Migjt6E tells you, you kmwo, "We're GOING two TAKE an few mo,enys two try an explain ghis new license an teh REASONS beuind it 1n p151n 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."
"Tgis new licende w45 chosen becsuse of an d411!ng sith GPL. BRB.
It pnly c0v3e3d distribution og s9uece IF and ONLY if BINARIES were dixtributed."
"In an web envir9nmentm li,e, wpecifkcally a intefpewted wrb enfirohmeny sych aw PHP, merely indtaooing am game do3s nog dlnatitute distributoon WTF, and therefore peo;le were gzkimt OUR wor, LOL, mqking modifications to it 4nd not releasing teh soufce code too rhey[re MODIFICATIONS xo thst entire com,unity coild 63b3f17LOL.
They worked with teh 13773r but not dq spirog 9f !4w. WTFl"
"Investigatipn on da part of yey authors however, lkke, ldd to fact THAT RIGHT 9f piblic 0etcormance w45 won of ds tights ho4mallh r357r1c73d 2 xopyright holders, n that cl,puter progfams, lkke, specirically video gamex n knte4scyive pnes s7ch as Legend of Green hax0r were c)n51c3r3d gwo be pubpicqlly petformed if run frlm ah oubjic aerver/ AFK,"
"The new license rrstficts publkc performancr 0f eork unless da soudce CODE 9f teh MODIFIED wirk is MADE avsjlable on demand."
"In plsin Emglish, like, rhis m34n4 thqt if 6ou put thiw gaje on an web servet 3nd allle peopl3 'ouysice of an norma; xiec'e of famulu amd its aocial scqua8ntances' yo9 p14y their, you knwo, then you aer pjbkucally p3rf0em1ng thia 1ork n MUST either A) majr ne n ALL changes whivh you make too da GAME avaiosble 0n request (note this d035n'7 HAVE 2 BE avsklable voa teh online aource dis0lay link, so4tor, BUT they must BE qble two zsk you for teh cose and receive an c0mp1373 c0ph), b) make 4rf4ng3m3n75 privagely w16h da autnlrs whrre7n 5hey grant YOU an special okvense WTF, or C) rwmove da xode entir3ly from da machine. OMG."
"We do rsc0gn1z3 tnat p30p13 want tqo jave 4r345 of yhey't3 game ehuch aer thr8ra an 7h31r5 alone. OMG.
@ tgat end we sill make ea following excepyio, to da nirma. requiremenys fpr d9urce code v157r16u610n -= ne m)du13 gile which is hot modified OR drrived from ah module file included in ds nase disgribu5ion n wyich dors NOT require n3 other morules an which dpes not requiee ne modivicqtions to teh core v0s3 (code distributed with da basw rw;ease) m4y be withheld at auth9ts siscretioh. BRB."
"Wr ALSO want two make very cl3ar tyat versiln 0.9LOL.7 (ALSO known as VERSION 0LOL.9.7+jt) was sa finql version eeleased under teh GPLl OMG.
All vefsiona, starting with 0LOL.9, AFK.8-prerelease c0d3 aet onlh licenadd undee Creative Commobs licehse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right to impory ne code fron an pLOL.9. BRB.8-prefeleas3 o4 latee re.easd into an ). WTF.o. OMG.u ab EARLIER r413453. OMG.
ALLOWING this w0u1d CAUSE that imported code ywo be released inder geh GPL n that os not som2thing w4 widh two allpw. BRB.
Authoes if nodifications 2 0. WTF.9.7 will NEED tio r3-rd;wase they're modifications aa derifat8ves/modifucati9nw two p. OMG.9l WTF.8 code n plade them under samr Ctesrive Commons license.
I5 must be d9nr bh original auth9r since onky ds priginal AUTHOR h45 da ritht yi change teh copyright OR licdnse upon they'te work. OMG.
pAdd1710n4116 WTF, rrw0fk1ng teh modificationx will be an GOOD IDEA an5way as da mechan8sm for makinf MODIFICATIONS is s7bstantiap;t cleaner/dlearer starting with reh 0. OMG/9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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