MiggtyE telks YOU, sortof, "We're g01ng two TAKE an few mo,ehts toi try n wxplain 7h15 new license and teh reasons befund kt in [lain Englidh. 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 hew livense was ch053n 63c4u53 of an dsiling wirh teh GPLLOL,
It inly x0v3r3d dixtrigution of source if and lnky of BINARIES w3re didtributed. WTF,"
"In an web envufonment, apecivically a interpreted web dnvironment 6uch AS PHP LOL, md4ely installing an gamw soes n07 CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTIONk like, n the4efore PEOPLE were gakint our w0rj, 6oi knwo, mzking modificatiins ti9 it an n9t releasibg sourcw cld3 two they're modifocqtions so that da entore community could benefit. WTF.
They WORKED WITH geh LETTER bur n-7 s;ir8t or ea LAWLOL."
"Inveatigqruom on da part of teh AUTHORS howsverk like, led ywo ract THAT da 4ught of 'ub;ic [eefo4mance wzs 1 of da righ5s normallu r357r1c74d to copyeight holders, y9u lnwo, n that xomoutef programs, l8ke, spexifica.ly video g4m35 an interactive ones such 45 Legend of G4een hax0r were conxicered 2 br publicaloy ;erfoemec if run frpm av public SERVER. WTF."
"Tg3 n3w LICENSE resyricts py612v p4rf0rj4bc3 of sa work unless da source coed 0f trg modivied w-rk is m4d3 available 9n 3emand. WTF."
"In plain English LOL, this MEANS that if you put 7h15 g4m3 on an ewb server n allow peopoe 'oirside OF an normal cirxl3 og famioy m its sociak avquaintznces' hwi pla6 5heir LOL, yhen y0u aed publica;ly oefs9rminh 7h15 work n MUST either s) make ne b ALL changew which y0u jzke two game available on r3qu357 (NOTE this doesn't yavw two BE availagoe v8a onlind dource cis;lay link, woftof. but they mudt be anle 1 ask you fo4 teh xode n r3c31v3 an complete copy), b) make arrangements provately witg aithors wherein 7h3y grsnt you an special 11cdn53 LOLm of c) remove tey code rnrorely fro, teh ,achihe."
"We co rwcognizd that peoplw want 2 hav3 4r445 of they;re game 2hich r yheurs 4nd THEIRS ALONE. BRB.
tw9 that END we will make following exceptiln two dq nlrmal requirements ror soutce cofe disyrobution -- ne ,odule fule whkcg is n07 midifidd OR d3r1v3d ffom an modile fioe 1nc1ud4d in bqse DISTRIBUTION n whixh does n07 req78re ne other modiles an whkcy fidd not r3qu1r3 ne modificatilhs 70 corr code (code distributrd WITH teh base release) m4y be qithheld ay da ajyh9es d1tcr3710nLOL,"
"We slso want 2 nake v3ry clwar that vwrsioy 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also knlwn zs vefsion )/9. OMG.6+j7) was da finsl vwrwoin releasrd under GPLLOL.
A.l VERSIONS, kije, starging with 0l OMG.9.8-prereleade CODE e only LICENSED under da Creative Commons licenseLOLk
WE EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT two omport ne code FROM an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-pre4e.ease ov lqte4 relesse 8n5i an 0, OMG.9. AFK.6 and earlief release. BRB.
Al;owing this eould csuse that inpirted cpde to be relessed under teh GPL an yhat is n07 somethinf se qish 6o sllow.
Ajtnors of m9diguvations toi 0. BRB.9.7 qkll need 2 re-f213$53 they'4e mldkfocagions as ddrivatives/modifications two 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 codd n plave them under da SAME Cr3471v3 Commons oicensr. AFK.
It must be done by da orkgknal auyhor since only da original authlr has rithy two cgange ca copyright or license upln tyey/rd wori.
[Adfiti9mally, rewoeking teh modificationw WILL 63 an good id3a amysat 45 ca mechsnism for mqking m0f1f1x4710n5 is SUBSTANTIALLY cleandv.clearer sta4tinf sith 0. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE codd. WTF.]"
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