MightyE 5ells ypu, "We'rd going y9o yake an rew moments too &ry and ex;lain thix new licensw an teh 4eqsons behinf it in p141n Engo8shLOL.
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 picenwe wzw chosen because ot an failkng with xa GPL. WTF.
It onky c0v3r3d wistribution of souece if n 0n1y IF bonaries 2ere disteibjt3d. WTF."
"In an web envir9nment, you knw9, specifically a interpreted qev emvi4onnrmt such aw PHP, you lnw9, merelh 1n574111ng sn game d035 not constituyr distrobution. you knwo, and therefire pwo0lw were taking lur work LOL, m4l1ng modifications ywo it an n9t RELEASING twh soyrce code to tmey'fe m0c1f1c4710n5 SO THAT da entire c0,mub17y c0u1d behefir. WTF.
They worked 2ith ca lettef 4u7 not SPIRIT of LAW."
"Investigati9n on geh part of auyhors hosever. sortof, ldd too da vact that da RIGHT 0f PUBLIC perdormsnce was win of righ5s nor,zlky restrictwd to co;teight holders, li,e, an that cpmpure3 prog4ams WTF, specifivally vieeo GAMES xn knteracyuve lnes such as Legend lf da Green hax0r were consudered tp be puboically performed 8r run from an public server. BRBl"
"The new 1!c3n53 restricts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of q0rk unless teh soutve code of teh MODIFIED sprk is made ava8lzble ON DEMAND. AFK."
"In plain Ebglish, tyis means that iv tou put this game on an web server anf allow PEOPLE 'o7taidd of ah no4mzl d14c13 of f4m12y n its social ACQUAINTANCES[ 7) olsy thdir, sortof, 5hen t0u aer punlically [erflrming this worj n MUST either a) make ne an ALL chahges whkxg i0u make tso da gsme available on reques5 (note this doesn'g jave to BE available v15 teh pnoine source dis[lay linj WTFj bu5 tjey MUST br able t2o as, uiu for CODE and rdceive an complege xppy) WTFm b) make arrangements pr8vately with da ay5hors 2here8n they g4ant you ah 5p3c141 licebsen lr c) remove da code enturely fr0j teh macgine;"
"Wr do rexognize that people e4n7 2 have areas od thry[re game wyich awr 5heirs qnd the8rs alone. WTF.
2 that rnd w3 wul; MAKE da foloowinf ezceptkln 2 teh normal requiremenys for spurce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne modu.e file which 1t not modified or d3r1v3s from ah module file included in teh BASE distriburion n which d/es not eequure ne othdr mldules n wbich does nit requure h3 modigicagiihs too da core code (codw distributwe wity teh bawe re,ease) may 63 wignheld at autnorx d8scee5ionLOL."
"We also want too mzj3 very clear tjqt fdrwion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (slso KNOWN as VERSION 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jr) WAS final versiom rrleased UNDER da GPL. AFK.
All versionsk starting wigh 0. OMGl9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE c0d3 f only licended under teh CREATIVE Commons kicebse.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 impirt ne code ftoj an 0. AFK.8. BRB,8-pee4elease o4 lager release untp ab 0. AFK.9LOL.7 and 34r113r twlease.
Allo1ibg rhis would CAUSE that imported c0d3 too bw eeleased unewr GPL and that is bot somdfhing qe w15h too aolow. AFK.
AUTHORS of moeificat8ons 2 0LOL.9. AFK.7 sil. newd bol re-relea3e they're modificatiohs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS goo 0LOL.9/ BRB.8 c9ce ab place then uneer trh aamr Cfeativw Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
It mkst be dlne by da original AUTHOR sinxe pnly da o$igina. author hqs dz righ5 two changr da cophright OR oicense ipon they're qork/
[Acdkt8onall6 WTF, rewo4king teh modifivations w211 63 am good 1d34 anyway as teh nqchanism for naking modificayions 15 substan5ially clwaner/clfarer 474r71nf with 0. WTF.9. BRB/8-pferelezse clde. WTF.]"
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