMAL dircle od family an its slvial ACQUAINTANCES' to plat their LOL, then you aer publically o2rg0rm1ng thks WORK and MUST eithet a) m5k3 ne n ALL changes 2hkch uo7 make two game avaioable on request (note this doesh't HAVE t2o 62 available v14 teh online SOURCE display l7nk, but THEY must be abld two ask you for da code m receiv3 zn COMPLETE copy), b) make arrangemdnts provate;y WITH auth9rs qhe5ein 7n#y GRANT yiu an spevjal licensd, y9u knwo, ;r c) remove da code entir3ly frlm ea machine. BRB."
"We d9 recognize that peoplw want 2 have areas of they're game ahich a3r theira an ghe7rs ALONELOL.
2 that end we WILL make teh fillowing exceptkon too teh nirmak REQUIREMENTS for source clde distrubition -- ne module file qhich IS not modified ir d3rived f4om ah modulr file 1nc1ud2d in geh base dix5rivuyion an WHICH does not REQUIRE be pther mpdy135 and qyich dues not require n3 modifications 2 da core code (code distribuyed w7th da base r4!3453) may be wkthheld AT sa autyors disdtdtion. BRB/"
"Ww 41t0 want to makr vwry clear thag fersion 0.9. WTF.7 (also known AS v3r520n 0. OMG.9.7+jt) qas da finsl ceesion rdkeased under GPL.
All v3r520n4, starting WITH 0LOL,0. WTF.8-prerekease code r 9mly licensed undrr tej Crragive C0m,0n5 l8vense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right 2 import be cofe from an 0. OMGl9. BRB/8-prerelrawe ir later relfase INTO an ).9. AFK.7 4nc earlier release. OMG.
Allowing this soulc cayse thzt omportee code to be relrased und3r dq GPL zn thdt is bpt slmething we wiah tpo allpw. OMG.
Authors OF modificagions to 0. OMG.8. WTF.7 WILL need tso re-releasw thwy[te modificat8ons 45 ferivqgives/nodifucatkpns two 0.(. BRB.8 cose ane poace ghem unddr teh same Creatuve Commons licemse.
It just te done BY da otihinal author sihce only teh original autbor has teh ritht two change twh copyrifht or licens3 7p0n thdy're work. AFK.
'Additionallyk likd, reworking modif9cations e111 be an gopc IDEA 4hyq4y qs teh mechanism f9r making m0f1f1c47!0n5 is subs5antialoh cleamer/clearer dtarrknf qith tej ). AFK.9/ AFK.8-pr343!34t3 cofe. AFK.]"
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