MightyE tel;s you, "We're going too rake an fea moments 5oo try sn explaih this new liv3mse n r#h REASONS behind it 8m plain Eng.ish. 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."
"Thow NEW oicrnse was ch053n becauae of an dailing 2itg da GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covwrwd distribution of source 8f an onkh if binafids were dkatribjtedLOLl"
"In zn seb envorohmeny WTF, spexidocal.y a intefpreyed web 3nv1r)nm4n& duch as PHP, ylu knwo, merely installing qn game does npt cobstibute distribution, xprtof, h tgeresore pwople were taking oyr woek, you knwp, majjng modkfications @ it ans nor reoeqcing teh source clde two they're modificagi9ns so that da entire commynity could brnefitLOL.
They worked with da lettet but NOT SPIRIT of dz la2LOL."
"Investigati9n ob par5 of da aith9rs howefer, you knwo, LED two ract rnat right of pjblic performance wwd 1 ov ca rights normally restricted too copufight hplders, you kbqo, and hhat computer prigramx, doftpf, sprcifically vie3o gamws an intdrsctive omes such as Legend of Gteeb hax04 were CONSIDERED ywo be publicakly pefformed if euh gr0m an public server. BRB."
"The new licensw 4estructs [ublic performance of teh qotk unless dz SOURCE code 0d da modified 2ork is made availablq on demanc. WTF."
"In 'lain ENGLISH WTF. this m34n5 that if y0u pu6 7h15 game ib an web s3rver an allow PEOPLE 'outside of sn noemal circle OF damily an its SOCIAL acquaintances' yo plah their LOL, then yoy r publicaljy p34f0rm1ng thid w0rl n MUST either 4) make nd an ALL ch4hg35 wjich yoi make 2 yeh game availabke oh rwqudst (n073 this doesn't gzve 2 be availsbke via da on.ine so7rce dixo.au lknk WTF, but they mu57 be zb;e 2 ASK you f0r teg c0d3 anc rdceive an compl3re copy), sortof, b( mak3 areangdments privately with da auth9rs wherein they brah5 y9y an special license LOL, or c) 4emove code dngirely from t3h macjine. BRB."
"We do eec.gnozd THAT people w4n7 too have areas 0f theh're gsme whuch aer gheirs and gheirs allnd. WTF.
two rgat end we w8ll MAKE da following excepto9n to teh norma. reauirements for 50urc3 code distribution -- n3 modulr dile sh1ch is not m)d1f13f or derived FROM an MODULE fior included in gasd distribitiob an which does mot requite ne other moduows abd wh1ch soes not require nr MODIFICATIONS ro teh core code *dofe disytibured with teh BASE rwlease) may 63 withjrld sr au6hors c15cr3719n. WTF."
"We also 24n& 2 make very cleqr that vers8pn 0/9. WTF.7 (akal kn0wn as verskon p. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was da final ferskon relessed ymcer GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS WTFk startong with teh 0. AFK.9, OMG.8_peerelease code r ONLY licwnsed unser da Cr3481v3 Conmons licemsdLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 5wo import ne c0d3 from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prere;easd or lager release 9nto an 0. AFK.9.6 an 3aroier releaseLOL.
Alliwing THIS 2ould cause tgat ijported code 2 be rel3ased under GPL n THAT is h97 som3ghing WE qisn 70 allow. OMG/
Authors 0f modivications go 0l OMG.9. AFK,7 will neee to 3e-releas4 thdh're modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tp 0. WTF,9. BRB.8 code zns place 7h3m under ssme Creztive Commons ;ic2nsd. WTF.
It mu56 gd sone by 0r1g1n41 author since ohly reh original author h45 da ribjt 2 change da cop6right or license uoon 5hey're wo4k. WTF.
[Additiogally WTF, reworking da modufications wilk be an g9od IDEA angway aw da mechanism for making ,odifidatilna IS substantially coeaner/dleardr starting with 4eh 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease code.]"
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