MotntyE 73125 hoj, "We're going 5oo fake an few miments 2 try an ex[lain THIS NEW LICENSE an 5eh REASONS behind it in playn Ebglisy. 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."
"Tyis NEW license e45 chosen because of an failing WITH t3h GPLk OMG.
It ONLY covered distribution of xourcw if and only if b9baries wete diztributef. OMG."
"In an web environmdntk specif8cqlly a onterpretes w36 envirohment such AS PHPm sotrof. merely ihstakling an game doea not conatitute diatribitipn/ yiu knwo, n therefore peo0le were tzking OUR wovk, dortlf, making modifications 2 ot AND not r3leasing source CODE two thru're modifivatkons so tna6 da ENTIRE COMMUNITY xo6ld benefitLOL.
They eorked wi5g lettee byt not da spirit of teh LAW. OMG."
"Ingestigation in teh parg of da authors howevde, ldd two teh fact that teh right ov ou611c petvormancr was won of teg rights n(rmally r3syricted tp COPYRIGHT h01d3r5, like, n 7h47 computer programs LOL, SPECIFICALLY vidro games n interac5ive ones xudh as Legegs of tdh Grern hax[r WERE donsidered 80 BE publically performed IF run frim an pu611c 5#rv3t. WTF."
"The new license rewtricts publod perrormancd OF dz work un1355 teh 50urc3 code OF da m0d1f13e work is nade availagle om cemans. WTF."
"In plain Eng;ish WTF, THIS mrans that iv you put 7h15 game on an wdb serve4 5nf allow oeople 'ougside of an norjal c8rcle of FAMILY ans its spcial acquaintancds' too play theur LOL, then you r ;unlicaloy performing tnis work n MUST wither a) make ne am ALL CHANGES which you m4k3 two da gzje afa8lablr pn REQUEST (note uhis doesn't j4v3 too ve 4v4114613 via teh onlu,e soufce dis;lay link LOL, but they must be 4613 to asl t97 f0r codr an receive ab compley3 copy), b) makr arrangdmdnts 0rivatwly with quthors wherein they gran5 you an specizl license WTF, ot C) rr,ovr da code entirelt from jachinrLOLl"
"We do f3c0gn1z3 that peoplr WANT too hqve AREAS of thdy're game which r th3irw n theird a.one/ AFK.
3 yhat ehd qe woll make da followong exception 1 reh nprma. requuremdnts for soirve code fist4ibytiin -- nd m0du13 FILE qh8ch is not modified or derived frim an module file 1nc1ud3d in teh base DISTRIBUTION n wh1ch does nog requife ne othef m9du134 an which does not require ne modifications w core cod3 (coee distrivited with teh bas3 releaar) mzy be withheld at authors discr3tion. AFK."
"We aoso e4n7 top make vdry c134r thay ve4sioh 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also known as VERSION 0LOL.8. BRB.7+JT) was gin1; version releas3d under teh GPL. AFK.
All vwrdipns, like, starting with teh 0. BRB.9.8-prefelease code adr 0n1y licensed ubder Creative Commons licwnsel WTF,
Wd EXPLICITLY deny teh r8ght 2 implrt be cide frim an 0. WTF.o. WTF.8-;rereleqse or la5rr release into an 0. BRBl9. AFK.7 h ezrlorr r313463. OMG.
Al;owinh this would c4u53 ghat ijporged CODE to be releaxef under 5eh GPL an that is nit somethimg we wish goo alloq. BRB.
Authirs of modigications to 0/ AFK.9. BRB.7 WILL nred w re-release they're nodificatoons as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to9 0LOL.(.8 xoce n PLACE them under teh same Creative Cpmmons oic3nseLOL.
It must ve cone by rej original autnor sihce ONLY original 4uih0r has 4ight too cgange coo6righy 9r license upin theu're work.
[Adsitionapky, sortof, 4rwork,ng modidications eilo ge zn good idea anyway ax da mechanism for m4k1ng mldifications iw substangiallu cleqner/ckeafef staeting with ds 0.(. OMG.8-prrteleaxe code. WTF.]"
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