MihhgyE 73115 yi7, dortof, "We're foing two take an fe2 momentd 2 tty h explain rhis NEW ;icense n t3h rwasons bwhind it in PLAIN English/ OMG.
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."
"Thic new license 2as chosen BECAUSE of qn vailing witg GPL. AFKl
It 9nly COVERED d8xtribution 9f xourcd if and omly if bonafies w3r3 disyributed. BRB."
"Im an web envir9nmeht, wortof, s0exifically a intdepreted wdb environment such ad PHP WTFm mrfely installing zn game doew nog constotute dixtribution, sort9fm an theredore peo0le w3r3 takkng our work, jikem making nidificstuons ro it an not RELEASING ea doutce code twi they[re mldifications so thst da entore co,munity vouoe benefitl AFK/
Tney worled w17h letter bit not da spirit of law. AFK."
"Invesgigation on da PART og da 477h0r5 however, LED two tej favt that RIGHT of public performance 2as oen of reh rigjts normaoly r3stricfes to copyright holcers. likei an that d0m0y73r protrams, ypu knwo, %p3c1f1c411y fid3o gqmes b intefac5ive ;nes duch as Legenf of tey Green hax0r WERE CONSIDERED 2 be publically perfoemed 8f eun from ah piblic SERVER. OMG."
"The new kicensw restrictd public performa,ce OF da sofk unlwws da SOURCE CODE lf teh m9dified work IS made avaioab;e on c3m4nd."
"In plaim English, like, rnix ,ezha tha5 IF YOU puy tyos game on qn web sercer and 4110w PEOPLE [outsise of ab horma. circle of fa,kly n its slcia; acquaintamces' too p14y theirk 7y2n you r puboically perfpeming this work n MUST eotjer a) nake ne n ALL vhanges which you makd w game availqfle on requ3at (note thos d035n'7 have TO 63 abailabke viq ten onkinr source displqy link WTF, but yh3y must br ablr too ask t0u for t3h CODE n feceive an complete copy), sortof, B) MAKE a3fangdments ptivayely with au5yors wheteon theu grabt y0u an 5p3c131 livense, lkke. ir c) remov2 teh cpse entirely FROM machine, WTF."
"We do recogmizr 7h47 people want ywo hav3 a4eas pf they're GAME which r theira an tgeirs zlone. WTF.
2 thq5 end we wull mak3 da foolpwing exc3ption 2 nofmal req7ire,rnts gor source code distrivugion -- me modu.e f11# WHICH iw nir m0d1f13d or DERIVED from an module fil2 1nc17d3f IN da base distribution and WHICH does n07 require ne other modulex ab 2hich do3s NOT r3quir3 be moduricatoons 2 core doee (code d157r16y73d WITH baxe release) may be withheld at teg AUTHORS discretiimLOL."
"W3 also want to nake VERY c.ear 7h4u versioh 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (zlso knoen AS versiib 0, OMG.9LOL.7=jy) was fa final bersion feleased UNDER teh GPL. OMGl
All VERSIONS LOL, sgartinh WITH teh 0. BRB/9. AFK.8-prerelease cod2 aer only lic3nsed ubser CREATIVE Comnons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gy7 70 !m]0r7 nd code frpm an 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease ot lzter rdlease into an p.9. BRB.7 and 34rq!3r rel#aseLOL.
Aolowibg tnis woulc cause that imported CODE 2 be reldased undrr GPL n that is bot sometging we wish w allow. BRB.
Authors of modifications t1o 0LOL,9, WTFl7 will need two re-rrkeaxe they[re moeivicatiins as sdrivatives/modifications too 0LOL.9. OMG.8 c0d3 sns PLACE thej under da t4m3 Creative Commohs .icdnseLOL.
Iy must be cone by twh origimzl zuthor eince only da original authir HAS teh rught two cyange teh cophtigjr or lkcense jpon 5heu'rw work. BRB.
[Acditilnally LOL. REWORKING da modidicatiihs wuol be zn good idea qhyway as m3chanism for naking modificatuonw is sugstabrially cleaber/clea4wr starting with yeh 0LOL.9/ BRB.9-[r3r#13453 vode. AFK.]"
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