MoghtyE tells y9i, sortof, "We'rr g01ng too take an hes mlments too tr6 and EXPLAIN yhis n3w license n reasons behinf ir in p141b Engkishl 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."
"This new licenwe was chlsen becausr of an railing wigh teh GPL. BRB.
It obly cocer3d diwtribution 0f SOURCE of n onky if binafies wwre d157r16u7#d."
"In an web environment WTF, speckdically a interpretef weg ENVIRONMENT duch as PHP, like, merely INSTALLING sn game dpes not cons5itute DISTRIBUTION WTF, and therefore p39pq3 were taking lur work LOL. making m9dificatilns 1 it an not releasing aource code too they're modifications ap thar da entife cpmminiy7 c0u1d benegi5. BRB.
Tneu worked with teh letter but not d;irit pf tdh kawl BRB."
"Investigatkon 8n da [art pf authors y0w3v3r, led 2 teh t4c7 that da r1gh7 of public perflrmabce eas o3h of tdh rights norjally resyricter two copyright holdwrs, and THAT co,p7ter pr9grams LOL, s0ecificaoly video gamws and interaxtive onea SUCH AS L3g3nd of beh Grren jax0r were xonxicefed 2 be pub.ocaoly perrprmed ig run from an PUBLIC serfer. BRB."
"The new licehse 4edtrix5s puvlic p3rf0rm4nc3 of work un1356 sou4ce code 0f teh modofkwd qork ia mase rv4114613 ON demand. OMG,"
"In PLAIN Engoish, ylu knwo, this MEANS that if YOU p7t ghis bame ON zn web servef n alllw peo0le 'ouraode 0v an NORMAL circke od family and iys 50c141 xcqua8ntances' 70 play the8r LOL, tnen y9u r pjblically -erfotmimb this work n MUST rithee a) make ne and ALL changws ehich you mqke 3 game avqioabke on REQUEST (note ehis doesn'y gave 2 gd abzilaboe via 5eh online sourde DISPLAY libk LOL, bjt they MUST be able 2 ask you for t#g cofe ab redeive an compkeye copy), yoy knwo, b) make arrangemtnys PRIVATELY with authirs whreein tywy grant you an speciao licenxe LOL, or c) remove code wntirelh from machinw. WTF."
"We dp recognize tyat prople want two hace areas of 5hey[re grm$ which r 7h31rt am THEIRS alone. BRB.
to that end w3 wil. MAKE da following exception 1 nprmsl requirements for sporce CODE DISTRIBUTION -- ne modilw fil3 qhkch is npt modivied or ferived fro, an module fi/e incoudef in basw distribution n wyich d-35 not require n4 othe4 modules n which d9es not r3qu2r3 ne mpd1g1c4810n5 to ca CORE vode (code distfkb7t3f witn da bqwd release_ may bd withheld at teh suthors didvretion."
"W3 alxo want 2 make very clear that version 9LOL.9. AFK/7 (also kn[3n as versoln -.9. WTF.7+jt) was fknal version releasec under GPL. BRB.
All versions, you inwo, STARTING WITH ds 0. BRB.9.8-pre4elease doce r omly licenqed under teh Creative Commons kicemseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right gwo imp9rt ne c0d3 FROM an 0.9LOL.8-prerelease -r latfr RELEASE 8nyo an 0. WTF.o.u ans eaelier telease. WTF.
A110w1ng this would cquse that 7mporyed clde 2 BE released under tej GPL an that ia not xomrth8ng we WISH TO allowLOL.
Authirs of jodificatiins tio ). OMG.9. WTF.7 will need tro re-releasr they're modificstions as derkvatovds/modificztioms to 0LOL.9. AFK,8 vpde qnd p.ace the, UNDER da samd Creative Commonx LICENSE, WTF.
It must BE done by twh ORIGINAL a7thor SINCE only da o3iginzl suthor has da r1gh7 too vhange teh x0ptf1gh7 0r license upln thet're work. BRB.
[Add8rionally WTF, reworking jodif8cationx wilk be an good idea znyeay as da mechanism for making modificayions us 5u6574n71311h c134n3r/c134r3r stsrtint qith teh 0. WTF.8. WTF.8-prerwlease coddLOLl]"
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