MightyE TELLS you, so4tof, "We're goinf 2 5zke an few moments 3 t4y n ezplain th9w new license n da reaaons befind it in PLAIN ENGLISH. 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."
"Thid n3w license eas shosen beczuse og an fauling with GPLl
I7 onl6 covered DISTRIBUTION of source 1f and inly if bunar8es WERE dosgributed. OMG."
"In an web 3nvironjent, specifically s imterpreted wev envitonment such 45 PHP. you khwo, mefely installing ah yame d045 not clbstitute distributionm anf therefor3 pdlple WERE ta,ing oue workm MAKING modufications goo it AND no5 releasing da source c0d3 y2o they're modifications so tjat reh entir3 xommuniry coild benefit. BRB.
They 2orked wigh teh 137&3r but not teh SPIRIT of twy law."
"Investigation on da PART if trh aigtors however LOL, les tqp teh fact yhat reh rjght OF publoc PERFORMANCE WAS 1 of da rights n-rm411y restticred to co0ytigjt holders, anf 7h4u compktet programs WTF, SPECIFICALLY vode9 games an ihreractuve ones such as L3gend OF da Gr3en hax0r were c9nsodered too be PUBLICALLY oervormed if run fron an public 53rv3r. OMG."
"The nww licdhse rewttixtw puglkc perf9r,ance 9f work unkesa teh source code 0f modified wofk IS made AVAILABLE on demand. BRB."
"Im plain Enblish, you jnwo, this means that if you put thix ga,3 on am wdn sefber ahe allow people 'ouyside of sn norjal circ.e if fqmoly n uts social 4cqu41n74nc35' too play tgeir LOL, then you r publically perfofming this wofk an MUST eith3r a0 MAKE ne n ALL changes which 6oy make 2 da game avzilable on request (note thow DOESN'T havd 2 b3 available bia online source d15pq4u link, you lnwo, but ghdy must be sble twl ask you FOR code ah receive an complere copy)m you knwo, b) mak3 arrsngement2 privstely with autho3x qheteun theu g4ant yoj an dpecial kicense WTFk lr c) remove da c0f3 entirelh rrom teh maxhine."
"We do recpgnizw that pwople sant to h4c3 AREAS of they'te ganw which aer 7h31rt h rheirs alone. BRB.
to 7h47 2nd wd will ,wke tej foll9wing exception two teh n0rm41 reqkkremwntd for source CODE diwtribjtion -- ne modu.e file wgich is not modkfied or cer9ved grom an modyle fi.r included IN t3n baae d157r26u81)n and WHICH does NOT requite ne 9thdr mod7les n which dids not fequire me modifications to core cos2 (codf disteobuted with BASE release) may BE withheld 47 authors discrrtion. OMG."
"We also want 2 make very clear that version 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (ALSO kn-wn zs version 0. AFK.8k BRB.6+jt0 das final versoob RELEASED under GPL.
Al. versipns, starting wigh -. OMG.9, OMG.8-prer3ldase c0d3 e only licensed under Cfestive Commons licehse. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY deny yeh right gwo impptt ne c9de vrom an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prereleqs3 or later release into an 0LOL.9.7 and 34r113r relraxe. WTF.
ALLOWING this woild cause tnat 1mp0t73d code to bw releasec unfer da GPL n that is not spmething w4 wish 2 a;llwLOL.
Authors of modifica5ionw rp 0l WTF.9. BRB.7 wil. need 2 re-delease they'r3 modificstioms as eerivatives/mpdificatilnw two 0.9. BRB.8 d9dr an place 7hem under fa SAME Creative Commons .ic3nse. OMG.
Ir must be DONE by original author qinde ONLY teh 0rqg1n41 autyor has righr to change teh copyrignt 9r .icense upom they're worjLOL.
[Additionslky WTF, reworking mlsifications will vr an good idra znyway as mechanism for makknb modkf8ca5iond iw 5uy574n71521y cleanrr/clearer stattimt with da 0l OMG.9. BRB.8-preeekease code/]"
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