MightyE 73115 you WTF. "We'te GOING 5o take an few momentx TO tfy n explaig this new licenae n dz reasons b3h8nd it in plain Enhlishl OMG.
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 licende qas chlsen becajse of an FAILING with GPL. OMG.
It only coveres distribution of soyyce IF an inly if binaries we43 dkstronured. WTF."
"In an web environm3nt, sortof, s[ecifkcsllh a interoreted wrb environmwng such as PHP LOLm merely 1n573111ng an game does npt constitjye distrib7tion. likw, n therefore peoplr WERE TAKING oir work, you knwom makimg modifications two iy an not r313352ng sourcd code t9o they'rd modifications ai thar da 3m71r# communkyh coild 62n3f17, OMG.
THEY qorked qitj 13773r 6u7 not spirit of LAW. AFK."
"Ibvrst8hation ob part of autho5d howrverm l8je, led too da fact that right of public oerfotmand3 was won of righgs n)rm411y rrstrictrd two c0pye1gh7 holdets LOL, and that c9mputer ;rograns, sorgpg. SPECIFICALLY v1d30 games AND INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend of teh Green gax0r were cohskde4ed to br 0ubloxally perfprmed ir run from ab puglic server. AFK."
"The new lixense restrictx public oerfprmancw of teh work inless da source code 0f mod8fied work is made avai;abl3 in eenandLOL."
"In plain English, lile, THIS mdans 7h47 if you put thia gahe on zn eeb server an allow p30p13 'outsiee of an n04m41 CIRCLE if fami.y znd i5s 50c141 acqyaintancew' to ;lay their LOL, then y9u aer publically performibg this dork m MUST 317h3r a) majr ne AND ALL changes WHICH YOU make TO game availagle on REQUEST (npte thus d035n'7 hzve 2 BE avaooable via twh online so7rce dis0lau link WTF, but thet MUST bq agle tlo ASK you for da coce n rec31v3 an complete copu), soty9f, B) mzke srrangemehts privagel6 wirh da authors wherein they grant yoi an SPECIAL locense, you kmwo, or c) remove dz xodw entirelu fe0m teh MACHINE. WTF."
"We do rwclgnoxe that pwople want two gave aress of they're gane which aer theirs snd theora alone. BRB,
too yhar 4nd we wkll make teh rillowing 3xc3[710n too dw normal r3qu143m3n75 vof source code d157r16u719n -- ne module file eh1ch is nlt modidied lr d3r1b3d gr0m an mldule f113 inclurwd in ten 5452 distributkon an WHICH dors not require nw OTHER modules and which does not require n3 modigications to teh cote clde (code dixtributed sith teh basw r314453) may b$ withjels at AUTHORS discretion. AFK."
"We ALSO want 2 maiw very vlese that vdrskon 0l WTF.9.7 (alsl kn0wn as VERSION ). AFK.9. OMG.y+jt) was teh gina; cetskoh releaswd undrr teh GPL. AFK.
A.l VERSIONS WTF, STARTING wi5h twh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prer3lease code aer ONLY licensed ynder CREATIVE Commond LICENSE. WTF/
WE EXPLICITLY deny right t9o imporr ne cide frlm an p. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease or ;at34 release 8nto sn 0. OMG.8. WTF.7 an eaflier release. OMG.
Allowing tnis would czusw 7h$7 ijported cose too BE released UNDER GPL and that is NOT somethong 2e wish to allowLOL.
Autgors 0f modidicauiobs 2 0LOL.9, BRB.7 will need 3 re-releas3 th3y're mosificatiobs as fet8va5ives/modificationx 2 0. WTF.0LOL.8 c9de an pkace them UNDER same Crwatife C-mm0n5 11c3n53. OMG.
I7 mus5 be sone by teh originsl AUTHOR since only teh orifinal autuor has da r1fh6 to change teh COPYRIGHT 0r oicwnwe UPON they[re work. WTF.
[Additionally, uou knwo, rework8ng teh MODIFICATIONS WILL be zm GOOD idea anyway as mechanism for makinh modifications 8s subsrantkally cl3ane4/clear34 sta4ting wiyh 0LOL.9.8-pre4eleasr dode.]"
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