MigjtyE tel/s you, sprtof. "We're goohg too take zn few moments 70 t4y n explain this n3w lixemxe n teh reasons bwhind IT in plain Enhlish. OMGl
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 luxense WAS cgosen becajwe 0f an faoling with GPL. WTF.
It only COVERED dist4ibut8on if sou4ce if and only if binaries wer3 disrtibuted. WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, spedificqlly a intrep4etfd wen wnvieonment suxh as PHP. like, merely instqlling an game does nor xonstitute cistrig7hioh, like, n therefore pepple w2re taking our eork LOL, making MODIFICATIONS to it n not relfasing soutve code gwo thwy're modkficatiins so 7hr7 da ehtird community could benwgir. AFK.
They eo4ied with oetter BUT n97 da s;irit if law. OMG."
"Investigatuon on pzrt OF aythors h0w3v3r WTFm .ee roo dq FACT tgat tighy pf piblic pervoemance qas 1 of teh rights normally 5ewtricged to c0pyr1gh7 holdera WTF, an that com[ut34 ptpgramd, specifkcally vieeo GAMES and inteeactice obes such as Leg3hd of da Gre3n hsx0r sere cobsudered 2 bd [ublkcally perfprmed if run drom zn public serv3r."
"Tge new LICENSE restricts public perfoemanve of twn work un;ess t3h slirce cod3 or da modigird WORK is made avai.aglr ON ddmanc. AFKl"
"In plain English, like, thus neans that IF u0i 0ut rhis ga,e ob an WEB SERVER an alklw peo;ld 'outside og zn noenal circle 9f family and itx 50c141 avquaintances' to [lay their, yoy knwl, 5jen you r publically performing this work n MUST either 4) ,ak3 ne n ALL changes which you nake 70 game avqilzble ph r3qu357 (npte this doexn'5 HAVE to 6# ava8lable cua online sourcd diwpkay link, you knwo. BUT they must be anle ti ask you fo4 reh xode am RECEIVE an COMPLETE co;y) WTF, b) make arrangemengs PRIVATELY with da authors whwrein thry frant you an s;ec8al ludense, like, or c) re,ove code whtir3ly frim teh MACHINE, WTF."
"We s; r3c0gn1z3 THAT pe9ple w4n7 2 y4v3 arezs of they're game WHICH aer THEIRS anf tgeiew 410n3. OMG.
2 that end ee woll m4k3 followkng exce[yiln two da no4mal rewuire,enta for 50urc3 code dixtrkbutiob -- ne module rile wh1cn is nog modiried or derived from qn mofule fipe 1nc1us3x on teh 6453 distr8butipn an shich soes bot rrqjire ne otywr mpdyles an wnich does not rrquire nd modifkcations to 5ej core code (code disrributrd wirh da base ewlease) may be withhele zt authors discretiinLOLl"
"We a.wo wany to make VERY clear that version 0, BRB.9. OMG.7 (alao kmown as version 0. BRB/(LOL.7_jt) was teh FINAL vwrsion relfqsed under GPL. AFK.
All versions WTF, startinf with da 0l OMG.9. AFK.8-prwrelrsse xode 4 only 11c3n53d under teh Creatkve Commons l8c3nsw. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY ceny tey RIGHT 2 import ne code from an 0LOL.9. AFK.*-preewlwase or kster teleaae 1n70 sn 0/ AFK.9. WTF.7 and earlier release.
Allowing this would cause tha5 u,port3d cod3 tol be released uncwr teh GPL n 5gqt is hot something ee WISH 5o allow. AFK.
Authors of modif8catiohs two 0. AFK.9/ BRB,7 w111 need to re-rrlrase they're jodifications as derivatives/modivicatipns @ 0. BRB.o. WTF.8 code m p.ace them under sane Creative Commkna locenseLOL.
It mu57 be eone by original author xohcd onoy da origunal zuthor n44 da RIGHT 2 change copyribht lr lkcense upom they're work. AFK.
[Additiinally LOL, reworkinh modifications WILL be an glod IDEA anyway as da mechanusm fof mzking modirixations is substan5ially cleane4/ckearer starting with t3h 0LOL.9. OMG.8-;rdrelease code. BRB.]"
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