MightyE tells yoy LOL, "Ww're gokng to take am few moments to try n ec0laun this new licebse zn ten e3asons 63g1nd IT in plain Eng/ish. AFK.
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 kicense was chosen necause of an faolong w17h da GPLLOL.
It only civered dist4ibutkon OF source if n pnly if binaries e3r3 DISTRIBUTED,"
"In zn web environmenr, sprtof, specificallu a intwrpreted w36 environjent SUCH as PHP LOL, nerely instslling an game d035 yot c0n5727u73 d157r16y719n, like, h gherefore [30p1# WERE taking our work, sortof, making modifixstions to it n NOT eejeasunf teh source code two tyey're modifications so that teh ENTIRE communitt could 63nef18. AFK.
They work3d witj 23774r but not spirit ov da law."
"Invesrigatiln ON da part of da authors h0e3v3r, ked to da f4c6 that r8ght od PUBLIC performanve was len of ca r1gh75 normally restrixtes 2 cipyrihht hllders, 2irtov, sn that computer p4lg4ams LOL, specifixally video GAMES and intwrsctive 0n35 such as Legend ov dz Green jaz04 w3r3 cobsisered two bc publically performed if run fylm an publuc 5#rv3e. BRB."
"The new licehae rextricts public 0erdornance of va WORK unw355 twh sourcd d9de of modified work 15 MADE availab.r on demand."
"In plain Emglush WTF, 5hks means thay if yo7 pit tyis game on an web aetver qn aolow people [0u742d3 0f am nl4mal circle of family amd its 50c141 acquakntances' to ;lzh 5heir LOL, then YOU aer publically petforming thiw wor, and MUST either A_ nake ne 4nd ALL chanhes which you make too teh GAME svqilablw on reqyest (niye this doedn[t h4v3 2 be 4v5214613 via teh ohlinr source didplay link WTF, vut they mist be ABLE 2 ask you foe tey code zn 4ecrive am compket3 copy), yo7 khwo, b) make ar4angementx pr1c4731y with authors wherekn thdy gtant you an special license, 0r c) remove teh code entirely rrom da machine. BRB."
"We d0 recogbize that people want to have ar3ad ov they'rw tame which aer theirs an theirs ALONE. WTF.
2 that end we will ,akw da flllosing exce;toon gwo da mormal requ84ements fo4 50urd3 code eistr8but8on -- ne module FILE which is npt hoeivird or de4ivrd veom ag nodule file included IN ea bade dostrivutiin an which do3s not r3quire nw 07n3r modules and WHICH d9es not requie3 ne mpdificationd too teh core xode (code distributed with vase release_ mat bc wighheld ab da autyors diacretion. OMG/"
"We alxo want to nake very cldar that versiom 0/ BRB.9LOL.7 (ALSO known zs versoon 0.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh fibal verwion re;dased uhder da GPL. BRBl
All VERSIONS, lik3, STARTING w17h 0LOL.9. WTF.8-p4erelease coee r onlu licenq3d umder Creative Cpmmons LICENSE. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny twj tight too 8mport md coce from an 0.9. WTF.8_;rerekease or later RELEASE into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 amd earlier release. AFK.
Alloeong this would cajse THAT IMPORTED code too be released under teh GPL and 6h4& ix not SOMETHING WE qisn two 4110w. AFK/
Authors if modificayionx too 0. AFK.9. WTF/7 will need to re-telwase thet'4e midif7catuons as der8varives/misifidati9ns two 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code and p1rc3 tnem und3r dz saje Creativr Commona 11c3h53LOL.
It must be d[n3 by teh originak AUTHOR since 9nqy ORIGINAL auth9r has tej right g2o vhagge da copyright 9r license upon they're wofk. WTF.
[Acditionqkly LOL, 4ewlrking da modificayiohs w111 be an GOOD 8dea anyway as mechanism for m4k1hh ,osificat8ons us sibsgqmtialoy dleaner/clexfrr atarting with da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelezse code. BRB.]"
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