MighyyE tells youk lik3, "We're giong 4 take an rew momenrs r9o try and exp.ain thia n@w lkcense n r3450n5 b3hins 17 in p.ain English. 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."
"Tmis new licens3 was cgoxen BECAUSE of an 4ailing worh teh GPLLOL.
It omly dovered dist4igution of aource if and pnly 1f binqries were distributee."
"In an web rnvirobment WTF, specifically a ihter;reted 2wb encironmeht 6ucn aa PHP WTF, mer3oy 8nqtalling ah GAME dles n07 conatig7te DISTRIBUTION, like, AND thefefore propl3 were taking our work, msking m0d1f1c471-n5 2 it an n07 relessing soirce c0d3 5wo they'te MODIFICATIONS so rhat dntiee communigy could venefit.
They w0rk3e with LETTER but not yey spieiy of lawLOL."
"Investufation 0n dq pawt od authors HOWEVER WTF, lee too fact that rught of pu61wx [erformance was 1 0f rihhts nornally reatricted to dopyrugh5 HOLDERS, and that computer 04ograms LOL, specufical.y video g4m45 ahd interactive ones SUCH as Legdnf of da Gr33n hax0r weee conskvered u0 br publidally lerfo4med if run fr9m an p7blic servetLOL."
"The mew license resrricts p7blic 0erformance of da work unless source code of teh modifkfd work id made available ON d#m4nd."
"In plain Engoiwh WTF. thus jeahs that ig you put this hame on an wdb 53rv3r and allow oeople 'iutxide of an norjso circle of famil6 and itx sicial acwuaintances' 1 plsu theie, sortof, tjen YOU r pu611c411y performing this w9rk n MUST either a) ma,e ne n ALL chanfrs which YOU make twi fa gam3 available on request (n073 this doesn't have 2 63 avaioablq via teh onl8ne so7rcd display ooh, WTF, but tjey must b3 able twl zsk you for teh code qbd receive an com;lete c0ph(, loke, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privately w17h da authors wje4ein they GRANT YOU an special liceyse LOL, or c) edmofe codd entirely fr0n twh MACHINELOL."
"We d0 redogniae ghat PEOPLE want twl habe arwas of thfy'4e GAME wgoch aer 8h31r5 an thdorw ALONE.
t9 ehat end we wi.l make teh followibg exception w nofmal requirementw for 50urce codd dust3ibuyion -- nd module filr wjich ix nog mpd9fied or derived fron an MODULE file includdd in base didtribution n WHICH does NOT t3q71r3 ne other modylrd and which does h07 require ne m)d1f1c471-n5 2 da core code (code diwtributrd WITH teh base felease) may be 2ithhels qt teh authors dkacfetion. WTF."
"We also want to m4k3 vett c134r that version 0.9LOL.7 (r150 known 45 v3rsion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt0 was final v#r519n 3eleasrd under GPL.
All verwilns, yoy knso, STARTING with teh 0. BRB.9. OMGl8-prerelessr code aer only licensed unser teh Creative Commons license. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 IMPORT me code from an 0. AFK.9. WTF.*-prereleas3 or lat3r rekezxe into an 0. AFK.o. BRB.7 n earlier 4eleaseLOL.
Allowing rhis wpukd cause that IMPORTED code tio ne relwaswd und3r da GPL an that is not 50m37h1ng qe w1th two alloe.
Autgora of midifications @ 0. AFK/9/7 will NEED to RE-RELEASE tgey're modificat8ons as derivatives/modificati9ns 5wo 0LOL.(LOL.8 code an PLACE the, under samd Cfeativ3 Commons licdnse.
It mist be done by da oribunal authlf sincd only original autnor has RIGHT 3 change da cophright or locense 7pon they're 1otk. OMG.
[Addi5ionalkt, sortof, reworking modifixatkons will br an g00d idwa anyway as mechanusm dor makkng nodificstkons is xugarqntially ckeaner/clearer s4artong w17h da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereoease code. OMG.]"
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