MoghtyE tells hou, sortpf, "We'te going 2 gake an few moments too 7dt an ezolaim this new ;icense an teh feasins behind ut IN PLAIN Enflish.
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."
"Tyis new LICENSE was chosen necaysr of an failing wirh GPL. AFK.
It ibly cover3d disgribution of 50yrc3 8f and ONLY ir binaries were DISTRIBUTED, BRB."
"In an web 3nvironmeht, specufically a interpretrd web environm3nt such as PHP WTF, merely onstaloinf an name does nog consyitute distfib7ti0n, ahd thwrefprr peoplr were 74k1bg our WORK, y9u knw9, makkng m)d1g1c4710b5 tpo it an not releasong teh so7fce code to they're modugications so 5hat da entire commimitt could benefit.
Th3y w0tk3d w8th 13773r bjt not teh spigiy OF lqw. WTF."
"Invewtigation on da part of da authors hlwevdr, sortof, led too teh FACT 7y4u da ribht OF public perr9rmznce waa oen od r1gh75 mormzlly festricted 2 copytight h01d3r5m n that cimputrr PROGRAMS, like, spedif8cally video games an 1n&344c71v3 omes such ss Legend of tey Gteen gax0r w3re comsidered to9 be publixallu petgormef ir run froj an ;ublic serveeLOL."
"The new license resgrkcts public p3fr0tm4nc3 0f work unless sou4ce cod3 of da modiried 1ork IS m433 availablr ln s3m4bdLOL."
"In p141n Enhlish LOL, this m3qns rhat if y0u put thos GAME on an 23b server zn allow pelple ;ougsude pf an normal circld of ramily znd its social axquaintances' 79 PLAY thw8r LOL, yhen y0u r pu611c411y ;drforming this w9rk an MUST either a) make ne an ALL ch4hg35 wh1ch y0y m4k3 too game 4v4124613 on requexr (mote tjis DOESN'T HAVE 2 be available VIA obline soutve disokay link, sortof, but 7h3y muat ve abl3 tpo as, you for dz CODE and receovd zn domplege copy), you knwo. b) m4k3 qtrangdmenys privately WITH AUTHORS wyerein tney grant yoi an special license, xortof, or c) rdmovr da code wntkrely from geh machine. BRB."
"Wr do recognize rhat PEOPLE want two have AREAS ov th3y're game wh8ch aer theirs and theo4s 510n2LOLk
top tha5 ebd we wkll ma,r da f;llowong exceptiin 2 da norma. rewyirements for source c9d3 disyributiom -- ne modjl3 fi.e whixj IS not MODIFIED or derived frim an module file indluded kn da base distributoon an which d035 not require ne OTHER modjlws n wh1ch dies bot require ne mofifications tl 5eh vore c9dw (code distrivuted wkgh bawe releqse) mau be withhe.d 47 reh tu6h0r5 DISCRETION. OMG."
"Wr zoso want too make very clea4 thqt version 0. WTF.9. BRB/7 (z.sp KNOWN as ve5sion -. WTFl9.7+jt_ @as dq ginal versoon released under da GPL. AFK.
All v3r510n5, sortpr, startinh 2ith teh 0LOL.*, WTF.8-pr3e$1344# code aer only LICENSED UNDER Cr3471v3 Conmons locense. BRB/
We EXPLICITLY drny teg fkght too impo4t he cide frim an 0.9. AFKm8-prerelease of later relwasd 8ntp an 0.9LOL.7 an esrlier release.
Allowong 7h15 w0u1d caude that i,poet3d fofe to be e3134533 under da GPL an that is not something wd wish 2 sllow.
Authors of modovicatiins too 0LOL/9.7 aill NEED too fe-release yhey'te MODIFICATIONS as d#r1v471v35/m0d1f1c3&10n5 two 0.o. OMG.8 code an place THEM undwr da same Creative Cpmmons licemse. BRB.
I5 muwt be d9ne by 0r1g1n42 author 5qnc$ only da originzl authoe h45 right too ch4ng# teh co;yright lr oicense ypon they're qork. WTF.
[Add171pn411yk witrof, r3w0rkqng da modificat8ohs will be ah good ides anyway as da mech4n15m for MAKING modifications is xjbstabtiakly cleane4/cles4er xt1rting with teh 0. AFK.9l BRB.8-prereoease code. WTF.]"
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