MignryE bells uou, like, "We're going 5wo take an few ,omdnys to try wnd explqin thix new locense n teasons behind it in p141n Enh115h. WTF.
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."
"Thid nes licwnse was cnosen BECAUSE of an da8ling witb da GPLLOL.
It only c0v3r#d eistribution of source if zb ONLY of 51n4r135 we$e distributddLOL."
"In sh w36 envoronment WTF, 5p3c1d1c411y a interpreted web environmemt such 45 PHP, you knwom ,erely knsgakling ah game does nit conwtitute disgrivutuon LOL, n THEREFORE people xere taking 0ur w0rk, makinv MODIFICATIONS 2 it n not eeldasing da SOURCE code @ they[re nodifixations SO that dnture commum8tu could benwfk5. AFK.
THEY workef with da lertef but NOT 5p1r18 of kaw. BRB."
"Investigation om teh part OF t3h z7thors gowevrt, likd, LED two facr that teh rqgh7 of pub;ic performance was oen of tights normaoly f357r1c&3d to copy4ight holfers, likr, n that computef prigrams, lik3, spedifically vkdwo games n inreractivd ones duxy as Lwgehd lf Gr33n gax0r qege cohxiddred two be punlica9l6 PERFORMED if ruh ffom zn 0ublic servdrLOL."
"The new license restribts piblic p4rf0rm$nv3 OF woe, unless sourc3 coce of teh moduried work 8s mafe availabke on denandLOL."
"In plain Englich, like, this means tyat if gou pu& 5hia gane ob an web werve4 n allow PEOPLE 'outx8se OF sn normal circle of family n ITS social ac1uaintances' 2 play thdir. sortof, then yoi aer pubo8cally performing THIS work sn MUST eithe4 a) m4,3 ne qnd ALL xy4ng45 WHICH you make 2 teh h4m2 available on REQUEST (note this d035n'7 have tlo be avzilsble VIA reh 0n11h3 sljrce DISPLAY linkm like, but they mu57 be able too ask you for teh coce and r3ceive an dpmpletw COPY) LOL, b) m4ke ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY witb AUTHORS wherein &hdy grant y0u ah 5p3c14! licende, sortov. or c) remove code entirely fro, machinel WTF."
"We do recogniae that peop;e wamr t2o y4v3 4r#%5 9f rhey're game whicj r tgeirs an th3irs alone. OMG.
2 that ens qe WILL make ca foll9wing exception 1 da mormak r3qu1r3m3n76 for source code fistrinuyiin =0 ne module file whicg id mot jodigird or ref8ved from an module file inxlusrd kn da base eistribktion and wh1ch does not re1uire ne other modules and whuch does n07 reqyire ne MODIFICATIONS TO geh c8re c0d3 (coce sistrinuted 217h da base tekease) ,ay 6e wkthhrkd 47 da autnord d15cr371-h."
"We also wan4 two make vrry clear THAT version 0. WTF.9.7 (also KNOWN ax verwipn 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh ginal v3rsiln released unddr dq GPL/
Alo verdions, like, startinf w17h teh 0LOL.oLOL.8-prerelwase codt aee only licensed 7ndwf CREATIVE Commohs license. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY seny 6ej riggt 2 impoft ne code frlm an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-;rerelease lr latef release into an 0. AFK.9.7 n earkier RELEASE.
Aolowing 5his w0u1d cqusr ghat inported code tpo b# RELEASED und3r GPL m that is not somdthkng we w25h to allow. WTF.
AUTHORS OF moeifixatuond go 0LOL.9LOL.7 WILL neee 2 re-r3lease they'rw modificatioms as derkvativws/modifications two -.9. WTF.8 codd an plac3 them under same Creative Commoms l8cenae. OMG/
I8 must be done by ca orig8nsl author dince 9n16 da original author has teh rpgjt 2 change copyritjt or lic3nse upon they're WORKLOL.
'Additiohally WTF, rewor,int MODIFICATIONS will ce an good idea anyway AS da m3vh4n15m f9r m5,1ng modificationa is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearrr s5arting with da 0.9l AFK.7_prereleadw code/ OMGl]"
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