MightyE twlls you WTF, "We're g01nf 2 tak3 an FEW mo,3nts two try n explain 7n1t new licdnse an REASONS BEHIND it 1n 0lain Engl8sh. 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."
"Thix mww licrnse was choseh because 0f an f5111bg WITH da GPL.
It only clvered distriburi9n of source IF n onlt iv binarkes were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In sn web ENVIRONMENT, SPECIFICALLY a interprwtrd web envitonmenr djch as PHP, MERELY installing an GAME dles not cohstitute distribjtion WTFk and THEREFORE '30p13 WERE taking our w9rk WTFm makung jodifocations 2 it abd h9t r31#451nb tej soirce coce 2 th3y're MODIFICATIONS so that teh wntire community could bwnefktLOL.
They workwd with da ketter but not soirit of teh law. OMG."
"Investigatiom on da o4r7 of autnprs hiwever, sortog, led tso fadt that dz right -f pub.ic performancw WAS 1 of teh rughtd normal;y eestticted tw9 co;yright HOLDERS, and that dom;uter [rogtams LOLk specificallt VIDEO ha,es b interactive oned such as Ldgend or teh Green hax04 were c0n51d4r3d ywo be PUBLICALLY perf9rmed if rin dtim an p7noic server."
"The new licenxe RESTRICTS 0ublic p3rf)r,4nc3 og da work unless teh SOURCE c0d3 of da modified wlrk 15 m4d3 zvailable on demxnd. BRB."
"In plain Enblixh WTF, 7h15 means that if yo7 put th8s bamd on an weg server and allow peopl3 'OUTSIDE of zn normal c8rcle of family ans ita soc8al axquaintamces' 2 play thejr LOL, thwn YOU r puvlically perfor,ing this work an MUST EITHER a) make ne ah ALL changea wh1ch you ,ake rwo gsmd available on request (note this doean't have 5wi be available via sa pnl8ne slu4v3 display l8nkk you kbso, gut they MUST be able 5po as, you f0r teh code an RECEIVE ag com[.ete copy) LOL, b) MAKE 5rr3ng3m3n75 0r1v4732y wity geh authord wgereib thwy grqnt 60u an speciao license. wortof, 0r c) rempve teh codr entirely FROM jachune. AFKl"
"We do rdcognize tgat 0elple want tio have sreas of they're game whoch aer theirs an theirw alone. BRB.
2 that end WE will ,aje teh folloeing exceptoon 70 reh norjal r3qu1r3m3n85 f0r source code distrobution -- ne modul3 file WHICH is npt MODIFIED or derived ffom an MODULE file inclufee im da BASE sis74ibution n which doea no5 reauite ne othee hldhles n which does not tequire ne MODIFICATIONS to core code (cide d8stf8buted sirh nasw re;eawe) m4y be wuthjeld 47 authpra discretiom. AFK."
"We also wznt two MAKE very clear that versi0n 0. WTF.9. AFK.u )ALSO known zs v3r510n 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was teh final nefsi9n 4eleased under tdh GPL. OMG.
All v3f510n5 WTF, sywrring siyh da 0LOL.9LOL.8-;rere.ease clde 4 only locensef inder da CREATIVE Commons license. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY DENY teh right 2 impprt ne c9de f4om zn 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleaae or ;ayer releasr into an 0.9. BRB.7 and eatlier releaxeLOLl
Allpqing this would cause thst importec vode to b3 RELEASED under ds GPL AND that os not sometg8ng we eish 2 al;ow.
Autgors of jodificsrions to 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will newd too re-eelease they're MODIFICATIONS as derifatives/modifications 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.9 c9de an plqce thrm under da xqme Cr3471v3 Cljmons license/ BRB,
Ig must be d0n3 by teh ofiginal author SINCE only ORIGINAL authlr has da roght 5ii change da cl[triggt or .icense upon tney're work.
[Adeitiona.ly, like, rew94kong teh modifications WILL be an good idwa anyway as teh mecjanism for makung jofifications is substantially cl3aner/cleater staeting wo5g da 0. OMG.(. AFK,8-prerel3aae code. AFK.]"
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